(12-25-2016 07:42 PM)fanhood Wrote: But, in reality, I want the MWC of 2009 that was all be guaranteed a BCS spot by rule had it stayed together.....then add Boise State, Fresno and Houston. It would have looked like this.
San Diego State
UNLV
Fresno State
New Mexico
Boise State
TCU (Guaranteed crossover with Houston)
BYU
Utah
Air Force
Colorado State
Wyoming
Houston (Guaranteed crossover with TCU)
Unfortunately, the Board of Directors were shortsighted, and only made the move to add Boise and Fresno when it was to late.
THIS.
MWC then adds SMU to fill-in for TCU and Hawaii or Tulsa to replace Utah. BYU sticks with the MWC, as the conference gets an ESPN contract, the Mtn goes away, and BYU gets back 3rd tier and replay media rights.
But, from where we are now, AAC expands westward and benefits from another CCG rule change when the B1G, PAC, and SEC raid the B12. Most of the expansion is the original MWC (minus Utah).
FOOTBALL
*Scheduling* divisions:
EAST: UConn, Temple, Cincinnati, UMass, ECU
SOUTH: UCF, USF, Memphis, Tulane, Houston
CENTRAL: Rice, SMU, Army, Navy, AFA
MOUNTAIN: CSU, Wyoming, New Mexico, Tulsa, Wichita St.
WEST: SDSU, Fresno, UNLV, BYU, Boise St.
* Eventual structure, after Wichita St. football program goes through the qualification process. In the interim, SMU plays in the MOUNTAIN and the CENTRAL only contains 4 schools.
4 divisional games and 4 inter-division games. Inter-division games selected for TV match-ups and then otherwise favor proximity, such as Temple v. Army, Cincinnati v. UCF, CSU v. AFA, Tulsa v. SMU, etc.
Top-4 teams play in the Conference Championship Tournament.
Conference Champion goes to a new New Year's Eve bowl game in Las Vegas to play the 2nd place PAC team as part of the NY7.
OLYMPIC SPORTS
For Olympic sports, drop Army and Navy and add Gonzaga.
EAST: UConn, Temple, Cincinnati, UMass, ECU, Memphis
SOUTH: UCF, USF, Tulane, Houston, Rice, SMU,
CENTRAL: Tulsa, Wichita St., New Mexico, AFA, CSU, Wyoming
WEST: Boise St., BYU, SDSU, Fresno, UNLV, *Gonzaga
Many Olympic sports, like volleyball, could play only divisional opponents in conference play. You could also restructure into three regional divisions for certain Olympic sports.
Basketball would play 10 games intra-division and 8-10 games out of division. Perhaps favor proximate inter-divisional games, mostly EAST v. SOUTH and CENTRAL v. WEST.
Championship tournaments could start with first 2 rounds of divisional playoffs at sites that make geographic sense, such as New York or Orlando (EAST); Dallas, New Orleans, or Orlando (SOUTH); Denver or OKC (CENTRAL); Las Vegas or California (WEST)....perhaps with BYEs for division winners. Then the regional qualifiers spill into the AAC quarterfinals that rotate from year to year at excellent venues around the country.
