(01-18-2018 03:16 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(01-18-2018 02:43 PM)Soobahk40050 Wrote:  I'm surprised. With geography and markets not mattering I expected conferences with USC, Stanford, etc. Interesting that we still like the ones reasonably close.

Not really, if you think about it we want what we care about. If I could have built my fantasy conference regardless of any rules whatsoever it would look something like this:

East: Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, South Carolina

North: Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, N.C. State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia

South: Alabama, Louisiana State, Miami, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

West: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M

That's as strong as it gets for 4 regions. Miami gives the South division access to Florida.

The bolded point above.

If the SEC did that, the B1G would do this (or at least try):

West: Washington, Washington St ,Oregon, Oregon St, Utah, Colorado
South: California, Stanford, USC, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona St
Central: Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Northwestern
North: Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, Michigan St, Ohio St, Penn St
East: Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Maryland, Rutgers, Syracuse, Boston College