(12-31-2017 08:02 PM)JRsec Wrote:  You may build a conference of 16, 18, or 20 members. But here are the rules:

1. You must group the schools by keeping familiar foes and rivals together. You may use permanent rival status to work out your divisions.

2. Any additions made to the existing conference must meet the familiar foe or rival status of existing schools, and if the added schools also are familiar foes and rivals with each other then that is a plus.

3. You cannot add existing G5 or lower classified schools and you cannot remove existing members.

4. Schools added must at least be familiar foes or rivals of at least 2 existing members of the 14 schools in the SEC.

5. Schools must be in contiguous states, or existing states within the conference.

6. The additions need to add either content value, market value, or be an extremely good fit for the conference. Some leeway will be granted for your argumentation.

7. I will give a +3 in reputation for what I feel is the best solution and I will give +1 for the runner up reply. And I will post my solution when everyone else has posted their conference complete with divisions.

8. When we have built a winner for the SEC we will take those schools off of the board and do the same for the Big 10, then ACC, then PAC or Big 12.

Okay, you have your task so get started. BTW when we are finished we will vote after I give my solution to determine the final form of the SEC.

Hmmm...interesting rules.

I'll add Texas, Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Clemson

West: Texas, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Missouri, LSU, Ole Miss
Central: Mississippi State, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech
East: Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida State, South Carolina, Clemson

5 division games
1 permanent rival from each division
1 rotating match-up from each division