(08-04-2020 05:37 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Here's a 7x10 plan so all teams play 9 conference games and have room for 3 non conference games so 2 legit games.

Big Ten: Boston College, Syracuse, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Temple, Rutgers, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Michigan, Michigan State

ACC: Maryland, Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina, West Virginia

SEC: Florida, Florida State, Miami, UCF, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi, Mississippi State

Great Midwest: Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Big 8: Utah, BYU, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota

SWC: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, TCU, Houston, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, LSU, Arkansas

Pac: UCLA, USC, California, Stanford, Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Arizona, Arizona State

Frankly that would suck....
Aside from Notre Dame and Tennessee the rest are God awful except Wisconsin. Madison is too cold.

(08-04-2020 11:26 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(08-04-2020 05:37 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Here's a 7x10 plan so all teams play 9 conference games and have room for 3 non conference games so 2 legit games.

Big Ten: Boston College, Syracuse, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Temple, Rutgers, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Michigan, Michigan State

ACC: Maryland, Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina, West Virginia

SEC: Florida, Florida State, Miami, UCF, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi, Mississippi State

Great Midwest: Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

Big 8: Utah, BYU, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota

SWC: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, TCU, Houston, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, LSU, Arkansas

Pac: UCLA, USC, California, Stanford, Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Arizona, Arizona State

If you are going to 7X10, I'd go back to the old conferences, the Pac 10, the mathematically accurate Big 10, the SEC with 10, the ACC 9 + their 10th member Miami, a Reconstructed Big East w/o Miami but with Penn St., UConn and Cincinnati and then some split of the Big 12, Notre Dame and remaining schools into a Big 8 +2 and SWC.

There aren't any ACC fans that I know that wouldn't relish the idea of a 9 team ACC with Miami as #10.
The one modification would be: exchange Maryland for Virginia Tech. There are very few that would be willing to give the Terps another chance.
(UVa, VT, Carolina, Duke, Wake, NCSU, Clemson, GT, FSU, Miami)

(07-28-2020 06:58 PM)bigblueblindness Wrote:  

(07-27-2020 08:59 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Whoops, my "Big 12" was supposed to only supposed to only have 11 teams. My "Great Midwest" was supposed to have 11 but only had 10. So Nebraska has to go to the Great Midwest to even it out.

Big Ten: Boston College, Syracuse, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Maryland, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State

ACC: North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

SEC: Florida, Florida State, Miami, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi, Mississippi State, LSU, Arkansas

Great Midwest (lack of a better name): Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska

Big 12: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Arizona State, Kansas, Kansas State

Pac: UCLA, USC, California, Stanford, Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, BYU, Colorado

Culturally, this setup is hard to beat. Well done! You could maybe switch BYU and Arizona to give BYU more cultural buddies and the state of Arizona a foot in both conferences because they are a pretty culturally split state, but that is minor.

With all due respect, I don't think that there is a single team in the "Great Midwest" that Notre Dame would currently have much interest in playing or being in a conference with, except maybe Wisconsin.

(Other than Purdue and maybe Northwestern, there is not much history or many games played between ND and those schools, either)

ND fans would likely dub that conference the "Great Exile" because it would be marooned in a Frozen Tundra of a conference, not where it would want to be at all.

(08-27-2020 07:58 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-27-2020 08:59 AM)schmolik Wrote:  [b]Great Midwest (lack of a better name): Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska

With all due respect, I don't think that there is a single team in the "Great Midwest" that Notre Dame would currently have much interest in playing or being in a conference with, except maybe Wisconsin.

(Other than Purdue and maybe Northwestern, there is not much history or many games played between ND and those schools, either)

ND fans would likely dub that conference the "Great Exile" because it would be marooned in a Frozen Tundra of a conference, not where it would want to be at all.

Outside of Notre Dame and possibly Nebraska (if they could return to 20th century glory), that is possibly the most BORING lineup of teams I've ever seen. I'd almost rather have the players get off the field so I could watch the grass grow...

(08-27-2020 02:40 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 07:58 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-27-2020 08:59 AM)schmolik Wrote:  [b]Great Midwest (lack of a better name): Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska

With all due respect, I don't think that there is a single team in the "Great Midwest" that Notre Dame would currently have much interest in playing or being in a conference with, except maybe Wisconsin.

(Other than Purdue and maybe Northwestern, there is not much history or many games played between ND and those schools, either)

ND fans would likely dub that conference the "Great Exile" because it would be marooned in a Frozen Tundra of a conference, not where it would want to be at all.

Outside of Notre Dame and possibly Nebraska (if they could return to 20th century glory), that is possibly the most BORING lineup of teams I've ever seen. I'd almost rather have the players get off the field so I could watch the grass grow...

Sounds like typical Big Ten football to me.

(07-26-2020 07:22 AM)XLance Wrote:  UVa, Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Duke, Clemson, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia Tech

That absolutely sucks.


The bright side for you is it doesn't suck as bad as this:

(07-27-2020 07:00 AM)schmolik Wrote:  ACC: North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

(08-27-2020 05:26 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(07-26-2020 07:22 AM)XLance Wrote:  UVa, Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Duke, Clemson, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia Tech

That absolutely sucks.


The bright side for you is it doesn't suck as bad as this:

(07-27-2020 07:00 AM)schmolik Wrote:  ACC: North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

Well aren't you the jolly one today.

(08-27-2020 06:34 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 05:26 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(07-26-2020 07:22 AM)XLance Wrote:  UVa, Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Duke, Clemson, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia Tech

That absolutely sucks.


The bright side for you is it doesn't suck as bad as this:

(07-27-2020 07:00 AM)schmolik Wrote:  ACC: North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

Well aren't you the jolly one today.

I can't help it you think your small time program and the even smaller time programs you associate with are attractive. They aren't. Not a one of the non-ACC schools wants anything to do with you. That's not a desirable conference for anybody but the losers on Tobacco Road.

(08-27-2020 08:29 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 06:34 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 05:26 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(07-26-2020 07:22 AM)XLance Wrote:  UVa, Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Duke, Clemson, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia Tech

That absolutely sucks.


The bright side for you is it doesn't suck as bad as this:

(07-27-2020 07:00 AM)schmolik Wrote:  ACC: North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

Well aren't you the jolly one today.

I can't help it you think your small time program and the even smaller time programs you associate with are attractive. They aren't. Not a one of the non-ACC schools wants anything to do with you. That's not a desirable conference for anybody but the losers on Tobacco Road.

And in men's basketball UNC and Duke are the big guns and your school is the losers no one wants in their conference.

(08-27-2020 08:29 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 06:34 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 05:26 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(07-26-2020 07:22 AM)XLance Wrote:  UVa, Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Duke, Clemson, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia Tech

That absolutely sucks.


The bright side for you is it doesn't suck as bad as this:

(07-27-2020 07:00 AM)schmolik Wrote:  ACC: North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

Well aren't you the jolly one today.

I can't help it you think your small time program and the even smaller time programs you associate with are attractive. They aren't. Not a one of the non-ACC schools wants anything to do with you. That's not a desirable conference for anybody but the losers on Tobacco Road.

I feel badly for you, because it would seem that who ever is calling the shots at Clemson evidently agrees with that line of thinking, it is obvious in that they have kept the Tigers in association with that bunch of losers since 1953, and has bound Clemson to them for at least another 17 years. It's a shame that they haven't taken Clemson in a direction that YOU have deemed more suitable.

Bless your heart!

(08-28-2020 04:45 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 08:29 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 06:34 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 05:26 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(07-26-2020 07:22 AM)XLance Wrote:  UVa, Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Duke, Clemson, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia Tech

That absolutely sucks.


The bright side for you is it doesn't suck as bad as this:

(07-27-2020 07:00 AM)schmolik Wrote:  ACC: North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

Well aren't you the jolly one today.

I can't help it you think your small time program and the even smaller time programs you associate with are attractive. They aren't. Not a one of the non-ACC schools wants anything to do with you. That's not a desirable conference for anybody but the losers on Tobacco Road.

I feel badly for you, because it would seem that who ever is calling the shots at Clemson evidently agrees with that line of thinking, it is obvious in that they have kept the Tigers in association with that bunch of losers since 1953, and has bound Clemson to them for at least another 17 years. It's a shame that they haven't taken Clemson in a direction that YOU have deemed more suitable.

Bless your heart!

If you care to notice we replaced all the small time thinkers who made those decisions shortly after they made the small time decision to sign a suicide pact with a bunch of fellow small time thinkers. Rest assured if it were to have happened today it wouldn't go the same way.

(08-28-2020 06:21 AM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 04:45 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 08:29 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 06:34 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-27-2020 05:26 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  That absolutely sucks.


The bright side for you is it doesn't suck as bad as this:

Well aren't you the jolly one today.

I can't help it you think your small time program and the even smaller time programs you associate with are attractive. They aren't. Not a one of the non-ACC schools wants anything to do with you. That's not a desirable conference for anybody but the losers on Tobacco Road.

I feel badly for you, because it would seem that who ever is calling the shots at Clemson evidently agrees with that line of thinking, it is obvious in that they have kept the Tigers in association with that bunch of losers since 1953, and has bound Clemson to them for at least another 17 years. It's a shame that they haven't taken Clemson in a direction that YOU have deemed more suitable.

Bless your heart!

If you care to notice we replaced all the small time thinkers who made those decisions shortly after they made the small time decision to sign a suicide pact with a bunch of fellow small time thinkers. Rest assured if it were to have happened today it wouldn't go the same way.

Bless their hearts.