(01-18-2023 08:38 PM)goofus Wrote: The SEC is probably thinking...
Why don't we just invite Ohio St, PSU, Mich, USC, ND, and UNC to the SEC and forget everybody else.
If there were any chance those schools would accept, I think the SEC could go much bigger. I would propose going to 30 teams, but with Vanderbilt accepting a buyout rather than getting beat up every week.
I see a League with two conferences of 3 divisions each.
The Southeast Conference has:
Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Mississippi St, Ole Miss
Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky
Clemson, Florida State, Miami, Virginia Tech, NC State
The Northwest Conference consists of:
Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State
Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas
Notre Dame, Oregon, Washington, Southern Cal, UCLA
Schedule is 4 game round robin within division, 5 OOD games within conference, and 3 games against the other conference. No games outside the League.
10 team Conference Championship Tournament (CCT). The 6 division champs get a first round bye. The 4 best records among non-champs play first round at home field of the teams with the 2 best records in Week 14. Quarterfinals played at home field of best 4 records among division champs. Semifinals at neutral site on New Years Day, and Finals 2nd Monday in January.
The League Champion would generally be recognized as National Champion and the League wouldn't have to share the revenue from the CCT with anyone else.