Wall street Journals Idea Of Conference Realignment

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#28
Michigan and Notre Dame in cluster one...

They would relegate down to cluster 5 in 3 years.

Wall ST journal should fall on it's sword with honor and just end it all.
 
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MustafaRasta said:
Michigan and Notre Dame in cluster one...

Thew would relegate down to cluster 5 in 3 years.

Wall ST journal should fall on it's sword with honor and just end it all.
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I think this is the first time ever for Wall Street and honor to have any connection. Surely you jest. Your comment began with such promise.
 
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vtvol98 said:
Wouldn't it be interesting if those clusters were dynamic with each passing season just like the British soccer league. As teams win or lose they would rise or fall into another cluster. If Michigan flops and FSU rolls this season they would trade places in their respective clusters. Thoughts?
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I actually think this is interesting to think about :hi:
 
#32
#32
whocaresgobobcats said:
You realize all this conference realignment has to do with financials, right?


Ignorance
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Football is money. Everyone realizes that. However, decisions should be made considering more than just the amount of money a particular school spends on football..CBS and ESPN have not yet attempted to tear apart current conferences and create new conferences based on the amount of money they spend on football. Most people understand that the % of revenues generated by fannies in the seats has decreased over the last several years. However, why do you think that the SEC continues to have the Tennessee-Albama game as the out of Devision permeant permeant each year? The answer is it has generated enough interest with the fans that it make money for the SEC.
By the way, some people think that people who continue to pull for the Cubs may not be too smart either. HeHe.
 
#35
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Those guys up north know nothing about Southern Fried Football, to them the football season is only 5 months long...........down here........it's 24/7/365........dag nabbit this is the S E C!!!! Now stop wasting my time with this meaningless gribble and let's talk real men football!!!!

Go Vols!!!!
 
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GOATeric14berry said:
It is based off of the schools money and how important football is to that school.
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I guess Tennessee being 8th all-time winningest program and 2nd in the SEC only 30 games behind Alabama got overlooked in this crazy "data analytics". Not to mention 3rd largest stadium, loudest venue, etc. I hate when stupid people look at the last five years. Tennessee is one of only eight schools to have won a title in the BCS era.:whistling:
 
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GAVol said:
Dumb
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Agreed but it's actually double dumb. This was put together by once again your basic Big 10 and Golden Domer homers. There is no way either Michigan or Notre Dame can be considered elite these days.
 
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Remy said:
Agreed but it's actually double dumb. This was put together by once again your basic Big 10 and Golden Domer homers. There is no way either Michigan or Notre Dame can be considered elite these days.
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No but the rabid fanbases and the tickets and money they make are still elite. They are two of the winningest programs in NCAA History, just like the Vols. The Vols got snubbed on this, just because of the last 5 years. Really sad.

EDIT: Notre Dame just made it to the National Title game, and Michigan would still be doing good if they didn't run Lloyd Carr out of town.
 
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vol4him said:
I guess Tennessee being 8th all-time winningest program and 2nd in the SEC only 30 games behind Alabama got overlooked in this crazy "data analytics". Not to mention 3rd largest stadium, loudest venue, etc. I hate when stupid people look at the last five years. Tennessee is one of only eight schools to have won a title in the BCS era.:whistling:
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It's a what have you done lately world.
 
#42
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gonzagafan62 said:
No but the rabid fanbases and the tickets and money they make are still elite. They are two of the winningest programs in NCAA History, just like the Vols. The Vols got snubbed on this, just because of the last 5 years. Really sad.

EDIT: Notre Dame just made it to the National Title game, and Michigan would still be doing good if they didn't run Lloyd Carr out of town.
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and they lost by about 400 points. ND being in that game was a travesty, not proof of relevancy.

... not to mention their Heisman candidate being exposed as the mediocre LB he was against real competition
 
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#43
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I thinks it's an interesting idea. What isn't clear is if they intend for each team in cluster 2 to play every team in the cluster. That would mean some massive road trips. They didn't figure geography into it, but if you look at Cluster 2 and think about having 2 divisions it might look like this.

Tennessee
South Carolina
Clemson
FSU
Penn State
Michigan State


Iowa
Nebraska
TAMU
Oregon
Wisconsin
USC

Allow each school the chance to keep a permanent rival, both schools must be in D IV.

So for us...SC, Clemson, FSU, Penn St., Mich. State and Alabama would be on the schedule every year. Then, on a rotating basis we would play 3 teams from the other division. Schools could then schedule 1 game with a D IV school in another cluster. This would give us a very strong 10 game schedule which would also have a bye week. It could look something like this.

VS. Ga Tech
AT USCw
VS. FSU
AT Penn State
VS. TAMU
BYE WEEK
AT Alabama
VS. Clemson
AT South Carolina
VS. Nebraska
AT Mich. St. 0n Nov. 8

Personally, I'd be much more inclined to buy season tickets if we played a schedule like this. No cup cakes.

Rather than having a 12 game schedule, go to a 16 team D IV playoff that starts two weeks after the end of the 10 week schedule. Some of the less meaningful bowl games could be played at that time.

First Round - Nov 22 (Bases on the Final 2013 AP Poll)

FSU vs UCLA

Auburn vs Louisville

Mich. St vs LSU

USCe vs Baylor*

Mizzou vs tOSU

OU vs Stanford

Bama vs UCF*

Clemson vs Oregon


Round 2 - November 29

Round 3 - December 6

Championship Dec. 13 or a week later

* denotes teams not designated in the article as D IV

Only 4 teams will have to play more than 12 games, with the two teams in the championship playing 14.

I know this will never happen, but it would make for a much better product.
 
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vtvol98 said:
Wouldn't it be interesting if those clusters were dynamic with each passing season just like the British soccer league. As teams win or lose they would rise or fall into another cluster. If Michigan flops and FSU rolls this season they would trade places in their respective clusters. Thoughts?
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You lost me when you called soccer dynamic.
 
#45
#45
A more logical realignment would be to take ACC(14), Big10(14), Big 12(10), Pac12(12) & SEC(14) plus two teams ND & BYU. That is 66 teams, 16 per conference if you absorb one conference (ACC or Big12) into the other four (TCU & Iowa State would go to other Conferences). Sixteen teams per conference with four teams per division. Then for playoffs you can have two semifinal games per conference and one championship game. The four champions play in the two game playoffs and the rest go bowling. That could mean 16 games for the top two teams.

There wouldn't be any discussion on who is number one...unless three 11-1 teams in the same division beat each other once because then it would go down to a tiebreaker. This would probably happen in the inaugural year.

Conferences could jockey for teams with regards to TV coverage, or a shared revenue arrangement could be made by SEC Channel, PAC12 Channel, Big10 Channel, etc.

Just a quick lay in without too much regard to rivalry and tradition:

SEC Coastal FL, GA, USCe, Aub; SEC Mountain: TN, KY, WV, Vandy; SEC Dixie: AL, MSU, Ole Miss, LSU; SEC Western: Ark, Mizzou, aTm, TX
Pac12 NW: OR, ORST, WA, WSU; Pac12 Coastal: Cal, Stan, UCLA, uscW; Pac12 Dessert: AZ, ASU, BYU, Utah; PAC 12 High Plains: Col, Kan, KSU, TTU
Big10 Northeast: Mich, MSU, OSU, PSU; Big10 Heartland: IN, Purdue, ND, Northwestern; Big10 Beer&Brats: Wis, MN, Iowa, ILL; Big10 Plains: Bay, Neb, OK, OKST
ACC Deep South: FSU, Mia, GT, Clem; ACC Carolina: Duke, NC, NCST, WF; ACC Coastal: Mary, Rutgers, Virg, VT; ACC Noreaster: BC, Pitt, Syracuse, Louisville

Every year a team would play three teams in division, a rival from the other three divisions (bama & aub & ark) plus three rotational games from the other three divisions (SEC Dixie or SEC Coastal or SEC Western) and three OOC games...12 total.

It would work but it will never happen.
 
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Lol at UGA being in cluster one. They are extremely cheap and it holds them back big time. I can't imagine UGA with UT's football budget, they'd be the next UF
 
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Looks like they should stick to covering the financial sector. Then again, college football is a big $$$$ business.
 
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Or we could keep it exactly the same for once.....I like playing who we play. The SEC is great not only because of the level of play, but the tradition itself. I like playing the teams I hate. Not just a bunch of random teams. I like the stories behind the rivalries week in and week out. I want to play Bama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, LSU. We can catch up with other teams in out of conference games.
 
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