Saint Zephyr III
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Biloxi will never have a major sports team. Ever. But ditto with Fort Worth. Not a chance. North Texas is not a 2-team market.
Why have the Jazz moved to Las Vegas yet the A's and Rays remain when they're in markets or situations of uncertainty and the Jazz are just fine where they're at? Did you really put any thought into any of this? And an NBA team in St. Louis, if that were to even happen, would use "St. Louis", not "Missouri".
I just brought up Biloxi as a way, way, way, WAY in the future kind of city, one of those random upstart cities that pop up time to time like what Austin, Raleigh, or Provo are going through. The Southeast, even though it's not what one would call a flagbearer of economic growth, still has a huge population boom going on and, who knows, the next generation might change the dynamic of certain cities as potential expansion markets.
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You REALLY think that a Fort Worth NBA team is even feasible? Dallas hardly even supported the Mavericks until Cuban came along. If it's going to be another Western team I would think Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Kansas City, or even another California team like San Diego or San Jose. Even Biloxi or Louisville if you want to stretch what would count as a "West" team.
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Is it me or does the $5 million dollar amount actually seem...small? I mean, I understand that it was the African countries but, I mean, these are Arabic royalty with oil money regarding one of the largest sports event, if not THE largest, in the world; you'd think you could get them up to nine-digit figures or something.
Hell, if $5 million is all it takes, I'm surprised America doesn't just come rolling with the dough the next time around.
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NFL - New Orleans Saints: Grew into it; family's from New Orleans, born in Louisiana...unfortunately I grew up in Texas so had to deal with growing up a Saints fan in the middle of Cowboys country. I can't tell you how much I love it when the Saints beat the Cowboys; it's like an annual Christmas.
NBA - San Antonio Spurs: Grew into it; lived in San Antonio, and I haven't looked past since.
College Football - Texas A&M, LSU, USC, UTSA - Let's sit for a spell...
I was raised an Aggie (thank my Papa for that) and for the longest time I always expected to go to A&M. Unfortunately, application didn't work out and I had to go to UTSA. They didn't have their football game at the time, and since the Aggies were struggling so much, I aligned with LSU since my Dad went to one of their affiliates and it was home-state pride.
NOW, in a weird coincidence, the same year UTSA gains its football team, I was accepted to USC. So USC was my first true personal college football game; of course, now that I have two universities to my name, the Aggies are all of a sudden an A-list team so...it's been an interesting journey!
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For giggles, I think the following would work a bit better:
ATLANTIC
Brooklyn Nets
Philadelphia 76ers
Boston Celtics
Orlando Magic
Washington Wizards
New York Knicks
Miami Heat
Charlotte Hornets
The Atlantic Division of old is kept intact except for the addition of the reincarnated Charlotte Hornets.
CENTRAL
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Milwaukee Bucks
Memphis Grizzlies
Chicago Bulls
Toronto Raptors
Cleveland Cavaliers
Atlanta Hawks
Switching out New Orleans with Memphis for geographical reasons.
MIDWEST
San Antonio Spurs
Dallas Mavericks
Minnesota Timberwolves
Utah Jazz
Houston Rockets
New Orleans Pelicans
Denver Nuggets
Oklahoma Thunder
Curiously, this setup creates two mini-divisions within the same division: the modern Southwest teams versus the Midwest teams.
PACIFIC
Sacramento Kings
LA Lakers
LA Clippers
Portland Supersonics
Phoenix Suns
Seattle Supersonics
Golden State Warriors
San Jose Startups
Not only does this makes sense for the future Seattle team but, for me personally, the next NBA expansion is going to be on the western side of the continent. It'll either be Las Vegas, San Jose, or even longshots like San Diego and Vancouver.
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So reading an article about how the Big XII really wants a larger presence in Florida through their bowl tie-ins but I imagine it goes deeper than that. Could they make a play now for South Florida???
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Here's a question, what happens to Boise State's conference schedule? They have already announced the conference schedule for the Big East so what happens? Do they play all those games against Big East opponents or does the conference have to completely alter the schedule?
I read that as part of their agreement to rejoin the Mountain West, they're allowing Boise State to keep any and/or all non-conference opponents. They already have a series of matchups against both Utah State and BYU, who may yet return to the Mountain West with a similar type of deal.
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So if I understand it right, the seven schools may simply take the Big East name with them and leave the new football-only members to their own devices, right? And the other alternative is simply dissolving it and joining another conference. Or is it the other way around?
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The death knell may be imminent.
Even if they don't dissolve the league, it's looking like it'll lose 15-20% of its current television deal with the Catholic schools leaving. I can't imagine the other schools staying put so that of course begs to question...what happens to the schools who signed up?? Should Houston, SMU, Memphis and the others join the Mountain West?? Go back to the C-USA to make a giga-conference?
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That $40M is insane; that's a new building a year per school!!
Duke & North Carolina going their separate ways. $Greed$ just keeps on destroying college sports.
That'd be up there with Texas/Texas A&M; just heartbreaking.
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I hope Notre Dame abandons this ACC folly...
If anything, the less teams the more dominant it is and the more it can dictate.
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I suppose what I can say is that it'd be interesting to see some carryover into the Texas League or why Texas is such a bare-spot for Triple-A.
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That board does bring up a great point...if Big XII DOES acquire Florida State and another eastern team (Clemson/Virginia Tech)...how would the divisions be set up?? I imagine OU, OSU, Tech, UT, and Baylor staying together to retain the divisional rivalrys but that means that Florida State and Clemson would have to share a division with IOWA STATE and KU/KSU.
Now what would work is if you did a North/South division. UT, Tech, Baylor, TCU, Florida State, and Clemson/VT in the "South" and OU, OSU, KSU, Kansas, West Virginia, and ISU in the "North". West Virginia would be the odd man out sadly but hey, THEY'RE the ones who went ahead with the Big XII.
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Yeah I think many of us are underestimating that $50M amount; at the end of the day, even though they're acting like corporations, these schools can't just foot that much money without some severe ramifications.
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So at this point I have to think Boise State and San Diego State defect back to the Big East as, somehow, it seems slightly more pathetic than the C-USA...
To help everyone out, here's how the "Group of Five" are looking in 2015...the EXCITEMENT.
C-USA (14) - Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulsa, UAB, UTEP, UTSA
Mountain West (10) - Air Force, Colorado State, Colorado State, New Mexico, UNLV, Wyoming, Fresno State, Nevada, Hawai'i, San Jose State
Sun Belt (9) - Arkansas-Little Rock, Arkansas State, LA-Lafayette, LA-Monroe, Troy, Texas State, South Alabama, Georgia State, WKU
Big East (13) - Cincinnati, UConn, South Florida, UCF, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Boise State, Navy, SDSU, East Carolina
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The only place I have ever seen the 2004 Cardinals Blue Alt is on ESPN NFL 2K5 and eBay.
I don't think they ever wore it.
That always was a fashion jersey like the gold 49ers, yellow Packers, silver Raiders, and navy Dolphins that were all out at various times in the 1990s and 2000s.
On ESPN NFL 2K5 it was listed as their alternate jersey.
If I'm not mistaken, 2k5 had a few of these jerseys for teams as alternates, but were never more than fashion jerseys, like this cardinals one.
I seem to remember that they had a bizarre yellow alternate for the Vikings...
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So, is there anywhere that actually shows who's where and what and gah...it's all dreadfully confusing.
What's funny is that if Texas and Oklahoma had gone to the Pac-12, the Big East may have at least had some credibility by bringing on Kansas, Kansas State. Although would that have meant that West Virginia would've ended up in the SEC with Missouri?? There's so many alternate re-alignments that could've occurred if Texas didn't act like the King of the Universe.
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Marinatto resigns as head of Big East
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/brett-mcmurphy/18983292
Two years too late. The Big East is C-USA 2.0 and officially irrelevant in the scope of college football.
The curious thing about the article was the statement about the Mountain West leaving two spots open for San Diego State and Boise State in case they wanted to jump back to a surprisingly stable conference.
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C'mon FSU. Don't play me like that.
...Incidentally raysox I LOVE that profile pic. Adorably epic.
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Isn't it especially embarrassing for the Big East that even with all the upheavel that's happened to the Mountain West and the C-USA they've at least maintained their regional identity and a supposed "top-tier conference" looks like one of the more raggedy aligned conferences I've ever seen?
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Well, true, likely never going to happen but it would make competition in the bottom of the league compelling in its own right. To be fair, some of those teams I had to kinda stretch in their marketability.
Upon reflection, 16 teams would be WAY too much. Just taking it down to 12 might make it more efficient since it'd be a 17% changeover as opposed to a 8% change.
PRO LEAGUE
WESTERN
Seattle Supersonics
Sacramento Kings
St. Louis Archers
San Diego Missions
Ciudad de México Águilas
Albuquerque Coyotes
EASTERN
Charlotte Bobcats
Baltimore Monuments
New Jersey Knights
Kentucky Colonels
Alabama Rebels
Providence Jackets
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Here's my idea for the NBA...essentially convert it to a two-tier league, with the regular league shrunk down to 28 and a 16-team lower-tier league. Basically, if a team in the premier tier has a lower winning percentage than the highest team in the lower league after four years, then the two teams would switch places til the following cycle. So a team like Charlotte or Sacramento would switch out with two of the teams in the lower bracket. This would prevent tanking as well as keep the quality of play at a high level.
So here's how the premier league would look:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC
Washington Wizards
Miami Heat
New York Knicks
Brooklyn Nets
Boston Celtics
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
CENTRAL
Milwaukee Bucks
Atlanta Hawks
Cleveland Cavaliers
Chicago Bulls
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Toronto Raptors
WESTERN CONFERENCE
MIDWEST
Houston Rockets
Denver Nuggets
New Orleans Captains (personal favorite for new name)
San Antonio Spurs
Dallas Mavericks
Memphis Grizzlies (switched with Minnesota)
Oklahoma City Thunder (switched from Pacific with Utah)
PACIFIC
Phoenix Suns
Los Angeles Clippers
Utah Jazz (switched from Midwest with OKC)
San Francisco Warriors
Los Angeles Lakers
Portland Trailblazers
Minnesota Timberwolves (switched with Memphis)
Now under this scenario, Charlotte and Sacramento have been relegated to the new Developmental League, which I'll dub the Pro League. This would be the breeding ground for other markets that haven't had an NBA team; basically they'd be fighting for the right to join the Premier League.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Sacramento Kings
Seattle Supersonics
San Diego Missions
San Jose Digits
Albuquerque Coyotes
Kansas City Riders
Las Vegas Lights
Mexico City Eagles/Ciudad de México Águilas
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Baltimore Monuments
Jacksonville Snappers
Charlotte Bobcats
Cincinnati Gladiators
New Jersey Elites
Kentucky Colonels
Providence Jackets
Birmingham Rebels
So, with this setup, let's say that over the next four years Toronto and San Francisco bottom out in the Premier League and the New Jersey Elites and the revived Seattle Supersonics do the best in their respective conference in the Pro League. The teams would switch, putting New Jersey in Toronto's place and Seattle in San Francisco's place.
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And then there was that last guy, He Who Shall Not Be Posted.
Which number 4 do you mean?
Brett Farve
John David Booty
Is It Me, or does it look like JDB had a Booty Nameplate sewn over the Favre one.
IDK who was there first though.
Booty came first. The Booty always comes first.
Gotta love Boondocks references...
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If I recall, I think that the original realignment idea was that Buffalo was going to be in the North and Baltimore was going to be in the East but Buffalo made a huge stink about maintaining its rivalry with the Patriots and the Dolphins.