Magnus

Taking a bit of inspiration from MLB, I present, the NHL Circuit. https://imgur.com/gallery/5xF05xP

What a prick. (Booker, not the Raptor) https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2022/01/12/raptors-mascot-relocated-after-phoenix-player-devin-booker-complained-he-was-distracting-and-twitter-went-wild.html

My best moments as a sports fan: Pro leagues: NHL: Game 5 of 2010 Eastern Conference Final MLB: Game 6 of 1993 World Series NBA: Game 6 of 2019 NBA Finals, Game 7 of Raptors-Sixers Series (2019) CFL: 2004, 2012, 2017 Grey Cups NFL: Super Bowls 42, 45, 46, and 52 Olympics: 2002/20210 Gold Medal Ice Hockey Games (both women's and men's games) Donovan Bailey's 1996 gold medal - 100 m Intramural sports: Watching my buddy's flag football team win their local league championship (I know, lame - but it was a special moment for us)

Las Vegas A's of Henderson. Does that make it better, or worse?

Not really a realignment; just a proposed schedule tweak for the NHL when Seattle joins: 8 pods, 4 teams each Teams play pod opponents 8 times (24) Play everyone else twice (56) Season schedule reduced by 2 games. Ticket prices can be bumped up if necessary.

Two dates that come to mind? June 13, 2019 - Raptors win their first NBA title. Funnily enough, that championship game is airing tonight on TSN. Aug 16, 2013 - Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, NY - Bills beat Vikings 20-16 in the preseason. Not a memorable game for many folks; but it was for me, because it was my big summer trip that year. I traveled to another country (without my parents!), as well as with my girlfriend at the time. I still have the menu from the Anchor Bar (originator of the buffalo wing) around here somewhere.

Okay. Thanks for a more informative response. Honestly, this does make more sense than having 100+ schools in a "top" tier. Wouldn't have to tinker too much with the existing CFP setup either. I'd just like to see every conference champion in a given tier have a shot at a national title - and no undeserving teams that fail to win their conference (but are somehow picked for ratings) taking those spots.

So, I just have one question. If Troy, South Alabama et al. will "never win" against the established power schools in their conferences, what's the harm of having them in there, even theoretically? Somebody's gonna have a losing record in a 16-team conference.

K. This one may anger a few folks. I've kept 128 teams in the FBS, and organized it into 9 conferences. The former Big 12 becomes the Big Texas Conference, and takes all 12 Texas FBS teams into its fold. Five conferences swell to 16 football-fielding members; the other four conferences field 12 members. The College Football Playoff gets a minor, but in my opinion, very important change. Since currently, six major bowl games are part of the New Year's Six lineup, they all become part of a proper 8-team playoff, which will allow every team in the FBS a (theoretical) shot at winning a national title. I may not watch a lot of NCAA football, but I think it's a travesty that some teams in what is supposed to be the top division of college football can post a perfect season, and yet not be considered national champions simply because other schools have - what - a larger nationwide fanbase? It's a travesty. If a no-name school like Butler can make it to 2 straight NCAA basketball finals, football teams should have the same opportunity. Here's how it breaks down. 4 conferences keep their tie-ins with a particular prestigious bowl game. The BI6 10 and Pacific Conference champs will play in the Rose Bowl. The Mid-South champ will now join the SEC champ at the Sugar Bowl. The New England champ will join the ACC at the Orange Bowl. The remaining quarterfinal bowl game will rotate between the Peach, Cotton, and Fiesta Bowls, with the other two serving as semifinals, as currently happens. The national championship game will proceed as normal - but now, again, theoretically, every team in the FBS will have at least some chance of making a championship run. No more UCF Knights having an undefeated season and not being considered for a premiere bowl game. They're in the playoff if they win their conference. No more Boise State being undefeated, yet ignored in favour of a one-loss Alabama just because "hurr durr national ratings". Win your conference and you're in. That's how it should be. Bama can play in the Bahamas Bowl for all I care. I'm still disgusted that they played a divisional rival for a "national championship" in 2012. That's just stupid. Oklahoma State deserved the #2 spot that year. I know that detractors will now say that not every game matters with this format. You could *theoretically* have a team from one conference go 6-6 in regular season play, win their extremely weak division, and then go on a run of upsets in the conference championship game and subsequent playoff. But perhaps the chances of that could be reduced by eliminating divisions within the conference, and just picking the two teams with the best two records for the conference title game in every conference. Anyway, here it is.

Damn...! I dunno very many cities that could pull off hot pink on a sports uniform. This is nice.

All teams are the same as now, except for the expansion Seattle team.

As it was confirmed not long ago that Seattle would finally be getting an NHL team, a 2020-21 possible realignment and schedule.

When I was doing my organizing, I wanted to make sure the divisions had some degree of geographical accuracy. All of those colleges are in the Dallas area. It was a note for myself.

So, I just read that the Ivy League, the last holdout for staging their own playoff champion in basketball, will hold a playoff for their basketball champions. This gives a chance to simplify the qualification structure for the NCAA Tournament. I never liked the idea of "at-large" bids. I think that the 32 champs and 32 runners-up should qualify. It's very simple, and does away with controversial selection.

Okiedoke. Well, I used Excel so that it formatted with nice straight lines and pretty colours.

Is this strikingly similar to the realignment you posted? I swear I just made this myself. I did it in Excel.

(only way to make it work) Excuse the cheekiness, but I think this could happen instead.

I've been sitting on this for a little bit. I thought posting a picture was easier.

Hey, as long as they get a team, I'm happy.

2017-18: Vegas Golden Knights! 2019-20: Houston Hockey Players!

Not to sidetrack woodshackzac, but I had to post this: Lone Star Conference, NCAA FBS Frontier Division: Baylor, Rice, Houston, North Texas, SMU, TCU Heartland Division: Texas, A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, UTEP, UTSA

CFL is actually more like Summer to the edge of Winter here in Canada.