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Without commenting on the uniforms, which I'm just going to assume have no bearing and are just there to illustrate the team itself, why so many conference switches? Why are the Jets and Giants in the same division now? The only way these amount of switches would occur is if they went to an Eastern/Western geographical conferences... but that's not what you did. It's like you just switched teams for the hell of it.

Would the Big East also jettison some of the basketball only schools in this scenario? I could see the Big East creating two "sub-conferences" out of their football and non-football members. The Big East Tournament would then just be a one-and-done version of the NBA Playoffs. And a big effin "yes" to La. Tech in C-USA. Of all the "out-of-footprint" placements, Tech in the WAC is probably the one that bugged me the most since they were already well within the footprint of two much more suitable conferences. I did a realignment where I made all the conferences (for football) 12 teams, with the exception of a 14-member MWC and the MAC and Sun Belt at like 13 and 7 or something. They weren't really my focus. But anyway, what I did with the Big East was had enough to get 12 football members and 12 non-football members. I then split them into 2 seperate conferences for non-football sports. I originally was gonna have one conference of football members and one of non-members, but that would divided Georgetown, a pretty traditional Big East basketball school, away from the other "original" Big East members. So instead, I put the teams in the midwest (including TCU and USF) into one "midwest" conference and put the eastern schools, which actually was most of the original members, into the Big East basketball. The breakdown is on my computer at home so I may try and post it tomorrow.

Without having read through all the breakdown stuff, why exactly are the Dodgers, one of the teams with the longest use of blue caps, in the black cap when they've never even used a black cap?

No, I believe it had something to do with BYU being in the MWC or something. But that was before BYU left to go Independent.

Yeah, but if they end up losing some teams, with Memphis and maybe Houston being the most likely, then they'd probably look at adding to maintain 12 teams. Louisiana Tech may not be a major market, but there's really not much else. And Seadragon, just because Idaho doesn't go to the MWC wouldn't mean San Jose State or Utah State wouldn't either. The MWC offered a spot to Utah State before, but that's befor BYU left. Now they're saying there's a possibility Utah State would except an invitation. It's definately a bump up. And if they bring in SJSU as well, that would give them the magic 12 number for a championship game. I think Idaho and New Mexico State only get in in the case that the WAC dissolves (as a football conference at least) and they don't want to go Independent. Then the MWC may take them simply as a pity, I don't know. But the WAC is definately in trouble as far as football goes. If they bring in those Texas schools from FCS, then that would probably just make it more likely SJSU and Utah State, more FBS schools, would want to get into a better conference. So I see either the WAC football conf dying out/unofficially merging into MWC or becoming one of the lower FBS conferences with the MAC and Sun Belt.

The thing is, if Idaho, San Jose State and Utah State all do indeed jump to the MWC, that would only leave Louisiana Tech and New Mexico State in the WAC. If you assume Idaho does not go, which they would be the 13th MWC member, then that still only leaves 3 schools, with La Tech having a penalty-free opt out at anytime if they want to join Conference USA, which right now is at 12 members. But who knows if Memphis and maybe even Houston jump to the Big 12 or even the possibility of the Big East. Either the remaining schools will have to go independent in football or try to get in the MWC cuz the only other conference in the west is the Pac and they're obviously not getting in there. In football, at least, I could see the WAC and MWC merging, while maintaining seperate conferences in non-football sports.

I'm pretty sure the WAC will find a way to stay alive as a non-football conference like the Big West has. It's sad to see a conference with such history go out the way it has, but I can't feel bad for 'em. They did themselves in with the over-expansion that caused the creation of the Mountain West in the first place. In all the conference realignments I've been working on, I always end up with the entire WAC into the Mountain West. The 2 conferences should just merge back together and form a 14-team league. Let Louisiana Tech head to Conference USA and bam. I know Denver is supposed to be headed to teh WAC in everything but football, but Hawaii is only goint to the MWC in football, so it balances out. How it would look: San Jose State Fresno State San Diego State Nevada UNLV Boise State Idaho Wyoming Utah State Air Force Colorado State New Mexico New Mexico State Hawaii (Football only) Denver (Non-Football)

The Clippers are 15th in attendance in the whole NBA right now. That's better than the Nuggets, Pistons, Rockets, Raptors, Bucks, Hawks, Sixers, and Nets, all of whom you're keeping around in your ideal NBA. I'm all for contracting some teams, but let's be realistic - the Clippers are doing surprisingly well at the box office for a team that has always been the second team in their market, with a dreadful history to boot. /homer rant I think he like LeBron) took the last 8 teams CURRENTLY with the worst records and contracted them, as if that's the basis for such an action. He didn't seem to figure in attendance, revenue or overall financial stability of the the franchises he dropped.

And Big East Basketball, additions, 2013: UMass Buffalo Temple Marshall Xavier Dayton Hofstra Tulsa Memphis BYU Gonzaga British Columbia Iceland Russia Antartica Mars Pluto (or did they drop to Division II now?)

LeBron? Is that you?

Big Ten rethinking Division Names Evidently, not too many people liked their choice. Who woulda thunk it?

Wouldn't really make much sense to go to uneven divisions when you have enough teams to make them evened out divisions (and no its not the same thing for MLB).

I think losing the American/National Leagues/Conferences in the NFL and MLB wouldn't be a good idea. They're seperated like that because of the merger from 2 past leagues in each sport. I personally prefer it over Western/Eastern conferences.

So goodbye NFC and AFC?

Kudos to the Pac-10 for having their member meet a certain academic standard and don't just go adding any school... like the Big East is doing. I swear, if Hawaii runs off 4 seasons of BCS to 10 finishes, they'll get a Big East invite. They become the membership sluts of NCAA landscape. If NOLA didn't already have it claimed, you could rename it the Big Easy conference.

Evidently both Notre Dame and Arkansas inquired about joining the Big 12 this summer. Notre Dame is steadfast on remaining Independent... unless Super Conferences begin to form. From a Big 12 fan, I'd say go after Arkansas and ND. Let Memphis replace Arkansas in the SEC.

As an FYI, you forgot Buffalo in the MAC but otherwise it looks right. Not to mention the additions of Texas State-San Marcos and Texas-San Antonio to the WAC (Provided there is a WAC left after the MWC raids it to oblivion). I see Utah State and probably San Jose State moving over to the Mountain West, giving them a championship game. There's also the possibility of Montana, regularly one of the best FCS schools, usually plays for the Nat'l Championship, bumping up to FBS and joining the MWC. Still, if TCU, Utah and BYU were still in the conference, there'd be a legitimate argument to make the MWC the 7th BCS conference. But now, all it can do is to set itself up to be at the top of the non-BCS conference list for a long time to come, and there really isn't anything it can do in the future to improve on that... unless Texas does end up leaving and the MWC and whatever remains of the Big 12 combine to form what could be one helluva super conference.

Exactly. Why would TCU want to continue traveling across the country, now even farther and in the opposite direction, to play their conference games? Big 12 should've made a run at them and either Houston or Memphis to bring it back to 12 teams. You bring in TCU and Houston, all 6 Texas teams could form the South. This is just another sign that it really is all about money. I mean it was kinda nuts when the Big East stretched all the way to Chicago (DePaul) and Milwaukee (Marquette), both basketball only, but now they go down into Texas? This isn't like the pros where the teams location really doesn't make a difference because their's set game times each week and they don't have classes during the week like the college kids do (not all of them are obviously gonna make the NFL, so some gotta get some kind of a degree). If they joined the Big 12, all of their conference games would be in the same time zone and division games in the same state. Their fans could travel a lot easier to the conference games. Plus, the Big 12 is far superior to the Big East in football, unquestionably.

Yes and yes. Prior to 1998, Detroit was in the east when they switched to the 6 division format. They moved to the central when Tampa Bay joined. If the playoffs do change as it seems it might, with each league 5 playoff teams, then the NL would have 1 WC team and the AL 2. This was an alignment proposal back around 2000, to go 4 divisions in the NL and 3 in the AL, but it had Arizona and Tampa Bay swapping. There was also one in 1998, but it was far more radical and had a lot of teams switching with Minnesota being the most western AL team.

Probably. I'm kind of tired of interleague play, but I'm not against keeping it as is. This, by keeping the leagues with even number of teams each, prevents there from being an interleague series always being played, as would be the case with 15 teams in each league.

Here's an MLB minor realignment I just came up with. It's without expansion, so still 30 teams. NL goes to the NFL format (4 divisions of 4 teams) and AL stays as is. I have 2 different ones; one with Colorado and Texas swapping leagues, and the other with Colorado and Tampa Bay swapping. Scenario #1: NL West: Arizona, LA Dodgers, San Diego, San Francisco Central: St. Louis, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati, Milwaukee East: NY Mets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington South: Atlanta, Houston, Miami/Florida, Texas AL West: LA Angels, Colorado, Oakland, Seattle Central: Chicago Sox, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Minnesota East: Baltimore, Boston, NY Yankees, Toronto, Tampa Bay Scenario #2: NL West: Arizona, LA Dodgers, San Diego, San Francisco Central: St. Louis, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati, Milwaukee East: NY Mets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington South: Atlanta, Houston, Miami/Florida, Tampa Bay AL West: LA Angels, Colorado, Oakland, Seattle Central: Chicago Sox, Cleveland, Kansas City, Minnesota, Texas East: Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, NY Yankees, Toronto Makes all divisions as about numerically even as possible with 30 teams and not going to 15 teams in each league (which would require constant interleague play); instead of four divisions with 5 teams, one with 6 and one with 4, five will have 4 and two will have 5.

But which Ram uniform will he be considered a legend in? or Gotta be the first - he won a Super Bowl in it. In a decade, I think we'll largely forget that he wore the modified uniform. Well only played in the old ones for one season and he did lead them to another Super Bowl in the new ones, so it may not be as easy to distinguish.

i'd try using a Bank Gothic and add the circle serifs. Was that a photo of an execution or something?

Thanks. I'm beginning work on some of our t-shirt designs for next season, and wanted to do some destressed designs on my own.

Don't know if it's been asked before, but does anyone know how to do the distressed or weathered look in Illustrator, kinda like you see on some vintage or graphic tee designs? I, for the life of me, still cannot figure out how. Thanks.