Muggens

Ah the good 'ol days

And full of steroids.

If approved by both the city and county, which it still needs to be, this extension is pretty much symbolic.

I'm talking about how nice the stadium used to be and the great view of the Oakland hills.

The Oakland Hills...which turn GAP khaki in early April. Heck, they are a fire alert now.

To All: While Lew Wolff is the voice of the A's, John Fisher is the $$$ behind the team and majority owner. The same thing goes with another Coliseum Complex team, the Golden State Warriors...Joe Lacob is the voice...Peter Guber is the $$$.

Most everyone knows especially here the Bay Area that Fisher and Guber are the money men. But thanks for sharing.

Ah the good 'ol days

And full of steroids.

If approved by both the city and county, which it still needs to be, this extension is pretty much symbolic.

I'm talking about how nice the stadium used to be and the great view of the Oakland hills.

Ah the good 'ol days

Funny thing is San Francisco Sharks was going to be the name of the WHA team before funding fell through and the club was moved to Quebec and became the Nordiques.

Eventually everything will move to Seattle or threaten to. :-)

Move the Sharks to Cleveland and then in a few years they can merge with the Minnesota Wild.

Too late! Sepp has already spent the bribe money.

I think eventually Adam Silver will convince the owners to realign the NBA back to 4 divisions. Assuming teams don't relocate, Seattle & Vancouver are added as expansion teams for the 2018-2019 season.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

Boston, Brooklyn, Miami, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington

Central Division

Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee, Minnesota

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Midwest Division

Dallas, Denver, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Utah

Pacific Division

L.A. Clippers, L.A. Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver

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I still think the SEC will go after Virginia Tech & N.C. State plus the Big Ten wants to further expand it's eastern footprint not just with Penn State, Maryland & Rutgers but possibly Virginia & Georgia Tech as well. It won't be for awhile though. Big Ten would love to have that Atlanta market and the SEC would love to have a foothold in North Carolina and Virginia. This has to do with TV mostly. The Big Ten and SEC networks.

College Football Realignment Armageddon 2025

SEC

East

Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

West

Arkansas, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M

PAC-16

Coast

California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State

Plains

Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Colorado, Texas, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah

BIG SIXTEEN

East

Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers

West

Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin

ACC

Coastal

Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, N.C. State, Syracuse, Wake Forest, West Virginia

Atlantic

Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech

Nice realignment preview Muggens. But I don't see Iowa State in there. However, what if the max cap number of members is upto 20 instead of 16, who would you add those 4 more members on each super-conference?

I did leave Iowa State out for the moment but you're right I do think super conferences might go to 18 or 20. I'm starting think that eventually the Big Ten & SEC will raid the ACC for schools again.

College Football Realignment Armageddon 2025

SEC

East

Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

West

Arkansas, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M

PAC-16

Coast

California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State

Plains

Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Colorado, Texas, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah

BIG SIXTEEN

East

Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers

West

Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin

ACC

Coastal

Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, N.C. State, Syracuse, Wake Forest, West Virginia

Atlantic

Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech

NBA Expands to Seattle & Vancouver in 2018. League returns to Seattle and gives Vancouver another shot.

League realigns into 3 conferences. Top 16 teams by record qualify for playoffs. Seeded 1 through 16 no matter what conference.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Miami, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington

CENTRAL CONFERENCE

Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indiana, Memphis, Minnesota, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Antonio

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Denver, L.A. Clippers, L.A. Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle, Utah, Vancouver

Oops my bad, sorry for forgetting Houston

so here we go:

Expansion in italics

East

Atlanta

Chicago Fire

Columbus Crew

D.C. United

Miami

Montreal Impact

New England Revolution

New York City FC

New York Red Bulls

Orlando City SC

Philadelphia Union

Toronto FC

West

Colorado Rapids

FC Dallas

Houston Dynamo

LA Galaxy

Los Angeles FC (or whatever Chivas is re-branded as)

Portland Timbers

Real Salt Lake

San Jose Earthquakes

Seattle Sounders FC

Sporting Kansas City

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Then maybe Minnesota or San Antonio as the 24th club

So with Atlanta in all likelihood being added as the 22nd franchise in MLS, here is the 2017 alignment:

Expansion in italics

East

Atlanta

Columbus Crew

D.C. United

Miami

Montreal Impact

New England Revolution

New York City FC

New York Red Bulls

Orlando City SC

Philadelphia Union

Toronto FC

West

Chicago Fire

Colorado Rapids

FC Dallas

LA Galaxy

Los Angeles FC (or whatever Chivas is re-branded as)

Portland Timbers

Real Salt Lake

San Jose Earthquakes

Seattle Sounders FC

Sporting Kansas City

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Republican state senators in Illinois currently hold a super-minority. They are bored.

How bored?

Bored enough to commission a study about whether or not another Illinois state school should join the Big Ten.

Napoleon Harris (who in the interests of full disclosure, is a Democrat) apparently thinks Chicago State, which has no football team and an accreditation status of "dubious," would be a fine candidate.

Some politicians just have too much time on their hands. Good Lord!

Damien 666

http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/20140205arizona-coyotes-name-change-faces-trademark-tussle.html

Tony Fioretto who has trademarked the Arizona Coyotes, Phoenix Open and 10 others just became the obstacle for the Phoenix Coyotes changing their name.

I'm open for Quebec Nordiques. That sounds like a good name

Major League Soccer at 24 teams (future expansion in italics):

Eastern Conference

Atlanta

Chicago Fire

Columbus Crew

D.C. United

Miami

Montreal Impact

New England Revolution

New York City FC

New York Red Bulls

Orlando City SC

Philadelphia Union

Toronto FC

Western Conference

Chivas USA

Colorado Rapids

FC Dallas

Houston Dynamo

LA Galaxy

Portland Timbers

Real Salt Lake

San Antonio

San Jose Earthquakes

Seattle Sounders FC

Sporting Kansas City

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

I would like to thank all of you for participating in my little experiment. Truthfully I have been posting on this message board and others the last year posing as different people. I found a good amount of interesting responses to my posts, positive and negative. All of you helped tremendously with my research paper. I apologize for being deceiving. Once again, thank you all for your help, take care and best wishes.

The Pac-10 is going to have to get with the times if they want to survive in the new college football world. Also this board is one the most arrogant and elitist boards on the web. There are a lot of people on here to big for their britches.

If the Big Ten does the 16 school thing the Pac-10 better grow some balls and add Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma,

Oklahoma State, Colorado & Utah.