WestCoastBias Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 1 minute ago, McCall said: If your dream for the PAC was BYU and Colorado State, then that validates everyone trying to bail. Sorry for wishing for a regional conference of like minded universities, aside from BYU playing the outcast villain role, instead of a dumb nation wide super conference. Big 12 teams have no business being in the Pac-12 and Pac-12 teams have no business being in the Big 12, and of course Pac-12 teams should not be in the B1G. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 27 minutes ago, WestCoastBias said: Sorry for wishing for a regional conference of like minded universities, aside from BYU playing the outcast villain role, instead of a dumb nation wide super conference. Big 12 teams have no business being in the Pac-12 and Pac-12 teams have no business being in the Big 12, and of course Pac-12 teams should not be in the B1G. Don't apologize for your vision. It looks entertaining to me, especially of what could have happened out West. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 I actually had a dream MLB went to a 168 game schedule. 120 divisional games (30 games each vs division opponents). And like the NFL, game 168 will all be division games. 30 intraleague non-divisional games (3 each vs every team). 18 interleague games (3 against a fixed rival and 15 against each team in a division). Postseason stays the same: 3 game Wild card series, 5 game LDS, 7 game LCS and WS. Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 The ACC loses Clemson and Florida State to the SEC, but absorbs the East Division of the SBC plus Liberty Atlantic Division- App State Boston College Georgia State Georgia Tech JMU Louisville Marshall NC State Syracuse Wake Forest Coastal- Coastal Carolina Duke Georgia Southern Liberty Miami Old Dominion Pitt UNC Virginia Virginia Tech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackq1916 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 It will be really interesting to see what the SEC And Big 10 do in the coming seasons with realignment. Both have pretty much admitted to the fact that when the new teams come in, they will go to three permanent opponents (four-team pods) and rotate everyone else every second year (to allow for home-and-homes). As I see it, it will work out REALLY well in the SEC from a regional and Rivalry perspective (not perfect, but good) Play your own pod once, play the four from another pod, then one team from each of the other two pods. Texas A&M Oklahoma Arkansas Ole Miss Miss. State Alabama Auburn Tennessee LSU Kentucky Vandy Florida Georgia South Carolina Missouri It's farrrr more complicated if they want to go this route with the BIG. Who do they stick with UCLA and USC in that pod? How do you protect multiple rivalries? For example, obviously they will keep OSU/UM every year. But what if they want to play PSU/OSU annally also? You'd then have a pod with Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State, and, what, Rutgers? How fair would that be? I think the Big 10 would be better off protecting ONE game per two sets of teams and that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 10 hours ago, jackq1916 said: It will be really interesting to see what the SEC And Big 10 do in the coming seasons with realignment. Both have pretty much admitted to the fact that when the new teams come in, they will go to three permanent opponents (four-team pods) and rotate everyone else every second year (to allow for home-and-homes). As I see it, it will work out REALLY well in the SEC from a regional and Rivalry perspective (not perfect, but good) Play your own pod once, play the four from another pod, then one team from each of the other two pods. Texas A&M Oklahoma Arkansas Ole Miss Miss. State Alabama Auburn Tennessee LSU Kentucky Vandy Florida Georgia South Carolina Missouri The SEC approved the 3-6 scheduling format and Texas A&M have said they'd like 2 of their 3 regular opponents to be Texas and LSU, so I'd assume it'd be those 3 and Oklahoma, if it does indeed to go the pod system, likely moving Arkansas into a "North" division with Mizzou, Vanderbilt and Kentucky. This would allow Tennessee to stay in an "East" with Georgia & Florida along with South Carolina. The Alabama/Mississippi division works. “WEST” “CENTRAL” “NORTH” “EAST” LSU Alabama Arkansas Florida Oklahoma Auburn Kentucky Georgia Texas Mississippi State Mizzou South Carolina Texas A&M Ole Miss Vanderbilt Tennessee Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 10 hours ago, jackq1916 said: It's farrrr more complicated if they want to go this route with the BIG. Who do they stick with UCLA and USC in that pod? How do you protect multiple rivalries? For example, obviously they will keep OSU/UM every year. But what if they want to play PSU/OSU annally also? You'd then have a pod with Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State, and, what, Rutgers? How fair would that be? I think the Big 10 would be better off protecting ONE game per two sets of teams and that's it. As for the Big Ten, I really can't see them stopping at 16 with USC & UCLA. They'd probably need to get to 20 and create 5-team pods. They've mentioned Stanford, Cal, Oregon and Washington as targets. Drop Cal, then they could add another midwest school (Notre Dame would be their top choice), allowing for a 5-team "Pacific" pod. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 American Football Conference National Football Conference West South Central East West South Central East Arizona Houston Cincinnati Buffalo Dallas Atlanta Chicago Baltimore Denver Miami Cleveland New England LA Rams Carolina Green Bay NY Giants LA Chargers New Orleans Detroit NY Jets San Francisco Jacksonville Minnesota Philadelphia Las Vegas Tampa Bay Indianapolis Pittsburgh Seattle Tennessee Kansas City Washington Realigned the divisions to a more geographic approach. Here is my thought process for some of the radical changes. Fun fact, Dallas started in the Western Conference during their first season in 1960. They've been in the East since 1961! Figured keeping them against the 49ers would be great nostalgia, and certainly not an easy division to win. Regarding the AFC East, needed to keep the Patriots/Jets rivalry alive along with the Bills. Introducing the Steelers to this division would make it a gauntlet for any team to come out on top each season. As for the NFC East, I like the "I-95" corridor approach as the teams are easily accessible by the interstate. For the AFC/NFC South divisions, the alignment could have gone in many different directions, but I settled on teams that were in close proximity to each other. It would be cool to see all the division rivalries develop over time. The biggest surprises would be moving Kansas City to the NFC and Detroit to the AFC, as a change of scenery may help the Lions thrive and the Chiefs given more challenging competition in their division (except for maybe the Bears). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Someone once mentioned a change to the NBA schedule that I liked, so here's another pointless realignment, along with remembering that schedule idea. Pacific Division: Blazers, Lakers, Clippers, Kings, Warriors Midwest Division: Jazz, Suns, Nuggets, Thunder, T-Wolves All other divisions remain the same The idea was: 44 games per season, with a mid-week game and a weekend game each week for 22 weeks. Teams would play the opposite conference once and the same conference home and home, which works out to 43 games, and then one more game against a designated rival. (I figure Minnesota would pair with Chicago or Milwaukee for game #44). Of course, ticket prices would probably increase dramatically to compensate for the lost revenue, and the TV network deals would all have to be scrapped and renegotiated. Alternatively, I would suggest: 80 game season (20 divisional games, 30 conference, 30 cross-conference) Only a slight bump in ticket prices is required here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kooky01 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 My versions of a 32 team NBA and MLB 32 team NBA Western Conference Northwest Division Seattle SuperSonics (expansion) Portland Trail Blazers Sacramento Kings Golden State Warriors Southwest Division Los Angeles Clippers Los Angeles Lakers Las Vegas Rat Pack (expansion) Phoenix Suns Mountain Division Utah Jazz Denver Nuggets Oklahoma City Thunder Memphis Grizzlies Frontier Division Dallas Mavericks Houston Rockets San Antonio Spurs New Orleans Pelicans Eastern Conference Midwest Division Minnesota Timberwolves Milwaukee Bucks Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers Northeast Division Boston Celtics Toronto Raptors Detroit Pistons Cleveland Cavaliers Atlantic Division New York Knicks Brooklyn Nets Philadelphia 76ers Washington Wizards Southeast Division Charlotte Hornets Atlanta Hawks Orlando Magic Miami Heat 32 team MLB AL East Boston Red Sox New York Yankees Baltimore Orioles Toronto Blue Jays AL Central Cleveland Guardians Detroit Tigers Chicago White Sox Minnesota Twins AL South Nashville Copperheads (expansion) Tampa Bay Rays Texas Rangers Kansas City Royals AL West Oakland Athletics Los Angeles Angels Seattle Mariners Arizona Diamondbacks (swapped leagues with Houston) NL East Montreal Expos (expansion) New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central Cincinnati Reds Chicago Cubs Milwaukee Brewers St. Louis Cardinals NL South Washington Nationals Atlanta Braves Miami Marlins Houston Astros (swapped leagues with Arizona) NL West Colorado Rockies San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers San Diego Padres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Problem: the Conference USA is being picked apart and tries to serve a need that the American Athletic Conference and Sunbelt already does better - occupy the broadest reaches of the Southeast Solution: a second tier conference for the Plains region in the way the MAC and Mountain West acts for the Big Ten and Pac 12 New Mexico State UTEP Tulsa Arkansas State North Texas Texas State Sam Houston State Louisiana Tech Louisiana Rice Little rivalry pods of NMSU/UTEP, Rice/Sam Houston, Tulsa/ArkSt, Louisiana schools, North Texas/Texas State (ignore that half of these schools are going to the American conference, i'll let them take San Antonio because they fit the characteristics of other schools in that conference. We'll trade them for Tulsa. Also trade FIU to the Sun Belt and open WKU and MTSU to the highest bidder) 1 Quote @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 A sneak preview of a new series: TrueYankee becomes the overlord of the Sports world. Here, the NCAA makes conferences strictly regional again, reformed by the Ministry of Sports. Former major programs become major again, and also, depending on location, schools get assigned to a conference (that means no USC or UCLA going to the Big 10, they stay in the Pac 12, and Cincinnati, Marquette, Xavier etc. because of their Eastern Midwest location, move from Big 12 and Big East to the Big 10) ACC Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, USF, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest Big East Boston College, Buffalo, Connecticut, Georgetown, Rutgers, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, Syracuse, Temple, Villanova, West Virginia Big 10 Butler, Chicago, Cincinnati, DePaul, Indiana, Illinois, Louisville, Marquette, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin, Xavier Big 12 Baylor, Colorado State, Creighton, Houston, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rice, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Tulsa, UTSA, Wichita State Pac 12 Arizona, Arizona State, Boise State, BYU, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, UNLV, USC, Utah, UTEP, Washington, Washington State, Wyoming SEC Alabama, Appalachian State, Arkansas, Auburn, East Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Memphis, Mississippi, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tulane, UCF, Vanderbilt Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 11 hours ago, TrueYankee26 said: Big East Boston College, Buffalo, Connecticut, Georgetown, Rutgers, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, Syracuse, Temple, Villanova, West Virginia Not sure I agree with everything in your post but I really like this group of teams 2 Quote @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, raysox said: Not sure I agree with everything in your post but I really like this group of teams I should also note that the teams that do not have football programs today (Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's for example) will have them in this series Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 The PAC 8/10/12 whatever number of teams are left get absorbed by other conferences and/or form new conference (and other related conference shifting) B18 or Transnational 18 (formerly B1G) California (+) Colorado (+) Illinois Indiana Iowa Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Ohio State Penn State Purdue Rutgers Wisconsin USC (++) UCLA (++) Coastal Plains Conference (formerly Big 12) Arizona (+) Arizona State (+) Baylor BYU (++) Cincinnati (++) Central Florida (++) Houston (++) Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech Utah (+) Stanford (+) Rain Belt 12 (RB12) Conference (formerly Mountain West) Boise State Colorado State Fresno State Oregon (+) Oregon State (+) North Dakota State (^+) Nevada UNLV Utah State Washington (+) Washington State (+) Wyoming (+) - members of PAC12 (++) - confirmed future members of noted conference (^+) - promoted from FCS Note: New Mexico, San Jose State, San Diego State (MW), and West Virginia (Big 12), have undecided futures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 ACC Connecticut Florida State East Carolina Syracuse Louisville Liberty NC State Wake Forest Boston College Old Dominion UNC Pitt Duke Georgia Tech South Florida Virginia Virginia Tech WVU United Middle American Conference (UMAC) UTSA North Texas Rice UTEP Ohio Buffalo Bowling Green Miami OH Kent State Akron Toledo E Michigan C Michigan W Michigan Ball State Northern Illinois SEC Alabama Ole Miss Mississippi State Arkansas Auburn Kentucky Tennessee Texas A&M Memphis Missouri Vanderbilt UAB Florida Atlantic James Madison Tulsa FIU Charlotte WKU South East Atlantic Conference (SEA) App State LSU Tulane Coastal Carolina Clemson SMU Miami Louisiana Lafayette Louisiana Monroe Georgia South Carolina Florida Georgia Southern Georgia State South Alabama Southern Miss Midd. Tennessee LA Tech ———————————— Undecided Marshall Troy Texas State Arkansas State Norte Dame New Mexico State UMass New Mexico Hawaii San Jose State San Diego State Temple Air Force Army Navy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I can't tell how serious you are about these, but I sincerely hope that you don't actually believe any of this should happen. 2 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 1 hour ago, McCall said: I can't tell how serious you are about these, but I sincerely hope that you don't actually believe any of this should happen. Well. This is the “Pointless Realignment Outpost” for a reason 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 10 hours ago, DCarp1231 said: Well. This is the “Pointless Realignment Outpost” for a reason Actually, the "Pointless" portion of the thread title isn't in reference to the realignment proposals themselves, but rather the general existence of the thread because a lot of people around here didn't like it when people posted them in other threads. So they created this thread for those of us who do like realignment ideas, but named it as such to remind people how others feel about it. So basically, it's just the "REALIGNMENT OUTPOST". Then they added "POINTLESS" to the name to show their disdain for it. Probably should have been titled "(POINTLESS) REALIGNMENT OUTPOST" to be more accurate. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, McCall said: Actually, the "Pointless" portion of the thread title isn't in reference to the realignment proposals themselves, but rather the general existence of the thread because a lot of people around here didn't like it when people posted them in other threads. So they created this thread for those of us who do like realignment ideas, but named it as such to remind people how others feel about it. Ah, I see. In fairness, I only started with the dismantling of the PAC12 and of that proposal, I believe the Rain Belt 12 to be the most reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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