McCall Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 12 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said: 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. Outside of Oregon and Washington, sure. But both of those schools will stay in one of the Power 5. I think they're headed for the Big Ten, but at minimum, Big 12 if the PAC doesn't survive on it's own. Also, the Big Ten will never be known as anything other than the Big Ten. No Big 18. 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: Outside of Oregon and Washington, sure. But both of those schools will stay in one of the Power 5. I think they're headed for the Big Ten, but at minimum, Big 12 if the PAC doesn't survive on it's own. Also, the Big Ten will never be known as anything other than the Big Ten. No Big 18. I also added Colorado to the B1G to serve as a “bridge” between USC & UCLA and the rest of the conference. Utah would probably be better off in the conference instead of Cal, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said: I also added Colorado to the B1G to serve as a “bridge” between USC & UCLA and the rest of the conference. Utah would probably be better off in the conference instead of Cal, too. Oregon and Washington bring the Pacific Northwest markets (and Nike money, in regards to Oregon). They've been linked to the Big Ten as west coast travel partners for USC/UCLA (in addition to Stanford, IMO). It seems they're the top targets, ahead of Colorado, Utah and Stanford. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I'm sure someone's done this 50 times by now, but I'm in a meeting that I don't need to be in so I'm goofing around with this instead. Here's the NFL realigned using only geography: Eastern Conference Southeast Dolphins, Bucs, Jags, Falcons Northeast Patriots, Jets, Giants, Eagles Rust Belt Browns, Bills, Lions, Steelers Atlantic Commanders, Ravens, Panthers, Bengals Western Conference Northwest Seahawks, 49ers, Broncos, Chiefs Southwest Rams, Chargers, Raiders, Cardinals Central Vikings, Colts, Packers, Bears Gulf of Mexico Cowboys, Texans, Saints, Titans 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 3 hours ago, McCall said: Oregon and Washington bring the Pacific Northwest markets (and Nike money, in regards to Oregon). They've been linked to the Big Ten as west coast travel partners for USC/UCLA (in addition to Stanford, IMO). It seems they're the top targets, ahead of Colorado, Utah and Stanford. Agreed on that point. However, I don’t see the PAC12 surviving without UCLA, USC, Oregon, and Washington. As each Power 5 conference gets bigger, the PAC12 is getting rapidly smaller I’d argue that the remaining 8 teams should still be broken up. The remaining northern teams- Oregon State Washington State Colorado Utah Cal Could break off to form the Rain Belt 12 with willing partners from the Mountain West, + FCS jumpers like NDSU and SDSU The remaining three- Stanford Arizona Arizona State Could join the Big 12, which if added, would bring that conference’s membership up to 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 45 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said: Agreed on that point. However, I don’t see the PAC12 surviving without UCLA, USC, Oregon, and Washington. As each Power 5 conference gets bigger, the PAC12 is getting rapidly smaller I’d argue that the remaining 8 teams should still be broken up. The remaining northern teams- Oregon State Washington State Colorado Utah Cal Could break off to form the Rain Belt 12 with willing partners from the Mountain West, + FCS jumpers like NDSU and SDSU The remaining three- Stanford Arizona Arizona State Could join the Big 12, which if added, would bring that conference’s membership up to 15. In reality, I see Oregon State & Washington State going to either the Big 12 with the rest of the leftover PAC schools, or ending up in the Mountain West. The rest of them will go Big 12-PAC "merger" if they don't get into the Big Ten. Honestly think the Big Ten's top choices are Oregon and Washington with Stanford. Utah and/or Colorado may be 4th/5th on the list. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 On 12/20/2022 at 9:48 AM, Sport said: I'm sure someone's done this 50 times by now, but I'm in a meeting that I don't need to be in so I'm goofing around with this instead. Here's the NFL realigned using only geography: Eastern Conference Southeast Dolphins, Bucs, Jags, Falcons Northeast Patriots, Jets, Giants, Eagles Rust Belt Browns, Bills, Lions, Steelers Atlantic Commanders, Ravens, Panthers, Bengals Western Conference Northwest Seahawks, 49ers, Broncos, Chiefs Southwest Rams, Chargers, Raiders, Cardinals Central Vikings, Colts, Packers, Bears Gulf of Mexico Cowboys, Texans, Saints, Titans Wouldn't a PACIFIC DIVISION of Seattle, San Francisco, LA Rams and the LA Chargers along with another division ("Southwest", "Mountain", whatever name) of Las Vegas, Arizona, Denver and Kansas City make more geographical sense and keep the Raiders-Broncos-Chiefs rivalry intact, as well as the Rams-49ers-Seahawks's? 1 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 On 12/20/2022 at 10:48 AM, Sport said: I'm sure someone's done this 50 times by now, but I'm in a meeting that I don't need to be in so I'm goofing around with this instead. Here's the NFL realigned using only geography: Eastern Conference Southeast Dolphins, Bucs, Jags, Falcons Northeast Patriots, Jets, Giants, Eagles Rust Belt Browns, Bills, Lions, Steelers Atlantic Commanders, Ravens, Panthers, Bengals Western Conference Northwest Seahawks, 49ers, Broncos, Chiefs Southwest Rams, Chargers, Raiders, Cardinals Central Vikings, Colts, Packers, Bears Gulf of Mexico Cowboys, Texans, Saints, Titans Having Miami, Jacksonville, and Tampa Bay basically never leaving Florida every year and Atlanta going to Florida 3 times a year is a bit of an odd choice. Swapping Jags and Titans would make a little more sense in terms of division labeling 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 On 12/24/2022 at 10:33 AM, DCarp1231 said: Having Miami, Jacksonville, and Tampa Bay basically never leaving Florida every year and Atlanta going to Florida 3 times a year is a bit of an odd choice. Swapping Jags and Titans would make a little more sense in terms of division labeling “Here’s the NFL realigned using only geography” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Splitting up the SEC into two smaller conferences Gulf Belt Conference- Florida LSU Auburn Alabama Texas Mississippi State Ole Miss Texas A&M Southern Frontier Conference- Missouri Kentucky Arkansas Vanderbilt Tennessee Georgia South Carolina Oklahoma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 12/2/2022 at 11:48 AM, raysox said: 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) This might be a good conference for South Dakota State and North Dakota State to move up. I'd be willing to lose the Ragin' Cajuns and Rice to stay in the SunBelt and AAC. Maybe Missouri State can come up too to stretch north. Quote @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 14 hours ago, raysox said: This might be a good conference for South Dakota State and North Dakota State to move up. I'd be willing to lose the Ragin' Cajuns and Rice to stay in the SunBelt and AAC. Maybe Missouri State can come up too to stretch north. Geographically and likely money wise, I’d imagine NDSU and SDSU go Mountain West, but I suppose CUSA is the safer bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlog3000 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 20 hours ago, DCarp1231 said: Geographically and likely money wise, I’d imagine NDSU and SDSU go Mountain West, but I suppose CUSA is the safer bet. Even better if it's alongside the Montana schools and the other 2 Dakota schools (i.e. UND and USD). Quote Florida State Seminoles fan for life (mostly on football, basketball and baseball)! 2011-12 ACC men's basketball conference tournament champions; 2012, 2013 & 2014 ACC football Atlantic Division champions; 2012, 2013 & 2014 ACC football regular season champions; 2012, 2013 & 2014 ACC football conference bowl tournament champions; 2014 NCAA D-I FBS BCS national champions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Silly exercise I decided to do, but I aligned the American & National Leagues with the AFC & NFC Conferences. American Division National Division Baltimore Orioles East New York Mets East Boston Red Sox East Philadelphia Phillies East Miami Marlins East Pittsburgh Pirates East New York Yankees East Tampa Bay Rays East Toronto Blue Jays East Washington Nationals East Chicago White Sox Central Atlanta Braves Central Cleveland Guardians Central Chicago Cubs Central Detroit Tigers Central Cincinnati Reds Central Kansas City Royals Central Milwaukee Brewers Central Minnesota Twins Central St. Louis Cardinals Central Colorado Rockies West Arizona Diamondbacks West Houston Astros West Los Angeles Dodgers West Los Angeles Angels West San Diego Padres West Oakland Athletics West San Francisco Giants West Seattle Mariners West Texas Rangers West AFC Division NFC Division Buffalo Bills East New York Giants East Miami Dolphins East Philadelphia Eagles East New England Patriots East Pittsburgh Steelers East New York Jets East Washington Commanders East Baltimore Ravens North Chicago Bears North Cleveland Browns North Cincinnati Bengals North Detroit Lions North Green Bay Packers North Minnesota Vikings North Indianapolis Colts North Houston Texans South Atlanta Falcons South Jacksonville Jaguars South Carolina Panthers South Kansas City Chiefs South New Orleans Saints South Tennessee Titans South Tampa Bay Buccaneers South Denver Broncos West Arizona Cardinals West Las Vegas Raiders West Dallas Cowboys West Los Angeles Chargers West Los Angeles Rams West Seattle Seahawks West San Francisco 49ers West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 This is what i thought you were about to do. Sorry to St. Louis, Anaheim, and White Sox fans American East Boston Red Sox Toronto Blue Jays Miami Marlins New York Mets American North Cleveland Guardians Pittsburgh Pirates Baltimore Orioles Cincinnati Reds American South Jacksonville Suns Indianapolis Indians Nashville Sounds Houston Astros American West Colorado Rockies San Diego Padres Oakland A’s Kansas City Royals National East Philadelphia Phillies New York Yankees Washington Nationals Texas RangersNational North Milwaukee Brewers Chicago Cubs Minnesota Twins Detroit Tigers National South Atlanta Braves Charlotte Knights Tampa Bay Rays New Orleans Baby Cakes National West Seattle Mariners Arizona Diamondbacks Los Angeles Dodgers San Francisco Giants Quote @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rich Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 hours ago, raysox said: National South Atlanta Braves Charlotte Knights Tampa Bay Rays New Orleans Baby Cakes SHHHH! Down here, we do not speak its name, lest it return in all its horrible monstrosity! 1 Quote It is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 16 minutes ago, B-Rich said: SHHHH! Down here, we do not speak its name, lest it return in all its horrible monstrosity! Was it really that bad? AAA seems like right where New Orleans should be. From what I can tell, the team was drawing decently for a AAA team. But then the name change happened and within two years, attendance fell off a cliff to the point where the club left. Now, it's right there with Providence for being the most underserved baseball market in the country, and the stadium they have is decent enough. I can't say I get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcubfan415 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 On 12/31/2014 at 2:24 AM, neo_prankster said: Baseball in an alternate universe... American League East Boston Red Sox (Since 1901) Miami Marlins (Since 1993) New York Yankees (Since 1913; Formerly NY Highlanders 1903-12) Philadelphia Athletics (Since 1901) Washington Nationals (Since 1998) Central Atlanta Firebirds (Since 1970; Formerly replacement Washington Senators 1961-69) Chicago White Sox (Since 1901) Cleveland Indians (Since 1915; Formerly Blues 1901-02, Naps 1903-14) Detroit Tigers (Since 1901) Kansas City Royals (Since 1961) West Arizona Diamondbacks (Est 1998) Denver Zephyrs (Since 1969) Los Angeles Angels (Since 1954; Formerly original Washington Senators 1901-53) San Francisco Seals (Since 1954; Formerly Milwaukee Brewers 1901, St Louis Browns 1902-53) Texas Rangers (Since 1969) National League East Baltimore Orioles (Since 1946; Formerly Philadelphia Phillies 1883-1945) Brooklyn Dodgers (Est 1884) Montreal Expos (Est 1969) Pittsburgh Pirates (Est 1887) Toronto Blue Jays (Est 1977) Central Chicago Cubs (Since 1874) Cincinnati Reds (Est 1882) Milwaukee Braves (Since 1953; Formerly Boston 1871-1952) Minnesota Giants (Since 1957; Formerly New York 1883-1956) St Louis Cardinals (Est 1892) West Hollywood Stars (Est 1962) Houston Astros (Since 1965; Formerly Colt 45s 1962-64) Portland Beavers (Est 1977) San Jose Stingrays (Est 1993) Seattle Pilots (Est 1969) No Padres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 hour ago, mrcubfan415 said: No Padres? That post is from 8 years ago. 1 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcubfan415 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 My personal suggestion for a more geographically accurate NFL alignment: AFC: East: Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, New York Jets North: Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers South: Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans West: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders NFC: East: Carolina Panthers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders North: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings South: Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers West: Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks I suppose the Steelers and Ravens could be swapped to keep Browns-Ravens a division rivalry and to make Colts-Ravens (Baltimore’s old vs new team) a division rivalry too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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