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Cincinnati Reds in the American League with Cleveland Indians (their in-state rival) and the Boston Red Sox? An absolute "no-no".

To be fair, Pennsylvania has two NL teams (in-state rivals, if you will) in real life.

Cincinnati will never switch leagues. They were the first team and will ways be in the NL.

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Cincinnati Reds in the American League with Cleveland Indians (their in-state rival) and the Boston Red Sox? An absolute "no-no".

To be fair, Pennsylvania has two NL teams (in-state rivals, if you will) in real life.

Cincinnati will never switch leagues. They were the first team and will ways be in the NL.

Hmm. Maybe in that case Cincinnati and Charlotte can switch places. Or, if that's not good enough, move CIN to the NL North, STL to the NL south, and CHA to the AL South.

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Cincinnati Reds in the American League with Cleveland Indians (their in-state rival) and the Boston Red Sox? An absolute "no-no".

To be fair, Pennsylvania has two NL teams (in-state rivals, if you will) in real life.

Cincinnati will never switch leagues. They were the first team and will ways be in the NL.

Hmm. Maybe in that case Cincinnati and Charlotte can switch places. Or, if that's not good enough, move CIN to the NL North, STL to the NL south, and CHA to the AL South.

You're not seriously proposing splitting up the Cards and the Cubs, are you?

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Cincinnati Reds in the American League with Cleveland Indians (their in-state rival) and the Boston Red Sox? An absolute "no-no".

To be fair, Pennsylvania has two NL teams (in-state rivals, if you will) in real life.

Cincinnati will never switch leagues. They were the first team and will ways be in the NL.

Hmm. Maybe in that case Cincinnati and Charlotte can switch places. Or, if that's not good enough, move CIN to the NL North, STL to the NL south, and CHA to the AL South.

You're not seriously proposing splitting up the Cards and the Cubs, are you?

As an alternate suggestion, yes. Do you have any comments about my initial suggestion? Because if you are okay with that one, then the second one becomes moot.

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Cincinnati Reds in the American League with Cleveland Indians (their in-state rival) and the Boston Red Sox? An absolute "no-no".

To be fair, Pennsylvania has two NL teams (in-state rivals, if you will) in real life.

Cincinnati will never switch leagues. They were the first team and will ways be in the NL.

They were not the first team. The Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 have absolutely no relationship to the current Reds franchise which started in 1882 in the American Association.

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Cincinnati Reds in the American League with Cleveland Indians (their in-state rival) and the Boston Red Sox? An absolute "no-no".

To be fair, Pennsylvania has two NL teams (in-state rivals, if you will) in real life.

Cincinnati will never switch leagues. They were the first team and will ways be in the NL.

They were not the first team. The Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 have absolutely no relationship to the current Reds franchise which started in 1882 in the American Association.

Indeed. The Braves have more of a claim than the Reds.

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Cincinnati Reds in the American League with Cleveland Indians (their in-state rival) and the Boston Red Sox? An absolute "no-no".

To be fair, Pennsylvania has two NL teams (in-state rivals, if you will) in real life.

Cincinnati will never switch leagues. They were the first team and will ways be in the NL.

Hmm. Maybe in that case Cincinnati and Charlotte can switch places. Or, if that's not good enough, move CIN to the NL North, STL to the NL south, and CHA to the AL South.

You're not seriously proposing splitting up the Cards and the Cubs, are you?

As an alternate suggestion, yes. Do you have any comments about my initial suggestion? Because if you are okay with that one, then the second one becomes moot.

For Portland and Charlotte?

NL

West: Arizona, LA Dodgers, San Diego, San Francisco

Central: St. Louis, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati, Milwaukee

East: NY Mets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington

South: Atlanta, CHARLOTTE, Miami, Tampa Bay

AL

West: Colorado, LA Angels, Oakland, Seattle

Central: Chicago Sox, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota

East: Baltimore, Boston, NY Yankees, Toronto

Um, South, I guess you could call it: Colorado, Houston, Kansas City, Texas

I switched Tampa Bay and Houston for no other reason than it worked out the best without really taking any traditional teams out of their natural habitats. Using Charlotte is a kind of tricky one. I actually have worked one out better with these 2 expansions before, but I can't remember it off the top of my head. I have it written out somewhere, so I may try and find it. Portland and San Antonio are the easiest ones, if you're just going by the easiest way to realign.

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For both football and baseball I would have it sorted more along the lines of Northeast and Southwest rather then AL versus NL and AFC versus NFC.

Here's what I would do for the NFL.

East Conference

---------------

Division 1

----------

Atlanta Falcons

Jacksonville Jaguars

Miami Dolphins

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Division 2

----------

Baltimore Ravens

Carolina Panthers

Pittsburgh Steelers

Washington Redskins

Division 3

----------

Buffalo Bills

Cincinnati Bengals

Cleveland Browns

Detroit Lions

Division 4

----------

New England Patriots

New York Giants

New York Jets

Philadelphia Eagles

West Conferece

--------------

Division 1

----------

Chicago Bears

Green Bay Packers

Indianapolis Colts

Minnesota Vikings

Division 2

----------

Dallas Cowboys

Houston Texans

New Orleans Saints

Tennessee Titans

Division 3

----------

Arizona Cardinals

Denver Broncos

Kansas City Chiefs

St. Louis Rams

Division 4

----------

Oakland Raiders

San Diego Chargers

San Francisco 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

For MLB

East League

-----------

Division 1

----------

Atlanta Braves

Chicago Cubs

Chicago White Sox

Cincinnati Reds

Milwaukee Brewers

Division 2

----------

Baltimore Orioles

Boston Red Sox

New York Mets

New York Yankees

Philadelphia Phillies

Division 3

----------

Cleveland Indians

Detroit Tigers

Pittsburgh Pirates

Toronto Blue Jays

Washington Nationals

West League

-----------

Division 1

----------

Arizona Diamondbacks

Colorado Rockies

Kansas City Royals

Minnesota Twins

Seattle Mariners

Division 2

----------

Florida Marlins

Houston Astros

St. Louis Cardinals

Tampa Bay Rays

Texas Rangers

Division 3

----------

LA Angels of Anaheim

Los Angeles Dodgers

Oakland Athletics

San Diego Padres

San Francisco Giants

I'm pretty sure with that alignment you cannot make any division swaps and have the average distance between teams in the division decrease.

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For both football and baseball I would have it sorted more along the lines of Northeast and Southwest rather then AL versus NL and AFC versus NFC.

Here's what I would do for the NFL.

East Conference

---------------

Division 1

----------

Baltimore Ravens

Carolina Panthers

Pittsburgh Steelers

Washington Redskins

Division 2

----------

Buffalo Bills

Cincinnati Bengals

Cleveland Browns

Detroit Lions

Division 3

----------

New England Patriots

New York Giants

New York Jets

Philadelphia Eagles

Division 4

----------

Atlanta Falcons

Jacksonville Jaguars

Miami Dolphins

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

West Conferece

--------------

Division 1

----------

Dallas Cowboys

Houston Texans

New Orleans Saints

Tennessee Titans

Division 2

----------

Chicago Bears

Green Bay Packers

Indianapolis Colts

Minnesota Vikings

Division 3

----------

Arizona Cardinals

Denver Broncos

Kansas City Chiefs

St. Louis Rams

Division 4

----------

Oakland Raiders

San Diego Chargers

San Francisco 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

For MLB

East League

-----------

Division 1

----------

Atlanta Braves

Chicago Cubs

Chicago White Sox

Cincinnati Reds

Milwaukee Brewers

Division 2

----------

Baltimore Orioles

Boston Red Sox

New York Mets

New York Yankees

Philadelphia Phillies

Division 3

----------

Cleveland Indians

Detroit Tigers

Pittsburgh Pirates

Toronto Blue Jays

Washington Nationals

West League

-----------

Division 1

----------

Arizona Diamondbacks

Colorado Rockies

Kansas City Royals

Minnesota Twins

Seattle Mariners

Division 2

----------

Florida Marlins

Houston Astros

St. Louis Cardinals

Tampa Bay Rays

Texas Rangers

Division 3

----------

LA Angels of Anaheim

Los Angeles Dodgers

Oakland Athletics

San Diego Padres

San Francisco Giants

Wow. So many comments to make here. I'm just gonna focus on baseball for now:

- Splitting up the Cubs and Cardinals? Mistake numero uno.

- Then, you put the Braves with the Chicago teams, Milwaukee and Cincinnati instead of St. Louis, even though they're much closer to those cities. And you put the Florida teams, who are closer to Atlanta, with St. Louis and the Texas teams... in the WEST league. How in the world is Florida teams in the West League? Florida and Texas teams in one divison works, in the AL/NL format, but you should swap St. Louis and Atlanta.

- All this on top of the fact that you ditched the NL and AL.

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For both football and baseball I would have it sorted more along the lines of Northeast and Southwest rather then AL versus NL and AFC versus NFC.

Here's what I would do for the NFL.

East Conference

---------------

Division 1

----------

Baltimore Ravens

Carolina Panthers

Pittsburgh Steelers

Washington Redskins

Division 2

----------

Buffalo Bills

Cincinnati Bengals

Cleveland Browns

Detroit Lions

Division 3

----------

New England Patriots

New York Giants

New York Jets

Philadelphia Eagles

Division 4

----------

Atlanta Falcons

Jacksonville Jaguars

Miami Dolphins

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

West Conferece

--------------

Division 1

----------

Dallas Cowboys

Houston Texans

New Orleans Saints

Tennessee Titans

Division 2

----------

Chicago Bears

Green Bay Packers

Indianapolis Colts

Minnesota Vikings

Division 3

----------

Arizona Cardinals

Denver Broncos

Kansas City Chiefs

St. Louis Rams

Division 4

----------

Oakland Raiders

San Diego Chargers

San Francisco 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

For MLB

East League

-----------

Division 1

----------

Atlanta Braves

Chicago Cubs

Chicago White Sox

Cincinnati Reds

Milwaukee Brewers

Division 2

----------

Baltimore Orioles

Boston Red Sox

New York Mets

New York Yankees

Philadelphia Phillies

Division 3

----------

Cleveland Indians

Detroit Tigers

Pittsburgh Pirates

Toronto Blue Jays

Washington Nationals

West League

-----------

Division 1

----------

Arizona Diamondbacks

Colorado Rockies

Kansas City Royals

Minnesota Twins

Seattle Mariners

Division 2

----------

Florida Marlins

Houston Astros

St. Louis Cardinals

Tampa Bay Rays

Texas Rangers

Division 3

----------

LA Angels of Anaheim

Los Angeles Dodgers

Oakland Athletics

San Diego Padres

San Francisco Giants

Wow. So many comments to make here. I'm just gonna focus on baseball for now:

- Splitting up the Cubs and Cardinals? Mistake numero uno.

- Then, you put the Braves with the Chicago teams, Milwaukee and Cincinnati instead of St. Louis, even though they're much closer to those cities. And you put the Florida teams, who are closer to Atlanta, with St. Louis and the Texas teams... in the WEST league. How in the world is Florida teams in the West League? Florida and Texas teams in one divison works, in the AL/NL format, but you should swap St. Louis and Atlanta.

- All this on top of the fact that you ditched the NL and AL.

As far as the splitting up the Cubs and Cards, the NL/AL or any division rivalry, I'm not really going much for realisim. There's obviously problems. I'm just simply going for closest distance.

The west league is kind of a bad name for what I was going for, and I don't really know why I put it. It's really more of a south-west league. How many of those teams are above the mason dixon line, versus what I had for the NFL?

Atlanta was a tough team to place. I threw them in there mainly because of their relation in regards to everyone else in their league moreso then their division. I will agree that St. Louis is a better for that division, but not not for the league.

If it was a serious proposition, I wouldn't be completely closed minded to the idea of swapping Atlanta for St. Louis. St. Louis is also closer fit then Atlanta for that division, but not the overall league. I like it the way I had it, but its a good point to bring up. I don't even think of it because I had it sorted by league first and then division.

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For both football and baseball I would have it sorted more along the lines of Northeast and Southwest rather then AL versus NL and AFC versus NFC.

Here's what I would do for the NFL.

East Conference

---------------

Division 1

----------

Baltimore Ravens

Carolina Panthers

Pittsburgh Steelers

Washington Redskins

Division 2

----------

Buffalo Bills

Cincinnati Bengals

Cleveland Browns

Detroit Lions

Division 3

----------

New England Patriots

New York Giants

New York Jets

Philadelphia Eagles

Division 4

----------

Atlanta Falcons

Jacksonville Jaguars

Miami Dolphins

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

West Conferece

--------------

Division 1

----------

Dallas Cowboys

Houston Texans

New Orleans Saints

Tennessee Titans

Division 2

----------

Chicago Bears

Green Bay Packers

Indianapolis Colts

Minnesota Vikings

Division 3

----------

Arizona Cardinals

Denver Broncos

Kansas City Chiefs

St. Louis Rams

Division 4

----------

Oakland Raiders

San Diego Chargers

San Francisco 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

For MLB

East League

-----------

Division 1

----------

Atlanta Braves

Chicago Cubs

Chicago White Sox

Cincinnati Reds

Milwaukee Brewers

Division 2

----------

Baltimore Orioles

Boston Red Sox

New York Mets

New York Yankees

Philadelphia Phillies

Division 3

----------

Cleveland Indians

Detroit Tigers

Pittsburgh Pirates

Toronto Blue Jays

Washington Nationals

West League

-----------

Division 1

----------

Arizona Diamondbacks

Colorado Rockies

Kansas City Royals

Minnesota Twins

Seattle Mariners

Division 2

----------

Florida Marlins

Houston Astros

St. Louis Cardinals

Tampa Bay Rays

Texas Rangers

Division 3

----------

LA Angels of Anaheim

Los Angeles Dodgers

Oakland Athletics

San Diego Padres

San Francisco Giants

Wow. So many comments to make here. I'm just gonna focus on baseball for now:

- Splitting up the Cubs and Cardinals? Mistake numero uno.

- Then, you put the Braves with the Chicago teams, Milwaukee and Cincinnati instead of St. Louis, even though they're much closer to those cities. And you put the Florida teams, who are closer to Atlanta, with St. Louis and the Texas teams... in the WEST league. How in the world is Florida teams in the West League? Florida and Texas teams in one divison works, in the AL/NL format, but you should swap St. Louis and Atlanta.

- All this on top of the fact that you ditched the NL and AL.

As far as the splitting up the Cubs and Cards, the NL/AL or any division rivalry, I'm not really going much for realisim. There's obviously problems. I'm just simply going for closest distance.

The west league is kind of a bad name for what I was going for, and I don't really know why I put it. It's really more of a south-west league. How many of those teams are above the mason dixon line, versus what I had for the NFL?

Atlanta was a tough team to place. I threw them in there mainly because of their relation in regards to everyone else in their league moreso then their division. I will agree that St. Louis is a better for that division, but not not for the league.

If it was a serious proposition, I wouldn't be completely closed minded to the idea of swapping Atlanta for St. Louis. St. Louis is also closer fit then Atlanta for that division, but not the overall league. I like it the way I had it, but its a good point to bring up. I don't even think of it because I had it sorted by league first and then division.

Better fit for the league? What does that even mean? There are 3 rivalries you NEVER split up divisionally in baseball: Yanks/Sox, Cards/Cubs and Dodgers/Giants. There is nothing logical, geographically or "fit-wise", about the way you have the Cardinals and Braves placed.

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For both football and baseball I would have it sorted more along the lines of Northeast and Southwest rather then AL versus NL and AFC versus NFC.

Here's what I would do for the NFL.

East Conference

---------------

Division 1

----------

Baltimore Ravens

Carolina Panthers

Pittsburgh Steelers

Washington Redskins

Division 2

----------

Buffalo Bills

Cincinnati Bengals

Cleveland Browns

Detroit Lions

Division 3

----------

New England Patriots

New York Giants

New York Jets

Philadelphia Eagles

Division 4

----------

Atlanta Falcons

Jacksonville Jaguars

Miami Dolphins

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

West Conferece

--------------

Division 1

----------

Dallas Cowboys

Houston Texans

New Orleans Saints

Tennessee Titans

Division 2

----------

Chicago Bears

Green Bay Packers

Indianapolis Colts

Minnesota Vikings

Division 3

----------

Arizona Cardinals

Denver Broncos

Kansas City Chiefs

St. Louis Rams

Division 4

----------

Oakland Raiders

San Diego Chargers

San Francisco 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

For MLB

East League

-----------

Division 1

----------

Atlanta Braves

Chicago Cubs

Chicago White Sox

Cincinnati Reds

Milwaukee Brewers

Division 2

----------

Baltimore Orioles

Boston Red Sox

New York Mets

New York Yankees

Philadelphia Phillies

Division 3

----------

Cleveland Indians

Detroit Tigers

Pittsburgh Pirates

Toronto Blue Jays

Washington Nationals

West League

-----------

Division 1

----------

Arizona Diamondbacks

Colorado Rockies

Kansas City Royals

Minnesota Twins

Seattle Mariners

Division 2

----------

Florida Marlins

Houston Astros

St. Louis Cardinals

Tampa Bay Rays

Texas Rangers

Division 3

----------

LA Angels of Anaheim

Los Angeles Dodgers

Oakland Athletics

San Diego Padres

San Francisco Giants

Wow. So many comments to make here. I'm just gonna focus on baseball for now:

- Splitting up the Cubs and Cardinals? Mistake numero uno.

- Then, you put the Braves with the Chicago teams, Milwaukee and Cincinnati instead of St. Louis, even though they're much closer to those cities. And you put the Florida teams, who are closer to Atlanta, with St. Louis and the Texas teams... in the WEST league. How in the world is Florida teams in the West League? Florida and Texas teams in one divison works, in the AL/NL format, but you should swap St. Louis and Atlanta.

- All this on top of the fact that you ditched the NL and AL.

As far as the splitting up the Cubs and Cards, the NL/AL or any division rivalry, I'm not really going much for realisim. There's obviously problems. I'm just simply going for closest distance.

The west league is kind of a bad name for what I was going for, and I don't really know why I put it. It's really more of a south-west league. How many of those teams are above the mason dixon line, versus what I had for the NFL?

Atlanta was a tough team to place. I threw them in there mainly because of their relation in regards to everyone else in their league moreso then their division. I will agree that St. Louis is a better for that division, but not not for the league.

If it was a serious proposition, I wouldn't be completely closed minded to the idea of swapping Atlanta for St. Louis. St. Louis is also closer fit then Atlanta for that division, but not the overall league. I like it the way I had it, but its a good point to bring up. I don't even think of it because I had it sorted by league first and then division.

Better fit for the league? What does that even mean? There are 3 rivalries you NEVER split up divisionally in baseball: Yanks/Sox, Cards/Cubs and Dodgers/Giants. There is nothing logical, geographically or "fit-wise", about the way you have the Cardinals and Braves placed.

What I mean by that was that Atlanta is closer to places like Washington, Baltimore, Philly, New York, and Boston then St. Louis is. Just like St. Louis is much closer to Seattle, Minnesota, KC, Colorado, San Fran and Oakland.

And I even said it was a good point, and I could understand where you were coming from. I don't know what more you want from me? It's a joke thing that I did in 20 minutes, but you seem to be very upset over it. If it bothers you that much, then do the switch for Atlanta and St. Louis yourself. I rather that then try to continuly defend something I thought of that I know has no chance of happening.

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I always thought conferences (FBS) would make more sense if they were regionalized. Also, since many conferences are moving to a two-division format, I thought relatively equal-sized conferences seemed like an agreeably symmetrical way of organizing teams. I began with the current 120 teams and added the three schools* due to join FBS in the near future (Texas State, South Alabama, UTSA). I did my best to preserve some rivalries, though I did move Ohio State and Michigan to seperate conferences (*gasp!*). They can schedule a non-conference every year for the last game. :) I welcome your thoughts and/or criticisms.

Atlantic

North

East Carolina, Maryland, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

South

Clemson, Duke, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina

Dixieland

East

Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Mississippi, Mississippi State, UAB, Vanderbilt

West

Arkansas, Arkansas State, LA Tech, LSU, Memphis, Tulane

Great Lakes

East

Akron, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Michigan, Michigan State, Toledo, Western Michigan

West

Illinois, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Wisconsin

Lone Star

North

Baylor, North Texas, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech, UTEP

South

Houston, Rice, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas State*, UTSA*

Mountain

North

Boise, BYU, Idaho, Utah, Utah State, Wyoming

South

Arizona, Arizona State, Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, UNLV

Northeast

North

Army, Boston College, Buffalo, Connecticut, Rutgers, Syracuse

South

Marshall, Navy, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Temple, West Virginia

Pacific

North

Cal, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington, Washington State

South

Fresno State, Hawai'i, San Diego State, San Jose State, UCLA, USC

Great Plains

North

Air Force, Colorado, Colorado State, Iowa, Iowa State, Nebraska

South

Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tulsa

River Valley

East

Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Kent State, Miami (OH), Ohio, Ohio State

West

Ball State, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Purdue, Western Kentucky

Sun Belt

North

Georgia, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, South Carolina, Tennessee, Troy

South

Central Florida, Florida, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, South Alabama*, South Florida, Southern Mississippi

Go Cougs.

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though I did move Ohio State and Michigan to seperate conferences

I'll be taking your next of kin information now.

On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said:
You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now.
On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said:
Today, we are all otaku.

"The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert

POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010

The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy)

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though I did move Ohio State and Michigan to seperate conferences

I'll be taking your next of kin information now.

*ducks and covers head*

Opinion noted. That's a legit gripe.

I thought for a long time about that move and justified it by saying the River Valley conference needed a stronger school to justify it as a legitimate conference. If I moved Ohio State to the Great Lakes Conference, someone from the former MAC would end up filling the River Valley slot and it would just look too weak.

Go Cougs.

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If anyone would like, I have an excel sheet that gives you excat milledge "as the crow flies" for how far away every team is in comparison to another.

I have MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS and D1A College Football.

Just give me your e-mail and I can send you the excel file.

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I always thought conferences (FBS) would make more sense if they were regionalized. Also, since many conferences are moving to a two-division format, I thought relatively equal-sized conferences seemed like an agreeably symmetrical way of organizing teams. I began with the current 120 teams and added the three schools* due to join FBS in the near future (Texas State, South Alabama, UTSA). I did my best to preserve some rivalries, though I did move Ohio State and Michigan to seperate conferences (*gasp!*). They can schedule a non-conference every year for the last game. :) I welcome your thoughts and/or criticisms.

--SNIP--

This makes a nice 10-conference layout. Got a playoff to go with it? Say, all ten conference champions, with #7 meeting #10 and #8 meeting #9 in the first round?

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I always thought conferences (FBS) would make more sense if they were regionalized. Also, since many conferences are moving to a two-division format, I thought relatively equal-sized conferences seemed like an agreeably symmetrical way of organizing teams. I began with the current 120 teams and added the three schools* due to join FBS in the near future (Texas State, South Alabama, UTSA). I did my best to preserve some rivalries, though I did move Ohio State and Michigan to seperate conferences (*gasp!*). They can schedule a non-conference every year for the last game. :) I welcome your thoughts and/or criticisms.

--SNIP--

This makes a nice 10-conference layout. Got a playoff to go with it? Say, all ten conference champions, with #7 meeting #10 and #8 meeting #9 in the first round?

Thank you! I suppose this alignment could support a playoff easily... Two teams with the best records get byes in the first round? That would make things relatively straightforward if we're trying to crown a national champion.

Personally though, I'm anti-playoff. I would be in favor of five post-season bowls for conference champions and one "at-large" bowl. I'm also a big proponent of conference tie-ins to bowls. The way I'd like to see it play out:

Rose Bowl: Pacific Champ vs. Great Lakes Champ

Fiesta Bowl: Mountain Champ vs. Northeast Champ

Orange Bowl: Great Plains Champ vs. Atlantic Champ

Sugar Bowl: Dixieland Champ vs. Sun Belt Champ

Cotton Bowl: Lone Star Champ vs. River Valley Champ

Aloha Bowl: At Large vs. At Large

Go Cougs.

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