The Pointless Realignment Outpost

[jlog3000]

Here's a different format of aligning the current Power-5 FBS conferences (plus the former old Big East):

1.) Atlantic Region

1.1.) Atlantic - North: Connecticut, Boston College, Syracuse, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Penn St., West Virginia, Maryland

1.2.) Atlantic - South: Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, N.C. State, Duke, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina

2.) South Region

2.1.) South - East: Kentucky, Louisville, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida, Florida St., Miami

2.2.) South - West: Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi St., LSU, Arkansas

3.) Midwest Region

3.1.) Midwest - East: Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Michigan St., Michigan, Ohio St., Purdue, Indiana

3.2.) Midwest - West: Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa St., Nebraska, Mizzou, Kansas, K-State, Colorado

4.) West Region

4.1.) West - Pacific: California, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington St., Oregon, Oregon St.

4.2.) West - Desert: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Arizona, Arizona St.

The only team left out on this realignment would be South Florida (heading into the Go5, along with TCU and Utah).

Your thoughts guys? P.S.: Hoping to make another variation of this soon, but with the Go5 FBS schools.

[Burkell007]

Here's a different format of aligning the current Power-5 FBS conferences (plus the former old Big East):

1.) Atlantic Region

1.1.) Atlantic - North: Connecticut, Boston College, Syracuse, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Penn St., West Virginia, Maryland

1.2.) Atlantic - South: Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, N.C. State, Duke, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina

2.) South Region

2.1.) South - East: Kentucky, Louisville, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida, Florida St., Miami

2.2.) South - West: Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi St., LSU, Arkansas

3.) Midwest Region

3.1.) Midwest - East: Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Michigan St., Michigan, Ohio St., Purdue, Indiana

3.2.) Midwest - West: Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa St., Nebraska, Mizzou, Kansas, K-State, Colorado

4.) West Region

4.1.) West - Pacific: California, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington St., Oregon, Oregon St.

4.2.) West - Desert: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Arizona, Arizona St.

The only team left out on this realignment would be South Florida (heading into the Go5, along with TCU and Utah).

Your thoughts guys? P.S.: Hoping to make another variation of this soon, but with the Go5 FBS schools.

So what about that team in south bend, Indiana? Your surely not moving them to the Go5 are you?

[jlog3000]

Here's a different format of aligning the current Power-5 FBS conferences (plus the former old Big East):

1.) Atlantic Region

1.1.) Atlantic - North: Connecticut, Boston College, Syracuse, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Penn St., West Virginia, Maryland

1.2.) Atlantic - South: Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, N.C. State, Duke, Wake Forest, Clemson, South Carolina

2.) South Region

2.1.) South - East: Kentucky, Louisville, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida, Florida St., Miami

2.2.) South - West: Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi St., LSU, Arkansas

3.) Midwest Region

3.1.) Midwest - East: Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Michigan St., Michigan, Ohio St., Purdue, Indiana

3.2.) Midwest - West: Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa St., Nebraska, Mizzou, Kansas, K-State, Colorado

4.) West Region

4.1.) West - Pacific: California, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington St., Oregon, Oregon St.

4.2.) West - Desert: Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Arizona, Arizona St.

The only team left out on this realignment would be South Florida (heading into the Go5, along with TCU and Utah).

Your thoughts guys? P.S.: Hoping to make another variation of this soon, but with the Go5 FBS schools.

So what about that team in south bend, Indiana? Your surely not moving them to the Go5 are you?

Of course, not. Notre Dame would stay as the only FBS Independent in the P-5 (or P-4) group. The only team I didn't add within that core was South Florida (they would be downgraded to the Go5).

[AnythingChicago]

Here's my take on a College Football postseason.

• 32 teams (10 conference champions and 22 at-large) compete in a single-elimination bracket format.
• Duration: approximately five weeks (second weekend of December to third weekend of January).
• Each of the first 28 games will take place in a bowl site that is determined chiefly by the geographical location of the highest seeded teams (much like the NCAA basketball tournament).
• The semifinal and final would operate exactly as it does now, with the two semifinal games rotating between the predetermined large bowls, and the final being played in a predetermined site.
• Eight bowl games (or greater if more are added) would exist for non-playoff qualifying schools. Currently, those bowl games are the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the Raycom Media Camelia Bowl, the Boca Raton Bowl, the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, and the GoDaddy Bowl.
• Below is an example of what a 2015 version of the format outlined above might look like. (Disclaimer: I seeded the teams yesterday, so the seeds do not reflect any of the conference championship games and follow the Week 15 College Football Playoff Rankings.)

Seeds (all-caps denotes conference champion):

• 1s: Alabama (1), Oregon (2), Florida State (3), Ohio State (4)
• 2s: Baylor (5), TCU (6), Mississippi State (7), Michigan State (8)
• 3s: Ole Miss (9), Arizona (10), Kansas State (11), Georgia Tech (12)
• 4s: Georgia (13), UCLA (14), Arizona State (15), Missouri (16)
• 5s: Clemson (17), Wisconsin (18), Auburn (19), Boise State (20)
• 6s: Louisville (21) Utah (22), LSU (23), USC (24)
• 7s: Minnesota (25), Nebraska (NR/26), Oklahoma (NR/27), Marshall (NR/28)
• 8s: Memphis (NR/29), Duke (NR/30), Northern Illinois (NR/31), Georgia Southern (NR/32)
• First six out: Colorado State, Air Force, Cincinnati, UCF, West Virginia, Stanford

Edited December 7, 2014 by AnythingChicago

[AnythingChicago]

Updated above (despite the community's disdain for such a format) to reflect the latest College Football Playoff Rankings that were released today.

[neo_prankster]

Here's my take on a College Football postseason.

• 32 teams (10 conference champions and 22 at-large) compete in a single-elimination bracket format.
• Duration: approximately five weeks (second weekend of December to third weekend of January).
• Each of the first 28 games will take place in a bowl site that is determined chiefly by the geographical location of the highest seeded teams (much like the NCAA basketball tournament).
• The semifinal and final would operate exactly as it does now, with the two semifinal games rotating between the predetermined large bowls, and the final being played in a predetermined site.
• Eight bowl games (or greater if more are added) would exist for non-playoff qualifying schools. Currently, those bowl games are the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the Raycom Media Camelia Bowl, the Boca Raton Bowl, the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, and the GoDaddy Bowl.
• Below is an example of what a 2015 version of the format outlined above might look like. (Disclaimer: I seeded the teams yesterday, so the seeds do not reflect any of the conference championship games and follow the Week 15 College Football Playoff Rankings.)

Seeds (all-caps denotes conference champion):

• 1s: Alabama (1), Oregon (2), Florida State (3), Ohio State (4)
• 2s: Baylor (5), TCU (6), Mississippi State (7), Michigan State (8)
• 3s: Ole Miss (9), Arizona (10), Kansas State (11), Georgia Tech (12)
• 4s: Georgia (13), UCLA (14), Arizona State (15), Missouri (16)
• 5s: Clemson (17), Wisconsin (18), Auburn (19), Boise State (20)
• 6s: Louisville (21) Utah (22), LSU (23), USC (24)
• 7s: Minnesota (25), Nebraska (NR/26), Oklahoma (NR/27), Marshall (NR/28)
• 8s: Memphis (NR/29), Duke (NR/30), Northern Illinois (NR/31), Georgia Southern (NR/32)
• First six out: Colorado State, Air Force, Cincinnati, UCF, West Virginia, Stanford

That would be an awesome playoff bracket.

And for the record, I wish Buffalo Wild Wings sponsored the Holiday Bowl instead of the Citrus Bowl.

[neo_prankster]

My NFL:

And I'd keep the 16 week schedule, and either get rid of the bye week during the regular season, or if they have to have it, give one conference off one week (week 8), the other conference off the following week (week 9). That would never fly due to television only getting 8 games to televise vs. 13, 14, 15 or 16. It would also never fly in this day and age because of fantasy :-\

That would be nice, except I would do it like this...

George Halas Conference

Tim Mara Division: Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, NY Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington "Warriors"

Curly Lambeau Division: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Dan Reeves* Division: Arizona Cardinals, LA Rams, New Orleans Saints, SF 49ers, Seattle Seahawks

*The Dan Reeves who moved the Rams from Cleveland to LA in '46. Could also be called the Bidwill Division?

Lamar Hunt Conference

Ralph Wilson Division: Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets

Art Rooney Division: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers

Bud Adams Division: Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers

[jlog3000]

Here's my take on a College Football postseason.

• 32 teams (10 conference champions and 22 at-large) compete in a single-elimination bracket format.
• Duration: approximately five weeks (second weekend of December to third weekend of January).
• Each of the first 28 games will take place in a bowl site that is determined chiefly by the geographical location of the highest seeded teams (much like the NCAA basketball tournament).
• The semifinal and final would operate exactly as it does now, with the two semifinal games rotating between the predetermined large bowls, and the final being played in a predetermined site.
• Eight bowl games (or greater if more are added) would exist for non-playoff qualifying schools. Currently, those bowl games are the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the Raycom Media Camelia Bowl, the Boca Raton Bowl, the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, and the GoDaddy Bowl.
• Below is an example of what a 2015 version of the format outlined above might look like. (Disclaimer: I seeded the teams yesterday, so the seeds do not reflect any of the conference championship games and follow the Week 15 College Football Playoff Rankings.)

Seeds (all-caps denotes conference champion):

• 1s: Alabama (1), Oregon (2), Florida State (3), Ohio State (4)
• 2s: Baylor (5), TCU (6), Mississippi State (7), Michigan State (8)
• 3s: Ole Miss (9), Arizona (10), Kansas State (11), Georgia Tech (12)
• 4s: Georgia (13), UCLA (14), Arizona State (15), Missouri (16)
• 5s: Clemson (17), Wisconsin (18), Auburn (19), Boise State (20)
• 6s: Louisville (21) Utah (22), LSU (23), USC (24)
• 7s: Minnesota (25), Nebraska (NR/26), Oklahoma (NR/27), Marshall (NR/28)
• 8s: Memphis (NR/29), Duke (NR/30), Northern Illinois (NR/31), Georgia Southern (NR/32)
• First six out: Colorado State, Air Force, Cincinnati, UCF, West Virginia, Stanford

Awesome format and projection. However, it would be better if the seedings were like a 'regional basis' (like in the NCAA tournaments of other sports like basketball).

For instance, it would have 4 regionals, with the highest-seeded teams being their respective #1 seeds, based on the following:

a.) East or East Coast (ACC, AAC [part], C-USA [part], SBC [part])

1.) Florida St.

2.) Georgia Tech

3.) Clemson

4.) Louisville

5.) Duke

6.) Marshall

7.) Memphis

8.) Georgia Southern

b.) Midwest (Big TEN, MAC, Big XII [part])

1.) Ohio St.

2.) Michigan St.

3.) Mizzou

4.) Wisconsin

5.) Minnesota

6.) Northern Illinois

7.) Nebraska

8.) Cincinnati

c.) South (SEC, AAC [part], C-USA [part], SBC [part], Big XII [part])

1.) Alabama

2.) Baylor

3.) TCU

4.) Mississippi St.

5.) Ole Miss

6.) Georgia

7.) Auburn

8.) Oklahoma

d.) West (Pac-12, MW)

1.) Oregon

2.) Arizona

3.) UCLA

4.) Arizona St.

5.) Utah

6.) USC

7.) Boise St.

8.) Colorado St.

Your thoughts?

[neo_prankster]

Pointless Realignment Holiday Special Tournament...

FIRST ROUND BYES

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

WILD CARDS

The Little Drummer Boy (1968)

Frosty the Snowman (1969)

Santa Claus is Coming to Town (1970)

The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

The Small One (1978)

Christmas Comes to Pac Land (1982)

Muppet Family Christmas (1987)

Annabelle's Wish (1997)

[Raysfan12]

My AU NCAA Football Realignment (Big 12 dissolved and more):

(Bold for changes)

ACC:

North- ND, Louisville, Boston College, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Virginia, West Virginia

South- Florida State, Miami, GT, Clemson, UNC, Duke, Wake, NCSU

BIG: Map

East- IU, Purdue, Maryland, Rutgers, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan, Penn State

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

Pac-12: Map

East- Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado

West- USC, Cal, Stanford, UCLA, Oregon, OSU, Washington State, Washington

SEC:

East- Missouri, Kentucky, Kansas, Vanderbilt, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina

West- Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Baylor, Ole Miss, Mississippi State

American:

East- UConn, UMass, Cincinnati, Temple, East Carolina, UCF, USF

West- Southern Miss, Memphis, Tulane, Houston, SMU, TCU, Tulsa

MWC:

Mountain- Boise State, Colorado State, Utah State, BYU, New Mexico State, New Mexico, Wyoming

West- Idaho, Fresno State, SDSU, SJSU, Hawaii, Nevada, UNLV

C-USA:

East- Old Dominion, Western Kentucky, Charlotte, FIU, FAU, MTSU, Marshall

West- UTEP, UTSA, North Texas, Rice, Louisiana Tech, Texas State, UAB

MAC:

East- Buffalo, Bowling Green, Akron, Kent State, Ohio, Miami (Ohio)

West- Toledo, NIU, Ball State, CMU, WMU, EMU

Sun Belt:

Arkansas State, UL-Lafayette, UL-Monroe, South Bama, Troy, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Appalachian State

Independents:

Air Force, Navy, Army

Why for the Changes:

• Big 12 dissolves and the members have to scramble to find a conference (All but TCU went to a Power Conference)
• Federal Investigation over UAB's shutdown reveals corruption in the Alabama Board of Trustees and forces the BoT to support the football program
• All Independents are the service academics due to US law.
• The Pac-16 is split East-West in response to adding the Southwest 4 (Texas, OU, Ok.State, TTU) for geographical purposes.
• The ACC is perfectly split North-South; Adds Notre Dame and WVU for National brands.
• SEC adds Kansas and Baylor to strengthen Basketball in the conference
• Big 10 adds KSU and ISU to extend the BIG Network's reach and thus put IU and Purdue in the same division.
• The American adds UMass, TCU, and USM to put the conference to 14; Splits to East-West
• The Mountain West loses Air Force, but gains BYU, NMSU, and Idaho for geographical purposes
• C-USA adds Texas State in response to losing USM
• Sun Belt loses NMSU, Idaho, and Texas State to return the conference to 8 teams (saved a lot of money in travel costs though )

All the maps are located here

[TheRicSlick]

^^^ KU to the SEC! Ha, don't make me laugh.

[DCarp1231]

You do realize that TCU would absolutely dominate the AAC with little to no competition...

[29texan]

You do realize that TCU would absolutely dominate the AAC with little to no competition...

You know... I don't get it.

TCU already spent about 15 years outside of a "major conference" and was pretty much dominant in the WAC, C-USA, and Mountain West. The program has been built to prove that they belong to be on a bigger stage. In just the 3rd year of being in the Big XII (which we were denied when the conference originally formed back in the mid 90s) we've already won at least a share of the conference title and just this close to being one of the final four.

Putting TCU back in those kinds of conferences would be a huge step BACKWARDS, so what's up with this?

[raysox]

So Bowl Season is upon us, and frankly, there are too many bowls. There is no reason for two 6-6 teams to play in a place like Montgomery, or the Bahamas. So heres my solution, trim the bowls to 30(plus the championship), each in a different city(minus the championship). the 60 teams that make it all have to win 7 games to be bowl eligable. The top 4 teams determined by the playoff committee play in the playoffs. The next 8 teams play in the other 4 rotating bowls on New Years Eve and New Years Day. The other 24 games happen before this, each spread out over the conferences. The power 5 conferences get 5 bowl games outside the playoff 6 bowls, the remaining conferences get 4, and the independents get 3. If the conference doesnt have enough 7 win teams, the left over 7 win teams fill the holes. I tried to keep the bowl game conferences based on bowl history, and geography.

The Big 12 and ACC couldnt fill their spots, so they were allocated to 7 win Stanford, Houston, Texas St, and San Diego St. No team could play an in conference team, which is why Kansas St moved up a bowl.

For the most part, the teams get better the later into the bowl season. The exception to this is the MAC champion playing the 5th SEC team, which is pretty self explainable.

[neo_prankster]

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)

[jlog3000]

Back on my previous post, I made a super-conference realignment based on the P5 conferences (including the old Big East) http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/99972-the-pointless-realignment-outpost/?p=2341480 Oh, I almost forgot to mention that the format I realigned was prior to the 2011-12 season. Now I have made a 2nd super-conference format of aligning the current Go5 FBS conferences (including the former WAC) also prior to the 2010-11 season:

1.) East Coast Region

1.1.) East Coast - North: Massachusetts*, Temple, Army, Marshall, East Carolina, Navy, Old Dominion*, James Madison*

1.2.) East Coast - South: Appalachian St.*, UNC-Charlotte*, Georgia Southern*, Georgia St.*, UCF, FAU, FIU, USF

2.) South Region

2.1.) South - East: Southern Miss, South Alabama*, Troy, UAB, Louisiana Tech, Tulane, ULL, ULM

2.2.) South - West: Houston, Rice, UTSA*, Texas St.*, Tulsa, North Texas, SMU, TCU

3.) Midwest Region

3.1.) Midwest - East: Buffalo, Kent St., Akron, Ohio, Ball St., Toledo, Bowling Green, Miami (Oh.)

3.2.) Midwest - West: Arkansas St., Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee St., Memphis, Northern Illinois, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan

4.) West Region

4.1.) West - Pacific: Hawaii, Fresno St., San Diego St., San Jose St., Nevada, UNLV, Boise St., Idaho

4.2.) West - Mountain: Utah, Utah St., Wyoming, Colorado St., Air Force, New Mexico, New Mexico St., UTEP

The only team left out on this realignment without a conference is BYU. Plus, the addition of USF from the P5 group; and Utah & TCU still remain in the Go5.

Your thoughts guys? Happy New Years 2015!

[2001mark]

I wonder if we'll ever see college football's playoff geographically structured like basketball, & that's with or without the NCAA years from now.

West, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast. 4 regional title games with any FBS school eligible. In essence it would be an 8 school playoff without officially being an 8 team playoff as is now.

I.E. Some ACC teams like Boston College, Syracuse would be Northeast competitors... FSU, Miami, etc would try to win a Southeast birth against most SEC teams. And there also, Texas A&M would be a Midwest, & so on.

Conference titles would be rewarded entirely on table standings, like Euro soccer.

The Pac-12 I find is an attractive entity not least its uniform geographic set up like pro sports.

[RockyTopper]

My mini-realignment idea only involves two teams switching places in their divisions:

AFC North

Pittsburgh

Cleveland

Baltimore

Indianapolis

AFC South

Tennessee

Houston

Jacksonville

Cincinnati

It's never made much sense to me that Indianapolis is in the South and Cincinnati is in the North even though Indy is further north than Cincy. Plus with Indy in the same division as Baltimore it would amplify a rivalry between the Baltimore's old team and new team.

[jlog3000]

My mini-realignment idea only involves two teams switching places in their divisions:

AFC North

Pittsburgh

Cleveland

Baltimore

Indianapolis

AFC South

Tennessee

Houston

Jacksonville

Cincinnati

It's never made much sense to me that Indianapolis is in the South and Cincinnati is in the North even though Indy is further north than Cincy. Plus with Indy in the same division as Baltimore it would amplify a rivalry between the Baltimore's old team and new team.

With all due to respect, this mini-tweak suggestion would have make sense for sure from the get-go when the NFL had put the current realignment since 2002.

[Evil G]

The AFC North has so many rivalries in place it's foolish to switch it up.