Creating Mega-conferences

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Assume recent movement (Colorado and Utah to Pac-10 and Nebraska to Big 10) Share your take on my ideas.

To Big East
Boston College
Villanova
Georgetown
Temple

To Big 10
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Iowa St
Missouri
Notre Dame

To SEC
Louisville
Memphis
LA Tech
Tulane
UAB
Georgia Tech
Miami (FL)
Florida St

To Big 12
TCU
SMU
UTEP
Rice
Houston
Tulsa
To Pac 10
Idaho
Boise St
Hawaii
UNLV
Nevada
San Diego St
San Jose St
Fresno St

To ACC
Marshall
West Virginia
South Carolina
East Carolina

New Mountain West
Colorado
Colorado St
Utah
Utah St
BYU
Arizona
Arizona St
New Mexico
New Mexico St
Wyoming
Montana
Montana St

New Sun Belt
Florida International
Florida Atlantic
Central Florida
South Florida
Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana-Lafayette
Southern MS
Arkansas St
North TX

2

Here’s a few threads we’ve had this year on the topic:

Big Ten talking about being big 12Let’s make a new SUPER college conference

3

Obviously, it’s supposed to read: Assume recent movement HASN’T happened.

4

These teams are already in the Big East.

5

They don’t play D-I football (yet)

6

Your proposition looks to be based almost entirely upon geography and heavily southern biased (no mention of the MAC teams, Army, or Navy). It doesn’t seem to take into consideration money, size of the institution, money, size and quality of the facilities, money, possible expansion into new markets, and again money.

Why would the Big Ten accept Iowa St.? The current members would be losing money according to their revenue sharing model. Why would South Carolina be willing to leave the SEC to most likely earn less money in the ACC, especially with Miami and FSU gone? If you were going to kick out a current SEC school, why not Arkansas so they can go be with the Southwestern Conf. buddies. How the heck does Boise State get into the PAC-10 but Arizona, a school twice as big in large metropolitan area with a stadium with 20,000 more seats, get relegated to the new Mountain West.

Is this what you want to happen, think could happen, or just playing with scenarios? Because I can tell you right now, this has no chance of ever happening.

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All points, by the way etv, that were discussed extremely thoroughly in the first linked thread.

And why would they start?

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It is DEFINITELY geography driven. Re: MAC, other than removing Temple, (Oh, add Buffalo to the Big East, BTW), they are perfect, IMO. And I’m basically just messing around, stirring the pot.

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Incidentally, In my alignment, the service academies are Independents, though it wouldn’t offend me if Army and Navy went to the Big East, and leave Air Farce in the new Mt. West. To the Boise St. vs AZ schools-the conferences would get too big, because that domino would send the New Mexico schools, and CSU into the Big 12. And likely the Utahs into the Pac 10.

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As an actual proposal, I’d hate it and am glad it’ll never happen. You’re demoting my team to a weaker conference based on geography, and promoting Georgetown from I-AA in our place.

If you’re making a geographic fantasy, why are Miami, Florida and Florida State not in the Sun Belt? Why is North Texas not in the Big 12?

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The Sun Belt has no history of credible football play, and the Big 12 is already the Big 16 (or so) in my alignment.