Forget The Super Conference Plan

[UNTflyer]

Let's admit it. College football is all about money. Funny thing is, most college teams lose money every season. There are lots of reasons why; among these are coaches' salaries. Another is travel expenses. And of course, there are marketing expenses to try to get the fans in the seats to help pay for the other expenses (including marketing costs). It's a vicious circle. Now college football conferences are talking about expanding their membership to make more money in order to defray these costs.

One of the rumors floating around is the Super Conference plan, which would form six super conferences of 16 teams. It makes no sense and would shatter college football as we know it today. It doesn't add up when you consider there are 120 FBS teams. Someone is going to get left out of the cold. And why would you want to kick the smaller schools out of football? They generate money as well, even if it is not as much as the Big Boys. And hey, the fact is that if they DID play in the same conference as the big boys it would result in better attendance and performance. For some unexplained reason, it is the elephant in the room nobody wants to admit is present.

So why not collect all these smaller schools like tarnished nickels and make a plan to form six MEGA-conferences, each with two divisions of 10 teams. Hold on now… we're talking 20-team conferences that make sense geographically and economically. With the cost of travel remaining high for the foreseeable future, this plan makes sense if realignment is all about money. Most of these conferences will be able to travel to road games by bus, and there would be enough conference-mates to where teams would not have to worry about scheduling any out of conference games.

A ten-team division would mean a school will play everyone in its division once, and 3 teams from the other division to make a 12-game season. All division champions would play their respective conference championship game. The winners are crowned conference champions… but the losing team still gets to go to the national playoffs. They would just enter as the lower seed for the opening round game.

So now we have a 12-team playoff, the top 4 highest ranked teams get a first round bye. Playoffs are over in just 3 weeks, and every team in college football gets a fair chance to make it.

So here is the realignment:

Eastern Conference

Div A

Army

Bowling Green

ECU

Indiana

Kentucky

Miami, OH

Ohio State

Pittsburgh

Rutgers

Syracuse

Div B

Boston College

Buffalo

Eastern Michigan

Kent State

Ohio

Penn State

Purdue

Temple

Tennessee

Toledo

Mid-Atlantic Conference

Div A

Cincinnati

Georgia

Marshall

Maryland

NC State

South Carolina

Uconn

Virginia Tech

West Virginia

Western Kentucky

Div B

Clemson

Duke

Georgia Tech

Louisville

Memphis

Navy

North Carolina

Vanderbilt

Virginia

Wake Forest

Midwest Conference

Div A

Akron

Central Michigan

Colorado State

Illinois

Iowa

Kansas State

Michigan

Missouri

Notre Dame

Western Michigan

Div B

Ball State

Colorado

Iowa State

Kansas

Michigan State

Minnesota

Nebraska

Northern Illinois

Northwestern

Wisconsin

Southeast Conference

Div A

Alabama

Central Florida

Florida Atlantic

Florida Int'l

Louisiana-Laf

LSU

Miss State

South Florida

Troy

Tulane

Div B

Auburn

Florida

Florida State

Louisiana Tech

Louisiana-Mon

Miami

Mid Tennessee

Ole Miss

Southern Miss

UAB

Southwest Conference

Div A

Arizona

Arkansas State

Baylor

New Mexico St

North Texas

Oklahoma

SMU

Texas

Texas Tech

Tulsa

Div B

Air Force

Arizona State

Arkansas

Houston

Oklahoma State

Rice

TCU

Texas A&M

UTEP

Wyoming

West Conference

Div A

Boise State

California

Hawaii

Nevada

San Diego State

Stanford

UNLV

USC

Utah

Washington

Div B

BYU

Fresno State

Idaho

New Mexico

Oregon

Oregon State

San Jose State

UCLA

Utah State

Wash State

[MeanGreen61]

[UNTflyer]

Oh yeah. The MEGA-Conference plan is the way to go!

[MeanGreenTexan]

Here's another super conference:

Division A:

Division B:

These 'dream scenario type' threads, although imaginative and enjoyable, give me (and I'm sure others as well) tired-head...

[UNTflyer]

Here's another super conference:

Division A:

Division B:

These 'dream scenario type' threads, although imaginative and enjoyable, give me (and I'm sure others as well) tired-head...

That's a great alignment. I'd love to a rivalry form between the pirate and the ninja.

I think the wizard and Santa would be a snoozer.

[Stan R]

Here's another super conference:

These 'dream scenario type' threads, although imaginative and enjoyable, give me (and I'm sure others as well) tired-head...

Will never happen because will block the inclusion of .

[MeanGreenTexan]

That's a great alignment. I'd love to a rivalry form between the pirate and the ninja.

I think the wizard and Santa would be a snoozer.

My reasoning was simple. There are some that are travel partners like & and & , among others...

Plus, we definitely don't want academic low-lifes like to be included in this upper echelon. & would not put up with this.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Will never happen because will block the inclusion of .

Are you saying is the "SMU" of this superconference?

[forevereagle]

Are you saying is the "SMU" of this superconference?

Maybe, but I think that would rather support for inclusion.

[UNT Mean Green]

Let's admit it. College football is all about money. Funny thing is, most college teams lose money every season. There are lots of reasons why; among these are coaches' salaries. Another is travel expenses. And of course, there are marketing expenses to try to get the fans in the seats to help pay for the other expenses (including marketing costs). It's a vicious circle. Now college football conferences are talking about expanding their membership to make more money in order to defray these costs.

One of the rumors floating around is the Super Conference plan, which would form six super conferences of 16 teams. It makes no sense and would shatter college football as we know it today. It doesn't add up when you consider there are 120 FBS teams. Someone is going to get left out of the cold. And why would you want to kick the smaller schools out of football? They generate money as well, even if it is not as much as the Big Boys. And hey, the fact is that if they DID play in the same conference as the big boys it would result in better attendance and performance. For some unexplained reason, it is the elephant in the room nobody wants to admit is present.

So why not collect all these smaller schools like tarnished nickels and make a plan to form six MEGA-conferences, each with two divisions of 10 teams. Hold on now… we're talking 20-team conferences that make sense geographically and economically. With the cost of travel remaining high for the foreseeable future, this plan makes sense if realignment is all about money. Most of these conferences will be able to travel to road games by bus, and there would be enough conference-mates to where teams would not have to worry about scheduling any out of conference games.

A ten-team division would mean a school will play everyone in its division once, and 3 teams from the other division to make a 12-game season. All division champions would play their respective conference championship game. The winners are crowned conference champions… but the losing team still gets to go to the national playoffs. They would just enter as the lower seed for the opening round game.

So now we have a 12-team playoff, the top 4 highest ranked teams get a first round bye. Playoffs are over in just 3 weeks, and every team in college football gets a fair chance to make it.

So here is the realignment:

Eastern Conference

Div A

Army

Bowling Green

ECU

Indiana

Kentucky

Miami, OH

Ohio State

Pittsburgh

Rutgers

Syracuse

Div B

Boston College

Buffalo

Eastern Michigan

Kent State

Ohio

Penn State

Purdue

Temple

Tennessee

Toledo

Mid-Atlantic Conference

Div A

Cincinnati

Georgia

Marshall

Maryland

NC State

South Carolina

Uconn

Virginia Tech

West Virginia

Western Kentucky

Div B

Clemson

Duke

Georgia Tech

Louisville

Memphis

Navy

North Carolina

Vanderbilt

Virginia

Wake Forest

Midwest Conference

Div A

Akron

Central Michigan

Colorado State

Illinois

Iowa

Kansas State

Michigan

Missouri

Notre Dame

Western Michigan

Div B

Ball State

Colorado

Iowa State

Kansas

Michigan State

Minnesota

Nebraska

Northern Illinois

Northwestern

Wisconsin

Southeast Conference

Div A

Alabama

Central Florida

Florida Atlantic

Florida Int'l

Louisiana-Laf

LSU

Miss State

South Florida

Troy

Tulane

Div B

Auburn

Florida

Florida State

Louisiana Tech

Louisiana-Mon

Miami

Mid Tennessee

Ole Miss

Southern Miss

UAB

Southwest Conference

Div A

Arizona

Arkansas State

Baylor

New Mexico St

North Texas

Oklahoma

SMU

Texas

Texas Tech

Tulsa

Div B

Air Force

Arizona State

Arkansas

Houston

Oklahoma State

Rice

TCU

Texas A&M

UTEP

Wyoming

West Conference

Div A

Boise State

California

Hawaii

Nevada

San Diego State

Stanford

UNLV

USC

Utah

Washington

Div B

BYU

Fresno State

Idaho

New Mexico

Oregon

Oregon State

San Jose State

UCLA

Utah State

Wash State

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