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Post by GeauxGetta on Aug 13, 2011 14:28:15 GMT -6
With Texas A&M, Mizzou, FSU, and Clemson going to the SEC, I think other conferences might scramble to pick the bones of the Big XII. The domino effect would be resultant in C-USA dropping some teams to the Big XII.
Here's a proposed realignment for the Big 10, in which there would be 16 teams, separated by an East/West distinction.
West: Nebraska Kansas Kansas State Iowa Iowa State Minnesota Purdue Illinois
East: Penn State Northwestern Michigan Michigan State Indiana Wisconsin Ohio State Notre Dame
In football, teams would play 7 games against their subdivision, plus one set crossover and one rotating crossover.
In the Big East, Temple or Xavier would replace Notre Dame.
The Big XII would have Texas and USA Divisions: USA: UCF Tulane La. Tech BYU Oklahoma Oklahoma State East Carolina Marshall
TEXAS: Texas Texas Tech Baylor SMU UTEP Houston Rice UAB (I know it's not in Texas)
C-USA gets raided. Geographically, BYU in the Big XII East doesn't make sense, but they'd travel as much as an independent as if they were in a conference. Besides, the Big XII championship game is usually lopsided as it is, and it certainly would be the first couple years of this conference alignment. Business-wise, it would work too.
Craziness?
*Memphis and Southern Miss. to the ACC
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Post by buckinghambadger on Aug 17, 2011 19:57:44 GMT -6
Anything above 12 teams for a football conference I would absolutely hate. Basically at 16 it turns into two different conferences, kind of stupid if you ask me.
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