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Pitt Gorilla · 01:39 PM

in memory of Saul Good. He will be missed.

Bambi · 11-11-2014, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

Who you got beating FSU?

Florida. Muschamp saves his job.

Bambi · 11-11-2014, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

Well...this is embarrassing.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf...14/conference/

Not for me, but for...well...

Sagarin's top 6:

1 Alabama (SEC-W)
2 Auburn (SEC-W)
3 Mississippi (SEC-W)
4 Baylor (Big 12)
5 TCU (Big 12)
6 Oklahoma (Big 12)

Seems there are only two conferences to worry about.

Discuss Thrower · 11-11-2014, 08:21 PM

Any major objections to this idea:

Cincinnati, Notre Dame, South Florida (or Central Florida) and BYU to the Big 12.

Cincinnati, ND, USF/UCF, KU, KSU, ISU re-form the Big XII North. Baylor, OU, OSU, Texas, TCU, TTU re-form the Big XII South.

Assuming ACC, SEC, PAC12, Mountain West and B1G see no further changes (outside of Notre Dame's defectionto B12), this accounts for 68 teams that are currently NCAA Division I football programs.

There are 46 teams that are not accounted for.

The MAC will remain the same with 12 teams in two divisions (you don't want to know the amount of gymnastics I did to move and remove these teams only for them to fall into their current alignment. I'm dumb)

Army, Appalachian State, University of Connecticut, Eastern Carolina, Marshall, Navy, UNC-Charlotte, Temple and Western Kentucky form the American Eastern Football Conference.

Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham, UCF/USF, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Georgia Southern, Georgia State and Troy form the Coastal Division of the Sun USA Conference. Arkansas State, UL-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, North Texas and Tulsa form the Central Division of the Sun USA Conference.

Houston, UL-Monroe, Rice, Southern Alabama, Southern Methodist, Southern Mississippi, Tulane, Texas State, UT-El Paso and UT-San Antonio form the Gulf States Football Conference.

In the American Eastern and Gulf States Conferences, outstanding agreements concerning non-football sports contests in other conferences will be preserved unless there is a desire for member schools to align with their new football leagues. Further, after the completion of nine AEFC and GSFC games in November, each team will play a crossover game against an opponent from the opposite 10-team conference the week after Thanksgiving. These match-ups will be determined by intra-conference standings. IE, AEFC #1 will play GSFC #1. The designation for home and away will rotate year-to-year, with an eye toward matching the conference champions in a neutral site game if logistics allow for it.

This re-alignment will mean that the ACC, B1G, Big XII, SEC, PAC 12, MAC and Sun USA conferences will all have a conference championship game at the completion of the regular season. If there is a call to expand the National Championship Playoff the eight teams, these seven conference title games and the exhibition between the American Eastern and Gulf States champions will go a long way with settling who will fill these slots without adding an extra week of travel for athletes and fans.

Prison Bitch · 11-11-2014, 08:24 PM

Didn't read past ND-Big 12 North. But the idea of making the Golden Flamers spend their fall Satrdays in towns like Manhattan and Ames would be hilarious

**Saul Good** · 11-11-2014, 08:25 PM

Yeah...Notre Dame is not moving to the island of misfit toys.

Pasta Little Brioni · 11-11-2014, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Didn't read past ND-Big 12 North. But the idea of making the Golden Flamers spend their fall Satrdays in shit hole towns like lawrence and Ames would be hilarious

Fyp

**Saul Good** · 11-11-2014, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Fyp

Larry is a great town.

Eleazar · 11-12-2014, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

Yeah...Notre Dame is not moving to the island of misfit toys.

but bring on the city and parochial schools!

**Saul Good** · 11-12-2014, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by KC native

Probably not, but I would think long and hard about it.

TCU is extremely small for a D1 school (8k undergrad enrollment and about 4k grad enrollment). It would be hard for TCU to put up a consistently competitive program in the $EC.

Academics are also pretty big to a good portion of our boosters so $EC membership becomes a tough sell to them.

But, I could be swayed.

The Big 12's academics are no better than the SEC. West Virginia, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State... That's no better than Alabama, Mississippi State, and Ole Miss. The only really good school in the Big 12 is Texas, and they're about equal to Florida. Vanderbilt is the best of the bunch, and the SEC has more AAU schools.

Obviously the SEC and TCU would never even be a possibility for other reasons, but choosing to stay in the Big 12 over the SEC citing academic reasons would be absurd.

tredadda · 11-12-2014, 11:00 AM

My projections for the Top 4 in the playoffs:

FSU
Miss St/Alabama
Oregon/ASU
Baylor/TCU

At this point I see no real way that if these teams continue to play like they are that tOSU is able to leapfrog them. The Big 10 is extremely weak this year outside of tOSU and MSU and perhaps Nebraska.

**Saulbadguy** · 11-12-2014, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

Larry is a great town.

I love a good "my college town is better than your college town" argument.

duncan_idaho · 11-12-2014, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

Well...this is embarrassing.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf...14/conference/

Not for me, but for...well...

SEC LEAST, indeed.

Prison Bitch · 11-12-2014, 02:33 PM

Well, if being tied with the Big 12 means its not "Least", we can go with that.

I refer to "Least" vis a vis the other SEC division which is of course superior.

**Saul Good** · 11-12-2014, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

SEC LEAST, indeed.

The Big 12 is 4-7 against major conference teams plus BYU/Notre Dame including 1-3 against the SEC.

duncan_idaho · 11-12-2014, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Well, if being tied with the Big 12 means its not "Least", we can go with that.

I refer to "Least" vis a vis the other SEC division which is of course superior.

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Originally Posted by Bambi

Sagarin's top 6:

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Discuss Thrower "You like to drink?" Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: "I like to drink." Casino cash: $-160000	I'VE DONE IT Any major objections to this idea: Cincinnati, Notre Dame, South Florida (or Central Florida) and BYU to the Big 12. Cincinnati, ND, USF/UCF, KU, KSU, ISU re-form the Big XII North. Baylor, OU, OSU, Texas, TCU, TTU re-form the Big XII South. Assuming ACC, SEC, PAC12, Mountain West and B1G see no further changes (outside of Notre Dame's defectionto B12), this accounts for 68 teams that are currently NCAA Division I football programs. There are 46 teams that are not accounted for. The MAC will remain the same with 12 teams in two divisions (you don't want to know the amount of gymnastics I did to move and remove these teams only for them to fall into their current alignment. I'm dumb) Army, Appalachian State, University of Connecticut, Eastern Carolina, Marshall, Navy, UNC-Charlotte, Temple and Western Kentucky form the American Eastern Football Conference. Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham, UCF/USF, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Georgia Southern, Georgia State and Troy form the Coastal Division of the Sun USA Conference. Arkansas State, UL-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, North Texas and Tulsa form the Central Division of the Sun USA Conference. Houston, UL-Monroe, Rice, Southern Alabama, Southern Methodist, Southern Mississippi, Tulane, Texas State, UT-El Paso and UT-San Antonio form the Gulf States Football Conference. In the American Eastern and Gulf States Conferences, outstanding agreements concerning non-football sports contests in other conferences will be preserved unless there is a desire for member schools to align with their new football leagues. Further, after the completion of nine AEFC and GSFC games in November, each team will play a crossover game against an opponent from the opposite 10-team conference the week after Thanksgiving. These match-ups will be determined by intra-conference standings. IE, AEFC #1 will play GSFC #1. The designation for home and away will rotate year-to-year, with an eye toward matching the conference champions in a neutral site game if logistics allow for it. This re-alignment will mean that the ACC, B1G, Big XII, SEC, PAC 12, MAC and Sun USA conferences will all have a conference championship game at the completion of the regular season. If there is a call to expand the National Championship Playoff the eight teams, these seven conference title games and the exhibition between the American Eastern and Gulf States champions will go a long way with settling who will fill these slots without adding an extra week of travel for athletes and fans. __________________ Chiefs 2016 Opponents: Home: JAX, TEN, NO, TB, NYJ. Away: HOU, IND, ATL, CAR, PIT Chiefs 2017 Opponents: Home: BUF, MIA, PHI, WSH, AFC North. Away: NE, NYJ, NYG, DAL, AFC South
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11-11-2014, 08:24 PM	#2314
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11-11-2014, 08:25 PM	#2315
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tredadda Three-Pat Join Date: May 2011 Location: Colorado Springs Casino cash: $-1764947	My projections for the Top 4 in the playoffs: FSU Miss St/Alabama Oregon/ASU Baylor/TCU At this point I see no real way that if these teams continue to play like they are that tOSU is able to leapfrog them. The Big 10 is extremely weak this year outside of tOSU and MSU and perhaps Nebraska.
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11-12-2014, 02:33 PM	#2323
Prison Bitch Rabbi Goldmann Join Date: Nov 2012 Casino cash: $5450159	Well, if being tied with the Big 12 means its not "Least", we can go with that. I refer to "Least" vis a vis the other SEC division which is of course superior.
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