My (46n2) Mega Conference Plan, that will never happen

[Forty_Sixand2]

Everyone else seems to be doing it, so here goes:

Four conferences:

SEC:

B1G:
Current members plus ND, Texas, Kansas, Missouri

Pac 16:
Current members plus Oklahoma, Ok State, BYU, Boise St.

ACC:
Current members plus Pitt, WVU, UConn, USF

SEC:
Current members plus aTm, Texas Tech, TCU, UCF

All four conferences are divided into two divisions (basically mini-conferences)

Each team plays 12 games:
-their 7 division counterparts
-half of the other side of the conference on a rotating basis
-one slot open for ONE OOC rivalry game

Division Records determine the division winners, with conference record beign the first tie breaker, followed by others....

Conference Championship Games are (essentially) the first round of an 8 game playoff.

All teams with winning records are available for Bowl games, excluding the four conference winners.

The Final 4 teams (conference winners) enter the BCS Championship playoff series which is a three game playoff. The matchups rotate among the four super-conferences yearly (eg: one year B1G plays ACC, one year B1G plays Pac etc..). The winners of the two semifinal games play in a NCG.

Every team has a legit shot and no real way to bitch.
-win your division, you advance
-you play everyone in your division and it is in your hands to win

The MAXIMUM amount of games a team will play is 15, one more than now and that will only be for the final two teams.



Thoughts???

The conferences may line up differently, but the playoff style is what i really like about it.

 

[huskers1217]

that is exactly what I was thinking.

 

[24seven]

So the other 56 teams get no shot at the NC?

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

So the other 56 teams get no shot at the NC?

Yup, or they play for another national championship.

We add another tier to college football, essentially.

If you want a playoff where everyone truly gets a shot AND you don't want to extend the season, some feelings get hurt.

This would only be for football, as well. Let the BCS run it, I guess. If certain teams (Vandy, Duke, etc...) wan an option out of this for football, that is where the Baylors and the K-States can find a way in.

 

[goDAWGSsicem]

So the other 56 teams get no shot at the NC?

Plus the 3 or 4 new teams that are joining the FBS.


Sorry Conference USA, WAC, MWC, Big East, Sun Belt, MAC & everyone in between.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Fish or cut bait. You commit to big time college football or you play in the B league, as far as I am concerned. Do any teams outside of the 64 listed above really have a legit shot at a national title?

 

[24seven]

I think the demand for a playoff has come largely from those lesser schools who feel they've been left out already. This would do that even more absolutely than the current system.
That said, I'm not a fan of a playoff anyway.

 

[goDAWGSsicem]

Fish or cut bait. You commit to big time college football or you play in the B league, as far as I am concerned. Do any teams outside of the 64 listed above really have a legit shot at a national title?

No, but neither did Boise not that long ago.

And what about schools that are putting in the effort to improve their football programs? What's the point if you can't move up?

 

[goDAWGSsicem]

I think the demand for a playoff has come largely from those lesser schools who feel they've been left out already. This would do that even more absolutely than the current system.
That said, I'm not a fan of a playoff anyway.

Exactly, no one in the SEC/Pac12/Big10 should be asking for a playoff.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

No, but neither did Boise not that long ago.

And what about schools that are putting in the effort to improve their football programs? What's the point if you can't move up?

There was a time when the FCS or 1AA separated from the FBS or 1A.

Maybe it is time to do that again.....

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I think the demand for a playoff has come largely from those lesser schools who feel they've been left out already. This would do that even more absolutely than the current system.
That said, I'm not a fan of a playoff anyway.

Exactly, no one in the SEC/Pac12/Big10 should be asking for a playoff.

Maybe not, but it would be nice to see every team have a legit shot at the beginning of the season, and it not come down to 3 undefeated teams vying for two spots.....

 

[mysfit]

There was a time when the FCS or 1AA separated from the FBS or 1A.

Maybe it is time to do that again.....

I been saying for the past year that was coming: 3 divisions

Please gawd let BSU not get stuck in the middle one

 

[bchampy]

No, but neither did Boise not that long ago.

And what about schools that are putting in the effort to improve their football programs? What's the point if you can't move up?

This would only be for football, as well. Let the BCS run it, I guess. If certain teams (Vandy, Duke, etc...) wan an option out of this for football, that is where the Baylors and the K-States can find a way in.

Teams like Vandy can be in the SEC in all sports but football, and let a team like Troy(just an example) be a football only member.

 

[BigAppleBadger]

I like it, with some tweaks. I won't quibble about what teams get added to which conference between the B1G/Pac/SEC/ACC because those chips will fall where they may.

See my other thread for why I prefer each super-conference to have four divisions of 4 teams each rather than two divisions of 8 teams each.

I just don't think eliminating OOC games is realistic. For one, there are historical rivalries that schools won't give up. Second, who do the other 50+ teams not in one of the 4 super-conferences play to get "quality wins"?

Lastly, I think there needs to be an "at-large" spot somewhere. In my construct, the conference winner out of the four that has the worst record would lose their spot in the semi-finals to an undefeated at-large team (e.g., Boise), if there is one that season. See above for why there must be non-conference games as well, so these teams can get a couple games against the super-conferences on their schedules.