(01-02-2016 12:29 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(01-02-2016 11:58 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(01-02-2016 08:52 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(01-01-2016 09:20 PM)XLance Wrote:  18 team conferences?
There would be room only for two. I like 3 pods of 6.

B1G
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Northwestern, Michigan and Michigan State
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Purdue, Indiana and Illinois
Ohio State, Penn State, Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia Tech and NC State

SEC
Tejas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, and LSU
Alabama, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Florida State, Louisville/West Virginia
Florida, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky

The PAC stays the same at 12

The ACC also becomes a 12 team conference
Miami, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Wake Forest, Carolina, Dook, UVa, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse, Boston College, and UConn/West Virginia/Louisville.

This has possibilities.
I would shift Vanderbilt to the East and Tennessee to the Central. I think that unless Kentucky truly wanted Louisville in that we would take West Virginia here.

I do think that Clemson would have some pretty big internal conflicts over remaining with the better academic schools or going for the football move. Historically two of their bigger rivals would now be in the SEC East (South Carolina and Georgia) and Auburn would be another favorite of theirs for football. And they love their baseball and their basketball is usually sub ACC standards.

You and others continue to underestimate Clemson as an academic institution. Clemson functions more like a private institution like Carolina and UVa than a public University like Virginia Tech and NC State (or Georgia/Auburn).
In the SEC, Clemson would be another South Carolina, while in the "new" ACC they could continue to be THE football school in the south while Notre Dame could wear that crown in the north.

My mistake on including Texas Tech. And, yes I get the Clemson issue, I'm just saying there would be some division there over that trajectory. But overall I think it is a workable way of solving a good many problems.

Don't forget when Florida State goes all fickle on you and wants you to take Louisville AND West Virginia so that they can still have a clear path to the playoffs. Or you could keep the pair and just send Vanderbilt our way....the academic "fit" is obvious.

You might see:
Florida, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, West Virginia and Kentucky.

Ole Miss, Miss. State, Alabama, Louisville, Tennessee and Vandy.

I like the idea of Alabama/Tennessee and Auburn /Georgia being in the same divisions.

If you're not in the P5 already, the chance to jump an existing member for a 'spot" would be very small