(10-23-2019 08:34 PM)usffan Wrote:  

(10-23-2019 06:48 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(10-23-2019 05:14 PM)usffan Wrote:  

(10-23-2019 03:58 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(10-23-2019 01:10 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  If the AAC can't get a rule change to have a division-less championship permanently, and none of the obvious suspects will say yes for me the best option would be App State FB only. Then either say at 11 for hoops (since that really doesn't cause any huge issues scheduling wise) or you can consider VCU for all sports minus football.

To me, if the AAC can't get the rule changed, the best option would be to just have unbalanced divisions, with one pair of teams playing each other twice, on a rotating basis.

IMO, that is better than adding another mouth to feed that doesn't add value.

USFFan

Y'know, you could go 11 teams in divisions of 6&5, and have uneven scheduling rather than two teams meet up twice.
You can have nine teams with eight conference games and two teams with seven conference games.
Or you can have nine teams with eight conference games and two teams with nine conference games.

I would definitely prefer the first to having an in season rematch and I think I would even prefer the second (though someone misses an OOC opportunity).

You're right in that you could, but it creates an awful situation from a tiebreaker perspective. What happens if the East standings one season is this:

USF 7-1
Temple 6-1
Cincinnati 6-1

USF's only loss on the season is to Temple, Temple's only loss to the season is to Cincinnati and Cincinnati's only loss on the season is to USF. Do you just let USF be the champion of the East because they played one extra game? It's no longer a level playing field. Therefore, I'd rather just do the rematch that rotates every year.

USFFan

Well, anything other than a full conference round robin is a less than level playing field.
In the current construct, Navy played UCF, Temple, and Cincinnati last year, but ECU, USF, and UConn this year. Memphis has Temple and Cincinnati this year, and conceivably Navy could win the West with a loss to Memphis because Memphis has a tougher cross-division slate.
Any uneven division setup is messy, and just difficult for the schedulers.
With a rematch setup, you could end up with the two rematch teams splitting and being 7-1, if you want to create hypothetical messes.
I don't like rematches for the same reason bowls don't like rematches.