(02-22-2015 03:11 AM)ChrisLords Wrote: (02-21-2015 11:53 PM)jrj84105 Wrote: If you're going to divide the B1G, it has to be in pods of 6
West: Nebraska, Iowa, mN, Wisconsin, NW, ILL
Central: IU, Purdue, Mich, MSU, tOSU, PSU
East: RU, UMD, UVA, VT, Duke, UNC
Play 5 division games plus 3 versus each other division for an 11game conference season and one "at large" game.
Assuming the B1G makes so much money they can land anyone, how about pods of 6 with 4 divisions :
Big 24
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East
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Duke
Georgia Tech
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Central
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Michigan
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers
North
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Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Northwestern
Purdue
Wisconsin
West
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Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
With one exception, I believe these are the schools the Big Ten would want. I believe they would take Pitt instead of Virginia Tech, however. Then I would align the pods a little differently, for competitive balance:
East: Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, UNC, Notre Dame and Virginia
Central: Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Pitt, Purdue, Rutgers
North: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Wisconsin
West: Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas
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There are currently 53 schools in the B1G, ACC, SEC and Big 12 combined. If the SEC matched the Big Ten and went to 24 schools, that would mean that 5 schools would have to be left out. Who would they be?
Disclaimer: I don't believe any of this would happen.