RE: 1/13/16 Boren: OU disadvantaged w/ 3 things
I think this could work.....
SEC
The SEC adds Florida St., Clemson, Virginia Tech, and NC State and follows a model that includes some permanent WEST and EAST divisions members and some FLEX members, that can go either WEST or EAST, with the following permanent divisions:
WEST: Texas A&M-Arkansas-LSU--Missouri-Ole Miss-Mississippi St.
EAST: Clemson-South Carolina-Virginia Tech-NC State-Kentucky-Vanderbilt
And the following FLEX members:
Florida-Georgia-Auburn (FLEX1)
Florida St.-Alabama-Tennessee (FLEX2)
Where Florida-FSU, Auburn-Alabama, and Georgia-Tennessee are locked rivals.
10-game conference schedule. In years where the FLEX members play the WEST or EAST division, the FLEX members are part of that division for CCG purposes. The WEST and EAST permanent members get the FLEX members in 2 out of 4 years and the opposite EAST/WEST permanent members in 1 out of 3 years.
The FLEX members get the WEST and EAST permanent members in 2 out of 4 years, 2 annual FLEX buddies, 1 annual rival, and the other non-rival FLEX members in the opposite pod every other year.
SEC keeps Sugar Bowl (v. B12) and adds permanent annual spot in Orange Bowl (v. Big 12 or B1G or Notre Dame) and a possible spot in the Peach Bowl (v. B1G).
B1G
B1G adds UVA, UNC, Duke, and Syracuse and follows a similar FLEX model:
WEST division permanent: Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northwestern, and Illinois.
EAST division permanent: UVA, UNC, Duke, Syracuse, Rutgers, and Maryland.
Purdue-Michigan-Ohio St. and Indiana-Michigan St.-Penn St. are FLEX members that can go either WEST or EAST, but always together and with the locked cross-division pairings of Purdue-Indiana, Michigan-Michigan St., and Penn St.-Ohio St.
10-game conference schedule includes 8 division games and provides equal home-road balance. Both the WEST and EAST permanent members play each of Michigan-Ohio St.-Michigan St.-Penn St. (and Purdue-Indiana) in 2 out of 4 years and the opposite WEST/EAST permanent members in 1 out of 3 years.
The FLEX members play the WEST/EAST permanent members in 2 out of 4 years, 2 annual FLEX buddies, 1 annual rival, and the other non-rival FLEX members in the opposite pod every other year.
B1G keeps the Rose Bowl v. (PAC) and a possible spot in the Orange (v. SEC), and adds a permanent annual spot in the Peach Bowl (v. SEC or Big 12).
BIG 12
Big 12 survives and absorbs the ACC leftovers and goes to 16 by adding Pitt, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Miami, Wake Forest, and Boston College.
The Big 16
EAST: WVU, Pitt, Louisville, Iowa St., Georgia Tech, Miami, Wake Forest, Boston College
WEST: Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Oklahoma St., Baylor, TCU, Kansas, Kansas St.
10-game conference schedule includes 8 division games and 2 cross-division games, such that you play cross-division opponents once every 4 years.
Big 16 finally gets a conference television network.
Big 12 keeps the Sugar Bowl (v. SEC) and adds a possible spot in the Orange Bowl (v. SEC) and Peach Bowl (v. B1G).
NOTRE DAME
Notre Dame affiliates with the Big 12 for Olympic sports and a 5-game scheduling affiliation. The scheduling affiliation includes 1 annual game against Texas or Oklahoma, 3 annual rotating games against the EAST, and 1 annual rotating game against the rest of the WEST.
So, Notre Dame plays Texas and Oklahoma 1 out of 2 years; EAST schools in 1 out of 2-3 years; and other WEST schools in 1 out of 6 years.
For Olympic sports scheduling, Notre Dame is scheduled as part of the EAST division and Iowa St. is scheduled as part of the WEST division. The EAST division schools play a 14-game round robin (home-road) and 4 rotating cross-division games (2 home, 2 road). The WEST division schools play a 16-game round robin (home-road) and 2 rotating cross-division games (1 home, 1 road).
Conference bball tournament sets up for FINAL between EAST and WEST division finalists.
(This post was last modified: 01-21-2016 03:26 PM by YNot.)
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