(01-17-2017 11:08 PM)Tigersmoke3 Wrote:  I would put the old metro conference back together and call it a day. FSU, Gtech, cincy,Louisville, Memphis, S.Carolina,Va.Tech, S.Miss,Tulane. I may be missing someone. Sigh,,,,what coulda been

Or how about the old proposed Super Metro Conference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Conference

Proposed super conference

The Metro Conference also had studies into a new "Super conference" in 1990. The study was conducted by Raycom Sports. The conference would have included members of the Metro, Atlantic 10, and Big East conferences, but it was not clear if the conference would become a football-sponsoring conference as many of its members did in fact sponsor football but were either independents or belonged to other conferences. The original study plan also included Penn State.[1]

North Division South Division
Boston College East Carolina
Cincinnati Florida State
Pittsburgh Louisville
Rutgers Memphis State
Syracuse Miami
Temple South Carolina
Virginia Tech Southern Mississippi
West Virginia Tulane

(01-18-2017 08:27 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(01-17-2017 11:08 PM)Tigersmoke3 Wrote:  I would put the old metro conference back together and call it a day. FSU, Gtech, cincy,Louisville, Memphis, S.Carolina,Va.Tech, S.Miss,Tulane. I may be missing someone. Sigh,,,,what coulda been

Or how about the old proposed Super Metro Conference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Conference

Proposed super conference

The Metro Conference also had studies into a new "Super conference" in 1990. The study was conducted by Raycom Sports. The conference would have included members of the Metro, Atlantic 10, and Big East conferences, but it was not clear if the conference would become a football-sponsoring conference as many of its members did in fact sponsor football but were either independents or belonged to other conferences. The original study plan also included Penn State.[1]

North Division South Division
Boston College East Carolina
Cincinnati Florida State
Pittsburgh Louisville
Rutgers Memphis State
Syracuse Miami
Temple South Carolina
Virginia Tech Southern Mississippi
West Virginia Tulane

I would've been happy with that.

Maryland
UVa
Carolina
Wake Forest
Dook
NC State
Clemson
south carolina
Georgia Tech
Florida State

Posted to soon

Unc
Duke
Uva
Va tech
SC
Tenn
Ga
Ga Tech
Fla
Fsu
ND
Penn st

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Every AAC fan wants to be in a conference with all P5 schools.

Every MAC fan wants to be in a leaner version of the MAC which includes Cincinnati.

ACC fans wants to merge in with the SEC East schools.

Do I have it right?

(01-18-2017 08:35 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  

(01-18-2017 08:27 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(01-17-2017 11:08 PM)Tigersmoke3 Wrote:  I would put the old metro conference back together and call it a day. FSU, Gtech, cincy,Louisville, Memphis, S.Carolina,Va.Tech, S.Miss,Tulane. I may be missing someone. Sigh,,,,what coulda been

Or how about the old proposed Super Metro Conference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Conference

Proposed super conference

The Metro Conference also had studies into a new "Super conference" in 1990. The study was conducted by Raycom Sports. The conference would have included members of the Metro, Atlantic 10, and Big East conferences, but it was not clear if the conference would become a football-sponsoring conference as many of its members did in fact sponsor football but were either independents or belonged to other conferences. The original study plan also included Penn State.[1]

North Division South Division
Boston College East Carolina
Cincinnati Florida State
Pittsburgh Louisville
Rutgers Memphis State
Syracuse Miami
Temple South Carolina
Virginia Tech Southern Mississippi
West Virginia Tulane

I would've been happy with that.

I've mentioned this here before: The old Big East essentially stole Raycom's plan. The original Big East football group (announced in February 1991) is this plan's "North Division" with Miami instead of Cincinnati.

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The Old WAC:

Arizona
Arizona State
BYU
Colorado State
New Mexico
Utah
UTEP
Wyoming



The old WAC. It just made too much sense for all those regional mountain schools to keep playing each other in every sport all year long.

Cheers!

Since you asked:
ECU
SC
UNC
NC St
Duke
WVU
Pitt
VT

Cheers!

(01-18-2017 08:57 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  Every AAC fan wants to be in a conference with all P5 schools.

Every MAC fan wants to be in a leaner version of the MAC which includes Cincinnati.

ACC fans wants to merge in with the SEC East schools.

Do I have it right?

Seems like a good summary.

Right now my ideal conference for UMass would be a G5 conference with the ACC's footprint.

UMass
UConn
Temple
Cinci
Navy/VCU
Army
ODU
Western Kentucky
East Carolina
Georgia State or Southern
UCF
USF

Maryland
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Duke
North Carolina
North Carolina State
East Carolina
South Carolina
Clemson
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Florida
Florida State

Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Illinois

Purdue
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers
Maryland

(01-18-2017 11:49 AM)Wedge Wrote:  The Pac-8.

The ideal was actually the way it was until about 2 or 3 decades ago:
From coast to coast we had:
The Major Indys (original Big East football & original CUSA lineup)-Orange usually
ACC-South Atlantic Coast schools-Peach Bowl
SEC-Southern schools-Sugar Bowl
Big 10-Midwestern schools-Rose Bowl
Big 8-Plains schools-Orange Bowl
SWC-Texas schools-Cotton Bowl
WAC-Mountain schools-Fiesta Bowl
PAC 8-Pacific schools-Rose Bowl

There was also the categories for the rest not included in the above:
MAC-Midwestern schools not in the Big 10-California/Las Vegas Bowl
Big West-Pacific schools not in the PAC-California/Las Vegas Bowl


Cheers!

San Diego St
USC
UNLV
Utah
Arizona St
UNM
Colorado
UTEP
Texas
Oklahoma

Play nine conference games. Top two teams play in conference championship.

UCSB
UNLV
Fresno State
UCLA
Long Beach State
Hawaii
Nevada
UCI
NMSU
USC
Denver

(01-18-2017 10:44 PM)jdgaucho Wrote:  UCSB
UNLV
Fresno State
UCLA
Long Beach State
Hawaii
Nevada
UCI
NMSU
USC
Denver

That exists in the form of the MPSF for different sports.

SEC North: Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech

SEC East: Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, South Carolina

SEC South: Alabama, Auburn, Miami, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt

SEC West: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas A&M

* Texas could be subbed for Kansas and it's still workable.

North...
1) UNC
2) NC State
3) ECU
4) App St
5) Wake
6) Duke
7) Charlotte

South...
1) Coastal Carolina
2) South Carolina
3) Clemson
4) Georgia
5) Georgia Tech
6) Georgia Southern
7) Georgia State

(01-18-2017 07:51 AM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  Texas vs Florida Conference
FL Div
1 Florida
2 FSU
3 Miami
4 UCF
5 USF
6 FAU
7 FIU

TX Div
8 Texas
9 Baylor
10 Texas A&M
11 Texas Tech
12 TCU
13 Houston
14 SMU

How about a little symmetry here? Fla division, one private; Tx division lots of religion.

As an alternative, not that any of this would even remotely be considered by the current gatekeepers.

State of Texas division
UT Austin
UT El Paso
UT San Antonio
TAMU
Texas Tech
University of Houston
Rice University

New Mexico
Texas Tech
Texas
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Arkansas
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State

(01-18-2017 11:17 PM)JRsec Wrote:  SEC North: Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech

SEC East: Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, South Carolina

SEC South: Alabama, Auburn, Miami, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt

SEC West: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas A&M

* Texas could be subbed for Kansas and it's still workable.

Trolling for negative feedback.

Duke and Vandy as the SEC privates, come on, overrated and not nearly as egalitarian as RICE!
Alternative (remember this is my "ideal" conference) Dump Duke or Vandy (overrated privates) and add Rice, adjust divisions as necessary. I'm not going to do any real work since this is an alternate world that will never see the light of day. Spent entirely too much time here, out!