Ideas for a new conference

• OldDanTucker

  Just for fun. Come up with some ideas to form a new conference with the non-bcs schools to help their case in getting BCS/NC bids. Make it at least 8 teams, and give it a name. You could even throw in some of the teams who aren't good enough to win their conf. but are normaly solid opponets
• goosebumps

  

  American West Conference (AWC)
  
  The Crybaby division
  Boise State
  Utah
  BYU
  TCU
  
  The equivalent of Big 12 North Division
  Air Force
  Hawaii
  Fresno State
  Washington (Drops from PAC 10)
• jordo212000

  

  goosebumps wrote: American West Conference (AWC)
  
  The Crybaby division
  Boise State
  Utah
  BYU
  TCU
  
  The equivalent of Big 12 North Division
  Air Force
  Hawaii
  Fresno State
  Washington (Drops from PAC 10)

  Yeah I was actually going to come up with a conference for those teams. Although I am not really sure how accurate the "crybaby" thing is though.
  
  BYU
  Boise
  Utah
  TCU
  Fresno
  Air Force
  San Diego State
  Nevada
• OldDanTucker

  The BIG 8
  
  BYU
  Boise
  Utah
  TCU
  Fresno
  Baylor
  Air Force
  SMU
• Red_Skin_Pride

  

  I would put the best teams in a conference, but they wouldn't want to play each other, so I guess they'll stick to beating 1-AA schools and Sun Belt schools to pad their record.
• OSH

  

  Big 10 -- with a clever logo that now has a 12 in it instead of an 11
  Ohio State
  Michigan State
  Northwestern
  Michigan
  Iowa
  Minnesota
  Penn State
  Indiana
  Illinois
  Purdue
  Wisconsin
  **Cincinnati
  
  This would allow for an even distribution of two different divisions to allow for a Big 10 title game.
• sjmvsfscs08

  Big Ten
  Eastern Division
  -Indiana
  -Michigan
  -Michigan State
  -Ohio State
  -Penn State
  -*Pittsburgh*
  
  Western Division
  -Illinois
  -Iowa
  -Minnesota
  -Northwestern
  -Purdue
  -Wisconsin
  
  ---------------------------------------------
  Big East
  Northern Division
  -Army
  -Connecticut
  -Marshall
  -Rutgers
  -Syracuse
  -West Virginia
  
  Southern Division
  -Central Florida
  -Cincinnati
  -East Carolina
  -Louisville
  -Navy
  -South Florida
  
  ---------------------------------------------------
  Pacific-12
  Northern Division
  -*Boise State*
  -Oregon
  -Oregon State
  -*Nevada*
  -Washington
  -Washington State
  
  Southern Division
  -Arizona
  -Arizona State
  -Cal
  -Southern California
  -Stanford
  -UCLA
  
  -------------------------------------------
  Mountain West Conference
  
  Pacific Division
  -Fresno State
  -Hawai'i
  -Idaho
  -San Diego State
  -San Jose State
  -UNLV
  -Utah State
  
  Mountain Division
  -Air Force
  -BYU
  -Colorado State
  -New Mexico
  -New Mexico State
  -Utah
  -UTEP
  -Wyoming
  
  --------------------------------------
  Conference USA
  Western Division
  -Houston
  -Louisiana Tech
  -North Texas
  -Rice
  -Southern Methodist
  -Texas Christian
  -Tulsa
  
  Eastern Division
  -Florida Atlantic
  -Middle Tennessee
  -Florida International
  -Memphis
  -Southern Mississippi
  -Tulane
  -UAB
• jordo212000

  

  sjmvsfscs08 wrote: Pacific-12
  Northern Division
  -*Boise State*
  -Oregon
  -Oregon State
  -*Nevada*
  -Washington
  -Washington State
  
  Southern Division
  -Arizona
  -Arizona State
  -Cal
  -Southern California
  -Stanford
  -UCLA
  

  Not bad. I'd put Utah or BYU in before I put Nevada in though
• sjmvsfscs08

  Nevada is closer, by far, geographically. That was my reasoning. I think Utah would be the best choice though, of the three.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  North:
  BC
  'Cuse
  Rutgers
  Pitt
  WVU
  Maryland
  Penn St.
  UConn
  
  Mid-Atlantic:
  UVA
  VPI
  UNC
  NCSt.
  South Carolina
  Clemson
  Wake Forest
  Tennessee
  
  Southeast:
  Georgia
  Georgia Tech
  Miami
  Florida St.
  Florida
  South Florida
  Bama
  Auburn
  
  Gulf:
  Ole Miss
  Miss. St.
  LSU
  Arkansas
  Texas
  Texas A&M
  Oklahoma
  OKie St.
  
  Great Lakes East:
  Kentucky
  Louisville
  Cincinnati
  Ohio St.
  Michigan
  Michigan St.
  Purdue
  Notre Dame
  
  Great Lakes West:
  Indiana
  Wisconsin
  Minnesota
  Illinois
  Iowa
  Iowa St.
  Missouri
  Nebraska
  
  Plains:
  Kansas
  Kansas St.
  Colorado
  Texas Tech
  Arizona
  Arizona St.
  TCU
  Boise St.
  
  Pacific:
  USC
  UCLA
  Cal
  Stanford
  Oregon
  Oregon St.
  Washington
  Washington St.
  
  if you're going to tear it up, might as well do it
• Red_Skin_Pride

  

  sjmvsfscs08 wrote: Nevada is closer, by far, geographically. That was my reasoning. I think Utah would be the best choice though, of the three.

  True. But why would TCU go back to CUSA? Now, in real life, and in your scenario, the Mt. West would be the better conference.
• sjmvsfscs08

  Well I'm a Geography & Planning major, so I made it fit geographically. I grouped them together not for their strengths now as much as I did for projected geographic strength in the near future. Essentially I went with redoing the Big Ten, Pac-10, and Big East first and then worked from there. The Big Ten should grab either Pittsburgh or West Virgina, I obviously picked Pittsburgh.
  
  I forced the Pac-10 to create the Pac-12, I think Nevada and Boise State fit relatively well. Boise State is a power on the national scene now. They are unique with their blue turf and in my opinion bring something special to the college football scene, I've been on that bandwagon for years and I absolutely love watching them tear it up. Now, blue turf doesn't get you in the Pac-10, beating Pac-10 teams consistently does. Boise State may have had the ability to win that conference this year. Nevada is a different story; they would benefit from joining the conference more than the conference would immediately benefit from them. They've only been FBS since 1992, but in my opinion have tremendous potential. Keep in mind Arizona and Arizona State didn't join the Pac-10 until 1978, so it's not like this conference has been etched in stone since Moses was walking around.
  
  After the Pac-12 is formed the WAC and MWC would need to rethink their situation. Since there were more than fourteen teams I simply forced two of them to bolt east. The loser in this scenario is the Sun Belt, but that wouldn't matter. The WAC/MWC would have nice television market reach, and the C-USA would have a crucial stake in Florida; only the Sun Belt gets screwed.
  
  This can't happen because the Big East already has too many non-football schools. It'll be tough to add more football teams because it would mean yet more basketball programs too. It's getting crowded in there. They are a basketball conference and they almost like it that way. I think Navy, Central Florida, and East Carolina give them a great geographical setting similar to the ACC--and I think they should look towards that model.
  
  It is nearly impossible to project what would happen two or three moves into the future. All I can say for certain is that the Pac-10 needs to be the Pac-12, and the Big Ten needs to add Pittsburgh.
• butkus51

  Ideally, I would love to see Notre Dame in the Big Ten but it would take a miracle. That said, Pitt would be the next choice followed by UC. I would like to see a Pac-12 also but Boise would get bitch slapped in everything thats not football and Nevada would get bitch slapped in everything. Add BYU and Utah and they are both more competitive in all sports and they are natural rivals.
• sjmvsfscs08

  Initially, yes they would be thrown around by other teams. But much like with Cincinnati's ascension to the Big East, the program grows exponentially due to better recruiting. I don't disagree that BYU and Utah are better picks, but you can't have one without the other.
• pooter

  I would like to see more play between the Big Ten and Big East