Superhippy Posted August 21, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 9 Content Count: 315 Reputation: 41 Days Won: 3 Joined: 10/19/2013 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I posted a little on this in another thread but felt that it deserved it's own, to see what you guys all thought. The P5 conferences have essentially rigged the game so that they will get all 4 playoff spots every year. That's pretty much a fact. An undefeated Mountain West or AAC team would have a chance but would most likely get left off in favor of a 1 loss SEC or PAC-12 team. That's just the reality of the current situation, mostly because of the differing strength of schedules. Right now I think it's fair to say that out of the 5 non-P5 conferences the AAC and Mountain West are clearly better then the MAC, Sunbelt, and C-USA. Both the AAC and Mountain West on a yearly basis produce atleast a few extremely good teams and both usually end up with 1 or 2 ranked each, which leads me to my point. Merge together, become the 1st Mega-Conference, and force yourself into being the P6. Essentially with 24 teams you would create 2 conferences, each with 2 6-team divisions where each team in the division plays the other ones every year (5 games), and then you play one from each other division each year as well (3 games). Additional each team plays THREE out of conference games. That totals 11 games. The 12th game will have the #1 of each division face off with the #1 of the other division in the same conference, essentially in a playoff. #2 would also face #2, #3 would face #3, and so on, so that all of those teams get their full 12 games as well. Then during conference championship week the winners of the 1st place games would go on to face each other. Whoever comes out on top after all of that is going to be undefeated or have 1 loss with multiple quality wins. GUARANTEED. The benefits on top of that would also be huge. - Boise and Fresno fans would now have interest in UCF and Cincy games and vice versa. Essentially the 1st true nationwide conference. - A football conference with games going on from 1PM to 1 AM. Constant Coverage. - Basketball would benefit tremendously. The Mountain West and AAC are usually good for about 7 bids. Together they would be a force. - Enough money to potentially create a new Network of our own for TV. I know this post has been a little long, but I just wanted to put the idea out there. I have seen alot of doom and gloom after the NCAA made their P5 ruling, and it does look bleak, but I really think there is an obvious solution sitting right in front of everyone's faces that we aren't seeing. Aresco keeps talking about being proactive, and to me this would be the most proactive thing he could possibly do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Matrix Posted August 21, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 601 Content Count: 16,338 Reputation: 2,866 Days Won: 43 Joined: 01/04/2003 Share Posted August 21, 2014 MWC would have to make up to ESPN before that can happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hem Posted August 21, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 64 Content Count: 4,663 Reputation: 401 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/24/2012 Share Posted August 21, 2014 The best of AAC and the best of MWC merge to make one conference, then you are talking. Kind of like what was supposed to happen with Boise coming over. Thanks Boise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted August 21, 2014 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,610 Content Count: 74,511 Reputation: 10,800 Days Won: 422 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Horrible idea....IMHO you might have a few extra good teams to make your argument, but you will have THREE times as many bad teams at the bottom to undermine any positives. Have to agree. Don't see anything there that would somehow force anybody into a P6. Hem's idea about the top teams combining makes better sense except if you take the top football programs, you lose most the top basketball programs .... plus the travel would be killer, especially for the non-revenue sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted August 21, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 56 Content Count: 4,423 Reputation: 708 Days Won: 19 Joined: 03/16/2013 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Horrible idea....IMHO you might have a few extra good teams to make your argument, but you will have THREE times as many bad teams at the bottom to undermine any positives. Have to agree. Don't see anything there that would somehow force anybody into a P6. Hem's idea about the top teams combining makes better sense except if you take the top football programs, you lose most the top basketball programs .... plus the travel would be killer, especially for the non-revenue sports. The teams that excelled in this "combined" conferece, would eventually leave for the P5... thus creating the same problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPR Posted August 21, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 23 Content Count: 3,042 Reputation: 279 Days Won: 10 Joined: 03/09/2010 Share Posted August 21, 2014 We can't force ourselves into the P5 no matter what we do as a conference. Although, it would be a sweet conference if the East/West coast teams ony played eachother until the conference champ game to save money on traveling. This would be the best conference as of right now, but you can't start kicking teams out of your conference just because. Boise State San Diego State Colorado State Fresno State SMU Air Force Houston BYU USF UCF Uconn Cincy ECU Navy Memphis Army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick1ru2 Posted August 21, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 553 Content Count: 14,405 Reputation: 434 Days Won: 13 Joined: 07/25/2008 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Was this idea bong fueled? Have to ask with a name like Superhippy. Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who'sYourData? Posted August 21, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 410 Content Count: 19,525 Reputation: 992 Days Won: 24 Joined: 09/01/2006 Share Posted August 21, 2014 You can't "force" your way into the P5(6) whatever. There will be more schools moving to the P5, those schools that will bring value. We have to prove we are one of those schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted August 21, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted August 21, 2014 You can't "force" your way into the P5(6) whatever. There will be more schools moving to the P5, those schools that will bring value. We have to prove we are one of those schools. Some folks want to use Congress to do exactly that. There does seem to be collusion, price setting, and abuse of monopoly power going on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulls On Parade Posted August 21, 2014 Group: Member Topic Count: 23 Content Count: 10,199 Reputation: 1,714 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/02/2005 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I am crazy enough to like this idea. If we are going to be stuck in g5 might as well make the most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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