AAC and Mountain West merget would solve the P5 dilema.

[Superhippy]

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. 

[Bull Matrix]

MWC would have to make up to ESPN before that can happen. 

[Hem]

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.

[Triple B]

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.

[Bear]

 

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

[CPR]

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

[slick1ru2]

Was this idea bong fueled? Have to ask with a name like Superhippy. Peace

[Who'sYourData?]

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.

[charsibb]

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.

[Bulls On Parade]

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.