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Can conferences just be eliminated?

Man the whole idea was for them to put regional teams together to play one another. This thing is just crazy. I guess it's all too big now, so we'll end up with the 4 or 5 16 team power conferences.

On a related note, I heard the Catholic schools are going to have a conference...Like Gonzaga, G'Town, Xavier, St. John's, etc...Any updates on that. That would be a great Bball conference.

darth_vedder wrote:

What I'm hearing is that the seven Catholic schools are going to keep the Big East name, and add Xavier, Butler, and Creighton, and eventually add Saint Louis and Dayton as well. I actually like that conference a lot. Butler is a little out of place as the only non-Catholic school, but their basketball is definitely on par with the rest of the conference, and they'll be good travel partners with teams like Marquette and Xavier in the Midwest.

The collapse of the true Big East is such a shame.

Green Habit wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:

I like that a lot, it would be a very fun conference to watch for hoops.

verb_to_trust wrote:

Cal?

It wasn't that long ago that Cal was tearing shit up with Aaron Rodgers and Jeff Tedford while Stanford was a complete joke of a program. This realignment is more money-driven, though, and the states of California, Texas and Florida are where it's at.

Green Habit wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:

Cal?

I just wish the conferences would get back to being more regional. I like the idea of 16 team super conferences with 4 pods. It keeps the rotations going and you don't end up with dumb scenarios like where Clemson won't play UVA again until 2024 (last played in '14). The Florida, Georgia, Carolina (both states), Virginia and Maryland teams could make a really nice conference combining the ACC and SEC east coast teams. (UGA, UF, SC from the SEC maybe UT and UK too).

Author:	Green Habit [ Mon December 31, 2012 8:50 pm ]
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BSU is staying in the Mountain West. What a crazy journey they've (almost) had. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... erence-all

Author:	Green Habit [ Fri March 08, 2013 3:12 am ]
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So the football teams from the old Big East look to be taking the name "America 12": http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... ources-say Haven't we already learned from experience as to how absolutely stupid it is to put a number in your conference name? This tweet said it very well:

Author:	dkfan9 [ Fri March 08, 2013 6:45 pm ]
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rumored conference logo:

Author:	darth_vedder [ Fri March 08, 2013 8:00 pm ]
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Can conferences just be eliminated? Man the whole idea was for them to put regional teams together to play one another. This thing is just crazy. I guess it's all too big now, so we'll end up with the 4 or 5 16 team power conferences. On a related note, I heard the Catholic schools are going to have a conference...Like Gonzaga, G'Town, Xavier, St. John's, etc...Any updates on that. That would be a great Bball conference.

Author:	Green Habit [ Fri March 08, 2013 8:04 pm ]
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darth_vedder wrote: Can conferences just be eliminated? Man the whole idea was for them to put regional teams together to play one another. This thing is just crazy. I guess it's all too big now, so we'll end up with the 4 or 5 16 team power conferences. On a related note, I heard the Catholic schools are going to have a conference...Like Gonzaga, G'Town, Xavier, St. John's, etc...Any updates on that. That would be a great Bball conference. What I'm hearing is that the seven Catholic schools are going to keep the Big East name, and add Xavier, Butler, and Creighton, and eventually add Saint Louis and Dayton as well. I actually like that conference a lot. Butler is a little out of place as the only non-Catholic school, but their basketball is definitely on par with the rest of the conference, and they'll be good travel partners with teams like Marquette and Xavier in the Midwest.

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Author:	EJ [ Fri March 08, 2013 8:27 pm ]
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The collapse of the true Big East is such a shame.

Author:	EJ [ Fri March 08, 2013 8:33 pm ]
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It just blows. It was such a great basketball conference in the 80s and 90s.

Author:	numbers [ Sat March 09, 2013 4:38 pm ]
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even Big East football had it's great moments in the 80's and 90's. Who knew that when BC, Miami, and Va Tech bolted the Big East they were destroying traditional conference play.

Author:	Electromatic [ Sun March 10, 2013 4:53 pm ]
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The new catholic conference will be revealed after a puff of white smoke

Author:	darth_vedder [ Fri June 07, 2013 1:49 pm ]
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Picking up from the other thread... Yeah, the realignments piss me off. I just really wish it would be more regional. In the other thread, I mentioned the SCC (Southern Coastal)...the divisions could be something like Coastal and Mountain. Add the 12 teams I mentioned, and you could also add WVA, and Tenn. Something like: Mountain: Clemson WVA VA Tech UVA Tenn NC State GA Tech FL St (I know they are not in the mountains, but gotta separate the FL teams) Coastal: SCAR UNC Florida Miami UGA Maryland Duke East Carolina

Author:	Green Habit [ Fri March 28, 2014 1:46 am ]
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darth_vedder wrote: Green Habit wrote: darth_vedder wrote: Can conferences just be eliminated? Man the whole idea was for them to put regional teams together to play one another. This thing is just crazy. I guess it's all too big now, so we'll end up with the 4 or 5 16 team power conferences. On a related note, I heard the Catholic schools are going to have a conference...Like Gonzaga, G'Town, Xavier, St. John's, etc...Any updates on that. That would be a great Bball conference. What I'm hearing is that the seven Catholic schools are going to keep the Big East name, and add Xavier, Butler, and Creighton, and eventually add Saint Louis and Dayton as well. I actually like that conference a lot. Butler is a little out of place as the only non-Catholic school, but their basketball is definitely on par with the rest of the conference, and they'll be good travel partners with teams like Marquette and Xavier in the Midwest. I like that a lot, it would be a very fun conference to watch for hoops. Given what Dayton has done just now, you have to think the Big East is going to take a long, hard look at them. And Saint Louis basketball is looking good, too.

Author:	numbers [ Fri March 28, 2014 8:44 pm ]
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The best thing would be to just go back to the conferences there were before the ACC started to pillage the Big East.

Author:	Green Habit [ Mon May 08, 2017 2:39 pm ]
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I was reading up on some TV rights deals given what ESPN's going through, and I ended up concocting a new conference ten years from now through that that could be able to challenge any other in the nation: Texas Oklahoma Texas Tech Oklahoma State Clemson Florida State Miami Georgia Tech USC UCLA Stanford Cal Throw in a partnership with Notre Dame to replace what they have with the ACC right now while you're at it.

Author:	verb_to_trust [ Mon May 08, 2017 2:57 pm ]
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Cal?

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Author:	Green Habit [ Mon May 08, 2017 3:15 pm ]
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verb_to_trust wrote: Cal? It wasn't that long ago that Cal was tearing shit up with Aaron Rodgers and Jeff Tedford while Stanford was a complete joke of a program. This realignment is more money-driven, though, and the states of California, Texas and Florida are where it's at.

Author:	darth_vedder [ Thu May 25, 2017 6:31 pm ]
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Green Habit wrote: verb_to_trust wrote: Cal? It wasn't that long ago that Cal was tearing shit up with Aaron Rodgers and Jeff Tedford while Stanford was a complete joke of a program. This realignment is more money-driven, though, and the states of California, Texas and Florida are where it's at. I just wish the conferences would get back to being more regional. I like the idea of 16 team super conferences with 4 pods. It keeps the rotations going and you don't end up with dumb scenarios like where Clemson won't play UVA again until 2024 (last played in '14). The Florida, Georgia, Carolina (both states), Virginia and Maryland teams could make a really nice conference combining the ACC and SEC east coast teams. (UGA, UF, SC from the SEC maybe UT and UK too).

Author:	Green Habit [ Thu May 25, 2017 11:06 pm ]
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darth_vedder wrote: Green Habit wrote: verb_to_trust wrote: Cal? It wasn't that long ago that Cal was tearing shit up with Aaron Rodgers and Jeff Tedford while Stanford was a complete joke of a program. This realignment is more money-driven, though, and the states of California, Texas and Florida are where it's at. I just wish the conferences would get back to being more regional. I like the idea of 16 team super conferences with 4 pods. It keeps the rotations going and you don't end up with dumb scenarios like where Clemson won't play UVA again until 2024 (last played in '14). The Florida, Georgia, Carolina (both states), Virginia and Maryland teams could make a really nice conference combining the ACC and SEC east coast teams. (UGA, UF, SC from the SEC maybe UT and UK too). I say 18 team conferences, 9 team divisions. This allows you to play round robin in your division with an equal amount of home and road games. Also makes sure there's room for most of the best non P5 schools like Houston, SMU, BYU, BSU, Cincy, Memphis.