My Jim Delany decoder ring

[thebigeast44]

I thought the media has portrayed Syracuse basketball as the home team in numerous states - we'd lock up half the country for the Big 10

 

[SmilinBob]

Delaney went to North Carolina and put that with Swofford being an alum, I'm sure NC will be covered.

 

[OrangeCrush22]

I could really see Duke winding up in the Pac-12 with Notre Dame when all these spots fill out. I still just don't see any other good options for them, other than BYU who they would hate to add.

On a different realignment board a Pitt fan jokingly proposed an Eastern pod in the PAC-12.

Boston College
Notre Dame
Pitt
Syracuse

 

[N.Y. Orangeman]

On a different realignment board a Pitt fan jokingly proposed an Eastern pod in the PAC-12.

Boston College
Notre Dame
Pitt
Syracuse

My preference is the ACC and it obviously is a huge long shot, but this is no more ridiculous than WVU going to the Big Math alone..

 

[MaxwellCuse]

16 teams isn't B1G.

Anybody can do 16 teams. Hell, even the WAC did 16 teams.

Now 18 or 20 teams, THAT is B1G. While 4X16 has symetry, Delaney may well prefer the 64 + 4 model.

 

[omniorange]

On a different realignment board a Pitt fan jokingly proposed an Eastern pod in the PAC-12.

Boston College
Notre Dame
Pitt
Syracuse

I joked about that a few months back (with smiley face and everything) and I can't tell you how many ran with that on the CSNbbs Conference Realignment as a real possibility.

Cheers,
Neil

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I joked about that a few months back (with smiley face and everything) and I can't tell you how many ran with that on the CSNbbs Conference Realignment as a real possibility.

Cheers,
Neil

Still running with it today.

 

[omniorange]

Still running with it today.

Speaking of CSNbbs Conference Realignment board, someone brought a thread from September 2012 to the top because the original poster had said Tim Pernetti, talking with RU alum at that time, spilt the beans about the Big Ten invite to that group at that time. And apparently it was understood the other institution would be Maryland (they had just voted down the $50 million exit fee).

Oh, and TOB isn't helping matters. Apparently, with the departure of Maryland, he suggested it was time to realign the divisions with the remaining older 7 members in one and the rest in the other. Oh Lord

I'm beginning to think that the ACC is only trumped by the Big East in terms of stupidity running rampant throughout the league.

Cheers,
Neil

 

[kingottoiii]

Speaking of CSNbbs Conference Realignment board, someone brought a thread from September 2012 to the top because the original poster had said Tim Pernetti, talking with RU alum at that time, spilt the beans about the Big Ten invite to that group at that time. And apparently it was understood the other institution would be Maryland (they had just voted down the $50 million exit fee).

Oh, and TOB isn't helping matters. Apparently, with the departure of Maryland, he suggested it was time to realign the divisions with the remaining older 7 members in one and the rest in the other. Oh Lord

I'm beginning to think that the ACC is only trumped by the Big East in terms of stupidity running rampant throughout the league.

Cheers,
Neil

You can't go old ACC vs new but I would love to see

Miami, VT, UVA, Pitt, SU, BC plus UConn or Louisville
FSU, Clemson, GA Tech, UNC, NC St, Wake, Duke

 

[Brunco]

What's the problems with going to old ACC vs old Big East divisions?

 

[omniorange]

What's the problems with going to old ACC vs old Big East divisions?

VT calling the SEC and saying "Let's talk".

Cheers,
Neil

 

[Scooch]

I sooooooo wish the NCAA would just kill the idiotic 12-team, 2-division, conference championship rule. It's so damn artificial, and forces conferences into creating these nonsensical divisions that functionally split the league into 2 nearly-separate pieces.

How much better would it be to just line up a 14-team ACC, have one protected rivalry game, and then play the other 7 on a rotating basis? Take the top 2 and let them play for the conference championship.

 

[sufandu]

One of the reasons (IMO) that the SEC is so successful is that they've tapped into southern pride (see: SEC chant).

I know this wasn't your main point, but I couldn't agree more. UT fans hate Florida and Alabama as if it was made up of Satan and his demons, but let one of them win the NC, and you'd think it was Tennessee itself. I also agree with your comment about northerners not ever being like this. I think the north is just to pro sport oriented, and that'll never change.

 

[sabach]

Don't ask me why, but I think SU and ND are tied to each other.

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I had believed this for some time now. If ND goes to the B1G, it will only do so if the B1G is not a "midwestern" league. ND wants to be in a league with east coast teams. MD and Rutgers is a start. If ND goes to the B1G, SU will go with them as team 16.

 

[BlazeOrange]

I sooooooo wish the NCAA would just kill the idiotic 12-team, 2-division, conference championship rule. It's so damn artificial, and forces conferences into creating these nonsensical divisions that functionally split the league into 2 nearly-separate pieces.

How much better would it be to just line up a 14-team ACC, have one protected rivalry game, and then play the other 7 on a rotating basis? Take the top 2 and let them play for the conference championship.

I like the idea in theory, but:
1 - having six teams you're not playing in the same standings bracket could allow an undeserving "luck of the draw" team into the top 2 if they aren't scheduled against many of the heavyweights. You already see this in the 12-team conferences where only 3 teams aren't played, but you get a chance to mitigate it by going head to head with the rest of your division.

2 - I don't have a Scheduletron 3000 handy, but if you play 1 rival and 7 others one season, you'd only have that same rival and five others available for the next season. It might "fit" better with two designated annual rivals and six rotational randoms. Still leaves only five opponents the next season, but you could use the ND vs ACC game to fill that gap. Maybe you could add another level to the rotation: 1 annual rival, 1 or 2 teams that you play home and home in consecutive seasons (not a specific rival but rotating a short-term rivalry through the league over time), and the rest of the league that is played on a single game rotation.

3 - It still creates defacto divisions if you alternate between half the league one season and the other half during the next. But the "divisions" would change each season and might be unique to each team, rather than having 7 teams all playing the same basic schedule. Would have to put a theoretical schedule on paper to be sure, but I think this would be OK.