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Screw Conference realignment, I want promotion and relegation

Posted on 5/17/23 at 9:33 pm
Posted by geauxnavybeatbama
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 5/17/23 at 9:33 pm
It's already happening organically to a certain degree with players in the portal. You're seeing all americans from smaller conferences transfer to teams in better conferences.

Last year we would've seen Texas A&M and Vandy get relegated down to let's say the Big 12 and TCU and Kansas St. promoted to the SEC.
Posted by CurseOfCFB
Austin
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 5/17/23 at 9:40 pm to
This post was edited on 5/17/23 at 9:43 pm
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64190 posts
Posted on 5/17/23 at 9:41 pm to
Player turnover in cfb is too fast and loose for this system to make sense. I would have agreed with you 5 years ago.
Posted by captdalton
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Posted on 5/17/23 at 9:45 pm to
Posted by TizzyT4theUofA
This side of eternity
Member since Jun 2016
10074 posts
Posted on 5/17/23 at 9:50 pm to
quote:

I want promotion and relegation


I agree, around 60 teams in a 5 or 6 power conference. Relegate one team from each conference every year.
Posted by geauxnavybeatbama
Member since Jul 2013
25134 posts
Posted on 5/17/23 at 9:51 pm to
Here's how the Premiere Conference would have looked after the 2022 season:

Premier Conference:

Georgia
TCU
Michigan
Ohio St.
Penn St.
Tennessee
Alabama
Washington
Utah
Kansas St.
Notre Dame
South Carolina
Clemson
Florida St.
LSU
Tulane
Posted by BigBro
Member since Jul 2021
8331 posts
Posted on 5/17/23 at 10:00 pm to
I’d be down for it, but I don’t think it would ever get approval, unless the money was shared the same either way, which would never happen.

But if it did happen.. I think it would have to be done on a 2 or 4 year average, or something like that..

But those games would get some monster ratings..

2 year average..

Auburn vs Vanderbilt - loser goes down
(played right before the playoffs last year)

Posted by Clark14
L.A.Hog
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 5/17/23 at 11:42 pm to
Is this a soccer thread?
Posted by ukraine_rebel
North Mississippi
Member since Oct 2012
2240 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:53 am to
I'm for the promotion/relegation in the conference that's reset every 4 years. Perms would be 1-4, 5-8 etc, then rotate the rest of the teams on the 3-6 system.
Posted by paperwasp
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Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:03 am to
quote:

promotion and relegation

If we're going to keep including programs and (AAC-type) conferences that have no realistic shot at winning this thing, I'd be down for it too.

Seems like a fun way to weed out the lesser teams as opposed to just shoehorning them in and pretending.

Also might be pretty cool for some of these smaller programs to have an opportunity to win their league, against similar competition.
Posted by hoojy
In the fridge with my hot sauce.
Member since Nov 2013
8604 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:07 am to
Please tell me how this would work.

It would be a bigger shite show on what it is already.
Posted by Bama Bird
Member since Dec 2011
Member since Mar 2013
19089 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:09 am to
quote:

Screw Conference realignment, I want promotion and relegation


It's all fun and games until the Iron Bowl gets replaced by Alabama-ULL
Posted by BevoBucks
H-town
Member since Dec 2022
4020 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:18 am to
quote:

It's all fun and games until the Iron Bowl gets replaced by Alabama-ULL


Maybe just every other year. Nobody would ever want to lose Iron Bowls in Auburn. I bet ULL would be a more entertaining game in Tuscaloosa though.
Posted by geauxnavybeatbama
Member since Jul 2013
25134 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:30 am to
quote:

It's all fun and games until the Iron Bowl gets replaced by Alabama-ULL


Yea but how much would you love to send your biggest rival to a different tier
Posted by hoojy
In the fridge with my hot sauce.
Member since Nov 2013
8604 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:32 am to
I'm sure it would be fun until they got into a spiral which they couldn't recover from. The flip could happen as well.
Posted by BurgTiger
Member since Feb 2014
2771 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:38 am to
College football is 10x more regional than the NFL or some soccer European model can understand. That’d never work unless scholarships became guaranteed .
Posted by paperwasp
11x HRV tRant Poster of the Week
Member since Sep 2014
23241 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:39 am to
quote:

Please tell me how this would work

Can't speak for OP, but I was thinking in terms of a super conference scenario — maybe 4 conferences of 16 teams that compete for the CFP. The remaining teams play in the bowl game system, or have their own playoffs.

Promotion or relegation between the CFP league and the bowl league.
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
32348 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:42 am to
quote:

It's already happening organically to a certain degree with players in the portal.
I don't even bother learning the names of players anymore. I know our QBs name but he has been there 4 years. Someone told me that one of our receives transferred to Georgia and said "who"?
Posted by hoojy
In the fridge with my hot sauce.
Member since Nov 2013
8604 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:44 am to
It's bad enough that this shite is going this way.

You FAFO and sending teams to the junior leagues it's gonna get worse. Saban isn't gonna be at bama forever. What happens if y'all go on a big slump? You're gonna be in the MAC or some shite.

It's fricking stupid. Kick teams out if you need to. Hell, kick us out. I'd rather be independent than that stupid shite.
Posted by paperwasp
11x HRV tRant Poster of the Week
Member since Sep 2014
23241 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:46 am to


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