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re: Josh Pate’s new conference lineup plus your ideas
Posted on 8/11/26 at 6:20 am to southernboisb
Posted on 8/11/26 at 6:20 am to southernboisb
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Personally, I welcome expansion...with the only requirement that each POWER conference matches in size.
I think this makes most sense then if you like expansion.
Because inside this expansion is a regional regional, eight, 8-team divisions that make better sense.
>This post was edited on 8/11/26 at 6:39 am
Posted on 8/11/26 at 7:33 am to dstone12
South Carolina is not in hilton head
Posted on 8/11/26 at 7:36 am to auisssa
I would say Arkansas is more a fit then s. c.
Posted on 8/11/26 at 7:44 am to dstone12
I like it but will miss the first round home games
Posted on 8/11/26 at 7:47 am to MosesRAB93
We could solve some of this by creating a week 0 home & home losers bracket matchup
Posted on 8/11/26 at 7:52 am to dstone12
I like this, but would have the playoffs at 12 with one wildcard team per conference as the divisional play always becomes unbalanced and divisions will ultimately go steps into their tiebreak protocols.
That said, I'm also good with a two round conference championship series (top two from each division play round 1; Conference championship game winners move on to a national 4 team playoff).
That said, I'm also good with a two round conference championship series (top two from each division play round 1; Conference championship game winners move on to a national 4 team playoff).
Posted on 8/11/26 at 7:52 am to dstone12
So Vanderbilt is now located on the Tennessee River?
Oklahoma State is near Amarillo?
Oklahoma State is near Amarillo?
Posted on 8/11/26 at 8:45 am to dstone12
Hell NO, been there, done that with big 8
Posted on 8/11/26 at 9:48 am to Tenn grad LSU fan
understood
This post was edited on 8/11/26 at 9:49 am
Posted on 8/11/26 at 9:48 am to Ferriday AF
Posted on 8/11/26 at 12:31 pm to dstone12
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Similar? It takes six hours to fly to Newark from Miami? No.
Really? I flew from Ct. to Jacksonville, Florida in under 3.
But my point is they’ve got a huge travel factor to work around.
Posted on 8/11/26 at 12:33 pm to Pastor Mike
Funny hearing Ala. wanting to add GT.
Posted on 8/11/26 at 12:35 pm to southernboisb
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Really? I flew from Ct. to Jacksonville, Florida in under 3.
Thank you. Because that’s how long it takes from CT to CA. Not exactly the same at CT to Miami.
Posted on 8/11/26 at 12:44 pm to dstone12
Good luck dividing into 8’s.
*I read your post as in making multiple conferences of 8 teams each.
*I read your post as in making multiple conferences of 8 teams each.
This post was edited on 8/11/26 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 8/11/26 at 9:51 pm to southernboisb
Here’s the final run from chat
Posted on 8/11/26 at 11:25 pm to mckibaj
There aren't 64 teams that are serious enough/can compete in football at the highest level.
The super league will have around 30 teams. Possibly less. To be a member of this group, you're gonna have to add more value to each slice of the payout pie, not lessen each slice.
I would imagine each team in the big league would play one game (most likely the opener), against a syracluse or someone like that from the smaller league of teams.
Those smaller teams can play for their own championship.
These players are all but officially pros now. They always were in fact. They can be expected to play 17-20 games now with no problem.
The super league will have around 30 teams. Possibly less. To be a member of this group, you're gonna have to add more value to each slice of the payout pie, not lessen each slice.
I would imagine each team in the big league would play one game (most likely the opener), against a syracluse or someone like that from the smaller league of teams.
Those smaller teams can play for their own championship.
These players are all but officially pros now. They always were in fact. They can be expected to play 17-20 games now with no problem.
Posted on 8/12/26 at 11:31 am to tigahlovah
quote:I agree.
Those smaller teams can play for their own championship
quote:that would open up a can of worms in the offseason threadery.
There aren't 64 teams that are serious enough/can compete in football at the highest level.
I could imagine page one being civil war you culled 34 teams from the big leagues.
It would be wild.
And I am here for it.
I might start a thread tonight asking yall to eliminate teams from the map. Then I will draw it up.
But that’s where I would go wrong.
I would base it off great games I saw from the 1990s on up.
I wouldn’t pretend to know which tv footprints would survive.
Here are the top 36 programs according to a quicke Gemini search.
University of Texas at Austin ($332M total athletic revenue)
University of Notre Dame ($235M)
Ohio State University ($255M)
University of Michigan ($239M)
Penn State University ($220M)
University of Wisconsin ($191M)
University of Iowa ($173M)
University of Illinois ($174M)
University of Nebraska ($221M)
Michigan State University ($164M)
Indiana University ($174M)
University of Minnesota ($151M)
Purdue University ($135M)
University of Southern California ($242M)
University of Oregon ($169M)
Stanford University ($200M)
University of Washington ($191M)
University of Tennessee ($234M)
University of Alabama ($235M)
Texas A&M University ($266M)
University of Georgia ($242M)
Louisiana State University ($220M)
University of Oklahoma ($209M)
University of Florida ($200M)
University of Kentucky ($202M)
University of South Carolina ($183M)
Auburn University ($194M)
University of Arkansas ($171M)
University of Mississippi ($149M)
University of Missouri ($168M)
Vanderbilt University ($141M)
Clemson University ($193M)
Florida State University ($185M)
University of Miami ($182M)
Duke University ($167M)
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill ($164M)
This post was edited on 8/12/26 at 11:45 am
Posted on 8/16/26 at 12:33 pm to southernboisb
[quote]Good luck dividing into 8’s.
*I read your post as in making multiple conferences of 8 teams each.[/quote
got it...just four 16 team leagues divided by two, but the two divisions don't play each other in first round of playoff
*I read your post as in making multiple conferences of 8 teams each.[/quote
got it...just four 16 team leagues divided by two, but the two divisions don't play each other in first round of playoff
Posted on 8/16/26 at 1:33 pm to dstone12
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His main goal, I believe was to keep college football regional/radial/compact/historical/competitive
If this was his goal there's no need to reinvent the wheel. Go back to the conference alignments to the year before Arkansas left the SWC. Alignments were regional, historic, and traditional just prior to that.
Posted on 8/16/26 at 2:34 pm to tattoo
quote:truelefty went strangely quiet after this was pointed out three times.
Arkansas has won 3 division titles, So Car 1.
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