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Big Ten Commishioner Kevin Warren hinted recently that divisions could come to an end within the conference.
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Football DIVISIONLESS: Big Ten Conference Pondering End Of East vs West
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This obviously has to happen. The current scenario where the B1G has 3 teams in the Top 8 of the CFP rankings and the B1G Championship includes an unranked team is disgraceful.
Expand all Power 5 conferences to 18 teams, with two 9-team divisions in each. Each division only plays within its own division during the season (8 conference games). Top team in each division plays for the conference championship. Conference champion goes to the playoff.
Include 3 wildcard teams, including a provision for the top non Power 5 team to get one of the wildcards if they have a top-15 or so ranking. There is your 8 team playoff.
Include 3 wildcard teams, including a provision for the top non Power 5 team to get one of the wildcards if they have a top-15 or so ranking. There is your 8 team playoff.
This is not palatable b/c it would prioritize winning and take power away from the college football intelligentsia to decide via "look test" - aka who will bring the most money.
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I just looked and the last time a team from the current B1G west division was the outright B1G champ was Illinois in 2001.
Maybe they should try something non geographical like Leaders and Legends. Who wouldn't want that!
My fantasy setup is a Power 3 at 24 schools each. 4 regional pods of 6 teams (5 pod games and 3 crossover.) Conference final 4s with winner automatically in playoffs. And run a national elite 8 of 3 conference champs, 1 group of 5 cinderella team, and 4 highest ranked at larges. Ensure that active player participants in the conference and national postseasons get a chunk of the revenue to encourage maximum participation.
Doubtful at this point but they could do what the PAC-12 did this year and just say that the top 2 teams play in the championship. Even though the schedules are set my up as divisions existing doesn’t mean teams have to be ranked in two different standings as opposed to one combined table for all the teams.
Would we still open conference play on the road?
Happy Valley Insider - DIVISIONLESS: Big Ten Conference Pondering End Of East vs West
Big Ten Commishioner Kevin Warren hinted recently that divisions could come to an end within the conference.
If the BIG is interested in capturing the Phoenix market, the better selection would be Arizona State which is (10 miles , 18 minutes) from Phoenix. The University of Arizona is in Tuscon which is (111.9 miles, 1 hr 41 minutes) from Phoenix.
Also, the NYC market is dominated by Penn State for football, not Syracuse. Now for basketball, that is where Syracuse would carry the NYC market.
How has this not been done already? I thought this decision had been made long ago, because it is so obvious.
If they weren't expanding....they could go north and south.
North Minny, Nebraska, Iowa, NW, MSU, UofM and Wisky
South PSU, OSU Indy, Ill, Maryland , Rutgers and Purdue
North Minny, Nebraska, Iowa, NW, MSU, UofM and Wisky
South PSU, OSU Indy, Ill, Maryland , Rutgers and Purdue
This isn't good, however, without divisions we'd have had "The GAME" twice last year and this year.
A man can dream. This would solve so many issues but the only way it comes to fruition is with a proper body governing the sport, which isn't the purpose of the NCAA. As long as the conferences have autonomy, the playoffs will be imperfect at best.
Personally. I would be for any system which did not rely on pollsters ranking teams. Let it all be decided on the field. I’m good with no divisions. Top 2 play for championship. Winner gets into playoff. If any of the independent want to participate, they need to join a conference. I realize there is a lot of problems with what I’m posting but it would be interesting.
No divisions mean the league will make the schedules. Which means we will play Mich, Buckeyes, USC, Iowa, Wisky, Sparty, and whomever is on the rise giving us the toughest schedule possible. And nine out of ten years we will open on the road.
Respectfully, that is the absolute best thing that could happen if you despise the Big2 scenario we live. Let's tear down "the game." It would take a year or two of back to back UM/OSU games to force the B1G into moving "the game" from the last week of the season, which would obviously diminish it's importance....and imagine if those back to back games were split.
No Divisions and a Championship game should kill "the game" and diminish the B1Gs overwhelming desire to have OSU/UM be THE relevant teams at the end of the season. With the addition of USC, the B1G will have 4 legit blue blood programs. Once "the game" is dead, the B1Gs favoritism of UM/OSU will necessarily diminish.
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