Link: Expansion to 24 teams possibly?

[Heavy D]

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You have to be kidding... this is getting out of hand.

"I don't think anyone can dismiss anything out of hand," he (Neb. Chancellor Harvey Perlman) said. "If you take the wildest predictions about mega-conferences — 16 is the number you see most, but 24 has been floated though not publicly — we certainly have to act in the interest of Nebraska."

 

[RJ YellowHammer]

In a 24 team football conference, you could conceivably go an entire decade without playing another member institution...
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[EscaTider]

This is getting ridiculous.....

 

[CapstoneGrad06]

We saw what happened to a 16 team WAC conference in the 90s.

 

[RJ YellowHammer]

We saw what happened to a 16 team WAC conference in the 90s.

It's true that the 16 team incarnation of the WAC didn't succeed, but a conference with BYU as the preeminent team is never going to fare as well as a conference with a couple of helmet schools (Michigan, Alabama, Texas, OU, ND etc.)

 

[PalmBayBama]

It's almost been done before. The Southern Conference had 23 teams from 1928 - 1932.
Southern Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[BamaFossil]

How about a 64-team "conference"? This "conference" wouldn't need the NCAA. It could subdivide into divisions along regional lines. At the end of the season those divisions could have a championship game (or games)...
:cheers2:

 

[CapstoneGrad06]

It's true that the 16 team incarnation of the WAC didn't succeed, but a conference with BYU as the preeminent team is never going to fare as well as a conference with a couple of helmet schools (Michigan, Alabama, Texas, OU, ND etc.)

The grass isn't always greener on the other side.

 

[RJ YellowHammer]

The grass isn't always greener on the other side.

You'll get no argument from me. The best case scenario for Alabama and the rest of the SEC is maintaining the status quo. If things change though, I agree with Mike Slive; we may have to react.
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[mdb-tpet]

Let's increase the size of the SEC to...96 teams! And then have 8, 12 team divisions, where the winner of each "division" plays in a "championship" game. The winner plays the a winner of the another division, until we have a National Champion (playoff style)! So, the SEC can finally breakaway from the NCAA, and we'll just crown the real NC without the total waste of time of playing a BCS bowl. :biggrin:

 

[rhYno]

Dear God... imagine 23 crybabies in our conference! Dealing with 11 is almost unbearable, but 23... I don't even want to think about it...

 

[RJ YellowHammer]

I wonder how the Big 12 commish feels about the Nebraska Chancellor and Tom Osbourne openly pimping Nebraska to the Big Televen?

 

[bayoutider]

It's almost been done before. The Southern Conference had 23 teams from 1928 - 1932.
Southern Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thank you, I was going to bring that up but you beat me to it.

 

[I hate fat phil]

Dear God... imagine 23 crybabies in our conference! Dealing with 11 is almost unbearable, but 23... I don't even want to think about it...

Why are you always so negative? Most of your post are negitive. Anything to get us away from having to deal with the NCAA is a good thing.

 

[9jack9]

Regional mega-conferences teams would work if they operated on a tier system like the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_football_league_system"]English football league system.[/ame]

Take 18 teams, divide them 2 divisions based on previous season's records, then begin to follow a promotion and relegation system. With 9 teams at each level, everyone gets to play everyone.

Or, with 24 teams, you could split them into 12 team divisions regionally, then apply the tiers. Giving you an upper and lower tier, each with 2 divisions, so you could have 2 championship games.

Granted, that lower division effectively becomes a glorified Sun Belt conference, but one that the best teams in can climb out of by winning the conference. It would allow teams to find their own level of play naturally.

 

[ALA2262]

In a 24 team football conference, you could conceivably go an entire decade without playing another member institution...
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In a 16 team football conference, if they stayed at 8 conference games with a 7-1-0 format, you could conceivably NEVER play any of the other 7 member institutions in the opposite division. The only time you would play them would be in the CCG.

 

[GrayTide]

Add 1 more team to the FBS, play a 120 game schedule and the only unbeaten left standing would be the NC. The season would start on Labor Day weekend and end the next Labor Day weekend. :eek2:

 

[Hoot30]

Add 1 more team to the FBS, play a 120 game schedule and the only unbeaten left standing would be the NC. The season would start on Labor Day weekend and end the next Labor Day weekend. :eek2:

That would be just like European soccer. :eek2: We could have knockout tournaments and a Champions League and a Super Cup...

 

[ALA2262]

Regional mega-conferences teams would work if they operated on a tier system like the English football league system.

Take 18 teams, divide them 2 divisions based on previous season's records, then begin to follow a promotion and relegation system. With 9 teams at each level, everyone gets to play everyone.

Or, with 24 teams, you could split them into 12 team divisions regionally, then apply the tiers. Giving you an upper and lower tier, each with 2 divisions, so you could have 2 championship games.

Granted, that lower division effectively becomes a glorified Sun Belt conference, but one that the best teams in can climb out of by winning the conference. It would allow teams to find their own level of play naturally.

Your last scenario would have to occur outside the jurisdiction of the NCAA. The rule which allows a championship game was never intended to be used at the 1A level. But the SEC and then the Big 12 took advantage of it. The NCAA nearly had a meltdown at the time because of the ONE game. There is no way in Hell, they would allow a conference to have TWO CG's.

 

[Heavy D]

How about a 64-team "conference"? This "conference" wouldn't need the NCAA. It could subdivide into divisions along regional lines. At the end of the season those divisions could have a championship game (or games)...
:cheers2:

Excellent idea!!!!!!!!