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Mangey: Build the super college football conferences
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May 31, 2023, 8:46 AM
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Since it seems we are increasingly heading toward two super conferences with the SEC and Big 10, what would be your custom builds for those conferences? If you can add anyone, keep anyone, and boot anyone with a 16-team limit for each conference? Some of my decisions are based on history and not necessarily current quality.
SEC:
1. Clemson
2. Bama
3. Auburn
4. Tenn.
5. Florida
6. Florida State
7. Texas
8. Texas A&M
9. LSU
10. Georgia
11. Oklahoma
12. Miami
13. West Virginia
14. Georgia Tech
15. Ole Miss
16. Arkansas
Big 10:
1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. Mich. St.
4. Notre Dame
5. Penn St.
6. UCLA
7. USC
8. Nebraska
9. Wisconsin
10. Stanford
11. Oregon
12. Washington
13. Virginia Tech
14. UNC
15. Cal
16. Pitt
South Carolina booted with extreme prejudice.
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Lot o points [155930]
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I’d take BC over GT.
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May 31, 2023, 8:56 AM
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And no way to WV. I wish there were a way to dump Ark and the Miss teams too. Such perpetual filler programs, always punching below their weight.
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Also Neon wouldn’t be too happy with Buffs omission.***
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May 31, 2023, 8:59 AM
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Who'd you take over WV?
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May 31, 2023, 8:59 AM
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I could entertain swapping BC with them; I think GT has too much history to cut. Same with Ark.; for Ole Miss, I'm just biased over their game culture.
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Lot o points [155930]
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If you’re looking for football quality
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May 31, 2023, 9:02 AM
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I’d take cincy over wv all day.
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Go Jackets today!
May 31, 2023, 10:04 AM
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National co-runner-up Ross Steelman two-putted for par to beat Peter Fountain 1 up, giving Georgia Tech a 3-2 victory over top-seeded North Carolina in the NCAA golf semifinals Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Yellow Jackets will play for their first national championship Wednesday. They will face Florida. Ricky Castillo birdied the third extra hole to beat Brett Roberts and give the Gators a 3-2 victory over Florida State.
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USC and UCLA playing
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May 31, 2023, 9:00 AM
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at Pitt or Purdue is so laughable.
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I mean, yeah, definitely
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May 31, 2023, 9:05 AM
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But if we're going to two supers, you gotta have them somewhere. They fit more in Big 10, IMO.
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You do know they're going to the Big10, don't you? (I guess not)
May 31, 2023, 9:39 AM
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They'll also be playing @Rutgers
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Fully unresearched, bar room type opinion here.
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May 31, 2023, 9:07 AM
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Assuming football is all we care about here.
SEC boot Ole Miss and West Virginia. I just have no use for either really, I also would not shed a tear of Arkansas went away. I don't really have their replacements in mind. Probably 1 of the NC schools just so the whole state isn't forgotten about.
Big 10
VT can go. Their relevance was really a small blip on the radar when they had Mike Vick and took advantage of a floundering Clemson and FSU to win the ACC. Stanford is going to be better served in different league that serves UNC, UVA, Northwestern and the like. Either Iowa or Iowa St. can have one of those spots. They aren't great programs but care.
I think we are more likely to see 20 or 24 team conferences and at some point Fox and ESPN don't let those two play against each other. I see this (coupled with NIL and transfer portal never getting proper regulation) as the death blow that breaks college football back down to 8 school conferences and being hyper regional.
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I kind of agree with the assertion that the mega-conferences
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May 31, 2023, 9:40 AM
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end up exploding because they're not nearly as profitable as the broadcasting corporations initially thought when people lose interest as traditions and regional rivalries start to disappear. What makes college football magic is going to get lost trying to recreate the NFL when there already IS an NFL.
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What I think
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May 31, 2023, 9:11 AM
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The SEC Conference will never boot any of their current teams***
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May 31, 2023, 9:40 AM
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There is a better chance Cal and Stanford drop D-1 football
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May 31, 2023, 9:55 AM
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than join a superconference.
I hate this realignment mess. It's the death of the sport.
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Yep, that seems to be the sentiment of a lot of
May 31, 2023, 10:43 AM
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hardcore college football fans. Conference realignment has always happened, but this feels like way too much way too fast. We all know what direction things are going, but it will look completely different from a few short years ago.
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You're just a fossil who can't accept change
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May 31, 2023, 1:02 PM
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The rest of us are looking forward to us adding the Carolina Pride/Hooters dome over Death Valley, converting the field to turf, and eliminating the hill in favor of platinum donor luxury mezzanine levels where they can line up for Dabo to high five them as they run down the rubberized, non-skid, OSHA approved hill ramp.
Also it will be sweet to be able to walk outside where lots 1 and 2 used to be and meander amongst the newly created Winkopp entertainment district, chock full of mid-tier national chain restaurants and bars.
Yes, I can't wait for the season to start in June for the 20 game season, and take my whole family to games for roughly $225/person/ticket before food and drink.
Change is coming man, get on board or get left out.
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110%er [7004]
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Reading this is going to give me night terrors or a twitch.
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May 31, 2023, 1:43 PM
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We need a term for this. It's like a college football skin-suit.
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Conferences should be established based on geography alone
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May 31, 2023, 10:14 AM
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to minimize travel for student athletes and fans.
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Georgia, GT, Clemson, SC, UNC, NCSU, VT, UVA, FSU,
May 31, 2023, 11:07 AM
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Florida, and Miami aint too bad.
That is 11 schools. Maybe we then take Wake, UT, Vandy, Kentucky, and Louisville.
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Or...
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May 31, 2023, 11:33 AM
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The Palmetto Conference:
Clemson
South Carolina
Charleston Southern
Citadel
Coastal Carolina
Furman
Newberry
North Greenville
Presbyterian
South Carolina State
Wofford
Winthrop University
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Racism still alive
May 31, 2023, 1:07 PM
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Clinton Junior College has been CONVENIENTLY left off your list.
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Heisman Winner [135609]
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You are oh, so wrong.
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May 31, 2023, 1:30 PM
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Conference rules dictate only ONE imaginary football program per city is allowed to join the conference, and Winthrop is closer to District 3 Stadium so the team can walk to games from campus. It was an easy choice.
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So now we are just making up rules as we go along? What is
May 31, 2023, 1:48 PM
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this, Nam?
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I don't appreciate you second-guessing me on rules for the
May 31, 2023, 2:18 PM
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conference I just made up this morning. If you want to question rules, you need to make up your own imaginary conference.
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Re: Mangey: Build the super college football conferences
May 31, 2023, 1:48 PM
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Going to interesting to see those Southern California teams play in the cold and snow
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Throw everyone else in two other conference and...
May 31, 2023, 4:40 PM
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breakdown all 4 in pods. Pod winners playoff in two rounds then the 4 conference champs are seeded in the final two rounds.
The big guys won't go for that but it would be best for schools for each conference would have a representative in the PO. That's my democrat welfare system for college ball. Yes, it would delight me.
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