tigerwings 75 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I pose a hypothetical scenario, where one team from the SEC trades schedules with one team from another conference for the entire season. Very similar to what a foreign exchange student would do studying abroad. I wonder how a B1G team would fair dealing with an SEC West schedule and letting an SEC West school loose on the B1G would turn out. What would you think to Auburn playing in the B1G for a season and seeing a Penn St. come down south. Do you think we would be able to find a team willing to trade? Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUloggerhead 3,257 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I pose a hypothetical scenario, where one team from the SEC trades schedules with one team from another conference for the entire season. Very similar to what a foreign exchange student would do studying abroad. I wonder how a B1G team would fair dealing with an SEC West schedule and letting an SEC West school loose on the B1G would turn out. What would you think to Auburn playing in the B1G for a season and seeing a Penn St. come down south. Do you think we would be able to find a team willing to trade? No. The travel costs would be horrendous -- not to mention the B1G school fans would hate to have to play all their "home" games at your hypothetical SEC locale. Wouldn't work. ... ... Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,999 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I thought you were recruiting a kicker when i saw title. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 10,289 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Back when the NCAA games existed, I always customized my schedule to play teams all over the country. That said, I can't ever see it happening in the real world. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 7,553 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Sometime in the near future (I predict) there will be 5 major conferences. 5 Conference champions and 5 at large bids will be given to determine a 10 team playoff with the first match up the week before Christmas and the next the week after. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToraGirl 5,498 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I'll give you a wish it WERE possible, simply because it's refreshing, out-of-the-box, and interesting to think about. Plus, I can't imagine how many invaluable insights could be gained...can you tell I'm a teacher with ESL children who is also a world traveler...lol?! Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I pose a hypothetical scenario, where one team from the SEC trades schedules with one team from another conference for the entire season. Very similar to what a foreign exchange student would do studying abroad. I wonder how a B1G team would fair dealing with an SEC West schedule and letting an SEC West school loose on the B1G would turn out. What would you think to Auburn playing in the B1G for a season and seeing a Penn St. come down south. Do you think we would be able to find a team willing to trade? Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I pose a hypothetical scenario, where one team from the SEC trades schedules with one team from another conference for the entire season. Very similar to what a foreign exchange student would do studying abroad. I wonder how a B1G team would fair dealing with an SEC West schedule and letting an SEC West school loose on the B1G would turn out. What would you think to Auburn playing in the B1G for a season and seeing a Penn St. come down south. Do you think we would be able to find a team willing to trade? Absolutely positivity no and no! Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I hear that there are some excellent defensive linemen in Japan that weigh 600 plus pounds and can run a 4.45 forty.(inches that is) Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butthead 528 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I have always wondered why someone has not tried to turn a 600 lb sumo into a nose guard. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I have always wondered why someone has not tried to turn a 600 lb sumo into a nose guard. That would be a huge NG no doubt. I can see CRG teaching a sumo guy how to move the center into the QB each snap of the ball resulting in one turnover after another. You would have to triple team him to keep him from disrupting every single play. Maybe CKS should look into this. We could exchange a couple of our pocket passer QBs for one of them! Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwings 75 Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 I thought you were recruiting a kicker when i saw title. funny enough I used to coach a German exchange student 6'3" 185, after 8 weeks he could kick a 60 yard field goal. Within 3 months he was consistent from 55 off the ground, problem was he was a junior so he had to move back to Germany for his senior year. He didn't get enough exposure in Colorado when he was there to get him to stay. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,999 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I thought you were recruiting a kicker when i saw title. funny enough I used to coach a German exchange student 6'3" 185, after 8 weeks he could kick a 60 yard field goal. Within 3 months he was consistent from 55 off the ground, problem was he was a junior so he had to move back to Germany for his senior year. He didn't get enough exposure in Colorado when he was there to get him to stay. my high school had an Italian a few years ago. He was looking good early and continued to get worse as the season went on. The first football game he ever watched he kicked it off. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUloggerhead 3,257 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I have always wondered why someone has not tried to turn a 600 lb sumo into a nose guard. That would be a huge NG no doubt. I can see CRG teaching a sumo guy how to move the center into the QB each snap of the ball resulting in one turnover after another. You would have to triple team him to keep him from disrupting every single play. Maybe CKS should look into this. We could exchange a couple of our pocket passer QBs for one of them! I was stationed in Japan in the mid-80s. Saw sumo for the first time. There was one guy that was winning all the tournaments and he was unlike any other wrestler, about 6' and only about 280 lbs. But he was super quick & strong as an ox -- the only real sumo to have definition in his physique. His name was Chiyonofuji, and I always wondered if he could have made it at DT. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoundationEagle 637 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Sometime in the near future (I predict) there will be 5 major conferences. 5 Conference champions and 5 at large bids will be given to determine a 10 team playoff with the first match up the week before Christmas and the next the week after. I agree, except I expect 3 at large bids plus the 5 champs for a total of 8. You don't get from 10 to 2 without some team having a bye which would be unfair in subjective poll. 8 is the magic number IMO. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptau 169 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I thought you were recruiting a kicker when i saw title. funny enough I used to coach a German exchange student 6'3" 185, after 8 weeks he could kick a 60 yard field goal. Within 3 months he was consistent from 55 off the ground, problem was he was a junior so he had to move back to Germany for his senior year. He didn't get enough exposure in Colorado when he was there to get him to stay. my high school had an Italian a few years ago. He was looking good early and continued to get worse as the season went on. The first football game he ever watched he kicked it off. A rugby player from Britain, NZ, Australia, or South Africa would be the easiest to use in gridiron football. Converting over while in HS or college would be the easiest. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdgeneration 6,761 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 How's aboot Canadian Football. They've got some good players, eh? We could exchange for Coach Lolley too. Lol Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout54 55 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 based on their sport, I would bet that sumo converts would have an awesome first step. i'm thinking OL, though. 5 of them. Arkansas would look like a pop warner team. lol Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUbritt 627 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I pose a hypothetical scenario, where one team from the SEC trades schedules with one team from another conference for the entire season. Very similar to what a foreign exchange student would do studying abroad. I wonder how a B1G team would fair dealing with an SEC West schedule and letting an SEC West school loose on the B1G would turn out. What would you think to Auburn playing in the B1G for a season and seeing a Penn St. come down south. Do you think we would be able to find a team willing to trade? Harbaugh would be your best bet. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUld fAUx@ 2,584 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I pose a hypothetical scenario, where one team from the SEC trades schedules with one team from another conference for the entire season. Very similar to what a foreign exchange student would do studying abroad. I wonder how a B1G team would fair dealing with an SEC West schedule and letting an SEC West school loose on the B1G would turn out. What would you think to Auburn playing in the B1G for a season and seeing a Penn St. come down south. Do you think we would be able to find a team willing to trade? No. The travel costs would be horrendous -- not to mention the B1G school fans would hate to have to play all their "home" games at your hypothetical SEC locale. Wouldn't work. ... ... Poor Mizou in the East suffers very similar costs now. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 7,553 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Sometime in the near future (I predict) there will be 5 major conferences. 5 Conference champions and 5 at large bids will be given to determine a 10 team playoff with the first match up the week before Christmas and the next the week after. I agree, except I expect 3 at large bids plus the 5 champs for a total of 8. You don't get from 10 to 2 without some team having a bye which would be unfair in subjective poll. 8 is the magic number IMO. I lean in your direction but what if the top two teams got a first round bye? Once the playoff starts the poll is no longer needed. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2415918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltigger21 0 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I pose a hypothetical scenario, where one team from the SEC trades schedules with one team from another conference for the entire season. Very similar to what a foreign exchange student would do studying abroad. I wonder how a B1G team would fair dealing with an SEC West schedule and letting an SEC West school loose on the B1G would turn out. What would you think to Auburn playing in the B1G for a season and seeing a Penn St. come down south. Do you think we would be able to find a team willing to trade? No. The travel costs would be horrendous -- not to mention the B1G school fans would hate to have to play all their "home" games at your hypothetical SEC locale. Wouldn't work. ... ... :)/> Poor Mizou in the East suffers very similar costs now. Think of West Virginia. They're in the big 12. I shudder to think of the travel expenses for all their other sports teams. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2416242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburn4ever 1,266 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 On paper it sounds like a good idea, but not in the real world. I don't know of any Big 10 team willing to trade schedules for a year with Auburn or any other SEC team. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2416258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 10,031 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 That sounds pretty bad and a dream based around the sole purpose of attempting to get a Big 10 to play a perceived stronger SOS Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149571-cfb-foreign-exchange-program/#findComment-2417201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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