RadioWryn 0 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Here's how it works. Division 1-A football is split into two fields - division 1A and division 1A2. Annually, the eight teams with the worst record in Division 1-A are demoted and the eight best teams in Division 1-A2 are promoted. The top 20 teams (4 WC's along with the top 2 conference leaders from each conference) advance to the playoffs, with 12 teams getting top-round byes: The season is 8 games long - Play each other team in your eight-team division once and schedule one extra game (for a rival or homecoming blowout). Division 1A: Group A: Southern Cal California Arizona State UCLA Fresno State Hawaii UTEP New Mexico Group B: Utah Boise State Oregon Oregon State Washington State Iowa Colorado Iowa State Group C: Wisconsin Marshall Minnesota Purdue Northwestern Northern Illinois Nebraska Louisville Group D: Oklahoma Texas Texas Tech North Texas Texas A&M Oklahoma State Arkansas Louisiana Tech Group E: Bowling Green Michigan State Ohio State Toledo Miami (Ohio) Michigan Notre Dame Cincinnati Group F: Boston College Virginia Tech Penn State Pittsburgh Connecticut Syracuse Virginia West Virginia Group G: Tennessee Auburn Louisiana State Memphis Mississippi Alabama Alabama-Birmingham Georgia Tech Group H: Florida State Miami Clemson Georgia Florida South Carolina North Carolina State North Carolina Division I-A2: Group I: Buffalo Army Temple Maryland Rutgers Navy Ball State Ohio Group II: Vanderbilt Kentucky Missouri Illinois Indiana Western Michigan Eastern Michigan Akron Arkansas State Group III: San Jose State Washington Stanford Arizona New Mexico State San Diego State Nevada-Las Vegas Wyoming Group IV: Kansas Kansas State Air Force Colorado State Brigham Young Utah State Idaho Nevada Group V: Tulsa Southern Methodist Rice Baylor Texas Christian Tulane Houston La-Monroe La-Lafayette Group VI: South Florida Central Florida Southern Mississippi East Carolina Duke Wake Forest Troy Mississippi State -------------------------------------- So just to mess around with, here's how I would have ranked these teams from last year: Group A: Southern Cal, UCLA Group B: Oregon, Colorado Group C: Wisconsin, Nebraska Group D: Texas, Texas Tech Group E: Notre Dame, Ohio State - Michigan WC Group F: Virginia Tech, Penn State - Boston College WC Group G: LSU, Auburn - Alabama WC Group H: Florida State, Georgia - Miami WC First Round Matchups: (1) USC vs Texas Tech/Boston College Winner Oregon vs Florida State (4) LSU vs Michigan/Colorado Winner Georgia vs Virginia Tech (3) Notre Dame vs Miami/Nebraska Winner Penn State vs Ohio State (2) Texas vs UCLA/Alabama Winner Wisconsin vs Auburn Looks better than what we have now, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWK 0 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 So, Im guesssing each team will have to play the other 7 teams in their league? Then what? Do you play 5 other fillers? or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioWryn 0 Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 So, Im guesssing each team will have to play the other 7 teams in their league? Then what? Do you play 5 other fillers? or what? 234657[/snapback] Right, sorry if I didn't spell that out - play the other 7 teams once and one or two fillers .. shorten the regular season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tigrinum Major Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 The season is 8 games long - Play each other team in your eight-team division once and schedule one extra game (for a rival or homecoming blowout). 234656[/snapback] So, Im guesssing each team will have to play the other 7 teams in their league? Then what? Do you play 5 other fillers? or what? 234657[/snapback] No, the regular season is truncated. Nice idea, but it will never work. That is only four home games a year, five if you can sucker no return to a Cincinatti or someone like that. That is a 50% cut of what the schools like Auburn will have this year. The school (and the greater Auburn-Opelika metro area) will never give up that much revenue. You are much better at predicting baseball series results, Wryn. Do we have a chance against UGA and Arkansas to get to Hoover (win 5 of the next 6?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioWryn 0 Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 The season is 8 games long - Play each other team in your eight-team division once and schedule one extra game (for a rival or homecoming blowout). 234656[/snapback] So, Im guesssing each team will have to play the other 7 teams in their league? Then what? Do you play 5 other fillers? or what? 234657[/snapback] No, the regular season is truncated. Nice idea, but it will never work. That is only four home games a year, five if you can sucker no return to a Cincinatti or someone like that. That is a 50% cut of what the schools like Auburn will have this year. The school (and the greater Auburn-Opelika metro area) will never give up that much revenue. You are much better at predicting baseball series results, Wryn. Do we have a chance against UGA and Arkansas to get to Hoover (win 5 of the next 6?) 234665[/snapback] I'm not sure going 5-1 down the stretch gets us in. You have to remember, yes, MSU is in 8th place right now (and we're only 2.5 GB), but we're currently in 11th. Both LSU and Tennessee are ahead of us. I just don't see us getting and passing three teams over a 6-game stretch. When you win, someone else ahead of you wins as well. I think 6-0 and getting back to .500 will get us in, but I think that's out of the question facing two very solid teams in Arkansas and Georgia. EDIT: Oh, and that's fine TM, say no to my idea. Tell you what, I'll just use NCAA '07 when it comes out and sim it out my way to form my own NC, k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draven 0 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Why is Georgia or G-tech not in group g and nc state in H would make more geographic sense with usc, unc and clemson already in that conference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tigrinum Major Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 EDIT: Oh, and that's fine TM, say no to my idea. Tell you what, I'll just use NCAA '07 when it comes out and sim it out my way to form my own NC, k? 234680[/snapback] Works for me. In the idea, your plan is good, but there is no way the presidents will shorten the season to less than ten games, probably not less than eleven games. Other than that, I really thought it was good. Not as good as my idea that I proposed way back when, but still good. Eight games is not enough. One other question...where do the playoff games get to be played? I would assume some sort of home team situation. Don't say that we use the minor bowl sites working up to a national championship game at one of the big four sites. That won't work. (Travel, scheduling, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioWryn 0 Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 EDIT: Oh, and that's fine TM, say no to my idea. Tell you what, I'll just use NCAA '07 when it comes out and sim it out my way to form my own NC, k? 234680[/snapback] Works for me. In the idea, your plan is good, but there is no way the presidents will shorten the season to less than ten games, probably not less than eleven games. Other than that, I really thought it was good. Not as good as my idea that I proposed way back when, but still good. Eight games is not enough. One other question...where do the playoff games get to be played? I would assume some sort of home team situation. Don't say that we use the minor bowl sites working up to a national championship game at one of the big four sites. That won't work. (Travel, scheduling, etc.) 234700[/snapback] Play-in, first and second round games at home site, then go neutral. The other problem is how do you determine WC teams, by division record or a formula system, both, neither.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaReAgLe83 0 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Great idea. I especially like the 8 up/8 down part...let the smaller schools play their way into the top division. That sort of thing is common in European soccer leagues and it fascinates me to no end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerfan1234 0 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 I don't want to see the big SEC teams ever broken up. I would not be that upset if Miss St., Vandy, Arkansas, South Carolina, or Kentucky left at some point, but a quality school would have to be added in order for me to be content if one of those schools exited. I like the way D1 is set up now, but some type of playoff needs to be implemented in the future. While I appreciate your creativity, I believe your ideas would shake up college football too much. There is a lot in college football that is right. Tradition, bowl season, pretty chearleaders, passionate fans, tailgating, rivalries, and pure love of the game. Things need to be tweaked so we don't have a repeat of 2004. I believe the preseason polls are garbage and carry too much weight and ESPN influences the public too much, but otherwise college football is the best sport on earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTiger 3,910 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Nice idea but won't work simply because 8 games isn't enough to generate the revenue to keep the programs going. Besides, the way you have it set up, UAT would boycott and not participate because they don't want anything to do with UAB.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioWryn 0 Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 Nice idea but won't work simply because 8 games isn't enough to generate the revenue to keep the programs going. Besides, the way you have it set up, UAT would boycott and not participate because they don't want anything to do with UAB.. 234802[/snapback] You can make a good argument for Vandy, Kentucky, Mississippi State, or Troy to be in that spot where UAB is .. oh well, just a figment of my imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietfan 233 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Nice idea but won't work simply because 8 games isn't enough to generate the revenue to keep the programs going.  Besides, the way you have it set up, UAT would boycott and not participate because they don't want anything to do with UAB.. 234802[/snapback] And I don't think it's just a matter of revenue. Would fans be satisfied with only 8 games a year? I know I'd hate it if I only got to watch Auburn eight times in those [hopefully rare] seasons they didn't make the playoffs. I also think such a short regular season and large number of teams in an extended playoff goes along way toward negating the meaning of the regular season. I don't want college football to go the way of the NBA where the playoffs render the regular season almost meaningless. I mean think of it, by this system you'd have one week of play-in games for the lower 8 teams. The winners of those join the top 12 for a 16-team playoff. Playing sixteen teams down to one champion would take another four weeks (16-8-4-2-1). So including the play-ins, we'd have 5 weeks of playoffs vs. 8 weeks of regular season. 5 vs. 8?--the playoffs become almost as long as the regular season, but with only 20 teams in the country participating and many of those dropping out each week. If the season starts as usual at the first of September, most schools would be done with football by the end of October. A November without football for most school? I want a playoff of some sort for the MNC (actually, with NCAA endorsement so it's no longer "mythical"), but I wouldn't want to see more than 4-8 teams in those playoffs. But to each his own opinion, that just happens to be mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalensGhost 0 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 You've got Ole Miss in the top level and MSU in the bottom. No way. They suck equally and MSU owns the current head to head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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