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Big 12 Expansion Round 2...

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by Landry's Tooth, Jul 5, 2022.

  1. Landry's Tooth

    Landry's Tooth Member

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    It looks like if Oregon leaves the Pac 12 then the conference collapses. With that possibility, Arizona, Arizona st, Utah, and Colorado are exploring a mobe to the big 12...

    I think that could work with 4 divisions:

    West
    Arizona
    Arizona State
    BYU
    Utah

    North
    Kansas
    Kansas State
    Oklahoma State
    Colorado

    South
    Baylor
    TCU
    Houston
    Texas Tech

    East
    UCF
    Iowa State
    Cincinnati
    West Virginia

    They could do 3 in division games per year alternating home/away.

    Then you play one of the other divisions every 3 years.

    That gives you 7 games.

    Then do what the NFL would do and add 2 competitive balance games where you play the teams finished in the same spot in the 2 divisions you don't play that year.

    That gives you 9 games with 3 non conference left over....

    Lots of potential rivalries:
    Baylor/TCU
    Arizona/Arizona st
    Kansas/Kansas st
    BYU/Utah


    I think it adds to the basketball side and further solidifies football...
     
    #1 Landry's Tooth, Jul 5, 2022
  2. TheJuice

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    Could work. Apparebtly most if the ACC is bolting to the Big 10 and SEC as well. Probably FSU/Clemson to SEC and the U to Big 10.
     
    #2 TheJuice, Jul 9, 2022
  3. Buck Turgidson

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    #3 Buck Turgidson, Jul 9, 2022
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    Were obviously in the super conference era. I don't mind that at all but I would really have liked to have seen a expansion that kept the current power 5 and saw them all expand to 16 teams keeping the geography and history of these conferences in tact. This would have included moving teams like Rutgers, Nebraska, West Virginia, Colorado, Missouri and South Carolina (might be forgetting a couple) to there more traditional conferences while adding the two bigger independents (Notre Dame and BYU) and adding the best of the the remaining non power 5 clubs (Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, SMU, UCF, UAB, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, Appalachian State, Costal Carolina and Louisiana).
     
    #4 dkamberi25, Jul 25, 2022
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