My Dream Big 12 - Big East Scheduling Solution
by Mountaineer Chuck on Jan 27, 2012 11:10 AM EST
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I know this is a stretch. But isn't it always? I figure, if I'm going to dream big I might as well dream HUGE.
Here's how we fix the next two years of scheduling mess and at the same time enable both the BIG 12 and the BIG East to run at warp speed towards a bright future:
- In addition to WVU, Louisville and Cincinnati will also move to the Big 12.
- All three will play in the Big 12 and Big East for two seasons. 13 Games total each year.
- The Big 12 immediately adds Cincinnati & Louisville, splitting the Big 12 into two divisions of six. Each year the teams play five Big 12 division games and 3 rotating non-divisional Big 12 opponents (like the SEC).
- Because the Big 12 will assure that WVU, Cincinnati and Louisville will all be in the Big 12 East Division, they are guaranteed to play each other for the next two years. These games will count for both B12 & BE league championships, although neither conference will start a "Championship Game" until 2014.
- For 2012-13 & 2013-14, WVU, Cinci & Louisville must fill their non-conference schedule with the five remaining teams from 2010’s Big East football conference (UConn, South Florida, Rutgers, Syracuse and Pitt) for two seasons. All three teams will play each other for two years in joint Big 12/Big East games – with revenue split evenly between the conferences.
By 2014-2015, the Big East will have a bunch of new members, the BCS as it is now may just be history (there is talk of eliminating the AQ status that was partially responsible for the predicament we’re all in now), and we will be firmly ensconced in a power conference that can and will rival any in the country.
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Never going to happen....
Becasue it makes too much sense. Also, John Marinatto is a pissy little bitch-boy who doesn’t give a rat’s ass about anything the football schools consider important.
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
You really think
they would be interested in a solution that is mutually beneficial? Way too much logic and common sense here for this to work. Both conferences would win and we can’t have that.
That said, well done. This is the best plan I’ve seen yet.
Louisville does absolutely nothing for WVU.
I would much rather have Rutgers or a Florida school in the Big 12. Louisville adds squat for us.
It's like saying you dislike Don Frye's mustache, which itself is the equivalent of spitting on the Constitution. - Anthony Pace
I have a better plan.
WVU leaves the Big East and takes Cincy with it. Maybe Rutgers too. Louisville rots in the CUSA2.0. John Marianatto wastes his unemployment checks stuffing his face with donuts and candy and spends the rest of his life in abject poverty.
What’s the deal with these FSU/Clemson to Big 12 rumors? How come there’s pretty much one blog talking about this? Know anything about this?
Has the source of this rumor
ever actually been right about anything?
That’s exactly my question to this blog? (Although by your tone, I’m taking that said source has never been right about anything, as opposed to always right about anything)
until other, more reputable sources jump on board with these types of stories...
I will treat these as only rumors and won’t perpetuate them. I’m not saying he’s wrong in this case, but his track record speaks for itself.
If you guys want to discuss them, feel free on a relevant post (such as this one) or create a fanshot/post for that discussion.
I’m/we’re not in this for money or fame/popularity. We don’t get paid for site visits (not sure if other sites not on the SB Nation network do, but guessing they do) and we’re not going to post something just to stir things up and drive up traffic.
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