2014 College Football

[Former Member]

Another Beautiful thing about relegation is that you get some pretty wicked games. In the Bundeliga the top two teams move up, the bottom two teams move down, then the third worst team from the upper division and the third best team from the lower division have a play-off for the right to be in the upper division (these are always emotionally packed games). In College football, the relegation play-off would make a killer bowl game. There would be something very real on the line.

 

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Relegation conference example 5

South
South Carolina
North Carolina St
North Carolina
Duke
Wake Forrest
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Kentucky

South(relegated)
Georgia St
UAB
Troy
East Carolina
Middle Tennessee
Memphis
Western Kentucky
Louisville

 

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Relegation conference example 6

Northeast
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Maryland
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Boston College
Penn St
West Virginia

Northeast(relegated)
Umass
Buffalo
Connecticut
Army
Rutgers
Temple
Navy
Old Dominion

 

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Relegation conference example 7

Midwest
Ohio St
Michigan
Michigan St
Notre Dame
Purdue
Indiana
Illinois
Northwestern

Midwest(relegated)
Kent St
Akron
Ohio
Cincinnati
Miami,OH
Bowling Green
Toledo
Marshall

 

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Relegation conference example 8

Plains
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Iowa St
Nebraska
Kabsas St
Kansas

Plains(relegated)
Northern Illinois
Central Michigan
Western Michigan
Ball St
Arkansas St
Eastern Michigan


I think I missed 2 teams somewhere

 

[colton]

I like the relegation idea. It'll very likely never happen, but is fun to think about.

#jazzfanzsolvestheworldsproblems

 

[colton]

You think "Come play for us, we're in the MWC" is a better recruiting tool than "Come play for us, we're on ESPN every week"??? I certainly don't.

Doesn't the AAC have an ESPN deal as well? I certainly think it helps BYU recruit kids in Florida when they can sell kids on the fact that they can come play at UCF twice in their career. It works for any area that has a team in their conference. And even if it is just the AAC, I think being able to show kids conferences championships doesn't hurt. Also, if BYU went to either conference, they probably do so while retaining BYUtv and an Espn deal in some form. They would have that much leverage. I think it helps with fan interest as well.

As another thing that just occurred to me regarding whether BYU is better off as an independent or in a non Big Five conference... I remember reading a few articles back when the Big Five rule changes were announced (larger scholarships, etc) to the effect that since BYU is independent they are not limited to the old rules like the non Big Five schools are. BYU can decide whether to follow the Big Five new rules, and to what extent. And one of the articles talked about BYU very likely following the Big Five in many/most financial aspects. So BYU is definitely better off in being able to offer money to top recruits than ANY of the non Big Five schools.

 

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I like the relegation idea. It'll very likely never happen, but is fun to think about.

#jazzfanzsolvestheworldsproblems

I imagine that an anti-trust lawsuit is what it would take to get the ball rolling. That's the only way I could see it happening.

 

[7StraightIsGreat]

As another thing that just occurred to me regarding whether BYU is better off as an independent or in a non Big Five conference... I remember reading a few articles back when the Big Five rule changes were announced (larger scholarships, etc) to the effect that since BYU is independent they are not limited to the old rules like the non Big Five schools are. BYU can decide whether to follow the Big Five new rules, and to what extent. And one of the articles talked about BYU very likely following the Big Five in many/most financial aspects. So BYU is definitely better off in being able to offer money to top recruits than ANY of the non Big Five schools.

Two things:

1- I definitely could be wrong here because I haven't studied up on it but I thought I heard that with the new ruling, the NCAA was going to allow non-P5 schools the ability to do stipends if they so choose. Again, I may be incorrect on that, but like the 8 team playoff, I find it inevitable.


2- Sure, BYU could pay more than a P5 school in theory, but I highly doubt a religious institution that never wants to make football it's #1 priority is ever going to shell out big bucks to keep kids away from USC or Oregon. BYU will never be in the business of bidding for players.

 

[7StraightIsGreat]

Relegation works for soccer in Europe in leagues with professional athletes. While us fans might enjoy it, it's a pipe dream at best to discuss it in regards to college football.

 

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Relegation works for soccer in Europe in leagues with professional athletes. While us fans might enjoy it, it's a pipe dream at best to discuss it in regards to college football.

I agree that it is highly unlikely, but why do you think it only would work for professional athletes? I don't think that has anything to do with it. I think the power 5 schools(especially those bad at football) don't want to risk it. $$$$$$$

 

[colton]

Two things:

1- I definitely could be wrong here because I haven't studied up on it but I thought I heard that with the new ruling, the NCAA was going to allow non-P5 schools the ability to do stipends if they so choose. Again, I may be incorrect on that, but like the 8 team playoff, I find it inevitable.

I haven't heard that at all. Would be interested in a reference if you hear/read it again.

2- Sure, BYU could pay more than a P5 school in theory, but I highly doubt a religious institution that never wants to make football it's #1 priority is ever going to shell out big bucks to keep kids away from USC or Oregon. BYU will never be in the business of bidding for players.

I think you mis-read something. I was saying that BYU could (and would) pay more than a non P5 school. Not more than a P5 school. So from a recruiting standpoint BYU is better off being independent than being in a non P5 conference. (I wasn't saying that they are better off on that point than being in a P5 conference.)