New P5 (or P6) Conference...Give the Texas and OK the finger...The Big X

[cyfanatic1968]

Western Division:
Iowa State
Kansas State
Kansas
Colorado
Minnesota

Eastern Division:
Indiana
Northwestern
Illinois
Purdue
West Virginia

Think about it. Take our beloved ISU as an example - we have 3 non-confernce games now then 9 games in the Big 12...we have to play OU, OSU, BU, TCU, UT, TT, KU, KSU, WV....That is a pretty stacked deck against ISU, KU, KSU etc...

Geography is killing us. Let's level the playing field. Think about basketball as well.

Give Texas and OKlahoma the finger and let them find a spot to land.

Fire Away.

 

[UraMallas]

I can't think of a single reason why this is a good idea. I keep trying but... no. Just, no. You think we are going to be able to barter a better deal with a 10-team, brand new league without the Texas schools?

 

[CyArob]

That conference would suck in football and basketball. Slightly better than the MAC.

 

[CloniesForLife]

A lot of bad programs in there. I'd rather stay with some big time programs and get a share of their playoff/ bowl money. It would be much easier to compete though I suppose

 

[CYphyllis]

I'd prefer to give you the finger.

 

[CyFan61]

Convince schools from three different conferences to team together after booting the biggest moneymakers...

[video=youtube;4Ru8DMW-grY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ru8DMW-grY[/video]

 

[TRZA]

The television networks want the brand name football programs, unless you have a couple of them you will have games on PBS or syndication.

 

[Cyclonepride]

That conference would suck in football and basketball. Slightly better than the MAC.

Not defending the idea, but that would be a pretty good basketball conference.

 

[JohnnyFive]

With all due respect to the OP because I do like that idea for basketball.....(fart sound). Besides, I really like Oklahoma and their fans.

 

[UraMallas]

Not defending the idea, but that would be a pretty good basketball conference.

It wouldn't be better than our current basketball conference.

 

[weR138]

Isn't there a megathread for this? Also, people of the internet...no B1G teams will ever, ever ever ever leave the B1G.

 

[Cyclonepride]

It wouldn't be better than our current basketball conference.

No, but it wouldn't be MAC level either

 

[CycloneErik]

The television networks want the brand name football programs, unless you have a couple of them you will have games on PBS or syndication.

No way PBS touches that nightmare.
OP's idea ignores everything we were supposed to learn from conference realignment and pretends that $ and TV don't matter.

 

[NetflixAndClone]

That conference would suck in football and basketball. Slightly better than the MAC.

I disagree there, yes a lot of those programs are down but a lot of the teams have rich basketball tradition.

 

[CycloneErik]

Let me propose a conference just as likely:
Iowa State
Kansas State
Illinois State
Missouri State
Texas State
South Carolina State
Cal State-Bakersfield
Utah State
North Dakota State
South Dakota State
Peru State (in Nebraska.....really)
Michigan State
Florida State
Alabama State


Many regions of the country covered, and every school has "State" in the name, so we all have that important deal in common. It's logical when you think about it (if you whack yourself in the skull first).

 

[CyArob]

I disagree there, yes a lot of those programs are down but a lot of the teams have rich basketball tradition.

Kansas is elite, ISU great, Indiana good, everyone else is average to bad. Having tradition is nice I guess.

 

[NetflixAndClone]

Kansas is elite, ISU great, Indiana good, everyone else is average to bad. Having tradition is nice I guess.

Iowa State- good
Kansas State- bad but normally good
Kansas- elite
Colorado- meh but can be bubble team
Minnesota- bad but had top 25 recruiting class coming in.

Indiana- good
Northwestern- bottom feeder
Illinois- normally good but has had bad hires
Purdue- top 25 team
West Virginia- bubble team

Outside of northwestern all those teams can be bubble teams and could go to the tourney from time to time.

 

[DeereClone]

So hand pluck the worst football teams from P5 conferences in the middle of the country and start a conference....got it.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Good lord.

 

[allfourcy]

Isn't there a megathread for this? Also, people of the internet...no B1G teams will ever, ever ever ever leave the B1G.

True, they have it too good.