Build the perfect NCAA conference (Dallas Morning News)

[huskymedic]

>>It’s your turn to play master of the NCAA football conference realignment. Create your dream conference with between eight and 16 schools and share it with us and your friends. Each conference will receive a popularity ranking based on the choices of other contributors.<<

http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/realignment/index.html

 

[Samoo]

Get on this, we're only picked in 5% of the conferences created.

 

[NYUConn]

Fun, if not sad exercise.

http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/realignment/index.html?conference=8152939457870395

I created the B1G (16)

UConn
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
Wisconsin

All contiguous. Added UConn and KU to get to 16 and swapped out Northwestern for Notre Dame.

 

[HartbeatHusky]

http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/realignment/index.html?conference=4226782173314253

Supreme 16

UConn
BC
Syracuse
Rutgers
Penn St.
Maryland
Ohio St.
Michigan
Michigan St.
Notre Dame
Virginia
North Carolina
Duke
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
Florida

I know that BC and Rutgers are dumpster fire ADs but those are schools that I love for UConn to compete against.

 

[FDNY99]

This is pretty cool....Named my conference Eastern Seaboard
pretty much the old ACC with the BE teams added in expansion and replaced ND with Penn State..added UConn, WVU and Rutgers.
BC, Syracuse, UConn, Rutgers, Penn State, Pitt, Maryland, WVU, UVA, Va Tech, UNC, Duke, NC State, Clemson, FSU, Miami

 

[tduconn]

Get on this, we're only picked in 5% of the conferences created.

Why, after lack luster offensive showings the last five years, why would UConn, who struggles to score more than 10 "offense generated" points, be popular with anyone?

 

[huskymedic]

Why, after lack luster offensive showings the last five years, why would UConn, who struggles to score more than 10 "offense generated" points, be popular with anyone?

You felt a strong internal urge to have to post that?

 

[MattMang23]

I created this league: http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/realignment/index.html?conference=6658293449452505

Which is ironically about as good as the one we really are in. I tried to pick the teams that I thought would have the lowest percentages in order to boost ours and not boost any competition's.

 

[UC1995]

Have a great balance of basketball and football and academics (outside of UNC and our SEC brethern). Since this conference will command everything in terms of money traveling across the country won't matter.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Current B12 plus UConn. No chance I'm giving Cincy or BYU a lifeline here.

 

[CTMike]

I called mine the Big East Coast...
http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/realignment/index.html?conference=2029953454621137

 

[Stainmaster]

http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/realignment/index.html?conference=1907193828284309

I'm a sucker for geography.

 

[jrazz12]

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Have a great balance of basketball and football and academics (outside of UNC and our SEC brethern). Since this conference will command everything in terms of money traveling across the country won't matter.

Syracuse belongs absolutely nowhere near that conference. Drop em for Wisconsin, Mich St, or UVA and you've done good.

 

[UC1995]

Syracuse belongs absolutely nowhere near that conference. Drop em for Wisconsin, Mich St, or UVA and you've done good.

I really struggled with putting them in but if you think about all the rivals... who do we hate more... and love to mock!

 

[CTMike]

Syracuse and BC should be launched in to outer space.

 

[UConn Esq]

Nice to see after I submitted my bracket that we were included in more conferences than Duke, UMD, Cuse and UVA..

 

[CTGoonie]

Up to 8% for Uconn. Don't pick any other G5's.

 

[UConn Esq]

Up to 8% for Uconn. Don't pick any other G5's.

Mine said 9%!

 

[Hoophound]

Our percentage is actually pretty good compared to others.

 

[cttxus]

Nor for nothing, but our logo/brand could use some work in that line up. Ours looks downright puny and more like FIU, GA State, So Miss and UTEP. A nit? Yes. But a larger Husky/wolf head (or national flag blue, block C) would make us look a lot more P5 legitimate in that grouping. I guess we're still trying to educate people that the Husky/wolf head logo is UCONN.

 

[uconnphil2016]

'The Big Academic'--UConn, BC, Cuse, Rutgers, Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Notre Dame, Penn State, UNC, Pitt, Temple, Vanderbilt, UVA, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

 

[UConnFranklin]

I kept big cities, media, recruiting areas in mind, including football and basketball. Also tried to keep it reasonable travel. Teams that played other sports such as hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
Called my conference Champions Athletic Conf.
UConn, Maryland, Penn State, Ohio State, Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Clemson, Florida, North Carolina, Duke, West Virginia and Kansas

 

[Adios]

Big Northeast:

Army
BC
Buffalo
UConn
UMD
UMass
Navy
ND
PSU
Pitt
Rutgers
Syracuse
Temple
UVA
VT
WVU

http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/realignment/index.html?conference=1032641737750501

UConn is actually quite popular. Probably because of us.

 

[mavblues]

Current B12 plus UConn. No chance I'm giving Cincy or BYU a lifeline here.

This is all anyone from the Boneyard should be voting for. Why would you give any other school (P5 or G5) your votes?

 

[Adios]

Big East Coast:

UMass
UConn
Syracuse
Rutgers
PSU
Pitt
UMD
UVA
VT
UNC
NC State
Clemson
USCe
UGA
FSU
UF

http://interactives.dallasnews.com/2016/realignment/index.html?conference=5168269759064108