shizzle787
King Shizzle DCCLXXXVII of the Cesspool
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So if Plan A (Big 12 invitation) and Plan B (NBE basketball and IDK where football goes) don't work out, here is my Plan C. First off, let's assume that the Big 12 adds Houston and Cincy, and we are left with 10 in football and 9 in basketball as Navy sticks around.
If that is the case, I argue for trying to get either an Air Force/Colorado St. combo or an Air Force/Army football-only combo. If that doesn't work out, and I don't think it does, here's what I would do. In football, you don't add anyone (no else adds value that is close enough not to significantly raise costs...hahum...Boise St. and SDSU), and go to two 5-team divisions. We would play everyone in our division once, one-permanent crossover (we have to demand Navy), and two teams from the other division on a rotation. In basketball, we need to add Wichita State (and tell them to shelve the football idea) and VCU.
Additionally, we need to make sure the AAC schedules us to play WSU, VCU, Memphis, Temple, SMU, and Tulsa twice every year in conference. Finally, we have to be able to get back our Tier 3 rights from the AAC. If the AAC doesn't play ball, we go back to Plan B with football independence (ugly I know).
Pros: we could play 5 P5 non-conference games, our basketball league actually gets slightly better, we play Navy every year, we get back our Tier 3 rights.
Con: Cincy and Houston are no longer in the conference, and we only play six games every year at home in football.
P.S. Some of this is stolen from a CSNBBS poster, but some of it is mine.
If that is the case, I argue for trying to get either an Air Force/Colorado St. combo or an Air Force/Army football-only combo. If that doesn't work out, and I don't think it does, here's what I would do. In football, you don't add anyone (no else adds value that is close enough not to significantly raise costs...hahum...Boise St. and SDSU), and go to two 5-team divisions. We would play everyone in our division once, one-permanent crossover (we have to demand Navy), and two teams from the other division on a rotation. In basketball, we need to add Wichita State (and tell them to shelve the football idea) and VCU.
Additionally, we need to make sure the AAC schedules us to play WSU, VCU, Memphis, Temple, SMU, and Tulsa twice every year in conference. Finally, we have to be able to get back our Tier 3 rights from the AAC. If the AAC doesn't play ball, we go back to Plan B with football independence (ugly I know).
Pros: we could play 5 P5 non-conference games, our basketball league actually gets slightly better, we play Navy every year, we get back our Tier 3 rights.
Con: Cincy and Houston are no longer in the conference, and we only play six games every year at home in football.
P.S. Some of this is stolen from a CSNBBS poster, but some of it is mine.