Create-A-Conference

[89Hen]

Colorado State
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Utah State
Weber State
Wyoming
Eastern Washington
Boise State

There's a nice, clean, geographically concise 10 team league. 5 FCS. 5 FBS.

Poor SUU.

[AZGrizFan]

Colorado State
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Utah State
Weber State
Wyoming
Eastern Washington
Boise State

There's a nice, clean, geographically concise 10 team league. 5 FCS. 5 FBS.

Poor SUU.

Too far south...along with NAU.
PSU - too far West
If I could find a way to eliminate ISU I would...maybe by including Central Washngton?

[dbackjon]

Similar to J’s:
1. Sac State
2. San Jose State
3. Fresno State
4. San Diego State
5. Cal Poly
6. cal davis
7. UNLV
8. Nevada
9. NAU
10. PSU
11. Hawaii
12. Utah State/WSU/SUU (one of the 3, whichever one has more booze at their tailgate)

Agreed that the Utah schools need to drink their way into the conference

[dbackjon]

Western/Pacific Division

Cal Poly
Eastern Washington
Northern Arizona
Portland State
Sacramento State
San Jose State
Southern Utah
UC Davis

Eastern/Mountain Division

Colorado State
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Utah State
Weber State
Wyoming

Blech. WAY to FCS centric. Where's Nevada? San Diego State? Fresno State? I like the Mountain Division, but the Pacific Division needs serious work. Get rid of PSU, NAU and SUU and add in the above three teams and you might be onto something.

[Ivytalk]

I will just take the Ivy's and include Montana.

As long as it's playoff-eligible!!!

[dbackjon]

NAU
NMSU
UNM
UNLV
Nevada
San Diego State
San Jose State
Sacramento State
Fresno State
UTEP
Cal Poly
UC-Davis

[grizzaholic]

I will just take the Ivy's and include Montana.

As long as it's playoff-eligible!!!

It is, but you know that Montana will get the AUTO. I wonder...how much would the SOS of the Ivy League go up if they included Montana....

[Ivytalk]

The RichPrepSnob (RPS) Conference:

1. Princeton
2. Yale
3. Harvard
4. William & Mary
5. Delaware
6. Richmond
7. Furman
8. Colgate

[alvin kayak]

I would like to see a conference develop as a second "Ivy" ... maybe a Southern Ivy conference ...

at the very least something along the lines of the Patriot League that takes in a lot of quality schools and would be great for the branding of the FCS. They would be required to send a team to the playoffs FYI. Can't be doing final exams now.

The New Patriot League (16 teams)

North Division:

Colgate, Lafayette, Bucknell, Villanova, Lehigh, Holy Cross, Stony Brook, Fordham

South Division:

Georgetown, Richmond, William & Mary, Davidson, Furman, Wofford, Presbyterian, Old Dominion

I would also consider Rice (FBS school) and a few other FCS teams.

[alvin kayak]

I like Wildcat Ryan's a lot, especially since the Big SKy might be growing in the near future.

[89Hen]

The RichPrepSnob (RPS) Conference:

5. Delaware

[mcveyrl]

The New Patriot League (16 teams)

North Division:

Colgate, Lafayette, Bucknell, Villanova, Lehigh, Holy Cross, Stony Brook, Fordham

South Division:

Georgetown, Richmond, William & Mary, Davidson, Furman, Wofford, Presbyterian, Old Dominion

Ahem...

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[gatadotcom]

Georgia State
Furman
Mercer
Shorter
LaGrange College
Chattahoochee Tech
Lambuth
Campbell
Jacksonville U.
Sewanee
Emory & Henry
Cullinary Institute of America
ITT Technical Institute
Kaplan University
University of Phoenix
Little Sisters of the Poor

[Ivytalk]

The RichPrepSnob (RPS) Conference:

5. Delaware

You betcha, 89. Prep city.

[93henfan]

You betcha, 89. Prep city.

This is some bullshit! We're douchebags, not snobs. Didn't you see that top ten douchiest list a few weeks back?

I can sort of agree with the douche list. When I go to campus now, I see a ton of douchebags. It was filled more with down-to-earth alcoholics when I was there.

[Seawolf97]

1 StonyBrook
2 Univ. Albany
3 Holy Cross
4 Colgate
5 UNH
6 Maine
7 Delaware
8 Buffalo
9 Temple
10 Villanova
11 Rhode Island
12 Towson
13 Liberty
14 VMI
15 Fordham
16 Lehigh
I took into account lacrosse- near and dear to many. This is a conference I could live with. Villanova is football and lacrosse only.

[Ivytalk]

You betcha, 89. Prep city.

This is some bullshit! We're douchebags, not snobs. Didn't you see that top ten douchiest list a few weeks back?

I can sort of agree with the douche list. When I go to campus now, I see a ton of douchebags. It was filled more with down-to-earth alcoholics when I was there.

Well, 93, now you've got alcoholics in topsiders and double polo shirts!

[Thundering Herd]

FCS Super-Conference

West

1. EWU
2. Mont
3. Mont St
4. NDSU
5. UNI
6. SIU
7. SFA
8. SHSU

East

1. App St.
2. Ga Southern
3. Wofford
4. Delaware
5. W&M
6. Richmond
7. NHU
8. NOVA

[weberwildcat]

Similar to J’s:
1. Sac State
2. San Jose State
3. Fresno State
4. San Diego State
5. Cal Poly
6. cal davis
7. UNLV
8. Nevada
9. NAU
10. PSU
11. Hawaii
12. Utah State/WSU/SUU (one of the 3, whichever one has more booze at their tailgate)

Agreed that the Utah schools need to drink their way into the conference

well then it would be out of weber and suu since no one tailgates at utah st.

[weberwildcat]

Big Sky 6
weber state
idaho state
idaho
montana
montana state
gonzaga

travel much cheaper than current sky.

[weberwildcat]

WS10 - Wide Spread 10

[JBB]

there isnt 8 good enough midwestern FCS programs for this.


NDSU
UNI
Montana
Montana St
Youngstown
SIU
IOWA STATE
Missouri

[weberwildcat]

Agreed that the Utah schools need to drink their way into the conference

well then it would be out of weber and suu since no one tailgates at utah st.

suu wins by default then! that is mtn dew!

[JBB]

I would like to see a conference develop as a second "Ivy" ... maybe a Southern Ivy conference ...

at the very least something along the lines of the Patriot League that takes in a lot of quality schools and would be great for the branding of the FCS. They would be required to send a team to the playoffs FYI. Can't be doing final exams now.

The New Patriot League (16 teams)

North Division:

Colgate, Lafayette, Bucknell, Villanova, Lehigh, Holy Cross, Stony Brook, Fordham

South Division:

Georgetown, Richmond, William & Mary, Davidson, Furman, Wofford, Presbyterian, Old Dominion

I would also consider Rice (FBS school) and a few other FCS teams.

[JBB]

#15
Today, 01:01 AM
Hammersmith
Senior Member
Gets their mail at the West Parking Lot

I know this is insane, but what if this realignment opens a door we didn't think possible? We know that there will be a few current BCS schools on the outside looking in if the BCS migrates to four 16-team conferences. What if that list includes Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and maybe Baylor. I know the Big 12 leftovers are talking to the scared members of the Big East, but that lifeboat might turn out to be an unstable Frankenstein.

Back in the beginning, conferences formed between schools that were similar in mission and profile. The Ivy League is one of the few remaining that has held true to that model. As the decades passed, more and more conferences have abandoned the similar model in favor of the almighty dollar. The Pac and Big 10 are examples of this. Maybe it's time for some schools to go back to the old model.

Are Kansas State and Iowa State really that different from us? They're bigger; 20-25k vs 15k. They do more research; $125-225M vs $115M. But we have very similar missions. And we could hit 20k fairly easily if the state would actually support us. How about a conference core of ISU, KSU, NDSU, SDSU, maybe Kansas, maybe Missouri State, maybe the Montanas if they were interested(though I don't really like them for this), maybe Baylor. In effect, we're looking for land-grant and other research schools in the central US that aren't big enough for BCS football.

It's one of the things missing in the great plains. Most other parts of the country have a starter FBS conference; we're stuck a little too far west for the MAC and a little too far east for the WAC. Both the Big 10 and the Big 12 were unreachable. If the Big 12 breaks up, the fallout might create a non-BCS conference within our reach.

Odds? Way, way, way the heck small. But it's something to think about. We've been lucky to be in the right place at the right time several times since the DI move. Maybe it will happen again in five years or so.