I'm still obsessed with college football. Go figure. Anyways, here's the temporary new look. I got rid of the music and made it simple until I can find a design I really like and/or decide won't make others' eyes bleed.
As I checked ESPN.com for new college football stories this afternoon/evening, I saw that the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA have set up to have a championship game. The winners of these two conferences plan to meet in a championship game for what they hope will be a coveted automatic qualifying bid to a BCS bowl game.
It is a bold move and as good a way as any of trying to stop the hemorrhaging of teams to other conferences. Boise St. and Air Force of the MWC, Central Florida, Southern Methodist, and Houston of C-USA are rumored to be going to the Big East with independent Navy.
With this merging of non AQ conferences and the potential departure of schools to the Big East, I'd like to see the remaining WAC programs join the MWC/C-USA as well as the MAC/Sun Belt merge. That would create a new subdivision of college football known as the Football Tournament Subdivision (FTS), just above the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS a.k.a. Division II).
Let's be honest with ourselves. The most competitive college football programs in the nation have been in the SEC (13), Big XII (10), B1G (12), ACC (14), PAC 12 (12) and Big East (12). Those six conferences, if they survive these shifts in conference loyalty, along with independents Army, Notre Dame, and Brigham Young University are the cream of the crop and shall remain the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and home of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS).
The programs of the FTS would span the entire country. A little reshuffling of schools to even out the conference numbers and help regional rivalries develop and give or take a few schools moving down to or up from FCS such as South Alabama, Texas State, UT-San Antonio and often mentioned Montana. They would only play among their own tier of football programs unless playing up to FBS to showcase their level of competitiveness. These following four conferences top teams would play for their own FTS championship and the potential of being added as a member of the FBS or maybe even an at large BCS birth if undefeated.
Mid American Conference (Rust Belt or Little Big Ten)
- Akron
- Ball St.
- Bowling Green
- Buffalo
- Central Michigan
- Eastern Michigan
- Western Michigan
- Kent St.
- Miami of Ohio
- Northern Illinois
- Ohio
- Temple
- Toledo
- Univ. of Massachusetts
Sun Belt (Little SEC)
- Arkansas St.
- Florida Atlantic
- Florida International
- Louisiana Lafayette
- Louisiana Monroe
- Louisiana Tech
- Alabama Birmingham
- South Alabama
- Troy
- Southern Mississippi
- Middle Tennessee
- Western Kentucky
Mountain West Conference (The WAC...oh wait...)
- San Diego St.
- San Jose St.
- Fresno St.
- Hawaii
- Univ. Nevada- Las Vegas
- Nevada
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Colorado St.
- New Mexico
- New Mexico St.
- Utah St.
Conference USA (Texas & 5 Others or Little Big XII)
- East Carolina
- Marshall
- Memphis
- Tulane
- Tulsa
- Rice
- UT-El Paso
- UT-San Antonio
- Texas St.
- North Texas
This would allow the FBS/BCS to be overhauled and made into a more elite and more even playing field for 76 remaining schools. No more FCS opponents would be allowed on their schedule and they would only be allowed one FTS opponent a season. The three FBS independents would have to play all FBS opponents as the condition of their continued conference independence. And just for my two cents, Tulsa and Rice to the Big XII, and Tulane to the SEC ought to be the first three allowed back into the FBS based on academic standing/prestige of the schools. And we're going to outlaw colored turf that isn't green.
Again, do I think any of this is even remotely possible? No. I use too much common sense, focus too much on geography, academics/school prestige, fan base, and do not have the ear of school or conference administrators. I think it looks good, but I'll gladly take critiques and suggestions.
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