Recent Comments
yep, north and south makes the most sense. i just wish we could play clemson and fsu every year. tough to make a rivalry when you only meet a couple times a decade.
...that's me
It won't be that bad. Bud, like Bama, reloads on D. The secondary will be lights out. 2014 should have a similar ceiling/floor to this year. In 2015 or 2016 big things are a real possibility.
Let's see who's the first out of Alabama...me for Christmas break...or Saban for Texas.
It's a race!!
Post your clever Pick 'Em name down here!
...
I'll update this when I have one
UPDATE: I didn't come up with it, but "Cartoons Plural"
Yoink
Somebody be Cartoons Plural or else we've failed
Mike London formulated this idea and thought it would bring in more recruits
sounds like a win/win to me.
It's interesting how little time Saban spends at each stop along his way. He's barely been at Bama 6 years after bolting out of the NFL, and wasn't at LSU even a full decade.
This wouldn't surprise me at all if it happens. But, I really wonder why he wouldn't just want to consolidate his legacy at Bama?
All I can say is at times like this, I really appreciate the Frankinator's loyalty.
More information
If I had more information to write a story I would have. Source was very confident. I'll believe it when I see it.— Stefan Stevenson (@FollowtheFrogs) December 11, 2013
It's looking more and more like a real thing, but I still haven't moved my large block of salt. I just can't take anything that seemed like such an obvious punch line/pipe dream/perfect scenario earlier in the year seriously. I'm not trying to say any of these claims aren't credible, just that I'd be a little surprised if the public guessed right. If it comes true, Horse gets a nice Christmas present
Hopefully this isn't over the line, but if this ends up being true.
That's interesting!! I think it's cool that they're doing a website similar to TKP, but they really need an editor
Thinking about how bad the conference schedule is the next decade makes me want to
my understanding is that they're OOC but I think Notre Dame is obligated to have 5 ACC teams on their schedule each year
Are the Notre Dame games counted as conference or OOC games?
fair enough...but as others have noted above, the divisions could be realigned and then this schedule theory could be put in place to keep those rivalries intact and still achieve the goal of playing every team on cycle that is less than 8 years
Only problem with that is that a number of traditional rivals only play each other every 3.5 years on average, like FSU-Miami, NCSU-UNC, Clemson-GT, and Pitt-Syracuse. The only way they drop the annual-crossover is if they blow up the divisions and rebuild from scratch.
I threw this together really quickly to try to illustrate what I was talking about...It's pretty rough looking so don't judge me too hard on the presentation..but have at it
this is kind of what our schedule would look like each year until 2023..the pattern would repeat so on and so forth
I'd go to ten + one cupcake + one BCS quality crossover. No more ECUs. Ever.
Sounds promising...I got the sense that the "restructuring" he was referring to had more to do with the scheduling than the actual divisions. Assuming that the divisions stay the same (with Louisville replacing MD in the Atlantic) that could either mean a 9 game season (which I would not prefer) or abolishing the permanent cross over opponent.
With 7 teams in each division it will take 6 games to play each team in your respective division. That leaves 2 extra games available to play against other division teams. If we rotate them 2 at a time (throwing out the home-home series) you'll play all 7 teams in the other division over a 4 year period (and one of those teams twice). The home field would alternate for each matchup. Every year you would travel to one and have one at home. The next time that team comes up on the schedule it will flip.
That was certainly the first worthwhile thing (as in worth the 30 seconds it took to click and read) I have ever read from Bleacher Report. Thanks for sharing.
I wish I understood the college program hierarchy. I thought Alabama was at the top. Who knew Texas was higher? Who is higher than Texas? Among the many football things I don't understand. Like when linemen can move/adjust without it being a false start.