I don't mind telling you that I'm very much in favor of expansion (only with quality programs) and a championship game. Your thoughts?
This post was edited on 10/23 9:34 AM by Vernon
This post was edited on 10/23 9:34 AM by Vernon
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I think a Championship game would be exciting, and give us a little more juice to play for during the season - based upon divisional play. And of course it would drive revenue.Originally posted by Vernon:
I don't mind telling you that I'm very much in favor of expansion (only with quality programs) and a championship game. Your thoughts?
This post was edited on 10/23 9:34 AM by Vernon
Blink. This only happened in the big12 maybe once or twice.Originally posted by GoWVU:
Conference "championship" games are a sham. The participants are often decided by chance, i.e. which team got lucky and drew the weaker teams that year in the cross-division portion of the schedule.
The only real conference championship is a full round-robin schedule like we played in the Big East and like we play now in the Big 12. Any other format is an artifice.
The year Kansas went to the Orange Bowl they didn't play Texas, Oklahoma or Texas Tech. They were by far the best three teams in the South that year. I believe @ 7-6 Oklahoma State was their best conference win that season. Had they pulled off that win against Missouri or had your Raiders beat Missouri we'd have sent Kansas to the championship game despite missing 3 or the top 4 teams in the conference during regular season play that year.Originally posted by SaikenPhase:
Blink. This only happened in the big12 maybe once or twice.Originally posted by GoWVU:
Conference "championship" games are a sham. The participants are often decided by chance, i.e. which team got lucky and drew the weaker teams that year in the cross-division portion of the schedule.
The only real conference championship is a full round-robin schedule like we played in the Big East and like we play now in the Big 12. Any other format is an artifice.
I got curious...Originally posted by SaikenPhase:
Blink. This only happened in the big12 maybe once or twice.Originally posted by GoWVU:
Conference "championship" games are a sham. The participants are often decided by chance, i.e. which team got lucky and drew the weaker teams that year in the cross-division portion of the schedule.
The only real conference championship is a full round-robin schedule like we played in the Big East and like we play now in the Big 12. Any other format is an artifice.
We won't be able to separate Texas and Oklahoma. There are too many obstacles. What do you do with Oklahoma State? They'll balk at leaving Texas' division as well for recruiting reasons, and Oklahoma can't be separated from both of its rivals. It can't be separated from just one of them without necessitating permanent cross-division rivalry games. Other than Oklahoma State-Texas Tech/Baylor/TCU what are the other attractive permanent cross-division rivalries? Iowa State-Baylor isn't really going to accomplish much. Never mind the part where those two schools have nearly all the clout between them and don't want to play in different divisions...Originally posted by Mountaineer Steve:
What I want and what we need are eastern partners. We already seen the impact of back to back travel to Texas. Having closer teams will greatly help with travel. I also think without them our recruiting will suffer.
With this said you can't expand and have TexAss and OU in the same division. It just does not work