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Realignment Master Plan - per Karl Benson

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Okay, here's my idea for FBS "realignment" ... it's no worse than the one that started this thread

First we use relegation, CFP is still technically a 4 team playoff

there are 8 divisions of 9 teams in the "premier" league -- 2 each in the North, South, East & West for a total of 72 teams, the rest are in the FBS "lower" league

North is anything above the Mason-Dixon line, South is anything below, East and West are divided by the Mississippi river so there is the possibility of a school being able to be in different regions depending on relegation ...

each division is independent of the the other in it's region except that the division champions meet in a regional championship game for advancement to the CFP

each division plays an 8 game true round-robin division schedule and 5 out of division games for a 13 game regular season (3 games are against other premier league teams)

the schedules are generated by the league, not individual divisions

the bottom 2 teams in each division are "relegated" to the lower FBS League, while the top 2 teams in the lower league advance to the "premier" league for a 16 team swap each year.

the top 2 teams in each division of both the premier league & the lower league play in bowl games (32 teams in either the CFP or bowl games)

EDIT: I should add that this is for football only, all other sports (basketball,baseball etc.) remain with their conferences (Pac-12, MWC, B1G etc)

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Bensen watched the WAC blow up twice under his leadership

True, but he actively took steps to avoid it in both cases. The MWC under Hair just looks bewildered & eventually reacts. There are never any proactive moves by MWC; the only thing in history that might be proactive is the move to 12, killing the WAC in FB.  Did MWC come up with that, or was it on the list of Boise/SDSU demands to return?

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True, but he actively took steps to avoid it in both cases. The MWC under Hair just looks bewildered & eventually reacts. There are never any proactive moves by MWC; the only thing in history that might be proactive is the move to 12, killing the WAC in FB.  Did MWC come up with that, or was it on the list of Boise/SDSU demands to return?

​CT has a gaggle of strong-willed College Prez's that he must serve.  Benson seems to have far more power as the Commish, or a far weaker gaggle of Prez's to deal with.

I guarantee you Benson is not brighter than CT.

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True, but he actively took steps to avoid it in both cases. The MWC under Hair just looks bewildered & eventually reacts. There are never any proactive moves by MWC; the only thing in history that might be proactive is the move to 12, killing the WAC in FB.  Did MWC come up with that, or was it on the list of Boise/SDSU demands to return?

 

nope.  First WAC blow-up totally surprised him.  He was an advocate for the pod system that really messed it all up.  To his credit he did not want to expand to 16

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True, but he actively took steps to avoid it in both cases. The MWC under Hair just looks bewildered & eventually reacts. There are never any proactive moves by MWC; the only thing in history that might be proactive is the move to 12, killing the WAC in FB.  Did MWC come up with that, or was it on the list of Boise/SDSU demands to return?

​A swing and a miss IMO.  Not only could it not have been a demand of BSU and SDSU given the timeline of all the events that led to it, but it was also not even close to proactive.  The MWC stumbled into the move to 12 by their reactions to realignment.  The MWC invited BSU, Hawaii, Fresno, Reno, SJSU, and USU (not in that order of course) to rescue the conference from falling below a minimum number of sports required by the NCAA to remain a conference.  They landed at 10 after BSU and SDSU left, and became 12 by accident (not design) with the re-addition of those two schools.

The only proactive move the MWC has ever made was the formation of a TV network, and they screwed up the rights agreement on that.

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​A swing and a miss IMO.  Not only could it not have been a demand of BSU and SDSU given the timeline of all the events that led to it, but it was also not even close to proactive.  The MWC stumbled into the move to 12 by their reactions to realignment.  The MWC invited BSU, Hawaii, Fresno, Reno, SJSU, and USU (not in that order of course) to rescue the conference from falling below a minimum number of sports required by the NCAA to remain a conference.  They landed at 10 after BSU and SDSU left, and became 12 by accident (not design) with the re-addition of those two schools.

The only proactive move the MWC has ever made was the formation of a TV network, and they screwed up the rights agreement on that.

​CT stated they held at 10 by design in case BSU and SDSU changed their mind at the last minute when there BE/AAC TV turn to nothing. The Big East was falling apart at the time and just needed to be patient to see if the new Big East was something BSU wanted to be part of.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/dennis-dodd/21058110/expansion-fallout-houston-can-get-out-of-deal-with-big-east-without-penalty

"Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson would not speculate on keeping San Diego State and Boise or taking in other schools.

"I said this way back on media day and earlier, some peole didn't like the answer," Thompson said. "There's a reason we stayed at 10 teams, there is some room for growth."

 

If CT and the presidents were in a desperate situation, they would have taken Idaho and NMSU. But they didn't and told them they would to look elsewhere. 

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Bensen watched the WAC blow up twice under his leadership

​He was picked as commissioner after the WAC-16 was already decided.  He was against it, but tried to make it work.  When the MWC members realized they made a mistake, they had an airport meeting and left the conference.  Benson took the blame for it.  Instead of letting the league die, he worked to bring in Boise State(2001) and Nevada(2000), and later Utah State(2005).  All of them are now upper level MWC members in football.  

I met him at the Hawaii Bowl a few times and he was knowledgeable about every member of the WAC, including the brand new members.  He seemed easy to get along with and do business with.

I met Craig Thompson and he was an asshole.  He didn't know anything about Fresno State, Nevada, or Hawaii.  He also acted like he didn't want to be there, often checking texts in front of people like the Governor, Mayor, and some other Hawaii public officials who were talking to him.

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​CT stated they held at 10 by design in case BSU and SDSU changed their mind at the last minute when there BE/AAC TV turn to nothing. The Big East was falling apart at the time and just needed to be patient to see if the new Big East was something BSU wanted to be part of.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/dennis-dodd/21058110/expansion-fallout-houston-can-get-out-of-deal-with-big-east-without-penalty

"Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson would not speculate on keeping San Diego State and Boise or taking in other schools.

"I said this way back on media day and earlier, some peole didn't like the answer," Thompson said. "There's a reason we stayed at 10 teams, there is some room for growth."

 

If CT and the presidents were in a desperate situation, they would have taken Idaho and NMSU. But they didn't and told them they would to look elsewhere. 

​I will disagree ...

the MWC could have held at 8 members for a year (possibly more) and then chosen how to continue if BSU and SDSU didn't comeback -- instead they reacted and refilled the ranks to 10, and took advantage of the C7/BE/AAC upheaval to sellout to Boise St in order to get them back. That was reaction not planning -- planning would have been to stand at 8 then return to 10 members splitting the media deal 9.5 ways instead of 11.5 ways (Hawaii does not get a full share).

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