Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

[7&7]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

OK ... so 10 minutes of thinking about it results in ...

RWHA (Real West Hockey Association)
UAA
UAF
Denver
CC
UND
UAH
This would work because of several factors. These schools all already fly well. There is an ability to schedule additional non-conference games at home for each team due to the exemptions from playing in Alaska (meaning as much as 22 games on the home schedule for UND, DU, CC and 14 on the road). A guaranteed good gross from the yearly RWHA conference tournament at the 11,000+ seat Ralph (many configurations possible there with UND getting all the "sweet" night games).

UAA and UAF subsidize all travel for all members. Cooperative scheduling for Alaska trips ... i.e ... Sunday/Monday games at one school then Thursday/Friday games at the other .. teams would travel on Friday and return home on Saturday. Both UAA and UAF currently stay in the lower 48 for consecutive series at least once per year and both sets of student/athletes perform well in the classroom (technology also makes this very workable).

WCHA
UMD
UNO
SCSU
Mankato
Bemidji
MTU
This works because it eliminates pretty much all flights for the Minnesota schools and they maintain all their instate rivalries. They keep the pretty MTU Cup and can host their conference tournament at any number of rinks in the Minnesota (Xcel or Target for example depending on demand) area with lots of seats which would generate a nice tournament revenue. In-State fan interest would be maintained.

CCHA
Miami
Notre Dame
Ferris St.
Northern Mich.
Lake State
BGSU
Western
This works because it already works now. Michigan and Michigan State were not some huge cash cow for these programs anyway. It's almost a maintains the status quo solution. One may argue that there is a revenue decrease from the Big10 schools departure but what can you do? Everyone has that issue. With 7 schools this conference has some small amount of breathing room should one go TU. And none of these whiners has to go to Alaska or Alabama.

Other good reasons ...
3 auto-bids that 20 schools compete for versus 2.
Maintains geographic integrity.
Saves UAH.
Maintains and enhances "ACTUAL" rivalries.
Keeps most of the schools that moan about travel to Alaska from "having" to go.

Reasons it wouldn't work ...
DU thinks they're something they aren't.
DU is skerred to play other "real" western teams.
DU thinks they can tell CC what to do.

Why so much disdain for the Pioneers? Covered wagons never even made it to your state.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

In that vein, any of the 3 of these divisions (west, Minnesota, and east) could be the 7-team member. I still don't see UAA and UAF being allowed to play with each other, so I think if one would be seven and people really wanna see NMU and MTU together, have them move to the central, (unfortunately) send UND west and give the MN division one of the Alaska teams, and it really doesn't matter which.

I don't see it either; I'm merely playing along with the strategies.

Plus, why woudl the realignment be needed for 2012-2013? I thought Penn State was independent in that season, and then forming Big Ten the next year.

[uaafanblog]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

I still don't see UAA and UAF being allowed to play with each other, ...

Allowed? .... Really? Wait Whut? -- ROFLMAO

[uaafanblog]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

Why so much disdain for the Pioneers?

Their pomposity.

[uaafanblog]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

Plus, why woudl the realignment be needed for 2012-2013?

Agreed ... It woudln't.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

Allowed? .... Really? Wait Whut? -- ROFLMAO

Seriously... I didn't even see the word "allowed" the first time I read through it... those Governor's Cup matches must have been forfeits.

[SCSU Euro]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

Allowed? .... Really? Wait Whut? -- ROFLMAO

Hey tool, wanna pull yourself off the floor and explain what's so funny?

[uaafanblog]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

Hey tool, wanna pull yourself off the floor and explain what's so funny?

Hey dummy, no; because that request makes it even funnier.

[SCSU Euro]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

Hey dummy, no; because that request makes it even funnier.

Fair enough. And dummy? I'd ask if we're still in 4th grade, but I suppose, in Sarah Palin's neck of the woods, that's probably a good insult. Well played sir, well played.

[uaafanblog]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

Fair enough. And dummy? I'd ask if we're still in 4th grade, but I suppose, in Sarah Palin's neck of the woods, that's probably a good insult. Well played sir, well played.

I usually adhere to a policy of returning an equivalent level insult on the first round. Since you chose to initiate the insulting at that low level (tool), I merely responded in kind. Had you chosen a direct escalation, then my posting policy would have forced me to virtually annihilate you due to my "don't bring a knife to a gunfight" clause.

So yah .. you betcha; the irony of a supporter of St. Cloud (who's district is represented in the US Congress by Michelle Bachmann) making a Sarah Palin crack isn't lost on me.

[Cross-Czech]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

Their pomposity.

Everyone wishes they could be us, even the Gophers.

[4four4]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

Everyone wishes they could be us, even the Gophers.

Like the Big Ten?

[SCSU Euro]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

So yah .. you betcha; the irony of a supporter of St. Cloud (who's district is represented in the US Congress by Michelle Bachmann) making a Sarah Palin crack isn't lost on me.

I went to SCSU, I'm not from St. Cloud. I'm from Europe and in this country I'm seen as a tree-huggin' hippie. My problem with the Democratic party is they're too conservative. And I miss a lot about the town of St. Cloud, but nothing more than voting agains that crazy *****.

[jjmc85]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

And I wasn't suggesting CALLING it the New England division, just pointing out where everyone is.

This likewise is my biggest problem with your plan. New England consists of 6 states, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut. None of these states are New York or New Jersey. I suggest calling it the "New Division" for New England, New York and New Jersey.

[SCSU Euro]

Re: Conference Realignment needed for 2012-13 season?

This likewise is my biggest problem with your plan. New England consists of 6 states, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut. None of these states are New York or New Jersey. I suggest calling it the "New Division" for New England, New York and New Jersey.

I just meant geographically, but I thought New York was a part of New England. Obviously I know a lot more about Old England than New England. How about these names:

CHI, DET, GB, MIN = Midwest
ATL, JAX, MIA, TB = Southeast
OAK, SD, SEA, SF = Pacific
ARI, DAL, HOUS, NO = South
DEN, IND, KC, STL = Central
NE, NYG, NYJ, PHI = Northeast
BAL, CAR, TEN, WAS = Atlantic
BUF (TOR), CIN, CLE, PIT = Rust Belt