expansion Stories - Sounder At Heart
One Football League, Two Basketball Leagues
Looking at the teams the Big East has invited (SMU, Houston, Boise St, Air Force, UCF, Navy), with WVU leaving, the Big East's goal of getting to 12 teams is one team short. But is 12 really a realistic number? If they have 6 eastern teams, and 6 western teams, and play an eight-game conference...
Big East Needs to Double Down on the Hybrid Model
The Big East needs to double down and create a national football and basketball hybrid conference with anywhere from 12 to 16 football teams and 22 to 24 basketball teams. My ideal model would add BYU, Boise St., Houston, SMU, Memphis, Temple, Nevada and UCF for all sports. It would also allow...
My ideas for NHL realignment
These are some scenarios I thought the NHL could go for 2012-2013. Plan A- Time Zone based EAST Atlantic- NYR, NYI, NJ, PIT, PHI Northeast- BOS, MON, TOR, OTT, BUF Southeast- FLA, TB, CAR, WAS, DET/CLM WEST Central- CHI, NAS, STL, DET/CLM, DAL Northwest- WPG, CAL, EDM, COL, MIN Pacific- LA, ANA,...
Elevation and early winters
I haven't noticed anyone talking this subject yet so... Two of the things that made Wyoming a wild card any given year that your had to play @War Memorial Stadium The elevation difference The unpredictable winds Boise would have had quite a different game had the winds been swirling and punts...
ESPN - Beebe: Our schedule, not anyone else's
Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe left a few raised eyebrows in the wake of his comments about his plan for the conference's spring meetings next week. I think we need to have a very frank conversation about where we’re going and who’s going to be on the plane when we take off," Beebe...
SEC expansion? Discuss!
This whole league expansion has gotten steam and it'd be interesting, and fun, to see your thoughts on which 4 teams would make for good addition to the SEC. Call it what you will but hey, I'm Jonesing for football talk, keeping in mind of course that league expansions also include new league...
Waay Too Early Look at the TCF Bank Stadium Expansion
I know, I know.... I became really bored, and ever since the stadium began to take shape I've been tortured by thoughts of what The Vault could look like when expanded to 80,000+ seats. So, for your viewing pleasure only... via photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net I was told from an insider that when...
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