Drop the word “big” and use the word “Power” and then the number of teams. So if we end up with 18. We would be the Power 18.
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Drop the word “big” and use the word “Power” and then the number of teams. So if we end up with 18. We would be the Power 18.
Great idea! I could get used to Pwr 16, Pwr 18 Conference, etc. A new name may be needed if desired by the media partners or the added members.
If the new members ("if") or the media partners don't really care, and it is the Big 12 that is doing the expanding, I still would probably prefer keeping the name "Big 12".
Right now, naming of a conference is the least of our concerns. I hope the realignment gods are good to us soon.
B1G ain't going to tell them who they can/can't schedule OOC.
They will if it means they have a better chance at getting ND... Delaney would have at least. Probably not KW tho.
Will there even be OCC games any more? All the money will stay in the conference.
My thoughts exactly. with 20 teams in a conference they may need to get everyone to 11-12 conference games, but that would really suck for teams middle of the pack that used those 3 non conference games (SEC uses 4) to pad their record.
even if you played 12 conference games, you would not be playing 7 teams. unreal!
It would be a disaster for the perceived legitimacy of the playoff if teams weren't playing out of conference games.
I’m not sure I like Power 18 but it’s better than the Big 12 which definitely needs rebranded. Nationally the name Big 12, brings up thought of power teams leaving and the view that the remaining teams are not valuable. We need a strong name. But Power 18 sounds like we are chasing the Power 2 conferences. We need a name that is independently strong and invokes thoughts of unity and strength. Like the name of elite Roman military unit or something along those lines.
If we add the corner schools plus Washington and Oregon I like the idea of staying with the name Big 12 to reference the 12 states included in the conference.
Conference name is more of an "all news is good news" thing to me; evidence for this is how strong the Big East basketball conference has been when it easily could have become a mid-major, but it maintained high level recruiting in part because it had a premier brand name. Even when the Big East name had been dragged through the mud.
Conference name is more of an "all news is good news" thing to me; evidence for this is how strong the Big East basketball conference has been when it easily could have become a mid-major, but it maintained high level recruiting in part because it had a premier brand name. Even when the Big East name had been dragged through the mud.
The Big Praetorian Conference. Big P for short.
I’m an add for the 4 corners but pass on Washington and Oregon guy. Too far and bad culture mix.
Former senior VP for Fox Sports thinks the 22-school full merger between the conferences makes the most sense.
With 22 schools, you could protect 3 annual games and rotate through the remaining 18 by playing 6 per year. Play everyone once per 3 years, host once per 6 years.
Also I would hope if it happened that they would go big for a 21-game round robin in hoops.
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