New Pac 12 division alginment idea

[Jens1893]

http://pac12cooler.com/



Nutshell version

Teams play the teams in their division (left and right) AND in their row every season while rotating between the other 4. Keep rivalries as well as near local rivalries intact (e.g. Oregon and U-Dub), keeps the California teams together, ensures every team has one game at every stadium in the conference at least every 4 years.

So, in our case the schedule would look like this

Every year opponents: Washington, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Oregon, California
Year 1+2 extra opponents: USC, Stanford
Year 3+4 extra opponents: Washington State, Oregon State

[dply]

I like it

[sackman]

Who the hell had the time to come up with this?

[CUFan]

Seems okay to me. Kind of complicated, but just might work. Is this being considered as a legitimate option?

[Buffnik]

Way too unbalanced The "Left" division is stacked. USC looks like they'd be a virtual lock to play in the championship game every year. Trade Washington for Washington State / Oregon for Oregon State / or Cal for Stanford and it looks a lot better.

[beltway buff]

What's the difference between this and the zipper, other than the visual layout?

The zipper splits regional rivals between divisions (just as the grid does), adds the regional rival to the schedule every year (just as the grid does), then rotates the other schools (just as the grid does).

[GregInAustin]

Theres a lot of red in the new PAC - 12.

[SINKRATZ]

This is a glorified zipper plan, no? I guess I like it. The left side does look pretty stacked especially if Harbaugh leaves for Michigan next year.

My head hurts.

[Junction]

What's the difference between this and the zipper, other than the visual layout?

The zipper splits regional rivals between divisions (just as the grid does), adds the regional rival to the schedule every year (just as the grid does), then rotates the other schools (just as the grid does).

I think somebody proposed pretty much exactly this version of the zipper in that other thread we had about this, only without the cool graphics....

[mdelpizzo_1]

The pictures are what make this.

[dply]

I think somebody proposed pretty much exactly this version of the zipper in that other thread we had about this, only without the cool graphics....

I just wanted to use this picture.

[boulder77]

What's the difference between this and the zipper, other than the visual layout?

The zipper splits regional rivals between divisions (just as the grid does), adds the regional rival to the schedule every year (just as the grid does), then rotates the other schools (just as the grid does).

This "new" concept is the standard zipper idea with helmets.

It would be OK, but I think that I prefer what is being referred to as the California zipper. North Division would have UW, WSU, UO, OSU, Cal, and USC. South Division would have CU, UU, UA, ASU, UCLA, and Stanford. Same concept as above - play 5 divisional games, 2 against designated rivals, and rotate 2 of the other 4. What I like about this one, as opposed to the helmet block, is that most of the traditional year-end rivalries are division games (all except Cal-Stanford and UCLA-USC). That would make a repeat game between year-end rivals in the CCG far less likely.

[buff4bcs1985]

I just wanted to use this picture.

hahahaha REP!

[InTheBuff]

Theres a lot of red in the new PAC - 12.

here's an idea-

Red Division

Washington St
Stanford
Utah
USC
Arizona
ASU

Non-Red Division

Colorado
Washington
Oregon
Oregon St
California
UCLA

[MerMAN]

So withthe four-division looking thingy - how do you get to the championship game?