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Check out this Big East that I setup in CFB game. I think this Big East could have survived:

Boston College
Connecticut
Cincinnati
Louisville
Miami
Notre Dame
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
Virginia Tech
West Virginia

You keep a lot of the rivalries and there is a new solid Northeast type conference. Three traditional powers anchor the conference: Miami, Notre Dame, and Penn State.

I also put SEC back to 12 teams
Big12 back to its original 12
Big10 has the original 10 and name makes sense again
Keep Pac12 just subbed BYU in for Colorado but kept other teams.
ACC has 10 teams, original 9 from 1990s and gave them UCF to just round it out nicely.
 
It would really depend how teams like Miami, ND and PSU performed over those years. If they were consistent powers then it may well could have. But if they would have rollercoaster decades they more then likely would have left for greener pastures as the networks wouldn’t have shelled out What the B1G and SEC Are getting.
 
ralphiewvu said:
It would really depend how teams like Miami, ND and PSU performed over those years. If they were consistent powers then it may well could have. But if they would have rollercoaster decades they more then likely would have left for greener pastures as the networks wouldn’t have shelled out What the B1G and SEC Are getting.
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True. There are some smaller teams that have also made splash in the past and could carry the league at times as well: Cincinnati, Louisville, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia stand out.
 
Yeah I change my conferences around on NCAA 13 and 14. Probably too much. Way before I knew that money drove the college football cart, I had the thought that why didn't VT stay in the Big East. They could have just about won that conference every year, not thinking that the Big East might sink like a stone. And the fact that money plays a big part, excuse me, A BIG PART, in this whole conference deal. Man, what dumb thinking...
 
Collegefbfan said:
Yeah I change my conferences around on NCAA 13 and 14. Probably too much. Way before I knew that money drove the college football cart, I had the thought that why didn't VT stay in the Big East. They could have just about won that conference every year, not thinking that the Big East might sink like a stone. And the fact that money plays a big part, excuse me, A BIG PART, in this whole conference deal. Man, what dumb thinking...
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What makes CFB so unique is no central authority for the sport. Most sports have conferences decided based on geography and parody and there is a central revenue sharing path (like NFL).
 
An 8 team conference of WV, UConn, Louisville, Rutgers, Pitt, Cincy, South Florida and Syracuse is easily the worst major conference I can remember
 
If the Big 12 couldn't survive with the 3 blueblood's in Oklahoma, Nebraska, & tejas, there's no way the Big East could've survived with just 2 blueblood's in Notre Dame & Penn St.
 
Red_Alert said:
If the Big 12 couldn't survive with the 3 blueblood's in Oklahoma, Nebraska, & tejas, there's no way the Big East could've survived with just 2 blueblood's in Notre Dame & Penn St.
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I do think Big12 had other factors that played a part, notably unbalanced divisions (especially from a recruiting aspect) and unbalanced Finances.
 
That pretty is much what Joe Paterno wanted. He tried hard to get the eastern schools and BigEast to form an eastern football conference with Penn State and Miami as the cornerstones but the basketball centric (only) schools and Pitt wouldn’t have any of it so off to the BIG Penn State went and the rest is history.
 
CoalTrain said:
That pretty is much what Joe Paterno wanted. He tried hard to get the eastern schools and BigEast to form an eastern football conference with Penn State and Miami as the cornerstones but the basketball centric (only) schools and Pitt wouldn’t have any of it so off to the BIG Penn State went and the rest is history.
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Yeah, it is a shame because there really isn't a Conference for that part of the country. Granted there isn't even a lot of big football programs up there. I think with the league that I put together, CFB would have a presence in New England/New York area and you have big names.

I think they would have needed Notre Dame to make it work. Notre Dame is big in places like Boston or New York that are traditionally Catholic. They would be the anchor that made it work but you would also have Miami and Penn State to go with the grouping as well as decent programs that could make noise every once in a while such as Pitt, Va Tech, West Virginia, Louisville, etc.
 
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