Conference Realignment Guide

[BlackLightning3]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwjones

In year 2 shouldn't the automatic qualifiers go away?

No because in the playoff system, the Rose Bowl is till the Big Ten Champion vs. the PAC-12 Champion and the Sugar Bowl agreed to have it be the Big XII Champion vs. the SEC Champion.

[fletchccc]

Multi-level question:

When fiddling with conference realignment...
1. If I add Notre Dame and Boise State to the Big 12 to get them to 12 teams, is a conference championship game automatically added?
2. If not, can I manually add one? Is this possible?
3. Can I add divisions where currently there are no separate ones?

Thanks in advance,

[jnewcomer5]

Fr some reason I having the hardest time trying to figure out how to remove the AAC from an automatic bid!!

Edit: figured it out. Had to press Y on 360

[wiscowilz]

Quote: Originally Posted by fletchccc

Multi-level question: When fiddling with conference realignment... 1. If I add Notre Dame and Boise State to the Big 12 to get them to 12 teams, is a conference championship game automatically added? 2. If not, can I manually add one? Is this possible? 3. Can I add divisions where currently there are no separate ones? Thanks in advance,

Once you hit 12 teams it automatically makes a random Div A and Div B which you can rename and make protected rivals if you want and it will make a conference championship as well.

[ktd1976]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlackLightning3

Big Ten: Add: Maryland and Rutgers from American Athletic Conference. Use triangle to swap: Illinois with Michigan. Purdue with Michigan State. Wisconsin with Rutgers. Under Conference Rules: Rename: Leaders division to East. Legends division to West Change Michigan's locked rivalry from Northwestern to Minnesota. [

The problem with having locked rivalries in the expanded Big Ten, is it increases the league schedule to 9 games, and decreases the non conference games to 3. The Big Ten will have just 8 conference games for at least the next few years.

If you choose no locked rivalries, which there will be none IRL, then the schedule stays at 8 conference games and 4 non conference games.

[wiscowilz]

Quote: Originally Posted by ktd1976

The problem with having locked rivalries in the expanded Big Ten, is it increases the league schedule to 9 games, and decreases the non conference games to 3. The Big Ten will have just 8 conference games for at least the next few years. If you choose no locked rivalries, which there will be none IRL, then the schedule stays at 8 conference games and 4 non conference games.

Except that there will be ONE locked rivalry (Purdue-Indiana) so either way just depends one what you prefer.

[ktd1976]

Quote: Originally Posted by wiscowilz

Except that there will be ONE locked rivalry (Purdue-Indiana) so either way just depends one what you prefer.

Last I heard was that the Big Ten was staying with an 8 game schedule for the first 2 years (2014 and 2015) then going to a 9 game schedule.

I'd rather have the 8 game schedule for the first couple years, then add in the locked rivalry in year 2016.

[tony kant think]

I always try to make it as real as possible, this is much appreciated!