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  • speedkills
    MVP
    • Jul 2004
    • 1389

    #1

    Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

    Ive decided to start a SMU dynasty and once I turn them into a 4 star school I'm planning on moving them and Houston to the Big 12. If I want to be one of the big boys I've got to get out of the joke of a conference that is C-USA. Since there are no longer conference invites would this be considered cheese?

    Sure, ill get beat up by the likes Oklahoma and Texas but in the long term it'll help me to bring back SMU to national powerhouse status -without paying players.

    Oh, and having a 10 team conference called the Big 12 kinda gets on my nerves but I'm OCD like that.
    Last edited by speedkills; 08-05-2011, 12:54 PM.
  • Ike Slider2
    Rookie
    • Apr 2010
    • 256

    #2
    Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

    Not neccesarrily cheese, but more along the lines of fantasy. For it to be realistic you would want to play one year do well 10-2 or better and schedule most of your non-conference games against the big 12 teams. That would likely be more realistic.

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    • Dr Death
      Air Raid
      • May 2009
      • 1632

      #3
      Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

      Originally posted by speedkills
      Ive decided to start a SMU dynasty and once I turn them to a 4 star school I'm planning on moving them and Houston to the Big 12. If I want to be one of the big boys Ive got to get out of the joke of a conference that is C-USA. Since there are no longer conference invites would this be considered cheese?

      Sure, ill get beat up by the likes Oklahoma and Texas but in the long term itll help me to bring back SMU to national powerhouse staus -without paying players.
      I did the exact same thing but right now I am OC at Idaho. Am hoping to become HC at my alma mater... SMU... and wanted them in a big conference. Not cheese at all. It's a combo of the old SWC and Big 8 conferences... sort of...
      Dr Death
      Air Raid

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      • uf12gators
        Rookie
        • Dec 2005
        • 81

        #4
        Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

        I was about to start an SMU offline dynasty this weekend, to bring them back to a powerhouse. This is the first I'm hearing about there no longer being conference invites. Is this true? so if i start a dynasty with SMU theres no way I could ever get them out of C-USA?

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        • chessmyantidrug
          Rookie
          • Jul 2009
          • 61

          #5
          Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

          You think ten teams in the Big XII is a problem? What about twelve teams in the Big 10? (or as I used to call them, the Little 11)

          The biggest problem I have with adding two Texas schools to the Big XII is how will you setup the divisions? Putting Texas and OU in different divisions doesn't make sense. Likewise, having Tech or A&M in a different division than Texas doesn't make sense. It also wouldn't make sense for OSU to be in a separate division from OU. Baylor is really the odd team out, but they geographically belong in the same division.

          Then again, it is your dynasty. You run it how see fit. It's just those things bother me, probably as much as a conference with "XII" in its title having ten teams.

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          • Redacted01
            Hall Of Fame
            • Aug 2007
            • 10316

            #6
            Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

            Originally posted by uf12gators
            I was about to start an SMU offline dynasty this weekend, to bring them back to a powerhouse. This is the first I'm hearing about there no longer being conference invites. Is this true? so if i start a dynasty with SMU theres no way I could ever get them out of C-USA?
            Custom conferences...

            And the Big Televetwelve is the proper term for the MAC+.

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            • doom41
              Rookie
              • Apr 2009
              • 149

              #7
              Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

              Originally posted by uf12gators
              I was about to start an SMU offline dynasty this weekend, to bring them back to a powerhouse. This is the first I'm hearing about there no longer being conference invites. Is this true? so if i start a dynasty with SMU theres no way I could ever get them out of C-USA?
              There is a Custom Conference option at the end of each season. The computer no longer decides what school gets invited to what conference, you decide for all teams in the game. You can change things up with whoever you want, however you want (within the limits of the custom conference options).

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              • uf12gators
                Rookie
                • Dec 2005
                • 81

                #8
                Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

                ok thanks good to know. I wasn't about to start an SMU dynasty, have them as a powerhouse in 5 years, and not be able to get out of conference USA.

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                • chessmyantidrug
                  Rookie
                  • Jul 2009
                  • 61

                  #9
                  Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

                  Originally posted by uf12gators
                  ok thanks good to know. I wasn't about to start an SMU dynasty, have them as a powerhouse in 5 years, and not be able to get out of conference USA.
                  You would have found out you could move them before you began your second season.

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                  • justtxyank
                    Rookie
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 101

                    #10
                    Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

                    Originally posted by speedkills
                    Ive decided to start a SMU dynasty and once I turn them to a 4 star school I'm planning on moving them and Houston to the Big 12. If I want to be one of the big boys Ive got to get out of the joke of a conference that is C-USA. Since there are no longer conference invites would this be considered cheese?

                    Sure, ill get beat up by the likes Oklahoma and Texas but in the long term itll help me to bring back SMU to national powerhouse staus -without paying players.

                    Oh, and having a10 team conference called the Big12 kinda gets on my nerves but Im OCD like that.
                    I actually did something different. In my world Texas went independent (which it seems it might really want to do anyway) so the Big 12 fell apart. I turned CUSA into the first superconference. Liked that CUSA doesn't have a number attached to it so it's easier for it to make sense.



                    Atlantic:
                    Duke
                    North Carolina
                    NC State
                    South Carolina
                    East Carolina
                    Marshall
                    USF
                    Virginia Tech

                    Southwest:
                    UH
                    SMU
                    Oklahoma
                    Memphis
                    Rice
                    Arizona
                    Arkansas
                    Oklahoma State

                    I rationalized it mind with ESPN offering a huge exclusive contract because of the basketball and football promise the conference would have.

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                    • coogrfan
                      In Fritz We Trust
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 15645

                      #11
                      Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

                      Originally posted by Ike Slider2
                      Not neccesarrily cheese, but more along the lines of fantasy.
                      This. No one in the "Big >XII" wants to see BCS level programs in the state's two biggest cities competing for recruits, it simply isn't in their best interests.

                      Fun Fact: in 2011 the state of Texas supplied 368 high school recruits to FBS schools (#1 in the nation); 236 (64%) of those kids came from DFW/Houston. If you considered those two cities as a seperate state they would have ranked 3rd nationally behind Florida w/336 and California w/239; Georgia's 167 FBS recruits would rank a distant 4th.

                      As it stands now the only way the majority of kids from Texas' largest cities can play "big time cfb" is to leave home. Even w/TCU going to the Big East next year that situation is unlikely to ever change.
                      Last edited by coogrfan; 08-05-2011, 09:32 AM.

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                      • duffyswann
                        Rookie
                        • Jul 2011
                        • 9

                        #12
                        Originally posted by justtxyank
                        I actually did something different. In my world Texas went independent (which it seems it might really want to do anyway) so the Big 12 fell apart. I turned CUSA into the first superconference. Liked that CUSA doesn't have a number attached to it so it's easier for it to make sense.



                        Atlantic:
                        Duke
                        North Carolina
                        NC State
                        South Carolina
                        East Carolina
                        Marshall
                        USF
                        Virginia Tech

                        Southwest:
                        UH
                        SMU
                        Oklahoma
                        Memphis
                        Rice
                        Arizona
                        Arkansas
                        Oklahoma State

                        I rationalized it mind with ESPN offering a huge exclusive contract because of the basketball and football promise the conference would have.
                        Can you post your full conference changes? This looks interesting

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                        • MagicMan1315
                          Pro
                          • Jul 2011
                          • 568

                          #13
                          Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

                          Originally posted by speedkills
                          Ive decided to start a SMU dynasty and once I turn them to a 4 star school I'm planning on moving them and Houston to the Big 12. If I want to be one of the big boys Ive got to get out of the joke of a conference that is C-USA. Since there are no longer conference invites would this be considered cheese?

                          Sure, ill get beat up by the likes Oklahoma and Texas but in the long term itll help me to bring back SMU to national powerhouse staus -without paying players.

                          Oh, and having a10 team conference called the Big12 kinda gets on my nerves but Im OCD like that.
                          I fail to see what anyone does offline is cheese.

                          People.. Don't be so afraid of being called ridiculous non-sense things like a cheeser. You paid the $60. If you want to make everyone independent, who to stop you?

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                          • InspectahDeck
                            MVP
                            • Sep 2008
                            • 127

                            #14
                            Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

                            In my offline OD with SMU as OC I moved them to the Big 12. I also moved TCU, Boise State and ND in. It was a lot of fun I won 4 NC as OC and finally moved on to take over as HC of Maryland. TCU and Oklahoma became the two best teams in the Big 12 other than SMU. Texas took a complete nose dive and still hasn't recovered. Multiple HC firings couldn't turn them around.

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                            • speedkills
                              MVP
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 1389

                              #15
                              Re: Moving SMU and Houston to the Big 12

                              Haha, my Ponies just upset #9 Texas A&M in the season opener. Makin' a case for Big 12 material.

                              Thanks for everyone's input. I'm thinking of moving Oklahoma and OSU to the Big 12 North Division and moving SMU and Houston to the South Division. I'll keep the annual Texas vs. OU Red River Rivalry but now they'll also have the chance to meet in the conference championship game.

                              Now, I just have to make sure June Jones doesn't get fired before this all comes to fruition.

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