Josh Pate Realigns EVERY College Football Conference (Late Kick Cut)

[@JoshPateCFB]

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[@mememe9530]

This is actually a brilliant breakdown or grouping. Nice work!

[@dlpaul345]

12 team structure go back to the BCS (use automatic qualifiers): only 12 bowls (new years six plus six) ^^^the smaller schools get the other tv spots (post season) ^^^ separate the P5 from G5 everyone plays 8 con /4 non con games everyone plays block schedule system in con (3 cross div games per yr, then the other 3 the next ) you get no more than 1 sub division (G5 or lower) game per yr and it must be regional freshmen cant: transfer or get nil deals( i mean individual sponsorships) all transfers (except grad) must sit out 1 yr coaches salaries are capped and payed from the same pool (ex: $50 mil per school) human selection committee becomes NCAA football only sub-committee (voted for by the HCs and ADs) revive BIG EAST (for the most part) SEC: Bama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, MS, Ark / UF, UGA, SC, UK, TN, Vandy ACC: FSU, MIA, GT, Mem, Hou, merge LTech and uL(cajuns) / Clem, NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, VTech BIG10: OSU, uM, MSU, ND, Indy, Pur / NW, ill, WI, Minn, iowa, isu BIG12: UT, OU, OkSU, TAMU, TCU, Bay / Mizz, Kan, K State, Ttech, Co, Neb BIG EAST: uCONN, BC, Syr, PSU, Temple, PITT / Rut, Mary, Lou, WV, Wake, Cincy PAC12: UW, WSU, UO, O State, Cal, Stan / USC, UCLA, AZ, ASU, Utah, Boise (or Hawaii) no independents. all other schools drop to form a new division. MEAC, SWAC, and IVY move up to join them

[@netdragon256]

ACC = American Coast Conference :D Problem solved. This would never fly, like taking Texas market out of the SEC bc they're all greeeedy ;-) Why isn't Virginia Tech back in the Big East? Why isn't UConn back in the Big East?

[@snoopstp4189]

wow this bald guy is a complete moron.

[@Micheaux-Holmes]

I'm down

[@dare2554]

The best realignment I have seen yet. I nominate Josh as our Conference Commissioner.

[@derektruelove1700]

He needs to be football commissioner over all of it

[@dlpaul345]

12 team structure go back to the BCS (use automatic qualifiers): only 12 bowls (new years six plus six) ^^^the smaller schools get the other tv spots (post season) ^^^ separate the P5 from G5 everyone plays 8 con /4 non con games everyone plays block schedule system in con (3 cross div games per yr, then the other 3 the next ) you get no more than 1 sub division (G5 or lower) game per yr and it must be regional freshmen cant: transfer or get nil deals( i mean individual sponsorships) all transfers (except grad) must sit out 1 yr coaches salaries are capped and payed from the same pool (ex: $50 mil per school) human selection committee becomes NCAA football only sub-committee (voted for by the HCs and ADs) revive BIG EAST (for the most part) SEC: Bama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, MS, Ark / UF, UGA, SC, UK, TN, Vandy ACC: FSU, MIA, GT, Mem, Hou, merge LTech and uL(cajuns) / Clem, NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, VTech BIG10: OSU, uM, MSU, ND, Indy, Pur / NW, ill, WI, Minn, iowa, isu BIG12: UT, OU, OkSU, TAMU, TCU, Bay / Mizz, Kan, K State, Ttech, Co, Neb BIG EAST: uCONN, BC, Syr, PSU, Temple, PITT / Rut, Mary, Lou, WV, Wake, Cincy PAC12: UW, WSU, UO, O State, Cal, Stan / USC, UCLA, AZ, ASU, Utah, Boise (or Hawaii) no independents. all other schools drop to form a new division. MEAC, SWAC, and IVY move up to join them

[@franquil85conn]

Horseshit, he has been against the playoffs since the jump in favor of useless bowl games...nobody cares how many mineke car bowls you've won, hell noone cares about the NY6 bowls...NC or bust

[@menace081]

I like his idea of removing Vandy and and NW, but a better format would have them form an Academically exclusive conference. The following is a Power 4 and 1 Scholar's conferences: Scholar’s Conference Georgia Tech Tulane Duke Wake Forest Vanderbilt Northwestern Boston College Uconn UCF USF Army Navy   SEC Alabama Auburn Georgia Florida Clemson South Carolina FSU Miami Tennessee Kentucky Louisville Memphis Ole Miss Miss State NC State North Carolina   SWC Texas LSU Oklahoma Oklahoma St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Missouri Arkansas Kansas State Kansas TCU Baylor SMU Houston Arizona Arizona State   Big North Ohio State Michigan Penn State Michigan State Notre Dame Purdue West Virginia Virginia Tech Pitt Cincinnati Indiana Illinois Maryland Virginia Syracuse Rutgers   Big West USC UCLA Oregon Washington Washington St. Oregon State Stanford Cal Nebraska Colorado Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa State Iowa Utah Boise State or BYU

[@buildingbread]

I can't wait to play this out in NCAA 25 lol

[@Mzbbxhfbfnsx]

Here he here he I second that 😁

[@ericpommier4197]

Same here.

[@carterbhuff]

Me too

[@mgway4661]

How??

[@twinframes5035]

It will be really fun if you can import the old logos and they show up on the jerseys. The Southwest Conference logo? That goofy 90's Big West logo? A man can dream...

[@Aiasmor]

-sees Josh's ideal conferences -cries with joy at the perfection of it

[@dlpaul345]

12 team structure go back to the BCS (use automatic qualifiers): only 12 bowls (new years six plus six) ^^^the smaller schools get the other tv spots (post season) ^^^ separate the P5 from G5 everyone plays 8 con /4 non con games everyone plays block schedule system in con (3 cross div games per yr, then the other 3 the next ) you get no more than 1 sub division (G5 or lower) game per yr and it must be regional freshmen cant: transfer or get nil deals( i mean individual sponsorships) all transfers (except grad) must sit out 1 yr coaches salaries are capped and payed from the same pool (ex: $50 mil per school) human selection committee becomes NCAA football only sub-committee (voted for by the HCs and ADs) revive BIG EAST (for the most part) SEC: Bama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, MS, Ark / UF, UGA, SC, UK, TN, Vandy ACC: FSU, MIA, GT, Mem, Hou, merge LTech and uL(cajuns) / Clem, NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, VTech BIG10: OSU, uM, MSU, ND, Indy, Pur / NW, ill, WI, Minn, iowa, isu BIG12: UT, OU, OkSU, TAMU, TCU, Bay / Mizz, Kan, K State, Ttech, Co, Neb BIG EAST: uCONN, BC, Syr, PSU, Temple, PITT / Rut, Mary, Lou, WV, Wake, Cincy PAC12: UW, WSU, UO, O State, Cal, Stan / USC, UCLA, AZ, ASU, Utah, Boise (or Hawaii) no independents. all other schools drop to form a new division. MEAC, SWAC, and IVY move up to join them

[@sarahmccoy1941]

What perfection? Forcing teams into a conference based solely on geographic location seems dumb to me.

[@sarahmccoy1941]

@@dlpaul345 No automatic qualifiers. The top 12 teams based on rankings.

[@esdths]

I agree with the majority of it, but I wish VT would be in the same division as West Virginia because of how much we make each other's blood boil

[@timothyburnett9843]

Wouldn’t mind those conferences structured like that for sure. If we are going to have a playoff, at least have all of them in bowl games. I’m not sure I’m going to like this home field advantage crap. Too much like the NFL and no respect for the traditions of the sport we all grew up loving.

[@legofront0114]

OU fan here. I think I speak for all of us when I say that if we're bringing back both the SWC and the Big 8 we would rather be in the Big 8 and keep our historic rivalries and just play Texas in a midseason out of conference game. That being said if I were in charge of realignment I would resurrect the original Big 12 (1996-2010) instead.

[@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405]

I miss the feel of the old Big 12. It was just a blast back in the day watching all the different conference. The games had a different look, feel, style of play unique to each conference.

[@jamesmorse2169]

Of course OU would prefer that, because the old SWC is hot garbage outside of Texas/A&M. Texas would prefer that too. That's why the Big 12 happened. 😉

[@SnuffyOOO7]

OU and Ok St were members of the SWC, both teams left in the 1920s

[@joshnewman3152]

It’s crazy how great the original Big 12 was and failed.

[@jdwilmoth]

Our only historic rivalries is Nebraska in Texas okie pokie state is not a rivalry it's a charity game

[@franslaw6405]

So back to the way it used to be. I'M ALL IN....

[@charleswebsterjr.6350]

I think eventually it's going to be that way or revert back that way, in a new innovative way.

[@sarahmccoy1941]

You can’t go back.

[@owenherndon3794]

As a cinci fan. We would play Pitt, Louisville, West Virginia, and UCF. Absolutely love it

[@jdwilmoth]

Instead of calling it The Big East they should call it the cream puff conference

[@davidcolmer5448]

very soon all those schools might be in the Big12 anyways...

[@jeanraphael60]

@@jdwilmothoh my lord, shut up

[@terrencenewman5580]

@@jdwilmothbro the BIG 12 already exists.

[@captainspartan04]

@@terrencenewman5580we ain’t big 12. We’re the big east

[@paulmcquerry6815]

This conference structure is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Make it so!

[@davidhart8552]

AMEN!!!

[@dlpaul345]

12 team structure go back to the BCS (use automatic qualifiers): only 12 bowls (new years six plus six) ^^^the smaller schools get the other tv spots (post season) ^^^ separate the P5 from G5 everyone plays 8 con /4 non con games everyone plays block schedule system in con (3 cross div games per yr, then the other 3 the next ) you get no more than 1 sub division (G5 or lower) game per yr and it must be regional freshmen cant: transfer or get nil deals( i mean individual sponsorships) all transfers (except grad) must sit out 1 yr coaches salaries are capped and payed from the same pool (ex: $50 mil per school) human selection committee gets swapped out for a czar/commissioner (voted for by the HCs and ADs) revive BIG EAST (for the most part) SEC: Bama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, MS, Ark / UF, UGA, SC, UK, TN, Vandy ACC: FSU, MIA, GT, Mem, Hou, merge LTech and uL(cajuns) / Clem, NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, VTech BIG10: OSU, uM, MSU, ND, Indy, Pur / NW, ill, WI, Minn, iowa, isu BIG12: UT, OU, OkSU, TAMU, TCU, Bay / Mizz, Kan, K State, Ttech, Co, Neb BIG EAST: uCONN, BC, Syr, PSU, Temple, PITT / Rut, Mary, Lou, WV, Wake, Cincy PAC12: UW, WSU, UO, O State, Cal, Stan / USC, UCLA, AZ, ASU, Utah, Boise (or Hawaii) no independents. all other schools drop to form a new division. MEAC, SWAC, and IVY move up to join them

[@paulmcquerry6815]

@dlpaul345 better than what we have now, for certain

[@sarahmccoy1941]

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@jesselancaster7]

This is the greatest video ever made, I miss so much when the conference you were from told us where you were at

[@Lram2525]

One of my favorite segments you’ve ever done. There is an alternate reality where this is our CFB and it’s just upsetting that instead of this, we are getting these mega conferences where rivalries and regionality now mean nothing.

[@kadenprows8079]

BYU and Utah need to be in the same conference so they can have their rivalry every year, it's one of the most under-appreciated rivalries in the sport

[@joshhenson3757]

What’s cool about this is they can have a protected rivalry. Utah being in the Big 8 means they only have 7 conference games, need 5 more games to fill and one of them can be BYU every year, another could be Utah State. Still have 3 more cupcake teams they can add to the schedule if they wanted. Kind of ideal for them honestly In addition, BYU is independent so they can definitely schedule this one game every single year

[@jamesthegr8er595]

Wait until you find out about the Florida state florida rivalry, or the countless other inter conference rivalries that happen yearly...

[@gibbyshorts458]

Rivalries are come out of conference. Take it from a Kentucky fan who gets to kick Louisvilles ass every year

[@kuznickic1]

Ah yes The Holy War…

[@jimmyjamesjamison2287]

A master class in efficiency and organization

[@tannerlittle3167]

The seven wonders of college football! 💪🏼🏈

[@skoobeedoobee]

This alignment is as close to perfect as it can get.

[@dlpaul345]

12 team structure go back to the BCS (use automatic qualifiers): only 12 bowls (new years six plus six) ^^^the smaller schools get the other tv spots (post season) ^^^ separate the P5 from G5 everyone plays 8 con /4 non con games everyone plays block schedule system in con (3 cross div games per yr, then the other 3 the next ) you get no more than 1 sub division (G5 or lower) game per yr and it must be regional freshmen cant: transfer or get nil deals( i mean individual sponsorships) all transfers (except grad) must sit out 1 yr coaches salaries are capped and payed from the same pool (ex: $50 mil per school) human selection committee is canned for a D1 FBS czar (voted for by the HCs and ADs) revive BIG EAST (for the most part) SEC: Bama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, MS, Ark / UF, UGA, SC, UK, TN, Vandy ACC: FSU, MIA, GT, Mem, Hou, merge LTech and uL(cajuns) / Clem, NC, Duke, NC State, UVA, VTech BIG10: OSU, uM, MSU, ND, Indy, Pur / NW, ill, WI, Minn, iowa, isu BIG12: UT, OU, OkSU, TAMU, TCU, Bay / Mizz, Kan, K State, Ttech, Co, Neb BIG EAST: uCONN, BC, Syr, PSU, Temple, PITT / Rut, Mary, Lou, WV, Wake, Cincy PAC12: UW, WSU, UO, O State, Cal, Stan / USC, UCLA, AZ, ASU, Utah, Boise (or Hawaii) no independents. all other schools drop to form a new division. MEAC, SWAC, and IVY move up to join them

[@joshfisher1299]

​@@dlpaul345PSU seems pretty likely to leave that Big East, maybe Pitt to B1G and ND to Big East.

[@dlpaul345]

​@@joshfisher1299 ND is in the midwest and rivals with uM, while also pairing with Indy and Purdue. PSU pairs with Temple and PITT. a major focus of my realignment is to preserve regionalism, to keep the major powers spread out and to maintain/restore rivalries. each team gets 4 non con games to do whatever they want (almost). PSU can maintain it's new found rivalry w/ OSU as an annual non con game

[@dlpaul345]

@@joshfisher1299 . . . and you cant just focus on the big brands; you have to give the lower brands a chance to capitalize on winning seasons. there's a reason teams like cincy, rutgers, uconn, memphis, and houston only show up like once every 5-10 years, the conferences are unbalanced. they need to have the same conference structure and scheduling rules. this addresses: in conference strength of schedule, fan and student travel, rivalries, teams purposely scheduling cupcakes, and forces more teams to play quality opponents more often in general (all of which equals fewer dips in revenue per game for the greedy pigs and better product for viewers)

[@joshfisher1299]

@dlpaul345 Like I said, PSU would leave this scenario. Also, PSU and ND at one point were also considered rivals. If you are going to force everyone into a conference and not have independents, then ND with OSU and UM will get us into the same situation we're in now. The biggest brands need to be split out amongst conferences relatively evenly.

[@allandeaton5928]

as a husker fan the big 8 isn't the big 8 without OU . that being said I think your onto something.

[@Drollpanther]

Had the big 8 never expanded or broken up fine. But these are the big 12 north teams which was the weakest part of the big 12. As a Mizzou fan this would be miserable

[@maccleezy801]

Utah vs Nebraska sounds kinda cool for some reason

[@xperez14]

​@@Drollpanther the Big8 was one of the if not the perenial conference of that time period, they were also the first conference to have 4 teams with 10+ wins in a season

[@KALICOE]

​@@Drollpanther at the end when Nebraska fell off the south took over before that it was just Texas

[@KALICOE]

​@@xperez14 and I believe Colorado,Nebraska,Oklahoma finished 1,2,3 in the ap rankings

[@calmaxwell4654]

Please God someone put this man in charge

[@Hutch-Hutch-]

ASU fan here, this is the best conference landscape period. Greed is ruining college football in real time. PS. GIVE REGGIE HIS HEISMAN BACK!!!!!

[@alexcuevas5633]

He got it back!!!

[@Hutch-Hutch-]

@@alexcuevas5633 yoooooo!!!!!! The football gods heard all of us! 🙏🏼

[@calebshreve16]

Honestly these conferences work way better for the other sports too other than just football

[@mgway4661]

Geography matters

[@unc0mm0n2]

Almost no one cares about the other sports.

[@calebshreve16]

@@unc0mm0n2 not true but okay 😭. What about basketball? Travel times for basketball is gonna go crazy under these conferences... March Madness gets crazy viewership, and the College World Series gets decent viewership too

[@unc0mm0n2]

@@calebshreve16 basketball will be fine. Baseball is basically one conference that matters. That's like saying wrestling will be terrible travel for the AAC. If those sports made so much money why don't they make any money and have awful viewership. Two sports matter and the decisions should reflect what is best for those two sports (with a major emphasis on football).

[@blakeharrison3972]

Silly Josh, this is far too logical

[@imdominus3477]

"EVERY College Football Conference" 10:12 - "I didn't do the G5"

[@chrissao_502]

The amount of people that don't care for the G5 in ANY manner and think they shouldn't even be in the CFP is INSANE. Liberty played an all G5, no FCS, schedule and went 13-0 with a C-USA Championship, and people acted like Liberty played half of their schedule against high school, JuCo, and NAIA schools. This dude is just feeding into that thought process by dismissing the G5 to such an extent.

[@Prod_Joshua_Tr33]

​@chrissao_502 for real the amount of disrespect I see towards the group of 5 is insane

[@ska187]

@@chrissao_502I mean we have the most recent examples of Appalachian state beating A&M in 2022 and niu beating Notre dame this year. G5 puts out great football and great nfl prospects every year

[@Han-hx7lg]

@@chrissao_502aged well

[@richboii6597]

@@chrissao_502yeah and then liberty goes loses to 1 win Kennesaw State which is the little random school down the street from me that I didn’t even know had a football team.

[@therealanonymous12]

This is the best conference realignment strategy video, I've seen so far.

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

It’s missing like half of the teams though, despite being EVERY CONFERENCE

[@jeulenbach]

This makes so much sense that it will never happen.

[@d.vaughn8990]

I was typing the same identical comment!

[@morefiction3264]

Arkansas wouldn't/didn't want to be the only non Texas team in the SWC either.

[@darronwilliams4641]

Because they used to cheat us

[@rolltide5059]

They did have their glory days while in the SWC. They are more of a mid level team, and conference realignment is making it almost impossible for these mid level teams to rise up and have a good season with a chance at a championship. There is no room to breathe in college football anymore.

[@Texashog11]

Arkansas is top 25 all time despite our recent problems. That’s not mid level despite what an elephant opines.

[@Artic-wolf77]

Why?

[@kylewalker641]

Let’s add Tulne and let OU stay in the Big 8. Or leave out Rice and add OKST.

[@brockfrederick6282]

Everyone who loves college football, loves your idea on these conference alignments.

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

Almost, there’s some classic teams that get left out, and in this concept, otherwise weve would have just seen 180 schools just have their football programs shut down for no reason

[@Cifer77]

Those are some amazing conferences

[@AllAmpedUp088]

Chippewa fan and alum, would love to see you do this for the G5!

[@andrewblakeslee8709]

As a bronco fan I second this

[@michaelchirichella2380]

Memphis alumni thinks this just makes the chip on our shoulder a lot bigger

[@foreverorangegirl44]

@@michaelchirichella2380if there is a scenario where the ACC stays afloat and rebuilds, I can see Memphis being invited, along with Oregon St & Wash St. (might as well make a Western pod, unless the PAC rebuilds also, as they say they intend to). Memphis is a rising program.

[@cmucodemonkey]

Fire up Chips!

[@barryhalfin2382]

I would add Iowa and Byu to the Big 8. Notre Dame to Big 10. Then you got 7 badass conferences.

[@comradewoofie9094]

Notre Dame must remain independent, it's part of our catholic identity 🇻🇦

[@terryfox9344]

Exceptional job. I would go for this in a heartbeat. Interest would be created by the regional rivalries. Furthermore a playoff featuring conference champions, would also create interest and regional pride. Which "virtue is more emotionally important to people, "greed" or "pride"? Ultimately "pride" is more important to people who will, in the long run, spend more money on the sport. Following college sports is an emotional experience and greed is a shallow emotion.

[@dakings1214]

Josh Pate for commissioner ! Great Conferences.

[@chadreyes9672]

I think I would love to see this, but you have to have OU in the big 8 and move Utah and BYU into the same conference. OU and Texas would still play every year like they did pre-big 12 days.

[@_Doodle-bob]

Yo, the SWC and BIG8 would be LIT!!!!

[@drjoshaxe]

This is excellent and would be close to ideal.

[@justhereforthefoliage]

LOVE this content! Want more historical look backs, JP!

[@ScrunchBug22]

I have always said that a team in one conference should play every other team in their own conference every year. It is absurd that these big teams are playing the FCS opponents some weeks and not someone else in their own conference. Heck, in basketball, teams typically play each other twice. I understand the safety concerns of too many games, but smaller conference sizes can ensure that teams don't play too many games. Thank you for stating that!

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

I actually want the power teams on the road to the FCS, and especially on the road to the FCS powers for some classic showdowns

[@WeAre044]

PUT THIS MAN IN CHARGE PLEASE

[@logansmyth4871]

Most logical thing I've heard anyone say in a while

[@thomasmclain5424]

I always find conference realignment fascinating and have worked on my version for years. Pretty good video with an interesting perspective and ideas.

[@melroze]

The TV deals would ruin everything. ESPN/Fox would pay the SEC and Big 10 more than the other conferences and then teams would start to jump ship.

[@tmcobb04]

Just do what Chip Kelly said to do and have all Power conference and possibly even group conference share a single TV contract. Introduce some sort of revenue sharing model that still rewards the bigger schools and school success but still keeps the other schools competative.

[@foreverorangegirl44]

@@tmcobb04 I think you could create a model where the pie is broken up by a formula consisting of: 1) Base, equally divided to all teams 2) % based on viewership + attendance/game 3) % based on weekly rankings (combination of current polls + AI, or NET-style) Post season payouts based on invites & performance/wins. And I think the PARTICIPATING athletes should get a huge amount of the post-season payouts. It would incentivize them to not sit out. (Give equal amounts to those who are out due to injury, but if you CHOOSE to not play, then… no soup for you.)

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

@@tmcobb04Essentially make the CFP contract be the regular season contract?

[@tmcobb04]

@@insertcolorherehawk3761 You could go that route, but if I were in charge the the CFP wouldn’t be a separate entity. It would simply be a part of college football like everything else. All the money made by the CFP would be divided up to the teams that made it with a bonus depending on how far you make it. You could even find a way to divide up money made to other schools on the conferences based on how each conference performs in the playoff.

[@Niquilly]

As a spokesman of the West Virginia fan conglomerate, I approve of these conferences, however I believe in the pit of my being that Mimi and Virginia Tech belong in the big east, I have spoken.

[@foreverorangegirl44]

As an SU alumni, I 💯 agree.

[@RonaldSparks-iw3ou]

Where is Penn State?

[@foreverorangegirl44]

@@RonaldSparks-iw3ouI really wish Penn State was back with SU, but I know that old rivalry will never come back again. 😔

[@jonboxleitner7354]

Put the Big East dream together: Penn State, Pitt, WVU, Syracuse, BC, Rutgers, Miami, VT, Louisville, UConn. Invite back Nova, G-town, Seton Hall, Providence, for B-ball. The BB tournament at MSG would be insane.

[@RonaldSparks-iw3ou]

Dude your 1000% right maybe grab fsu and clemson might have something

[@thomasjeffries6884]

I freaking love this.

[@paulteese4221]

Best episode ever. Stands up to repeat viewing.

[@mallardcutter7209]

Really really great job. Only thing I’d change is get Maryland back in the ACC and send Miami to the Big East.

[@craig3540]

Awesome show, Josh! I couldn't agree more! All hail old-school College Football! I long for those old days when logic and tradition ruled the day!

[@MrGrombie]

I would love to see this...... bring back rivalries. And the USF v UCF game in a power conference would make it HUGE.

[@iansmusz2478]

“All the originals are there” in the big east. I beg to differ. - a VT fan

[@Newtonml]

Utah doesn’t have history with any of the Big 8 teams other than Colorado and is both geographically and culturally farther from the Big8 teams than the PAC teams.

[@georgelucas2571]

Nah Utah and Colorado have always been the odd ones out in the PAC. There’s nothing “Pacific” about them.

[@PaulMurray-pf8mt]

Love it! Conferences that make sense

[@lostaggie66-canderson17]

What about the G5 Conferences: AAC, CUSA, MAC, MWC, SunBelt that would be interesting to see what you would do.

[@ChaddRussell]

ACC should change their name to the American Coastal Conference. That way they can maintain all ACC logos while just changing one word.

[@bulldan2005]

I liked how it was before everybody started leaving the big 12, the longhorn network ruined college football

[@kirkwoita8840]

No the SWC collapse is what killed the conferences as we know it.

[@kyleturner1231]

I'd leave Northwestern in the Big Ten, move Penn State to independent or Big East, and put Maryland back in the ACC. Otherwise completely agree.

[@mauallison7755]

Agree

[@fecat93]

Big Ten vs. Pac 10 Rose Bowl is ALL that matters! Back to 1993!

[@fecat93]

I think Northwestern would drop football if it was forced out of the Big Ten. It would be too hard and expensive to build a schedule even if they played ND, Stanford, Duke, and Illinois every year. How do you find 8 other opponents without having a pseudo-Big Ten schedule?

[@menace081]

I like his idea of removing Vandy and and NW, but a better format would have them form an Academically exclusive conference. The following is a Power 4 and 1 Scholar's conferences: Scholar’s Conference Georgia Tech Tulane Duke Wake Forest Vanderbilt Northwestern Boston College Uconn UCF USF Army Navy   SEC Alabama Auburn Georgia Florida Clemson South Carolina FSU Miami Tennessee Kentucky Louisville Memphis Ole Miss Miss State NC State North Carolina   SWC Texas LSU Oklahoma Oklahoma St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Missouri Arkansas Kansas State Kansas TCU Baylor SMU Houston Arizona Arizona State   Big North Ohio State Michigan Penn State Michigan State Notre Dame Purdue West Virginia Virginia Tech Pitt Cincinnati Indiana Illinois Maryland Virginia Syracuse Rutgers   Big West USC UCLA Oregon Washington Washington St. Oregon State Stanford Cal Nebraska Colorado Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa State Iowa Utah Boise State or BYU

[@colyhope6467]

This is the best conference realignment I have seen the only thing I would do differently is put Northwestern back in the Big Ten and remove South Florida from the Big East and put in Penn State. I'm an old guy and seeing Penn State in the Big Ten and no longer playing Pitt, Syracuse, and West Virginia is something I still can't get my head around.

[@Thetangibletim]

6:15 OU fan here and my heart says big 8 because of history and tradition. Not fearful for the reasons you mentioned. As long as Red River was preserved it would be nice to also have the Nebraska game back.

[@georgelucas2571]

This made me realize how much I miss the original PAC 10. I always felt like the conference started to fall off when they added Utah and Colorado and became the pac 12.

[@M_11_m41n]

To be honest if they were going to bring in Utah they should have brought BYU in with them. I don't care how pissy Stanford or California will get. Or they could have brought in Nevada and UNLV to take advantage of the Las Vegas market.

[@Cooe.]

Shit take is shit. Utah was great in the Pac-12. It was Colorado that absolutely faceplanted for countless years.

[@timnoyb2431]

The "Original" was the Pac 8 (8 true West coast teams); I'm not saying Arizona & ASU can't be there, but they came later to make it the Pac 10.

[@grampajim1595]

I'd add BYU + Colo State to your Big 8 and call it the Central 10

[@thejackbox]

Colorado state is not a power team and shouldn’t be considered one.

[@THEeyepatch11]

​@@thejackbox neither is BYU, last season in the Big XII proved that.

[@MichaelSaline]

12 years ago, neither was TCU or Utah!! Utah fans are such hypocrites!

[@THEeyepatch11]

@@MichaelSaline 12 years ago? How old were you 12 years ago... 0? That was a pathetic reach. Desperation is a stinky deodorant. Hilarious.

[@MichaelSaline]

@@THEeyepatch11 Utah and TCU were in the mountain west before they joined their respective conferences. 12 maybe 13 years ago and they struggled for years to become a winning program in the Pac 12 and TCU in the big 12 but eventually with the time and money they grew up didn’t they all I’m saying is don’t be a freaking hypocrite !!! Give BYU, some time and money that they got and they’ll kick Utahs ass.

[@jimford6478]

This is awesome Josh 🎉

[@michaelgoodrichm.d.85]

Damn!!! You are definitely the smartest guy in the room!!!! I love all of your suggestions!!!!

[@internationalmatt1]

You forgot the Nebraska Oklahoma rivalry of old. OU and NU in the Big 8

[@captainspartan04]

Olkahoma Texas feels bigger than olkahoma Nebraska

[@internationalmatt1]

@@captainspartan04 Now itt does but back in the day- the 70s to the 90s the Ou NU game decided the conference championship almost every year and 9 times the winner went on the be National Champion- OU in 74. 75. 85, and 2000. NU in 70, 71, 94, 95, and 97. The Ou texas match does not stack up to that

[@josephrenfro6071]

​@internationalmatt1 you do realize it's only 1 less national championship right? I wouldnt stay that doesnt stack up. But it is 1 less, sure.

[@internationalmatt1]

@@josephrenfro6071 How do you figure one less? Sooners 74, 75, 85, and 2000. Huskers 70, 71, 94, 95 and 97. That comes to nine so unless you are discounting OU 2000, you are wrong

[@rvail136]

This is way too logical. All conference champions would automatically get invitation to play off. The remaining spots are given to teams according to ranking. 16 team playoff just the rest of CFB divisions do.

[@truckerdavidjr]

He saying there should only be 8 spots in the college football playoff an since in his world there are 7 conferences they get auto bids an then 1 school from a group of 5 would get the last spot. then you have your 8 team playoff that way. There expanding the playoff to 16 teams an i dont like it cause they changing up the rules of the game to were who ever wins the conference gets in the tournament even tho they shouldnt have gotten there. I LOVE the way josh has his college football playoff landscape an I Think thats what should happen!

[@GonzoDuke]

Penn State, Miami and Virginia Tech should be in The Big East.

[@71sml1]

There’s perfectly sane reasons why these old conference you want back are no longer in existence…

[@Sean-gv1nw]

Maryland fan and you’re right, that is upsetting. If not the big 10, we need to be in the ACC.

[@natecoles9542]

I’d swap Maryland with Miami

[@captainspartan04]

Swap Maryland with Virginia tech

[@mgway4661]

@@captainspartan04this

[@foreverorangegirl44]

💯 better than what we have now. As an SU fan, my DREAM Big East would also have Penn St, Miami, and VT. We used to play Maryland often back during Big East years, so it doesn’t feel “weird” to me. But I get it- nobody wants to be in the “Cooties Conference”, so please don’t come at me - I realize my dreams are crazy in today’s world. USF & UCF are great teams, but not a ton of rivalry history there. If the Independents needed a home and we bumped conferences a bit bigger to do so, UConn would make sense to add, and even Vandy would fit well with this footprint if SEC was ready for a change. (And nobody would say no to ND, but I acknowledge that wouldn’t happen.) But even if this proposal had to stay exactly as proposed… this could save the beauty that is the game of college football. Sad that money, greed, and some weak conference “leaders” have brought us to this sad state of affairs. 😢

[@Sean-gv1nw]

@@foreverorangegirl44 love your response but the main reason Maryland should be in the acc is rivalries in basketball. THE event of the year was when Maryland hosted Duke. At my graduation ceremony, three speeches ended with beat/f Duke haha. Maryland is a basketball school and we miss the ACC during basketball season so much. The big east wouldn’t be terrible because they would have an old rival in West Virginia but Maryland football has never had any true rivalries. You’d think Virginia or navy would be our best rivals in football but there’s never been any animosity between the fan groups.

[@dominicd.292]

This is the best segment you have ever done.

[@DarthVader19-77]

Much respect for your desire to realign. I came up with my own as well. 8 divisions of 9. Atlantic--Clemson, Duke, Florida, Florida St, Miami, NC St, No Carolina, So Carolina, Wake Forest Central--Cincinnati, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan St, Notre Dame, Ohio St, Purdue Midwest--Illinois, Iowa, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin Mountain--Arizona, Arizona St, Boise St, BYU, Colorado, Colorado St, Texas Tech, UNLV, Utah Northeast--Boston College, Maryland, Penn St, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, VA Tech, Virginia, West Virginia Pacific--Cal, Oregon, Oregon St, San Diego St, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington St Southeast--Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, GA Tech, LSU, Miss St, Ole Miss, Tennessee, UCF Southwest--Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M

[@paulteese4221]

This video was a breath of fresh air! Thanks, Josh!

[@richardbrooks6369]

I am sorry Josh, the NCAA has decided this makes to much sense and we can not allow things that make sense.

[@michaelfoulkes9502]

I would love to see this. The only thing that I would change is to put Penn State in the Big East, and Notre Dame in the Big 10.

[@shaungriff6268]

Love the idea. Needs tweaking. 7 conferences still hurts your potential playoffs. The problem this year is a team that won there conference was left out. 7 conferences still leaves a debate open for whose in and whose out. 8 conferences is perfect for 8 team playoffs. Win your conference make the playoffs. Simple. No arguing over who got in and who didn't. You don't win your conference your OUT. Plus 8 teams is the right number of teams for a playoff. Any more then that waters down the product. Especially with 8 conferences. Your playoffs consist of the top 8 teams that won their conference and are viying for the College Football Championship. Now how that broken up is open for debate but that's the fix.

[@kirbygamer367]

Love it. Who would you have in mind?

[@wayneorlando960]

This is brilliant. As a guy who played ncaa football, I use to love rearranging the conferences. However, the big 8, big east, and southwest conference where not available. I hope the new college football game will have the old conferences available.

[@foreverorangegirl44]

I don’t play video games, but I understand how highly anticipated this game release is, and how highly-played it is. It would be nice if the powers that be would look at what the fans are creating as their own fantasy scenarios, and allow for those historic conferences (and custom-created ones) in the game. My guess would be that the customization would show FAR more fans creating smaller, regional/historical conferences, than just a Power 2/3. It would be fascinating to look at the data.

[@craigkirsch6750]

Notre Dame and BYU to the Big 8, every conference needs 10 schools.

[@kylewalker641]

BYU and Iowa to the Big 8, add Notre Dame to the Big 10.

[@davesnothere8859]

Iowa was never in the big 8, Joined the big 10(west) in 1899.

[@kevinnicholson2335]

You’re technically right (which is the best kind of right.) But Iowa was in Missouri Valley and Big10 from 1907-1908. So they do have Big 8 ties.

[@matthewjohn1251]

I watched the first 48 seconds of this and I already agree totally w what this guy is saying

[@157performance]

This guy is about to start a war lol. I like his ideas.

[@gav7307]

War on I-4 returns? As a conference game? Got my thumbs up!!! Would love to see this happen, would make college ball SO much more fun to watch. (not that it isn't already)

[@claytonsibley3684]

Vandy is more controversial to me bc their founder was a leader in creating the SEC in the first place. If you take history into account, you can’t remove the school that helped create the conference you’re kicking it out of.

[@AlohaBlockchain]

Vandy doesn't take sports seriously.

[@JamesBond-zd5jx]

The colonists kicked the Brits out of the country. Vandy can be kicked out of the SEC. Just like Tulane.

[@TheMCJ2011]

Vandy isn’t immune to being kicked out of the SEC, and I don’t care about their “academic” representation because if that mattered so much then Georgia Tech would’ve never been kicked out either lol

[@cane870]

Vandy is in the SEC for baseball and their academics. If they weren’t good in one of those they wouldn’t be in.

[@AlohaBlockchain]

@@cane870 Nobody cares about baseball, and if academics mattered, Harvard and Yale would be getting invites.

[@reyhaze5044]

This vid pops up in my feed literally right after I moved FIU to the ACC in my dynasty 😂

[@mikefunderburk7965]

As a 90s kid this felt like therapy. Absolutely nailed it Pate.

[@jimjohnson6599]

Love it!! Everything about it!! 👋👋👋🙌🙌

[@adamsanders2270]

My only change… add Oklahoma and BYU to the Big 8 and call them the Real Big Ten just to make the Big Ten mad.

[@pandemoniumreigns4267]

Josh continues to provide hope for humanity.

[@ObsidianElohim]

Oh man, how could you put OU in that s***** Southwest conference with all those Texas schools and Arkansas? No no, no. We are the kings of the big eight conference and it would be nice to have that Nebraska rivalry in November back

[@ugafan1779]

Great realignment but what about the "lesser" conferences such as MAC, Sun, etc. How would they fit in?

[@padenhaston9516]

Just make this happen. I agree 100000000%. Would’ve done a few different things but this is a million times better than the shit show that we have today with conferences

[@WJayH]

If you had a single TV contact with all "College Football, Inc.," this is easy. If you reset the conferences but have each conference have their own TV contacts, then the process we are on now starts again from from the reset point.

[@pctroner23]

I think Michigan and ND doesn't necessarily need to spend money on advertising because their name sells for itself like other Top Collegiate Schools from their highly announced academics, world-class facilities, etc. Where else, other schools need the advertising locally, national and globally, to announce their brand for unheard ears

[@SpynCycle57]

Because very few people have heard of the University of Alabama, University of Southern California, University of Florida, or The Ohio State University. The advertising that Josh spoke of was not advertising their own school, it's the advertising of commercial products.

[@auchaplainfci8336]

Your re-alignment is so much better than what we have now! I wish this was reality.

[@ralo1001z]

YES, love it. Though it would change the name of the Big 8, I would put Oklahoma and Iowa in there to get every conference to 10, you have spare teams or other teams to fix the gaps I just left in the Big 10 and South West. Everyone in conference plays everyone else is how it should be. I hope you do away with conference championship games. Tell us you playoff scenario, I'm sure it will interest me.

[@billlong8385]

Makes sense for the most part. Each conference, including the "Big 8" should be 10 teams, play 9 conference games plus one cupcake and two from the other major conferences. The problem is the SEC and ESPN who won't relinquish any control and don't realize they are killing the goose that laid the golden egg.

[@thepokemonpowerhouse5562]

Iowa was never in the Big 8

[@VitoIsPuffBunny]

Iowa was a founding member of the big 8. 1907-1911.

[@joelh.cooper5276]

Southwest conference was my dream! It was perfect

[@thaisilverback]

Brilliant, love it, been working on a similar setup for at least 25-years. Going beyond: I would force Norte Dame and Northwestern into your Big 8 Conference and call it the Mid America 10 Conference. I would create an Independent 10 conference and it would include: Boise State, BYU, Colorado State, Massachusetts, Memphis, San Jose State, Tulane, U. Conn, Vanderbilt, and Wyoming; I know, The Traveling Big 10 might be a better name. There is your 16-Team National Championship bracket with the conference champion and runner-up getting in. The winner of the Independent 10 Conference would have the option, repeat option, to trade places with the last place team in any other conference. Any other football program not included among these 80 teams, with a sufficiently good record, would have the option, repeat option, to trade places with the last place team in the independent 10 Conference.

[@kendrickellis8726]

WHO THIS FOR JOSH

[@Niquilly]

Me

[@cadestoneman12]

My Conference Realignment (FBS) 🏈 SEC 1. Alabama Crimson Tide 2. Tennessee Volunteers 3. Georgia Bulldogs 4. Louisiana State Tigers 5. Auburn Tigers 6. Florida Gators 7. Mississippi Rebels 8. Kentucky Wildcats 9. Mississippi State Bulldogs 10. Vanderbilt Commodores Big Ten 1. Ohio State Buckeyes 2. Michigan Wolverines 3. Penn State Nittany Lions 4. Michigan State Spartans 5. Wisconsin Badgers 6. Minnesota Golden Gophers 7. Illinois Fighting Illinois 8. Purdue Boilermakers 9. Indiana Hoosiers 10. Northwestern Wildcats ACC 1. Florida State Seminoles 2. Clemson Tigers 3. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 4. South Carolina Gamecocks 5. North Carolina State Wolfpack 6. North Carolina Tar Heels 7. Maryland Terrapins 8. Virginia Cavaliers 9. Wake Forest Demon Deacons 10. Duke Blue Devils Pac-10 1. USC Trojans 2. Washington Huskies 3. Oregon Ducks 4. UCLA Bruins 5. Stanford Cardinal 6. Arizona Wildcats 7. California Golden Bears 8. Arizona State Sun Devils 9. Oregon State Beavers 10. Washington State Cougars Big East 1. Miami Hurricanes 2. Virginia Tech Hokies 3. Pittsburgh Panthers 4. West Virginia Mountaineers 5. Syracuse Orange 6. Louisville Cardinals 7. Rutgers Scarlet Knights 8. Boston College Eagles 9. UCF Knights 10. Cincinnati Bearcats South West 1. Oklahoma Sooners 2. Texas Longhorns 3. Texas A&M Aggies 4. Arkansas Razorbacks 5. TCU Horned Frogs 6. Baylor Bears 7. Oklahoma State Cowboys 8. Texas Tech Red Raiders 9. Houston Cougars 10. SMU Mustangs Big 8 1. Nebraska Cornhuskers 2. Iowa Hawkeyes 3. Colorado Buffaloes 4. Utah Utes 5. Missouri Tigers 6. Kansas State Jayhawks 7. Iowa State Cyclones 8. Kansas Jayhawks Independent 1. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2. BYU Cougars

[@menace081]

I like the your idea of putting South Carolina with the ACC, they could thrive there, instead of being buried in the SEC. I have a Power 4 (16 team each format) with one exclusively academic conference. I moved LSU to SWC to even the conferences and it works geographically:   SEC Alabama Auburn Georgia Florida Clemson South Carolina FSU Miami Tennessee Kentucky Louisville Memphis Ole Miss Miss State NC State North Carolina   SWC Texas LSU Oklahoma Oklahoma St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Missouri Arkansas Kansas State Kansas TCU Baylor SMU Houston Arizona Arizona State   Big North Ohio State Michigan Penn State Michigan State Notre Dame Purdue West Virginia Virginia Tech Pitt Cincinnati Indiana Illinois Maryland Virginia Syracuse Rutgers   Big West USC UCLA Oregon Washington Washington St. Oregon State Stanford Cal Nebraska Colorado Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa State Iowa Utah Boise State or BYU

[@cameronhart6716]

Duke fan over here. As much as we dislike Maryland, they're a better fit for the ACC. Maryland was in the ACC, Miami was in the Big East, so I propose a simple trade. It'll expand the Big East Florida department and restore most of the ACC founding teams (looking at you, South Carolina).

[@rtdasilva3]

I hate to agree w/ a Dookie, but he's right. MD goes to the ACC & VT or The "u" goes to the Big East.

[@35gattsu]

If I could prognosticate for a moment, I foresee the larger brands within the jumbo conferences having serious squabbles over financials in 6-ish or so years (likely spurred by changing viewing habits, inflexible leadership, and preferred access to a larger playoff system as catalysts), and smaller conferences become the preferred business model again. 10-12 teams per conference, as many as 7 power conferences by 2030, lots of non-conference games per year to satisfy gen z viewing habits (which are yet to be truly determined, but could be a major factor in where the money goes.)

[@kylestevenson6213]

How is it that Boise State is continually passed up for being in a power conference but somehow USF and UCONN get a spot at the table???

[@rossgingerich7759]

Unfortunately money drives all sports. ie: market size....

[@delellis643]

Because both were in a “power” conference before when they were in the Big East. Except for Rice, don’t think he elevated any other current G5 programs in his proposal. Rice too had previously been in a Power Conference, though many years ago.

[@mjohn3126]

In 5 years it’s just gonna be the SEC and Big 10. I really love these conference realignments

[@albertforpresident6022]

I love it. The only problem is that this won’t actually be a reality. 😢 College football has been hijacked. Sad.

[@ndmmt-wu7kz]

Yes. As an ND *and* Rice (grad school) alum, I’d love to see the SWC back.

[@ndmmt-wu7kz]

NO we do NOT want to be in a conference.

[@evanschneider7123]

Oklahoma in SWC doesn’t make sense. OU and Texas played as non conference foes for like the first century of the rivalry. Oklahoma owned the Big 8 and belongs there. 🙋🏼‍♂️OU fan weighing in.