Friday, August 26, 2011

Let's Realign the Conferences...Part Four, The Stadium Capacity Strategy

People love complaining about the conference structure in college football. Sure, there are some strange combinations, and long roadtrips, but it could be worse. And I'm here to show you how worse(or awesome) it could be.

Part 4: Stadium Size!

Enough with stadium diversity, it's time to line up the big boys with the big boys. I really have nothing else to say about this...it's pretty self-explanatory.

The Big Dog Conference: Now, this is a conference. All giant stadiums, and all solid programs. This is a dream conference fro college football fans everywhere.

Michigan (109,901)
Penn State (107,282)
Ohio State (102,329)
Tennessee (102,037)
Alabama (101,821)
Texas (100,119)
USC (93,607)
Georgia (92,746)
LSU (92,542)
UCLA (92,542)
Florida (88,548)
Auburn (87,451)

The Medium Dog Conference: This is a pretty damn good conference as well. A lot of national championships can be found with this group. Pretty dirty too.

Texas A&M (83,002)
Florida State (82,300)
Oklahoma (82,112)
Nebraska (81,067)
Notre Dame (80,795)
Wisconsin (80,321)
Clemson (80,301)
South Carolina (80,250)
Arkansas (76,000)
California (75,662)
Miami (75,504)
Michigan State (75,005)

The Pro-Stadium Conference: Yes, there's a reason why Tulane, Temple, and USF are this high on the list. The pro stadiums give the squads a bit of a boost in conference realignment, even though they should be nowhere near this.

Washington (72,500)
Arizona State (71,706)
UAB (71,594)
Missouri (71,004)
Iowa (70,585)
San Diego State (70,561)
Rice (70,000)
Tulane (69,703)
Temple (68,532)
Kentucky (67,606)
Virginia Tech (66,233)
USF (65,857)

The Rival Conference: Some good rivalries remain intact here. Pitt-WVU, UNC-NC STATE-UVA, Texas Tech-Oklahoma State, Purdue-Illinois, BYU-Ole Miss...well, maybe not that one.

Pittsburgh (65,050)
BYU (63,725)
Purdue (62,500)
Memphis (62,380)
Virginia (61,500)
Illinois (60,600)
Mississippi (60,580)
Texas Tech (60,454)
Oklahoma State (60,218)
West Virginia (60,000)
North Carolina (60,000)
NC State (57,583)

The Basketball Conference: Some solid basketball programs here, including numerous former National Champs. Now, all we need is Larry Eustachy and some Natty Ice.

Louisville (56,000)
Arizona (56,000)
Mississippi State (55,082)
Iowa State (55,000)
Georgia Tech (55,000)
Oregon (53,800)
Colorado (53,750)
Air Force (52,480)
Rutgers (52,454)
Indiana (52,180)
UTEP (52,000)
Maryland (51,500)

The One with the Trip to Hawaii Conference: Looks like tuition at Syracuse just skyrocketed.

Minnesota (50,805)
Kansas (50,300)
Kansas State (50,071)
Baylor (50,000)
East Carolina (50,000)
Hawaii (50,000)
Stanford (50,000)
Northwestern (49,256)
Syracuse (49,250)
TCU (46,000)
Oregon State (45,674)
UCF (45,301)

The All-American Travel Conference: We are going New England, Southwest, Mid-Atlantic, Northwest, Midwest...basically everywhere but the Southeast.

Utah (45,017)
Boston College (44,500)
New Mexico (42,000)
Vanderbilt (41,448)
Fresno State (41,031)
Army (40,000)
Connecticut (40,000)
Marshall (38,019)
UNLV (36,800)
Southern Miss (36,000)
Tulsa (35,542)
Washington State (35,117)

The Pathetic AQ School Conference: Cincy, Duke, and Wake should all be booted from AQ status. You can't even have a 40,000+ seat stadium? Pathetic!

Cincinnati (35,097)
Navy (35,000)
Colorado State (34,400)
Duke (33,941)
Boise (33,500)
Wyoming (32,580)
SMU (32,000)
Houston (32,000)
Wake Forest (31,500)
Louisiana-Lafayette (31,000)
Middle Tennessee State (31,000)
Arkansas State (30,964)

The Safety School Conference: So, you can't get into that reach school? Well, here are all your backups...all in one conference.

North Texas (30,850)
Louisiana Tech (30,600)
San Jose State (30,456)
Louisiana-Monroe (30,427)
New Mexico State (30,343)
Utah State (30,257)
Western Michigan (30,200)
Eastern Michigan (30,200)
Central Michigan (30,199)
Akron (30,000)
Troy (30,000)
Nevada (29,993)

The MAC Conference? Yeah, pretty much.

Buffalo (29,013)
Toledo (26,248)
Northern Illinois (25,500)
Kent (25,000)
Miami (OH) (24,286)
Ohio (24,000)
Bowling Green (23,724)
FIU (23,500)
Ball State (22,500)
Western Kentucky (22,000)
FAU (20,450)
Idaho (16,000)

Part 1 can be found here.
Part 2 can be found here.
Part 3 can be found here.