Will you use Custom Conferences in light of the real-life changes?

[JBHuskers]

Even though the changes won't take effect until next year, will you still make changes?

I think I'm going to for my TeamBuilder dynasty, but that is it.

I'm creating Nebraska Tech and going to move them and Nebraska into the Big Ten. I'm going to make my school a one-star or two-star school, even though they're going to be in the Big Ten.

Here's what I'm planning on doing.

Entering Big Ten - Nebraska, Nebraska Tech
Leaving Big Ten - Northwestern, Indiana

Entering Big XII - Indiana
Entering MAC - Northwestern

Leaving MAC (and the NCAA) - Eastern Michigan

Those are what immediately impact my TeamBuilder Team....I may look to move around other schools too, or I may just leave it at that.

[griffin2608]

http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/mar...6NmRWX1E&hl=en

Here is a little spread sheet I made to reflect the conference changes. All you have to do is cut and paste the teams to simulate what you will have to do in the game. Just remember that you have to swap teams 1:1 every conference must have the same number of teams it began with.

[HWill]

The changes don't really affect my Teambuilder Team because it's in SEC country, but for my offline dynasty, i'm using Ohio State, so i'll probably just switch out Nebraska for Indiana.

[griffin2608]

I'm going to try to swap the MAC with the Big 10, the pac 10 with the Big 12, and move some teams around to make it work. I know this is going to screw up the bowl bids but I am going to try it first by simulating a few seasons to see how it plays out.

[hillbill]

Is that how you would be able to have 12 teams in the Big Ten? This would be fun, but probably a lot of work...

[Solidice]

for my single player OD, I planned on possibly playing as San Diego State and rearranging the MWC a little(and basically butchering the WAC ).

replacing New Mexico(worst team in the MWC ratings wise) for Boise State. Also, possibly bringing over Frenso St.(who is a rival of both Boise and SDSU), and replace Wyoming. thought about also replacing UNLV with Nevada, but UNLV is also a rival of SDSU, so I'm not sure if I want to do that. and I want to keep Colorado State and Air Force in. may not be BCS tough ratings wise, but it should be a fun dynasty. if conference invites are in OD, I'll be able to eventually to get to the Pac-10, but if not, the MWC should be competitive with Boise, Utah, TCU, and BYU as the top teams. Fresno being in Cali, could pull some good seasons as well. I possibly could go further and knock AF and CSU out and bring in Houston and SMU in. that would make SDSU(72 Ovr) the worst team and the next closest team being Fresno St.(78 ovr).

so my most likely line-up would be:
Boise State (93)
TCU (90)
BYU(86)
Utah (86)
Fresno State (78)
Colorado State (76)
Air Force (75)
San Diego State (72)
UNLV (71)

other possible teams:
Nevada (79)
Houston (80)
SMU (78)

[griffin2608]

Yea actually you would have 13 teams in the big 10 so I added rutgers and the championship game would be in detriot so I think it will be kind of cool.

[souljahbill]

Nope.

*Copy. Paste. Roll out.*

Take a look (and laugh hysterically) at my conference realignment and you'll see how "unrealistic" my dynasties are from the very start.

Note: The only school I couldn't fit in perfectly geographically was Ball State so I created a team and used Ball State as the model.

Sun Belt

1. Memphis
2. Vanderbilt
3. Middle Tennessee St.
4. Alabama-Birmingham
5. Troy
6. Florida International
7. Florida Atlantic
8. South Florida
9. Central Florida

C-USA

East Division
1. Arkansas
2. Arkansas St.
3. UL-Monroe
4. UL-Lafayette
5. Louisiana Tech
6. Tulane

West Division
1. Baylor
2. Houston
3. Rice
4. Southern Methodist
5. Texas Christian
6. North Texas

Mountain West

1. UTEP
2. New Mexico
3. New Mexico St.
4. Colorado
5. Colorado St.
6. Wyoming
7. Utah
8. Utah St.
9. BYU

WAC

1. Arizona
2. Arizona St.
3. Boise St.
4. Idaho
5. Fresno St.
6. San Diego St.
7. San Jose St.
8. Nevada
9. UNLV

Pac-10

1. Alaska Tech (Created school with Ball St. template)
2. Hawaii
3. USC
4. UCLA
5. Cal
6. Stanford
7. Oregon
8. Oregon St.
9. Washington
10. Washington St.

ACC

Coastal
1. Maryland
2. East Carolina
3. Marshall
4. West Virginia
5. Virginia
6. Virginia Tech

Atlantic
1. North Carolina
2. North Carolina St.
3. Duke
4. Wake Forest
5. Clemson
6. South Carolina

Big East

1. Boston College
2. Temple
3. Penn St.
4. Pittsburgh
5. Syracuse
6. Buffalo
7. Rutgers
8. UConn

MAC

East Division
1. Michigan
2. Michigan St.
3. Eastern Michigan
4. Central Michigan
5. Western Michigan
6. Bowling Green
7. Toledo

West Division
1. Ohio
2. Ohio St.
3. Cincinnati
4. Miami (OH)
5. Akron
6. Kent St.

Independants

1. Army
2. Navy
3. Air Force

Big 10

1. Kentucky
2. Louisville
3. Western Kentucky
4. Illinois
5. Northern Illinois
6. Northwestern
7. Minnesota
8. Wisconsin
9. Indiana
10. Notre Dame
11. Purdue

SEC

East Division
1. Florida
2. Florida St.
3. Miami
4. Georgia
5. Georgia Tech
6. Tennessee

West Division
1. Alabama
2. Auburn
3. Ole Miss
4. Mississippi St.
5. Southern Miss
6. LSU

Big 12

North Division
1. Kansas
2. Kansas St.
3. Nebraska
4. Missouri
5. Iowa
6. Iowa St.

South Division
1. Texas
2. Texas A&M
3. Texas Tech
4. Oklahoma
5. Oklahoma St.
6. Tulsa

[JBHuskers]

The changes don't really affect my Teambuilder Team because it's in SEC country, but for my offline dynasty, i'm using Ohio State, so i'll probably just switch out Nebraska for Indiana.

That seems to be a popular choice.

I wanted to go into the Big Ten with my team, and wanted to have Nebraska as a natural rival. That's why I did some musical chairs with it. Decided to give EMU the axe since they're the worst team in the game basically (ranking-wise).

[JBHuskers]

Nope.

*Copy. Paste. Roll out.*

Is that similar to stop, drop and roll?

[souljahbill]

That seems to be a popular choice.

I wanted to go into the Big Ten with my team, and wanted to have Nebraska as a natural rival. That's why I did some musical chairs with it. Decided to give EMU the axe since they're the worst team in the game basically (ranking-wise).

I looked at a map earlier today and I had no idea how close Eastern Michigan is to the Univ. of Michigan in terms of proximity. It's basically right down the street.

[souljahbill]

Is that similar to stop, drop and roll?

Well, if I were on fire, I wouldn't copy, paste, and roll out.

[AustinWolv]

I looked at a map earlier today and I had no idea how close Eastern Michigan is to the Univ. of Michigan in terms of proximity. It's basically right down the street.

Indeed it is. And very different. Yspi is more.....urban.....than Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor is picturesque college town, while Ypsi is.......not.
I stayed with my cousin, who had a condo on outskirts of Ypsi, for my last semester at UM. It is pretty close.


And no, I won't bother with changing the confs around.

[griffin2608]

http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/mar...xd1VveHc&hl=en

This is what my conferences are going to look like. I still have some adjusting to do, but you get the idea.

[Kwizzy]

I would if I could alter the number of teams in each conference but since I would have to replace schools I most likely will not.

[souljahbill]

http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/mar...xd1VveHc&hl=en

This is what my conferences are going to look like. I still have some adjusting to do, but you get the idea.

Are you going to give us your log in and password?

[JBHuskers]

Well, if I were on fire, I wouldn't copy, paste, and roll out.

yeah don't get the two confused.

[griffin2608]

Are you going to give us your log in and password?

I was wondering if the site would ask for that. I guess I am stumpped I dont know how to publish it any other way, which sucks.

[JBHuskers]

I think in the end I'll do some more shifting to put Colorado and Utah in the Pac 10....move Boise to the MWC, so maybe put Washington State in the WAC, maybe Colorado State in the Big 12. I think that satisfies all moves.

[HawkFan]

I have been debating this a lot over the past couple of days and I still can not make up my mind on whether to do it or not. My big sticking point on not wanting to change things around to drastically is because the CPU will not recognize the conference changes in terms of bowls and bcs invites and by putting someone like Ohio State in MAC with a bunch of other good teams is going to make it really hard for them to reach the title game. That's my dilemma with it.