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medinabuckeye1

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« Reply #28 on: July 25, 2022, 10:59:45 AM »
Quote from: WhiskeyM on July 22, 2022, 08:50:34 PM
Instead of 4 pods of 5 it would likely be 5 pods of 4.  This allows more flexibility in scheduling and permanent crossovers.  Winning divisions, or pods, will be a thing of the past anyway.  Everyone is moving toward the top 2 model for a CG.
We'll see. 

The problem, as I see it, for very large conferences is that I think you really need to avoid any possibility of more than two undefeated teams. 

If you have 20 teams playing nine league games the ONLY way to avoid that is to have two groups of 10 with every team playing their nine games against the other nine teams in their "group".

In theory you could still have a CG of the two teams with the best records but that would be strange since there would be literally no games at all between teams from different "groups". At that point I think it makes more sense to call those groups "divisions" and match the two division champions.
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« Reply #29 on: July 25, 2022, 11:15:14 AM »
Ed Zachery!!!

Pods suck
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« Reply #30 on: July 25, 2022, 11:49:37 AM »
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« Reply #31 on: July 25, 2022, 12:20:47 PM »
I like it, but prefer Caddy Shack for golf movies
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« Reply #32 on: July 25, 2022, 12:21:41 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on July 25, 2022, 10:59:45 AM
We'll see.

The problem, as I see it, for very large conferences is that I think you really need to avoid any possibility of more than two undefeated teams.

If you have 20 teams playing nine league games the ONLY way to avoid that is to have two groups of 10 with every team playing their nine games against the other nine teams in their "group".

In theory you could still have a CG of the two teams with the best records but that would be strange since there would be literally no games at all between teams from different "groups". At that point I think it makes more sense to call those groups "divisions" and match the two division champions.
I mean, it’s almost as if 20 – team conferences are not a particularly good way to operate, or something
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« Reply #33 on: July 25, 2022, 12:23:13 PM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on July 25, 2022, 12:21:41 PM
I mean, it’s almost as if 20 – team conferences are not a particularly good way to operate, or something
Or 16

Or 14

Maybe 12.

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« Reply #34 on: July 25, 2022, 01:21:52 PM »
maybe 10 if you have 9 conference games
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« Reply #35 on: July 25, 2022, 01:27:29 PM »
9 or 10 is ideal to me.  Full roundrobin, no CCG.

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« Reply #36 on: July 25, 2022, 01:34:48 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on July 25, 2022, 01:27:29 PM
9 or 10 is ideal to me.  Full roundrobin, no CCG.
Quote from: bayareabadger on July 25, 2022, 12:21:41 PM
I mean, it’s almost as if 20 – team conferences are not a particularly good way to operate, or something
Quote from: FearlessF on July 25, 2022, 11:15:14 AM
Ed Zachery!!!

Pods suck
Personally I don't disagree but that ship sailed and we aren't going back. 
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« Reply #37 on: July 25, 2022, 01:35:40 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on July 25, 2022, 01:34:48 PM
Personally I don't disagree but that ship sailed and we aren't going back.
what p5 conference is using pods this season?
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« Reply #38 on: July 25, 2022, 01:37:48 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 25, 2022, 01:35:40 PM
what p5 conference is using pods this season?
I meant we aren't going back to nine, 10, 11, 12, or even 14 team conferences. 

None of the P5 are using pods NOW, but for now they all have 14 or less members. That is about to change. 
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« Reply #39 on: July 25, 2022, 01:44:15 PM »
I agree, but there's no good reason for it.
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« Reply #40 on: July 26, 2022, 08:50:02 AM »
I don't pine for impossible things.

Or even very very unlikely things.

Not happening.
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« Reply #41 on: July 26, 2022, 09:05:39 AM »
I've been hearing talk of pods, probably since the Big 12 was formed - decades

until it happens I''l root against it
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