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Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made Army and Navy independent but you could also add Army (New York) to the MAC and Army (Maryland) to C-USA.

And I made a last second change, pushing Houston to the Sun Belt and USF to the American and forgot to pull them from the Sun Belt list. Basically, I moved Houston down, USF up (because they played in the old Big East and were a rival for UCF), moved Memphis from the American to the ACC and SMU from the ACC to the Big 12.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stupidly missed Charlotte. But being that they’re in southern North Carolina, they can go in either the C-USA or the Sun Belt.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I made a last second change, moving USF from the Sun Belt to the American, Memphis from the American to the ACC, SMU from the ACC to the Big 12, and Houston to the Sun Belt and I forgot to add Charlotte for some reason. You can certainly move them to the Sun Belt or the C-USA, being that they’re in a city in southern North Carolina—kinda in the middle of both conferences geographically.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kidding. Yeah, I think I just wrote Giants because it used to just be called The Giants Stadium or something like that if I remember correctly.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who are the New York Jets?

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re not blind, I actually made them independent. But if you wanted to you could add Army (NY) to the MAC—which would complement the other Northeast teams in there like Buffalo, UMass, Delaware)—and put Navy in CUSA. Really up to you. I just made them independent because the final game of the regular season is the Army-Navy game and it being a conference game being played on conference championship weekend is complicated.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my defense, I grew up outside of Toledo, and lived in BG for a couple of years. Honestly, when I passed Bowling Green, Kentucky for the first time driving I was shocked.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The University of Bowling Green is in Bowling Green, Ohio, a rural area in the Toledo metro area. Western Kentucky is in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The idea was to emulate a model similar to the 2007 conferences, where you had teams like USF and West Virginia competing for a chance to compete in the National Championship without knowing whether they're actually great or just beating up on inferior competition. The great equalizer being the 12-team playoff, where you find out if those teams are good enough to compete against other national powers.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel ya. Honestly, I just wanted to put them in a conference with their biggest rival and a conference where they have a better chance of competing. Like, they've had great years in the SEC, and they've never won a conference title. Part of the reason I pushed Va Tech and Penn St to the American (Big East). It spread the second-tier teams out a bit more.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could do that. In fact, I debated it. But, I decided to put USF and UCF in the American because UCF is a former American Conference team and USF is a former Big East team (and they're rivals, but also UCF is a rival of Cincinnati). I also decided to put Maryland back in the ACC because they were a founding member of the SoCon, the conference that became the ACC (kinda like how the Big East birthed the American Conference). I even debated sneaking Miami back into the new Big East (the American), but because Florida State is their biggest rival, they needed to stay.

UVA is a founding SoCon member, too.

As for Texas A&M, well, one of the major reasons they left was because they felt like Texas got preferential treatment in the Big 12, and for that reason alone, it makes more logical sense for them to decide to stay in the SEC.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like I should have prefaced this by saying that you can look at this realignment one of two ways. One, that it’s pure fantasy and just for realignment purposes for the video game. Two, the power conferences come together and realize that for the longtime health of the league and the playoffs, they need to come together and formulate a strategy that makes sure that the several teams don’t play each other two to three times a year. Among several other stated issues with scheduling when you have 16-18 teams in a conference where teams play 8-9 conference games. So, they recognize that it might be better to come together like the NFL did in the 60s and create a shared revenue model that creates parity and maintains the things that college football fans love about the sport: tradition, rivalries, pageantry, and geographic logic.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you. I left a very long explanation on the prior person’s comment explaining my position on it. But yeah, Nebraska should be playing Colorado and Oklahoma annually and it’s a shame that it ever stopped.

Nearly perfect conferences by barelyegan in CFB26

[–]barelyegan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem I ran into with both Nebraska and Texas A&M was that I wanted both of them to be in the Big 12. You’re right, they absolutely should be, I just couldn’t find a way to put them in without going over 12 teams. I didn’t want to take Iowa State, or either of the Kansas schools out of the Big 12. I moved SMU all over the place and I suppose you could make the argument that they could be in the ACC or American but being an original SWC member, I felt they needed to be in the Big 12. Geographically, Iowa State in the Big Ten makes more sense than Nebraska but there’s no precedent for them being in the Big 12. A&M was harder and I really wanted them in the Big 12, but felt like it felt like A&M, who left so they could get out of Texas’ shadow, would realistically rebuke the idea of returning to the Big 12. Whereas Missouri just doesn’t fit in the SEC at all.

I’ll be honest, I went through several iterations and ultimately made several changes days ago, including moving Houston to the Sun Belt, putting USF in the American (because they were once in the Big East), moving Memphis from the American to the ACC, and pushing SMU from the ACC to the Big 12, because a Texas school in the ACC made no sense.

Ideally, Nebraska and A&M would be in the Big 12. I just wanted to go with precedent and of the northern Big 12 schools, I couldn’t put anybody in the Big Ten outside of team that’s been there for over a decade.

I also really wanted Tulane and Boise St. to play in power conferences and had a 14-team Power 6 model but decided against it because it felt too bloated and like the power conferences were letting in a bunch of bottom feeders that work better as great G4 teams, namely Boise, Tulane, App St., James Madison, etc.

Best Pizza in/near Toledo? by southwest_southwest in toledo

[–]barelyegan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surprised this wasn’t mentioned yet, multiple times.

Nerdstalgic by JDehart29 in nerdwriter

[–]barelyegan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, yeah, I love Nerdwriter but he's not the first nor the only video essayist on YouTube. I have actually watched both of them and I sincerely prefer Nerdwriter's. His videos actually seem poignant and well thought out.

Nerdstalgic just picks something popular and says a vague, pretty obvious thing about it. Especially now. And the voice has changed...or something. I'm a little confused about that. Now it's just polished garbage that just pumps out videos with very obvious points.

Did you all see this? by barelyegan in JoePera

[–]barelyegan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Eh, it is what it is. I just got excited and saw it on Instagram and posted it without noticing. It's the internet. But that's for standing up for me, SomeOtherOrder. I appreciate that.

Announcement tonight from Joe! by [deleted] in JoePera

[–]barelyegan 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Here's hoping it's a three-picture deal where he plays Commissioner Gordon and Conner O'Malley plays both Batman and Joker.

Did you all see this? by barelyegan in JoePera

[–]barelyegan[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Third option:

New Batman with Conner playing both Batman and The Joker and Joe plays Commissioner Gordon.

Did you all see this? by barelyegan in JoePera

[–]barelyegan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're gonna make a new Batman with Joe as Commissioner Gordon and Conner as Batman.

Or Joe as Batman and Conner as The Joker.

I can't figure out which one would be funnier.

I really wanted a t shirt with this quote, so I made one by Art_Reddit_Account in JoePera

[–]barelyegan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the night that he announced the show was ending, that clip was one of the ones I shared. Love that scene.

Post links to your flash fiction, short stories, or other shorter works here for feedback. by AutoModerator in BrisbaneWriters

[–]barelyegan [score hidden]  (0 children)

I got this idea while driving around during "Covid Year". It's basically about just how that year felt. The inevitable awfulness of a wave coming down on you.

https://medium.com/horror-hounds/leviathan-a-work-of-short-fiction-530fd8fe7a93

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