Comments on: Big East Divisions: Temple Gets Screwed in Unwieldy West

By: Wide Word of Sport (?)

Wide Word of Sport (?) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:43:54 +0000

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1986/

Yeah, Rams and Cardinals had excuses, but New Orleans and Atlanta have some ‘splainin’ to do.

By: Wide Word of Sport (?)

Wide Word of Sport (?) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:41:28 +0000

Dallas, Arizona = NFC East
New Orleans, Atlanta, Carolina = NFC West
Tampa Bay = NFC Central

A lot of that is because of teams moving, right? Arizona was in St.L, and St.L in the West, was in LA (I think… it’s been a long fucking day)

By: knifeyspoony

knifeyspoony — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:08:21 +0000

the old NFL divisions were all fucked, geographically speaking.

Dallas, Arizona = NFC East
New Orleans, Atlanta, Carolina = NFC West
Tampa Bay = NFC Central

By: ms621

ms621 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:00:28 +0000

As bad as this is, poorly thought out geography in sports conferences used to be even more common. The Braves, for example, were in the NL West for several years.

By: NinoBrown

NinoBrown — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:54:35 +0000

So what is worse, the numerically challenged conference names, or the geographically challenged conference names?

By: Milk Steak To Go

Milk Steak To Go — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:49:34 +0000

OK, so Linda Cohn’s been replaced by Rick reilly on the top bar. What the hell. How about Ryan Braun’s girlfriend?

By: KC Resident

KC Resident — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:48:17 +0000

Actually, it will be until Rick Pitino lets go of his Big East fetish. He is the #1 impediment to Louisville and the Big 12 at present. Jay

Odd. That conference should be unrecognizable to him from his early days.

By: HtownHacker

HtownHacker — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:46:40 +0000

Actually, it will be until Rick Pitino lets go of his Big East fetish. He is the #1 impediment to Louisville and the Big 12 at present.

He will always have a place in his heart for little Providence College, thankfully.

By: Patrick Division

Patrick Division — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:45:54 +0000

This is like when the Atlanta Falcons were in the NFC West.

Or like having Dallas in the NFC East, when everyone knows that TEXAS IS IN THE SOUTH.

By: Milk Steak To Go

Milk Steak To Go — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:45:06 +0000

Actually, it will be until Rick Pitino lets go of his Big East fetish. He is the #1 impediment to Louisville and the Big 12 at present.

I thought they already told him that football is where the real money is, right before Mitch McConnell was going to introduce a bill mandating the Big 12 take Louisville.

/2nd part may not be true.

By: Jay V Of Considerable Influence

Jay V Of Considerable Influence — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:43:25 +0000

There are parts of Michigan that are closer to St. Louis than Detroit.

There are parts of Kentucky that are closer to St. Louis than Louisville.

/shrugs

By: ABob1086

ABob1086 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:43:18 +0000

How in the world does this make sense for sports not called football? I’m sure soccer, baseball, and softball coaches thrilled. Which big school will be the first to drop other sports due to the costs associated with these insane travel distances?

While your point is no less true, it’s worth noting that Boise and SDSU aren’t joining the Big East in anything but football.

By: Jay V Of Considerable Influence

Jay V Of Considerable Influence — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:42:19 +0000

I can see that, but Louisville is gone as soon as the Big 12 realizes it was a stupid idea not to have a conference championship game.

Actually, it will be until Rick Pitino lets go of his Big East fetish. He is the #1 impediment to Louisville and the Big 12 at present.

By: KC Resident

KC Resident — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:41:09 +0000

I don’t know if the stupidity of that decision has been determined yet. It may be a smarter decision for the 2 team BCS championship than the upcoming system. Htown

The Big 12 is definitely in a wait and see mode right now.

By: The Wayne Fontes Safari

The Wayne Fontes Safari — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:40:32 +0000

I would have bet any amount of money that this was ridiculously untrue, and would have lost that money. that’s astounding.

There are parts of Michigan that are closer to St. Louis than Detroit.

By: ms621

ms621 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:40:04 +0000

This is the thanks that Temple gets? The Big East came crawly back to Temple after unceremoniously booting them from the conference.

The question remains though: what exactly are they going to do about it? It’s not as though there are better conference offers out there for them.

By: Jim Harbaugh Scramble

Jim Harbaugh Scramble — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:38:16 +0000

This is the thanks that Temple gets? The Big East came crawly back to Temple after unceremoniously booting them from the conference.

By: NinoBrown

NinoBrown — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:37:10 +0000

This is like when the Atlanta Falcons were in the NFC West.

By: HtownHacker

HtownHacker — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:37:00 +0000

I can see that, but Louisville is gone as soon as the Big 12 realizes it was a stupid idea not to have a conference championship game.

I don’t know if the stupidity of that decision has been determined yet. It may be a smarter decision for the 2 team BCS championship than the upcoming system.

By: ms621

ms621 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:35:52 +0000

I can see that, but Louisville is gone as soon as the Big 12 realizes it was a stupid idea not to have a conference championship game.

It doesn’t really matter as technically all conferences will be on the same playing field once the playoff begins.

It was really hard to suppress laughter while writing the above.