The conferences are apx a dozen years out of date. Over the years, they have not been updated because it would **** off people - especially folks who have reach upper DI and care about the conference they are in.

NOW may be a singular opportunity to update the conferences.

1. DI population is down. 3.0 has led to some departures. May lead to mine, but I'm still giving it a fair try. With lower DI population, there are fewer people to get ****** off. And, numbers of BCS schools are empty.

2. conference strength matters less than before. When conference $$ was a big deal, changing conferences put peoples expectations at risk. No more.

3. conference chat and community is down - because of #1 and #2, at least in DI there is less community in each conference

4. I dont think that - generally, no doubt there are exceptions - people are as wedded to DII and DIII conferences as they are at DI.

5. dont depart from 12 team conferences - lots of stuff depends on that - dont even think about changing that - reallign as best one can with that constraint.

NOW, we are in a game where the staff cant fix the list of champions. Cant solve the glitch that shows just 10 teams being considered in alpha order, even if there is a low team that has offered a schollie and is lurking. that cant find time to follow up on the steps they said they were working on in November 2016......SO, odds of action soon seem low.

But, what do folks think - if not now, when?

Not a priority. They'll never be perfect, they're close enough to accurate, and I enjoy the what-iffy anamolies like Hawai'i being in the Pac.

(That said, note to WIS, add the glottal stop to Hawai'i.)

No. I'm sure there are conferences where people like to compete against one another. Move a Maryland, Nebraska, etc and those rivalries are lost. And possibly some users quit. There's nothing to be gained but aesthetics. Don't like Maryland in the ACC? Don't play in the ACC or B10 to protest.

It's kind of a bummer that UT-Arlington is in the Southland conference instead of the #FunBelt, but not a big enough deal for me to want WIS to prioritize this over other issues.

I think it should be a high priority fd343ny and you make several good points. This is 2017 the last time I checked not 1999. Like kcsundevil said they will never be perfect with the need to have 12 in each conference but some simple swaps would help the bring the game out of the last century. 3 easy fixes: Swap Maryland and Notre Dame. Swap Utah and Hawaii. Do a 3 way swap of Colorado, TCU, and Fresno St.

Posted by bofreedom on 7/28/2017 3:44:00 PM (view original):
I think it should be a high priority fd343ny and you make several good points. This is 2017 the last time I checked not 1999. Like kcsundevil said they will never be perfect with the need to have 12 in each conference but some simple swaps would help the bring the game out of the last century. 3 easy fixes: Swap Maryland and Notre Dame. Swap Utah and Hawaii. Do a 3 way swap of Colorado, TCU, and Fresno St.

Be honest - how often do you check what year it is?

Yearly?

What year is it anyway?

Not a priority. It would be nice if there would be a way to update it without ******* off more owners, but I think you have to leave it where it's at. Plus I think there is some history/rivalry there with Maryland being in the ACC. I have a feeling a lot of the old timers that followed college athletics, over a span of decades, might prefer the conferences being left alone.

Posted by Arfy on 7/28/2017 5:54:00 PM (view original):
What year is it anyway?

Hawai'i is in the Pac. Welcome to the future!

I'd be all for DI realignment

I remember complaining for a time about my alma mater, South Florida, not being in the Big East (as they are in GD.) However, when I joined WIS they were still in Conference USA and are now in the American. Wait long enough and, if they actually approach their football potential, will possibly be one of the last schools to get into the Power 5 (based mainly on location) when those conferences inevitably do a final expansion to 16.

Point being, if you make an update now, it will look just as obsolete in 15 years as the current HD conference alignment does now...if you assume HD is still around in 15 years.

Just leave it as it is.