Come up with a new name for the Big 10

(laughter) That's very good! ...and this way, the eventual "Major College Playoff"-format might ultimately be expressed as an equation, too.
As for NAMING the conferences, I see where CaliZona is going with this, further elaborating on that pompous "Legends" and "Heroes" thing the (formerly referred to as) Big Ten commissioner came up with for naming their two new divisions--frankly, though, I don't think either he or IT ought to be further developed or encouraged in this regard...of course, "The Big Ten-Well-Not-Really-But-We're-Sure-As-Hell-Not-Going-To-Trade-Off-With-THEM" and "The Big Twelve-Who-Said-WE-Were-Interested" aren't likely to catch on either--and as E- points out, this isn't all done "shaking out" yet.
"The PAC-Integer-To-Be-Determined" is already kind of a tradition out there--I remember when we had to get used to not calling it "The Pac Eight" anymore, but until now they'd always kept the number accurate, at least.
I'd feel a little more confidently smug about "The SEC" if we hadn't been flirting with Texas A&M this past year when it looked like "The Big Twelve-Minus-Nebraska-And-Maybe-Missouri-Too" threatened to implode. I mean, fun (and possibly a windfall, recruiting-wise) as it may be to consider, there MUST be a limit to how far we can stretch the definition of "SouthEAST"--Arkansas was already pushing it, but can we in good conscience really extend that line across the Mississippi?
What am I saying?!! Of COURSE we can!!!

Digging up some old threads?