The IFL Alignment Game!
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The IFL Alignment Game!
Make your guesses as to how this league will be aligned.
My entry:
INTENSE CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Alaska
Billings
Everett
Fairbanks
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
Abilene
El Paso
Odessa
San Angelo
MIDWEST DIVISION
Colorado
Omaha
Sioux City
Wichita
UNITED CONFERENCE
NORTHEAST DIVISION
Lehigh Valley
Maryland
Rochester
Saginaw
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
CenTex
Corpus Christi
Frisco
Louisiana
CENTRAL DIVISION
Bloomington
Muskegon
RiverCity
Sioux Falls
My entry:
INTENSE CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Alaska
Billings
Everett
Fairbanks
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
Abilene
El Paso
Odessa
San Angelo
MIDWEST DIVISION
Colorado
Omaha
Sioux City
Wichita
UNITED CONFERENCE
NORTHEAST DIVISION
Lehigh Valley
Maryland
Rochester
Saginaw
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
CenTex
Corpus Christi
Frisco
Louisiana
CENTRAL DIVISION
Bloomington
Muskegon
RiverCity
Sioux Falls
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My take, it makes uneven divisions (5 in the NW, 3 in NE), but, for setting up divisional play and keeping things closer to home, makes more sense:
My thoughts:
My entry:
INTENSE CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Alaska
Billings
Everett
Fairbanks
Colorado
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
Abilene
El Paso
Odessa
San Angelo
SOUTHERN DIVISION
CenTex
Corpus Christi
Frisco
Louisiana
(Note: I really didin't look hard at the geography with the two above divisions, they can be split up in whatever way makes the most sense north to south, or east to west).
UNITED CONFERENCE
MIDWEST DIVISION
Omaha
Sioux City
Wichita
Sioux Falls
CENTRAL DIVISION
Bloomington
Muskegon
Saginaw
RiverCity
NORTHEAST DIVISION
Lehigh Valley
Maryland
Rochester
Divisional play would be 3 games vs. each in your division, except for the N.E. division, where they would play 4 games vs. each team, and the NW division where they would play 2 games vs. each team. So, every division has 9 divisional games, except for the NE & NW, which have 8.
Outside of the division games would be played primarily with a "sister" division (play against each team at least once between divisions):
Northwest & Midwest
Southwest & Southern
Northeast & Central
The additional games to fill out the schedule would be possible additional games against your "sister division" teams (especially where it makes sense, like the Texas/LA divisions), or, games against non-sister division teams that make sense.
So, by division, they would need the following "extra games":
Northwest: 2 games
Southwest: 1 game
Southern: 1 game
Midwest: 0 games (9 divisional and 5 vs. Northwest= 14 games)
Central: 2 games
Northeast: 2 games
You could make a few exceptions to the rules as well, for geographic reasons (maybe have the alaskan teams play an extra game against eachother instead of games against Midwest teams, which would free up the midwest teams some "extra games" that they could play against RiverCity or Bloomington, which would make more sense.
My thoughts:
My entry:
INTENSE CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Alaska
Billings
Everett
Fairbanks
Colorado
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
Abilene
El Paso
Odessa
San Angelo
SOUTHERN DIVISION
CenTex
Corpus Christi
Frisco
Louisiana
(Note: I really didin't look hard at the geography with the two above divisions, they can be split up in whatever way makes the most sense north to south, or east to west).
UNITED CONFERENCE
MIDWEST DIVISION
Omaha
Sioux City
Wichita
Sioux Falls
CENTRAL DIVISION
Bloomington
Muskegon
Saginaw
RiverCity
NORTHEAST DIVISION
Lehigh Valley
Maryland
Rochester
Divisional play would be 3 games vs. each in your division, except for the N.E. division, where they would play 4 games vs. each team, and the NW division where they would play 2 games vs. each team. So, every division has 9 divisional games, except for the NE & NW, which have 8.
Outside of the division games would be played primarily with a "sister" division (play against each team at least once between divisions):
Northwest & Midwest
Southwest & Southern
Northeast & Central
The additional games to fill out the schedule would be possible additional games against your "sister division" teams (especially where it makes sense, like the Texas/LA divisions), or, games against non-sister division teams that make sense.
So, by division, they would need the following "extra games":
Northwest: 2 games
Southwest: 1 game
Southern: 1 game
Midwest: 0 games (9 divisional and 5 vs. Northwest= 14 games)
Central: 2 games
Northeast: 2 games
You could make a few exceptions to the rules as well, for geographic reasons (maybe have the alaskan teams play an extra game against eachother instead of games against Midwest teams, which would free up the midwest teams some "extra games" that they could play against RiverCity or Bloomington, which would make more sense.
Last edited by afdave on Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Well, obviously, the 5 team division could be anywhere, so, you could slide Colorado into the Midwest division if you wanted.
That would actually even out the conferences, so, that might be better.
So then, based on that, you could set up as follows (I looked at a map and made the texas divisions better):
INTENSE CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Alaska
Fairbanks
10 in division (3 each against Billings & Everett, 4 against each other)
4 games vs Midwest Division teams
Billings
Everett
9 in division (3 each against the other teams in division)
5 games vs Midwest Division teams (vs. each one)
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
El Paso
Odessa
San Angelo
Corpus Christi
9 games in division
4 games vs. Southern Division
1 "extra" game TBD
SOUTHERN DIVISION
Abilene
CenTex
Frisco
Louisiana
9 games in division
4 games vs. Southwestern Division
1 "extra" game TBD
UNITED CONFERENCE
MIDWEST DIVISION
Omaha
Sioux City
Wichita
Sioux Falls
Colorado
8 games in division (home & away vs. each team)
3 or 4 games vs. Northwest division (3 teams play both Alaskan Teams, 2 teams play only one of them)
3 or 2 "extra games" (definately against RiverCity & Bloomington where possible)
CENTRAL DIVISION
Bloomington
Muskegon
Saginaw
RiverCity
9 games in division
3 games vs. Northeast Division
2 "extra" games TBD (Probably against Midwest division teams)
NORTHEAST DIVISION
Lehigh Valley
Maryland
Rochester
8 games in division (2 home & 2 away vs. each team)
4 games vs. Central Division
2 "extra" games TBD
That would actually even out the conferences, so, that might be better.
So then, based on that, you could set up as follows (I looked at a map and made the texas divisions better):
INTENSE CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Alaska
Fairbanks
10 in division (3 each against Billings & Everett, 4 against each other)
4 games vs Midwest Division teams
Billings
Everett
9 in division (3 each against the other teams in division)
5 games vs Midwest Division teams (vs. each one)
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
El Paso
Odessa
San Angelo
Corpus Christi
9 games in division
4 games vs. Southern Division
1 "extra" game TBD
SOUTHERN DIVISION
Abilene
CenTex
Frisco
Louisiana
9 games in division
4 games vs. Southwestern Division
1 "extra" game TBD
UNITED CONFERENCE
MIDWEST DIVISION
Omaha
Sioux City
Wichita
Sioux Falls
Colorado
8 games in division (home & away vs. each team)
3 or 4 games vs. Northwest division (3 teams play both Alaskan Teams, 2 teams play only one of them)
3 or 2 "extra games" (definately against RiverCity & Bloomington where possible)
CENTRAL DIVISION
Bloomington
Muskegon
Saginaw
RiverCity
9 games in division
3 games vs. Northeast Division
2 "extra" games TBD (Probably against Midwest division teams)
NORTHEAST DIVISION
Lehigh Valley
Maryland
Rochester
8 games in division (2 home & 2 away vs. each team)
4 games vs. Central Division
2 "extra" games TBD
The reason Alaskan teams play against Texas teams is because its cheaper to fly into major Texas metro's and bus to the other towns.
This is not the same in the Northwest. Flying from Alaska to Texas is half the price of flying from Alaska to Billings.
This makes much more sense. It maintains most of the rivalries and known travel costs. The Alaskan teams need to focus on traveling in the confines of Texas. DFW or IAH to ANC should be the only air purchased during the regular season.
INTENSE CONFERENCE
SOUTH DIVISION
El Paso
Odessa
San Angelo
Corpus Christi
Louisiana
NORTH DIVISION
Abilene
Alaska
Fairbanks
CenTex
Frisco
UNITED CONFERENCE
WEST DIVISION
Omaha
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Colorado
Billings
Witchita
EAST DIVISION
Bloomington
Muskegon
Saginaw
RiverCity
Lehigh Valley
Maryland
Rochester
This is not the same in the Northwest. Flying from Alaska to Texas is half the price of flying from Alaska to Billings.
This makes much more sense. It maintains most of the rivalries and known travel costs. The Alaskan teams need to focus on traveling in the confines of Texas. DFW or IAH to ANC should be the only air purchased during the regular season.
INTENSE CONFERENCE
SOUTH DIVISION
El Paso
Odessa
San Angelo
Corpus Christi
Louisiana
NORTH DIVISION
Abilene
Alaska
Fairbanks
CenTex
Frisco
UNITED CONFERENCE
WEST DIVISION
Omaha
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Colorado
Billings
Witchita
EAST DIVISION
Bloomington
Muskegon
Saginaw
RiverCity
Lehigh Valley
Maryland
Rochester
Last edited by Hockey on Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.