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  • Edit- my mistake. I sometimes forget New York is actually a three team state.

    This shit ain't nothing to me, man.
  • The Cysko KidT The Cysko Kid

    Edit- my mistake. I sometimes forget New York is actually a three team state.

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Edit- my mistake. I sometimes forget New York is actually a three team state.

    It is, if you discount the fact that those team actually play in New Jersey. Here are the multiteam states:

    New York: Jets AFC/Bills AFC/Giants NFC

    Penn.: Eagles NFC/Steelers AFC

    Florida: Jags AFC/Dolphins AFC/Bucs NFC

    Ohio: Browns AFC/Bengals AFC

    Missouri: Chiefs AFC/Rams NFC

    Texas: Texans AFC/Cowboys NFC

    California: 49ers NFC/Raiders AFC/Chargers AFC

    Maryland (if you count DC as part of it): Ravens AFC/Redskins NFC

    Some state split their teams between conferences, some don't.

    I tried to come up with a completely perfect geographical division setup. It can't be done,not with a 4 team divion setup. There is always an oddball out.

    E.G.: Take the three Florida teams. They are a natural together. But who do you put in with them? Atlanta? Wouldn't ATL be better off with Carolina and Tenn.?

    In the Northeast: Pats/Jets/Giants are a natural....but who with? Philly? Philly fits equally well with Balt./DC, even Pitt.

    If you put the Cowboys and Texans together, who do you put with them? Denver? Arizona? New Orleans?

    Like I said, it seems to be an impossible task. I have tried.

  • R roach

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    What would they be? Doing all of them would be too much work for me right now so I'll just do a division for the browns that would make sense to me, a great lakes division:

    Buffalo

    Cleveland

    Detroit

    Chicago

    Or second choice:

    Cleveland

    Detroit

    Chicago

    Green Bay

    I've always lamented that Cleveland has little to no rivalry with Detroit. They're almost as close as Pittsburgh, and both Detroit and Buffalo are geographically closer than either Baltimore or Cincinatti.

    When the NFL re-aligned, my prediction/desire was delivered (including the Seahawks move to the NFC), except for one thing. I was hoping for the Colts to be in our division with Pittsburgh and Cincy. That would have been, and would still be, a great division. It would have also put all the misfits (Baltimore, Tenn, Houston, and Jacksonville) together.

    Even though Indy was the class of the NFL and a tough foe, consider what a great division we'd have. All four teams would be within a 4 hour drive of each other. Plus it would have been a great sucker punch to Baltimore.

    All the rest of the NFL is terrific exactly the way it is.

    @roach said:

    When the NFL re-aligned, my prediction/desire was delivered (including the Seahawks move to the NFC), except for one thing. I was hoping for the Colts to be in our division with Pittsburgh and Cincy. That would have been, and would still be, a great division. It would have also put all the misfits (Baltimore, Tenn, Houston, and Jacksonville) together.

    Even though Indy was the class of the NFL and a tough foe, consider what a great division we'd have. All four teams would be within a 4 hour drive of each other. Plus it would have been a great sucker punch to Baltimore.

    All the rest of the NFL is terrific exactly the way it is.

    I agree, Baltimore belonged in the misfit division and I would prefer to have Indy or Buffalo in our division.

    But Pittsburgh to Indy in 4 hours? I don't think so, not even with Big Ben doing 90 mph all the way on his rice burner.

    Zombo

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