Like the B1G has not done exactly that? OSU and Wisconsin come to mind.And how holier than thou and dumb are the other conferences for not following suit?
Like the B1G has not done exactly that? OSU and Wisconsin come to mind.And how holier than thou and dumb are the other conferences for not following suit?
Playing one less conference game is NOT intentional. They are not playing one less. Three conferences "chose" to go to one extra game. One of them....the Big 12 was pretty much forced into it due to having 10 teams. We have way too many fans blaming the SEC and the other 6 conferences for not doing something that the BIG and the PAC chose to do above and beyond.I do like to point out the math to SEC fans. Play one fewer conference game and the conference as a whole automatically loses 7 fewer games, which bumps up the mathematical ranking strength of the entire conference. Combined with the other strategic decision of playing very few true road games and playing cupcakes in November to avoid a late loss, the SEC is certainly showing that their focus is for their 2 or 3 strongest teams to have a better chance at the playoff. Nothing wrong with that at all, I just find it amusing that their fans frequently don't admit that this strategy is intentional and an advantage.
Prepare for the dumbest idea yet....
I'd like to see another tier of football created and have a promotion/relegation system like the EPL. You would have the Power 5, FBS and FCS. You have to schedule within your own tier or a lower tier (P5 can't schedule FCS).
Divide the Power 5 into 8 regional conferences with 8 teams. Schedule will be 7 Conference games and 4 OOC. Each 8 team conference winner then plays a Regional Championship Game which narrows the field down to the North, West, East and South Champions to play in the playoff. Basically, it is an 8 team playoff where each region has a champion that plays in the Final 4. Notre Dame joins a conference or gets left out.
Finally, every year, the bottom 4 teams in FBS get relegated to FCS, Top 4 FCS move up and the same for FBS and Power 5. Make all scholarship rules the same.
P5, FBS and FCS crown their own champions.