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<blockquote data-quote="Randy Carson" data-source="post: 882488" data-attributes="member: 766"><p>Does it matter (to you) how many schools are in each conference?</p><p></p><p>Silly me...I always thought 2 to the x made sense come tournament time and that 16 teams was about right because each team could play every other team in its division as well as a few non-conference games and maybe one cross division game (maybe).* The two division winners would get a bonus game by playing in the league championship game.</p><p></p><p>Nationally, two 16-team superconferences sounds right to me. The four division winners make the playoffs for the REAL national championship. Are there REALLY more than 32 teams with genuine national championship aspirations?</p><p></p><p>All the other schools who don't make the cut, can do the same in their respective conferences. This creates multiple national champions (think heavyweight, middleweight, lightweight, flyweight, etc.) and lots of TV revenue. Trophies for everyone who participates, etc.</p><p></p><p>I'd also reset the divisions every 4-5 years to avoid having the two best schools in the same division for an extended period of time. Permanent rivals? lolololol Your permanent rivals would be the rest of the conference. DUH!</p><p></p><p>*Alternatively, each conference could have two divisions of nine schools each. In this conference, each school would play eight division games and four non-conference games for a total of 12 regular season games. Non-conference games could be up or down a weight class as each school sees fit. Top Two (10 oz. cheese it!) schools would play for the Conference Championship.</p><p></p><p>[Note the Junior's reference for the benefit of the old timers on the forum.]</p><p></p><p>PS - According to the Mighty Google, there are 130 schools playing D1 football today. Let's see...32 x 4 = 128...yep, that would make four D1 conferences divided by weight class and four national championships decided every year. And it just occurred to me that while the heavyweight bouts usually get the most eyeballs, no one would miss a Leonard-Duran fight back in the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Carson, post: 882488, member: 766"] Does it matter (to you) how many schools are in each conference? Silly me...I always thought 2 to the x made sense come tournament time and that 16 teams was about right because each team could play every other team in its division as well as a few non-conference games and maybe one cross division game (maybe).* The two division winners would get a bonus game by playing in the league championship game. Nationally, two 16-team superconferences sounds right to me. The four division winners make the playoffs for the REAL national championship. Are there REALLY more than 32 teams with genuine national championship aspirations? All the other schools who don't make the cut, can do the same in their respective conferences. This creates multiple national champions (think heavyweight, middleweight, lightweight, flyweight, etc.) and lots of TV revenue. Trophies for everyone who participates, etc. I'd also reset the divisions every 4-5 years to avoid having the two best schools in the same division for an extended period of time. Permanent rivals? lolololol Your permanent rivals would be the rest of the conference. DUH! *Alternatively, each conference could have two divisions of nine schools each. In this conference, each school would play eight division games and four non-conference games for a total of 12 regular season games. Non-conference games could be up or down a weight class as each school sees fit. Top Two (10 oz. cheese it!) schools would play for the Conference Championship. [Note the Junior's reference for the benefit of the old timers on the forum.] PS - According to the Mighty Google, there are 130 schools playing D1 football today. Let's see...32 x 4 = 128...yep, that would make four D1 conferences divided by weight class and four national championships decided every year. And it just occurred to me that while the heavyweight bouts usually get the most eyeballs, no one would miss a Leonard-Duran fight back in the day. [/QUOTE]
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