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Message: [QUOTE="BKarchitect, post: 1824605, member: 7320"] My dream scenario if everything falls apart for the Big 12... I don't think 4x16 works because it leaves current P5 teams and/or Notre Dame out of the mix. Ken Starr and Baylor were about to take anybody and everybody to court to stop the Big 12 from imploding last time around and getting left out of the "new" landscape. No university currently in the P5 is going to simply take getting cut out sitting down. That's why I like 4x18 - you get everybody already P5 plus ND, BYU and a few other good additions like, ahem, UConn. Each division is 9 teams, so you get 4 home, 4 away in-division and 2-3 rotating cross-division games. Yes, the divisions in the new landscape are more akin to what old school conferences used to be...you won't see your cross-division teams all that often but let's be real - in the current SEC and B1G, you already don't play cross-division teams all that often. Old school divisions are the far superior setup - this just gets back to that under a broader, money-printing conference umbrella. Each of the 4 CCG's between the 8 division winners is the playoff quarterfinals. Easy peasy. Just not sure you incorporate OOC schedule...divisions probably determined only by conference record...maybe OOC plays a part in seeding the 4 semi-finalists or something. KU, OU and UT to the B1G to cement their western wing and UConn to put finishing touches on the eastern wing. [B]B1G WEST[/B] Kansas Illinois Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin [B]B1G EAST[/B] Indiana Maryland Michigan Michigan State Ohio State Penn State Purdue Rutgers UConn [/QUOTE]

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