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Message: [QUOTE="dayooper, post: 4480681, member: 3859"] Not sure the Big10 is the model (the first try at divisions was useless and their reaction to Covid in 2020 almost got Warren fired). I think the 3-6 model is the best fit when USC/UCLA enter the conference in 2024. It allows better protection for rivalry games (we have hardly played Minnesota since we went to 14 teams) and gives flexibility to have the schools see each other more often than large divisions. I think that flexibility will bring more cohesion within the conference and be better prepared if/when more expansion happens. If more expansion does happen, I believe we will go to a 10 game conference schedule and how that will look is beyond me. Maybe go to a pod style where (if 20 teams) there are 5 teams per pod, they play another pod (9 games) and the extra game is a protected rivalry when they aren’t in the same pod? Who knows? As far as UM’s success the last 2 years, we are loving the ride. The RichRod/Hoke years humbled us and now I take nothing for granted. I have learned some of the interworkings of the RichRod regime and all I will say is that I am glad he is gone and hope he never comes back to UM. (It’s not football reasons either). [/QUOTE]