Giant conferences with no divisional play is stupid
The ACC has 17 teams that play widely disparate schedules, and as a result we saw the mess we had this year. A simple solution is to go back to divisional play, but with a twist: change teams in the divisions each year so no one is playing the same opponents year after year.
With a 9-game conference schedule, you would play everyone in your division once and one or two teams in the other division. You get two points for an intra-conference win and one point for an inter-division win.
This solves (almost) every problem with large conference play and will result in a more representative conference champion.
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"Giant conferences" is a singular entity
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But they ARE condoned and sanctioned easy schedules beyond questioning by ESPN & conference members
...only Notre Dame can be questioned......without any comparison, merely be listing the weakest programs on the schedule.
Just go back to the split conference platform the SEC & BIG used to have
This isn’t difficult unless you are trying to get as many teams into the CFP as possible and generate as much drama as possible.
The current conference structure just need to go away in favor of a super league like the NFl. But then the SEC and BIG would need to relinquish control.
Yep, that'd solve it. Take away scheduling from the schools.
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