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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 131391676" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Seeing Davis' ideas, its important to note who is employer is--the people that control all major college football.&nbsp; They have influence with all the major conferences as they pay most of the bills. He is speaking on their platforms as an expert in the field on behalf of them--not just as some random, detached person as some might imply.Doesn't mean things will absolutely go this way, but if conferences do play under the predetermined 10 team schedules, this idea will likely gain steam as the bigger conferences suddenly have more in conference matchups.In the ACC this season they are also going with--A--adding Notre Dame and B--not having divisions.&nbsp; No divisions will allow teams in bigger conferences to meet more frequently. 10 conference games with no divisions will allow even more teams to meet more frequently.As the smallest conference, all this is putting the BIG 12 at further disadvantage and further illustrates the mistake in only having 10 teams.&nbsp; No major conference network possible, general perception of &quot;weakness&quot; even though ALL teams play one another as opposed to every other conference---and now, if other conferences start playing 10 conference games--you cannot do that.The conference will have to seriously consider all this as they move closer to their next set of contracts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 131391676, member: 1428007"] Seeing Davis' ideas, its important to note who is employer is--the people that control all major college football. They have influence with all the major conferences as they pay most of the bills. He is speaking on their platforms as an expert in the field on behalf of them--not just as some random, detached person as some might imply. Doesn't mean things will absolutely go this way, but if conferences do play under the predetermined 10 team schedules, this idea will likely gain steam as the bigger conferences suddenly have more in conference matchups. In the ACC this season they are also going with--A--adding Notre Dame and B--not having divisions. No divisions will allow teams in bigger conferences to meet more frequently. 10 conference games with no divisions will allow even more teams to meet more frequently. As the smallest conference, all this is putting the BIG 12 at further disadvantage and further illustrates the mistake in only having 10 teams. No major conference network possible, general perception of "weakness" even though ALL teams play one another as opposed to every other conference---and now, if other conferences start playing 10 conference games--you cannot do that. The conference will have to seriously consider all this as they move closer to their next set of contracts. [/QUOTE]

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