Comments on: Nine conference games a good idea http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/12/nine-conference-games-a-good-idea/ Serving the Bulldog Nation since 1995 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:47:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Groo http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/12/nine-conference-games-a-good-idea/#comment-40522 Groo Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:53 +0000 http://www.dawgsonline.com/?p=1237#comment-40522 Yeah, I see your point that the nice out of conference games are a much more attractive option. It's just that if most schools are going to take the easy way out, it doesn't make sense to make things tougher than they have to be. A conference is more than a revenue-sharing organization (or is it?). I don't really want conferences (or the NCAA) messing with my discretionary schedule and telling me whom I can and can't play out of conference, but I wouldn't have a problem with a conference expanding its own conference schedule. Yeah, I see your point that the nice out of conference games are a much more attractive option. It’s just that if most schools are going to take the easy way out, it doesn’t make sense to make things tougher than they have to be. A conference is more than a revenue-sharing organization (or is it?). I don’t really want conferences (or the NCAA) messing with my discretionary schedule and telling me whom I can and can’t play out of conference, but I wouldn’t have a problem with a conference expanding its own conference schedule.

]]> By: NM http://www.dawgsonline.com/2008/05/12/nine-conference-games-a-good-idea/#comment-40433 NM Tue, 13 May 2008 00:48:44 +0000 http://www.dawgsonline.com/?p=1237#comment-40433 Meh. I see the logic, especially if you can get a true round robin like the Pac 10. But in the SEC or even Big 10 (well, 11), you still leave potential for not playing all the potentially relevant games. Meanwhile, I'd rather see teams we rarely see (Ok St, Arizona St) or rekindle old rivalries (Clemson) than play Arkansas an extra time every few years. Possible but controversial solution: Teams must schedule at least 2 of their 4 non-conference games against BCS-league teams or traditional rivals (like if Louisville were still in C-USA) in order to be eligible for an SEC title. Teams could schedule a "non-conference" game against one of the SEC teams not on their regular SEC rotation in order to meet this goal (to help alleviate the "nobody wants to play us!" problem that ADs might claim). Just a thought. Meh. I see the logic, especially if you can get a true round robin like the Pac 10. But in the SEC or even Big 10 (well, 11), you still leave potential for not playing all the potentially relevant games.

Meanwhile, I’d rather see teams we rarely see (Ok St, Arizona St) or rekindle old rivalries (Clemson) than play Arkansas an extra time every few years.

Possible but controversial solution: Teams must schedule at least 2 of their 4 non-conference games against BCS-league teams or traditional rivals (like if Louisville were still in C-USA) in order to be eligible for an SEC title. Teams could schedule a “non-conference” game against one of the SEC teams not on their regular SEC rotation in order to meet this goal (to help alleviate the “nobody wants to play us!” problem that ADs might claim).

Just a thought.

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