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I don't think the money is really that big of a deal long term, I think ND can probably get paid in the same ballpark as the B1G by themselves now that we've seen the details of the B1G's deal. I think the bigger problem for ND, long term, will be that once that playoffs expand (probably to 12...

That's almost surely the #2 game every week, plus some basketball/streaming content I would think. It's also possible the networks already know ND is going to be joining the B1G and that's part of the reason for the crazy numbers.

I agree, at some point create the best product/conference, even if it costs you $10M per school per year or whatever. I'd put all of Oregon/Washington/Stanford/UNC/UVA/GT in that category.

The flip side of this argument is, the fact that ND can't sell any of their away games is why they've historically been underpaid on their TV deal - the network is only guaranteed the home games. A network bidding on a conference with ND in it knows they've got a guarantee of probably 10-11 ND...

The ACC is the bigger surprise there for me, they've got the GOR to protect their members. The ACC wanting to reach for something like that is indicative of the vulnerable position they think they're in currently.

It becomes a beauty pageant then and regular season games don't matter as much under this system, you will already be deciding the national champion this way - lets settle the conference championship on the field? I'd rather sacrifice a little bit of competitive balance to preserve rivalries...

Unless you're just willing to say determining a conference champion doesn't matter, in which case, why even have conferences? Just get down to two leagues, then combine the two for TV purposes (SEC + B1G) and make that one TV agreement and the members can just schedule independently with no...

How do you determine who the conference champion is in that format without some weird tiebreakers being used or some subjective poll? That's my objection to doing this method, maybe I don't understand it well enough to figure that out?

Or you could put ND in the Pacific Division to preserve the USC/Stanford games as every year without needing a crossover, something like: USC Notre Dame Stanford UCLA Washington/Oregon The problem is then finding a second marquee football brand for the Atlantic Division if the B1G stops at 20...

While I completely agree the Great Plains division is the weakest of the four, it isn't the landslide you seem to think it is, if you're just looking at the top two teams in each division, the records for the last 15 years have been: Pacific (Oregon; USC): 289-118 Great Plains (Wisconsin...

I don't think you're following - if it's down it will never be in the championship game because that division winner would have had to beat everyone in one of the other 3 divisions to get there?

And also, if we get to an 8-12 team playoff, the "2nd best team in the other division" argument is kind of irrelevant, if they're in the top 8-12, they're getting in the playoff, just won't win the conference.

Because conference champions should be decided on the field, not by some strange tiebreaker criteria or a rematch. Regular season games need to matter, if you say "No Divisions and a subjective 4 team playoff", they don't. Great Plains and Atlantic pods rotating means if one is having a down...

I agree, 20 is the best number unless you basically nuke all non-cons.

You'd have to go to 11 conference games for that to work though, which may not be palatable.

If we're going to a thermonuclear winter for the ACC, and the B1G could make the money work at 24, I could see something like this working out well for everyone: Pacific USC Notre Dame UCLA Stanford Oregon Washington Great Plains Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Illinois Northwestern Great...

Negative, it's a one game CCG - the schedule/standings just rotate every year. For example, in the year the Pacific plays the Atlantic, the team with the best record in the regular season advances to the CCG and they would play against the team with the best record of the Great Plains + Great...

Here you're splitting all of: Illinois/NW Purdue/Indiana Michigan/MSU Notre Dame/USC Rutgers/Maryland (I know, doesn't matter) The lineup I proposed the only natural rivals you're splitting are ND/USC and NW/Illinois - I think you just say its a 9 game conference schedule and you give the...

This too... It's becoming clear, and Swarbrick even explicitly stated it, that eventually anyone wanting to play at the top level is going to need to be in the B1G or SEC. ND could hold out for a few more years probably, until the SEC goes for the kill shot on the ACC, but they know the...