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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 635012, member: 27"]
I agree that pods are the way to go with a 16 team conference. Would make the conference a lot more of a true conference, where everyone plays other schools regularly.
 
There is one major problem with pods though that no one is talking about. You can't have a conference schedule based on pods and play a championship game for football.
 
[URL='http://17.9.1.2 (c) Twelve-Member Conference Championship Game.  [FBS/FCS]   A conference championship game between division champions of a member conference of 12 or more institutions that is divided into two divisions (of six or more institutions each), each of which conducts round-robin, regular-season competition among the members of that division']Linkage[/URL]
 
This [URL='http://www.hogcountryonline.com/?p=7666']link[/URL] talks about other problems a conference with 16 teams would face (love who they chose to get the SEC to 16, those bastards). The SEC has been thinking about this for a while. Looks like their solution to all the problems is to to get the rule changed somewhat so you can have 4 divisions, and a final four, and use a 3-2-3 scheduling approach.
 
There are real issues dealing with the size of a 16 team conference. At that point, you have in effect, 2 conferences that are affiliated with each other. The suggested solution looks like the best way to handle things for football for a 16 team conference.  It could well be what the ACC ends up doing down the road as well.  Personally, I like that setup better than the current schedule setup for the ACC.
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