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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 4726770, member: 40"]
The more this gets messier, the more I am coming around to what Brian Kelley suggested [even though he murdered a kid, he makes an astute observation].

His idea was to dispense with conferences for football, while keeping them for every other sport.  All 65 P5 schools should become independent, as part of one giant conference.

This frees everybody up to play whoever they want, while simultaneously preserving rivalry games.  Teams that want to play more regional games can, teams that want to play bigger national games are similarly free to do so without conference scheduling restrictions.

Travel won't be a problem, since football only plays once a week [which isn't true of other sports, hence why regional conferences make more sense].

Problem is, there is no incentive for any P5 team to do this, given that they have guaranteed payouts from conference affiliation, whether they "earn" them or not through on-field performance or by bringing eyeballs to televised games.  Well, all teams except for Oregon State and Washington State, apparently.
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