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Message: [QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 5670753, member: 3609"] If the NCAA had barred the FBS from having championship games, I think it would have been unlikely we would have had this mad scramble to realign conferences. The SEC started it all off by taking in SCAR and Arky, getting them to 12 for the championship game. The championship game was wildly successful, so "everybody" had to have one. Without the championship game, it's doubtful they would have gone to 12 because there would be no reason to thin the payout from networks. Until the season went to 12 games, they had to have a rotation in the schedule of permanent teams and teams that would rotate on and off. Bama always played Auburn and Tennessee (there may have been a 3rd, LSU?). Auburn always played Bama and Georgia. Tennessee always played Bama and Vanderbilt. Georgia always played Florida and Auburn, etc. [/QUOTE]