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Message: [QUOTE="Scooch, post: 647813, member: 628"] I don't follow. If a realignment is not radical then it by definition will follow a zipper format, because that's the format being used right now. The problem I have with the alignment is that it necessitates playing a permanent cross-division opponent to maintain a crucial rivalry. And since the conference refused to expand to 9 games, everyone is stuck playing 6 of the 7 cross-division teams once every [I]six years[/I]. That's just stupid. Teams from the AFC East will play every team from the NFC West 3 times in 12 years while Syracuse will play 6 of the 7 ACC Coastal teams twice every 12 years. It makes no sense. It won't happen apparently, but I really think you scrap the notion of cross-division games and just align by geography and rivalry. Put the 3 northern teams + 4 southern teams in one division, and the 7 mid-atlantic teams in another, and rotate through the cross-division opponents evenly. [/QUOTE]