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[QUOTE="kingottoiii, post: 419795"]
But the old conferences were all 9-10 team leagues. Having an 18/20 team conference really is two separate FB leagues under one umbrella. Isn't that the ideal for rivalries? There would be no need for cross over games. If the original 10 B1G/SEC/P12 teams are on one side why would they care if they never play the other side? What keeps everyone together and happy is a ton of money, something the WAC could not offer. Having 16 schools means some of those B1G/SEC/P12 schools would have to play their old conferences mates less often and instead play teams they have zero history with. 
 
Wouldn't this make a lot of people happy:
 
P12 Old Division: Wash, WSU, Oregon, Oregon St, Stanford, Cal, USC, ULCA, ASU, Zona
Do they really need to play Colorado or Utah more than once in 10 years? 
 
B1G Old Division: tOSU, Mich, Neb, Mich St, Wiscy, Iowa, Minny, Illinois, UP, Indiana
Do they really need to play NW, PSU, MD, or RU?
 
SEC Old Division: Bama, LSU, Fla, Tenn, UGA, Auburn, Ole Miss, Miss St, UK, Vandy
Do they really need to play South Carolina, Arkansas, A&M, or Mizzou?
 
We would pretty much be going back to the 80s which was when the leagues were better IMO. Everyone played a round robin schedule. IMO 9 or 10 team conferences are the ideal number for the sport. For $ we have seen that the ideal number is >14 and who knows where it stops. 
 
If they keep the playoff to only 4 teams, 3 of which are the conference champions, then schools will be more willing to fill those 2 OOC slots with cross sectional games. Heck you can even freeze out the G5 by having a conference challenge. For instance a P12 school would play one B1G and one SEC school OOC every year. That would take care of all 12 games and leave the G5 schools having crappy SOSs and never make the playoffs.
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