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Message: [QUOTE="kingottoiii, post: 29309"] If you do not have cross over rivals then you lose too many rivalries. How would Michigan and Ohio State play every year if they are in different pods? And to a lesser extent Purdue-Indiana, Illinois-Indiana, Purdue-Northwestern, etc? It makes more sense to play your 3 pod mates every year, a cross over rival from each pod every year, and then rotate the last 3 games between the leftover pods. So for ND games vs Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Rutgers, Texas, and Northwestern are yearly games. That makes them very happy. Then they play once every three years... Year 1 vs the East- Ohio State, Penn State, Indiana Year 2 vs the North- Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota Year 3 vs the South- Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois I agree that the pods will likely be divisions one day. But for scheduling the above system makes the most sense. You have 6 yearly games and play the other 9 teams once in three years. It keeps existing rivalries better. [/QUOTE]