McCall

It depends. At the moment, it appears Oregon State and Washington State could maintain control of the Pac-# name and history.

Yeah that was Passing yards per game. I corrected it in the original post. And this was in reference to your quip about FSU having more yards in their conference championship game than Michigan. My point was Michigan was playing a better defensive team.

Yeah, they'd probably just take some of the top Mountain West schools if they could. But it's not gonna help them maintain Power 5 status. That ship has sailed.

Iowa is ranked 5th in total defense in FBS. Louisville is 16th.

Don't make excuses.

Yes. Which will help soften the blow from Ohio State losing to Mizzou in the Cotton Bowl.

Maybe? It won't factor into the College Football Playoff, as they're amending the eligibility requirements to needing a minimum of 8 members to eligible for an automatic bid. But they are given a 2-year grace period to add enough members to reach the NCAA-required 6 for conferences or find a new conference.

Just to help you out so you don't have any issues in the future.

Hmm. Now I'm curious what was said. Anywhoo, I'd say keep all 4 power conferences. I think some schools like the aforementioned Vanderbilt, maybe schools like BYU and others that may not want to put the required money into the trust that they're proposing, would probably stay in FBS, potentially whittling the power conferences down to more manageable numbers, like around 12 or so per conference (with some potential realignment). That's 48 teams. Hell even split them back into divisions.

The Majestic XII... It's clear as day. I think you totally have a case.

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This is what I've been saying! Wait... did the NCAA just steal my idea? JK Move the power conferences up to their own level with more autonomy. Let the FBS (Group of 5/6 plus schools from FCS) be the "minor league" level, and so on down the divisional ladder. P4 schools that don't feel like they'd be able to compete, NIL-wise, could remain in FBS (Maybe Vanderbilt, for example?) if they wanted.

That, or they're just waiting til everything about the new league is fleshed out and ready to be announced and is just using the XFL for now.

The 12-team format was initially the top 6 ranked conference champions plus the 6 highest ranked non-champions. The top 4 ranked conference champions get an automatic bye to the semifinals. However, with the dissolution of the Pac-12, for the most part, they're amending it to be the top 5 ranked conference champions and 7 highest ranked non-champions. They are also adding that a conference must have at least 8 members for their conference champion to have an automatic bid.

All sports. NHL, NBA, MLB...

So... if he wasn't good at his job? Do you really think that's some sick burn or something?

I got my tickets ordered and I'm ready to go.

The highest ranked Group of 5 champion is automatically given a New Year's Six bowl spot.

Mizzou vs Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl...

No one would care.

If anything, it illustrates my point even more. An undefeated ACC champion is not automatically as strong as a 1-loss SEC or Big 12 champion. If that were Louisville or Duke, would you give them as much credit as Florida State or Clemson? I’m guessing not.

What are the schools involved in all those matchups? Are we talking Michigan State from the Big Ten? We know it wasn’t Michigan, Ohio State or Penn State. Or even Iowa. We know none of those SEC teams were Alabama, Georgia, Mizzou, Ole Miss, Tennessee and only one was a great-offense-but-bad-defense-LSU. We know Texas and Oklahoma didn’t lose to any ACC teams. Nor did Washington, Oregon or even Oregon State. LSU seems to be the only quality opponent from the other power 5 that lost to an ACC team, which was, yes, Florida State. But they’re not at the top of the conference. You have to weigh the strength of those P5 opponents. Playing bad teams from the best conferences does not equal great wins.

The pants aren't the issue. It's the jerseys. They are way too close in color. No league would allow them to be worn against each other.

You wanna think about that again?

Here the teams that have a possibility of making the CFP (listed alphabetically). Based on strength of the team/schedule, who are the top 4? Alabama 12-1, SEC Florida State 13-0, ACC Michigan 13-0, BIG TEN Texas 12-1, BIG 12 Washington 13-0, PAC-12 ALL are conference champions, so this is not a case of an undefeated champion vs a 1-loss non-champion/non-making-conference-championship-game scenario. We're not debating Florida State vs Ohio State getting in. Undefeated champion vs 1-loss champion is very much within reason to simply take the four best teams by strength of team/schedule. No way Florida State is in the top 4 of conference champions on that list. EDIT: If Alabama had lost to Auburn last week and then beat Georgia, as a 2-loss SEC Champion, I would then give the benefit of the doubt to undefeated Florida State.