realize that PODS are the answer to balancing out our scheduling issues.
This would demand that we bring in 2 more teams to make a 20 team league.
THEN assemble 4 pods of 5 teams each spreading the top teams out as evenly
as possible.
Hypothetically, for example lets say we added MIAMI & Texas Tech for illustration reasons.
Call them pods 1, 2, 3, 4.
Pod 1: PSU, MIAMI, Maryland, Rutgers, Indiana;
Pod 2: Michigan, OSU, Purdue, NW, Illinois,
Pod 3: MSU, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska,
Pod 4: USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Texas Tech,
Yr 1 Pod 1 plays Pod 2 and Pod 3 plays Pod 4 with Pods 1 & 3 playing 5 home and 4 away games.
This structure will allow every team to play each other a minimum of 1 game every 3 years.
This in my mind makes sense and is a logical distribution of teams..
Now, if the B1G were to go to 24 teams, then play a 10 team conference schedule.
The 4 pods of 6 teams will work out perfectly, again playing everyone at least 1 game
every 3 years.
If this worked out take, SMU, UTAH, IOWA STATE, GT or UVA, which ever one is available,
this could make TT a logical choice and opens up Texas Recruiting.
This eliminates the need for a SEC scheduling agreement also.
Just a thought...
Best of all: TO HELL WITH ND! Let them play the Mountain West...
This would demand that we bring in 2 more teams to make a 20 team league.
THEN assemble 4 pods of 5 teams each spreading the top teams out as evenly
as possible.
Hypothetically, for example lets say we added MIAMI & Texas Tech for illustration reasons.
Call them pods 1, 2, 3, 4.
Pod 1: PSU, MIAMI, Maryland, Rutgers, Indiana;
Pod 2: Michigan, OSU, Purdue, NW, Illinois,
Pod 3: MSU, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska,
Pod 4: USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Texas Tech,
Yr 1 Pod 1 plays Pod 2 and Pod 3 plays Pod 4 with Pods 1 & 3 playing 5 home and 4 away games.
This structure will allow every team to play each other a minimum of 1 game every 3 years.
This in my mind makes sense and is a logical distribution of teams..
Now, if the B1G were to go to 24 teams, then play a 10 team conference schedule.
The 4 pods of 6 teams will work out perfectly, again playing everyone at least 1 game
every 3 years.
If this worked out take, SMU, UTAH, IOWA STATE, GT or UVA, which ever one is available,
this could make TT a logical choice and opens up Texas Recruiting.
This eliminates the need for a SEC scheduling agreement also.
Just a thought...
Best of all: TO HELL WITH ND! Let them play the Mountain West...
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