re: Thoughts on the 3-5 conference schedule (elimination of divisions)

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The change still mandates round robin formats either way around

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Good call. Hadn't seen the full wording, but makes sense.

I'm still intrigued by this quote:

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“We felt like in an era of deregulation, this was an area that could and should be deregulated,” Bowlsby said. “I’m happy we were able to come to a compromise that got us part of the way down that path.”

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To me that certainly sounds like there is interest in opening it up beyond what has been done thus far, but maybe not enough support to get it done.

I understand there might be some challenges from a tie breaker scenario, but ultimately, isn't that what the BCS/CFP ranking piece would help to sort out? If there isn't a clear head to head equation, it would seem that CFP ranking would be the next best factor as a "neutral committee" determines those placements.