re: Scheduling when UT/OU join?

9 games is pretty much a given with 16 teams. (However, the extra H/A will be interesting to see play out).

I honestly don't know what the format will be because they all have flaws:

divisions: how long to rotate through other side? (Positive features - instantly breaks ties & easily determines SECCG teams)

pods: forming them that makes sense & keeping all rivalries/must-be-played annual games (Positive features - NO GAMES will be lost if they use 6 years cycle & pair up 2 pods yearly to get SECCG members (creating more interesting matchups instead of the usual teams each year)

non-divisions: all the tie-breakers needed to be created to sort same-record teams with varying # of common opponents & determing WHO is the must-be-played opponents (Positive features - I can't think of any)