re: Should the SEC eliminate divisions?

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You do realize that the Big XII rules wouldn't apply to the SEC, right? Currently the NCAA rules state that for a conference to have a football championship game, one of two conditions must be met... 1) The conference is divided into two divisions. The members of each division play each other, with the champions of each division meeting in the conference championship game. 2) The teams in the conference play a round robin schedule so that all teams play each other. The two teams with the best conference records then meet in the championship game. The Big XII satisfies condition 2, because with 10 teams, and a 9 game conference schedule, all Big XII teams play all of the other Big XII teams. Every other conference, including the SEC, satisfies condition #1. In order to eliminate divisions and move to the Big XII model, the SEC would have to play a round robin format where every team plays every other team in the regular season. With 14 teams, that would take 13 games in a season to play a round robin schedule.

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Couldn't they just say they are redoing the divisions every year? Seems like a sneaky but easy enough solution.