So I think this was the best version I heard while I was driving home today. Likely would never happen but way more likely than most of the proposals being floated around trying to college football as it is today.
48 team league with all the teams from the SEC and Big Ten included. The rest were primarily filled with ACC/Big XII/MWC schools. They would be broken up into 8 pods of 6. You always play your pod and then another pod tht rotates every two years so you get a home and home. You'd play every team outside your pod twice every 14 years which is good variety--just 5 games repeat every year.
The two pods playing that year form a division and the top 6 (half) make a 24 team playoff. 11 game season--all against your "division" then the playoff. They were saying Week 1 games would basically be a scrimmage against the 2nd tier as a money maker--which is already basically true.
Our "pod" was Penn State, Notre Dame, Missouri, Northwestern, Illinois and Indiana (I like the annual game with ND plus it keeps some balance with top teams and mediocre to subpar teams)
Years 1-2 we'd play (for example) the Ohio State pod which was Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin and Minnesota
Years 3-4 we'd play another pod--I think one was Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and Utah
Some would be weaker than others--I like one had Maryland, Virginia, Rutgers, UNC, Clemson and South Carolina but that just gives the teams in the pod with them that year a great opportunity.
Either way--interesting concept that I think could gain some traction if done correctly and there was just one TV contract for all 48 programs
48 team league with all the teams from the SEC and Big Ten included. The rest were primarily filled with ACC/Big XII/MWC schools. They would be broken up into 8 pods of 6. You always play your pod and then another pod tht rotates every two years so you get a home and home. You'd play every team outside your pod twice every 14 years which is good variety--just 5 games repeat every year.
The two pods playing that year form a division and the top 6 (half) make a 24 team playoff. 11 game season--all against your "division" then the playoff. They were saying Week 1 games would basically be a scrimmage against the 2nd tier as a money maker--which is already basically true.
Our "pod" was Penn State, Notre Dame, Missouri, Northwestern, Illinois and Indiana (I like the annual game with ND plus it keeps some balance with top teams and mediocre to subpar teams)
Years 1-2 we'd play (for example) the Ohio State pod which was Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin and Minnesota
Years 3-4 we'd play another pod--I think one was Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and Utah
Some would be weaker than others--I like one had Maryland, Virginia, Rutgers, UNC, Clemson and South Carolina but that just gives the teams in the pod with them that year a great opportunity.
Either way--interesting concept that I think could gain some traction if done correctly and there was just one TV contract for all 48 programs
