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zootownrox said:kemajic said:A 14 team conference would be much simpler than that:
North
UM, MSU, EWU, CWU, UI, PSU, ISU
South
WSU, UNC, SacSt, UCD, CPSLO, USU, NAU
Play in section opponents every year in football (6) and the other conf. games (2 or 3) rotating from the other section. Play in section opponents twice every year in BBall (12) and the other section opponents once (7) for a 19 game schedule.
But they're not going to hand the conf. another autobid just because they separated into two sections. Since there's no way to have a conf. championship game, it would still be a mess to determine the autobid.
Making the autobid straight forward was why I said 2 conferences, but yes it would be just like a 14 team conference. I don't know the politics behind splitting the football conference and getting an autobid but since they are handing out at large bids to the second teams in leagues that didn't even have one autobid a few years ago, it is ridiculous that 13-14 team Big Sky is barely getting 3 teams in each season, so another autobid for the current members seems like a worthwhile pursuit.
There's a good ESPN article online about Damian Lillard getting snubbed for the All Star team. Perceptions about this part of the country probably won't change anytime soon.
Think of what a cluster the WAC became with 16 teams and the residual effect that ultimately produced the Mountain West. Same attitude as seen when the PAC 12 picked up Utah and Colorado and assumed the Texas schools would jump at the opportunity to be aligned with them. We have to quit coming across as being so egotistical.