re: Big10(+1+1=12?) announces 9 game conference schedule in 2017

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Your point about the Pac10 not playing OOC BCS games after going to a 9 game conference schedule also doesn't match the schedules.

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I stand corrected. I looked at the past ten years for the P10 (2001-2005 were years when they played eight conf games; 2006-2010 were years when they played nine), and I tallied down the first six teams in ABC order, and they schedule BCS opponents with almost exactly the same frequency now as before (I didn't bother finishing it out since it appeared to be so consistent).

This has, however, been the choice of the Pac-10's schools. Going to nine conference games didn't rob anyone of a home game; schools are free to schedule Sun Belt and MAC schools if they please and have seven or eight home games per season; same goes for the Big Ten.