re: Since CFB will have two bye weeks next year.. will the Big 12 have three?

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well since that extra bye is when the conference games are in full gear, I don't see how that concerns other conferences. It's not an advantage since everyone in the conf does it.

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For a while I've been saying it's an advantage for conferences w/o a championship game for a while. USC would get an extra bye week plus playing in a weaker conference w/o a championship game, making it easier for them to get through a season undefeated.

The TV networks need the additional games played on championship Saturday for the extra revenue. The only thing I could see the NCAA doing is to limit the number of bye weeks between a teams 1st game and last. So if a team is not in a conference with a championship game, and they play on championship Saturday, then they could not play week 1. That would also delay the start of fall practice for the team by a week.