re: Mark Emmert: "Change is coming to NCAA"

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This will be excellent when the majors only play their upper tier peers. Thus instead of playing ULL or Southeast Missouri or North Texas they will probably be required to play out of conference big boys like Penn State, Oregon or Florida State.

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I don't think this happens. For two reasons. Hard to get home and homes with big time schools already. Plus the little schools will jump at the chance for a big paycheck. Furthermore, it is a better way for the SEC and PAC 12 to regulate their schedules to a big 12 or ACC schedule. Force teams to play 9 conference games with one major OOC game with another 2 Mid Majors. You'll get beat up by playing too many major teams......see SEC.


Still combine Strength of Schedule as a huge factor in the final 16 teams of my playoff scenario. And let 4 mid majors be in the playoffs so the top four teams get more of a break than playing another Big Time School.

There could be the same type of set up for the mid major schools. Let the Big East, Cusa, MWest, WAC, Sunbelt, MAC, BYU, Iowa State have it out for the final four teams in the playoff. There are always three or four good MW or Wac teams...toss in an annual CUSA/MAC 11-1 team and you have some good, but challenging 'byes' instead of having the #1 LSU, play a #16 2 loss Wisconsin or so.

Let's face it...four teams ain't gonna do it if a PLUS ONE scenario seems silly (they are virtually the same thing). Eight teams...sure, but 12 or 16 is better.