Overhauling the System

OK, I think I have a plan that would make the world of college football just about perfect, if I ever become President, this will be my primary agenda.

1. Provide better structure to the conferences.
ACC, SEC, Big 12 stay the same
Big East - Current: WV, Pitt, USF, Louisville, Rutgers, Connecticut, Syracuse, Cincinnati
Add: ECU, Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss
Big 10 - add Notre Dame, DUH! Change name to Big 10 +2
Pac 10 - add Hawaii, Boise State
New Conf 1: Houston, SMU, UAB, UCF, Army, Navy, TCU, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Middle Tennessee, Troy, Louisiana Tech
New Conf 2: UTEP, Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, Utah, Wyoming, Fresno State, New Mexico State, San Jose State
Left out: Rice, Tulane, Tulsa, Western Kentucky, Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami University, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Temple, Toledo, Western Michigan, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, North Texas, Idaho, Utah State, Nevada

Fact is, it doesn't matter what criteria you use to eliminate teams but some would and should fall out.

2. Pare down the season to 10 or 11 games. 12 games would be too much for someone in a conf championship and playoff system.

3. Conference championships for all. With a shorter schedule, you could conceivably stage on Thanksgiving weekend and still have a couple off weeks during the season.

4. All 8 conference champs make the playoffs. Seeding based on non-conference record by the conference as a whole. Or something else creative that takes polls and computers completely out of the picture. I suppose you would have to have a committee ala the NCAA selection show but maybe not.

5. Non-playoff teams play exhibition conference challenges. The 2 SEC vs the 2 Pac, for example. Then the next year, you have the SEC vs the Big East. Or you could make it even crazier and have a lottery. Then, the conference with the best record gets seeding preference in the playoffs. Granted it is an exhibition and meaningless for the teams involved but how is this any different from the bowls?

Points of emphasis:
1. With the season shortened and winning the conference being paramount, the regular season conference games are more important, not less.
2. With the conference championship being a requirement, no more debate on whether it would be better to not make this game, or if it hurts the conference.
3. Since only conference wins count, teams wouldn't worry at all about playing big time OOC opposition and we'd see better OOC matchups.
4. The post season would have 7 relavant games rather than 1.

I know, not going to happen but I do like to dream! Problems you see here?