Yeah that would be neat, but how do you pick the best two teams from 2 groups? AP? FPI? Record and a bunch of tiebreaks? What if the best 2 teams are in the same group (eg UCLA/USC or UW/UO)? I like it but it gets messy.
I do think that a Big12 with 2 divisions would give the Clones a better chance to make it to the CCG.
I wonder what it will look like in 2022?
>Will OuT be gone?
>Which (if any) of the new 4 will arrive early?
>What will be the divisions / scheduling pending all the above?
The Big12 could have anywhere from 8 to 14 teams next year.
It's interesting to think about... I think most likely is 10 (current 10) or 11 (current+BYU). But that is just my feeling ... things could also move quickly if tx/ou come to the table with $ and B12 decides it is better off taking the $ than trying to force them to stay a couple more seasons.
If we had 8 teams, it might be fun to do a basketball style B8 tournament at the end of the season with home games for the higher seeds (only 7 conf games, 8 team conf playoff would add 1-3 games, for the first round losers, they can add one more game matching the 4 losers against each other to get to 9).
If we go to 11, I think you could do a 8 game conf schedule and "top 4" go to the championship bracket. Other 7 would also play 1 additional game (one would have to play 2) similar to last year's "championship week" in the b10. Also, I would love a deal where we add BYU and then schedule conf road games to Provo for both tx and ou in what would likely be their last season..
If we have 14... I think we play 2 div like the other 14 team leagues. I don't really like the "best two" in that scenario... too many ways for that to go wrong.. Think about this year if baylor didn't have to play OU and gets into the ccg over us with each of us with 2 losses.