(04-30-2014 09:44 AM)TerryD Wrote:  I think that every school should be independent in every sport and be free to schedule whomever they want.

I think that every school should be independent and try to put together whatever TV deal they can without relying on a collective. That is the "eat what you kill" part you mentioned.

I think that conferences in general are a very bad idea and dislike the very idea of them.

I think that college football was very much better when FSU, Syracuse, Pitt, West Virginia, Penn State, etc.. were all football independents.

I think that this "Borg like", "one size fits all", "everyone needs to be in a conference" idea is boring, destroys tradition and rivalries and takes too much power out of college presidents and AD's and puts too much power in the hands of conference commissioners.

I think that independence could/would foster better, more varied schedules and intersectional rivalries.

But, I am a dinosaur, in the extreme minority, nobody cares what I think and that bridge has already been crossed and burned down.

The NCAA post-season structure and CFP finance system don't make that very feasible for the G5 though top P5 could do it.

The best the G5 could do would be play more limited schedules within their conference, maybe 5 football games (minimum for a 12 team league under current rules) and the minimum 14 in basketball.