Agree, I'd actually prefer 9 conference games rotating everyone equally rather than having the cross-divisional foe. If it's a real rivalry the games would be even more intense playing them only every other year on average. The way it is now it's ridiculous to even consider ourselves in the same Conference as some of these teams we play once every 5-6 years. We actually play some Big 10 teams more often than some of our so-called conference opponents.
And it's not popular here with the
crowd, but I would love an 8 team playoff. 5 conference champs, 3 at large bids with 1 promised to the group of 5 as long as they have a team finish in the top 10 final rankings. That would take 90% of the bullsht debating out of it since 5 or 6 of the spots would be tie-ins only leaving 2 at large bids most years and it would be easy to see who should get those most years.