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Originally Posted by corporatejay
To be honest, this could all be cured if the PAC-10 would take Utah, Boise and BYU.
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The problem with that is that other than BYU (barely) those schools are 1 or two trick ponies. I used to think along the same lines as you do, but they dont have the program sustainability in ANY sport and don't have a wide breath of sports to make the Pac-10 even consider accepting them.
BYU and Utah have flashes where the football team or basketball team are good (or maybe a "lesser" sport), but they simply aren't on the same level consistently as other schools. If you look at the sports programs at Arizona, Washington, Oregon St., etc... they trump anything those schools have.
Unfortunately, for those smaller programs, they will always find it tough to climb the ladder because (a) they aren't in a legit conference, (b) bigger programs have nothing to gain by scheduling a weaker opponent (in the eyes of BCS voters) and (c) other major conferences don't want weak schools to join, thereby dragging down its reputation.
A playoff system will never work and hopefully is never attempted. College Football simply isn't condusive to a playoff system. 119 teams, a limited amount of time to schedule games, a violent sport so more rest is required = no room for a playoff.