One reaction to NSD, conference depth.

[Duhwayne]

The conference s**t the bed last year OOC, especially in bowl games, but if you look at final recruiting rankings, no one had a BAD class. Top four had top 25 classes and all pretty much 40s or better. A little stretch to say cannibalizing is real?

[Utah]

Not a stretch at all. Look at the two conferences that have made the playoffs every year: SEC and ACC. Both play 8 conference games. Look at the three conferences left out: Big 10, Big 12, PAC-12; 9 conference games.

The schedules need to be normalized. I say add three rules:

1- you must play 10 P5 schools not counting your conf champ game to qualify for the playoffs.

2- No G5 or lower after the second week of Oct (although this would hurt us this year).

3- No bye week’s the last three weeks of the season.

Those three rules would ensure that everyone plays very roughly the same level of difficulty of schedules.

[Anonymous]

Eight conference games in 14 TEAM conferences.

Additional rule: five of those games must be road games, and neutral site doesn’t count, such as Georgia hosting Wisconsin in the Georgia Done.

[EagleMountainUte]

I love those neutral sites where one team travels significantly longer. I mean Bama to Dallas is really difficult.