Pac 10 and Big 10...What are you waiting for?

Alright, let's face it, the BCS isn't going anywhere anytime soon. It's doubtful that we are ever going to see a playoff system. So let's try to make College Football as fair as possible for everyone. Sorry Fresno State fan. Sorry TCU fan. Sorry Memphis fan. You aren't going to like what I am going to say, but we need to start to make it fair for everyone. Everyone that matters.

First off, why are the Pac 10 and Big 10 so special? Why does every other major conference in the BCS have a conference championship game, but these two? I know, I hear the whining about there not being twelve teams in the Pac 10 and there being eleven teams in the Big 10. Well, there is an easy fix to that.

Pac 10 say hello to your new brothers from the state of Utah, The Runnin' Utes of Utah and the Cougars of Brigham Young University. They both have solid football programs. Both are are also good at basketball, something that can't be ignored when talking about adding a new school to a conference. They travel well and they are geographically located. So then you make a Pac 10 North and Pac 10 South. Up North you have Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Cal and Stanford. In the South you have Utah, BYU, UCLA, USC, Arizona and Arizona State. You don't break up any of the main rivalries. You are able to make recruiting a bit more regional and help with the travel costs as well.

Big 10 say hello to your new brother, Notre Dame. I know, I know, why would Notre Dame give up its plush independence status to join a conference. This just in, you don't have to give up your NBC network deal. You add more legitimacy to the Big 10. And Notre Dame fan, I have some bad news for you. You really aren't that relevant anymore and you need a shot in the arm to get back into the national discussion. I know, I'm heartbroken too that you won't get to play Navy, Army, Air Force, The Coast Guard, The National Guard and the local ROTC anymore. But guess what, you could play Indiana, Minnesota and Iowa every year. Not too shabby Golden Dommers. So the Big 10 err Big 11 err Elite 12 would be made up of Elite 12 West and Elite 12 East. In the East you would have Notre Dame, Penn State, Indiana, Purdue, Ohio State and Illinois and in the Elite 12 West you would have Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern and Iowa. You would still have some good old rivalries and some new ones. Who wouldn't love to see Notre Dame vs Ohio State at The Horseshoe?

These two changes would be huge for College Football. It is not fair that these two conferences can have teams run through their regular season and not have a loss and then wait for all the other conferences to have their conference championship games and watch the other undefeated teams either fall, or gain another top notch win. To level the playing field, these changes need to happen. Let me know what you think.