Big 10 & Pac 10 Playoffs

I am a big college football fan. To me, I get a good laugh when people ask for a post season playoff when several BCS conferences don't have a Championship game of their own. The Big 10 and Pac 10 are two that don't. The SEC, Big 12 and ACC each have their own conference champs and I believe that it would good if the others would follow suit. That way, we can have a team with 1 loss meet another with no losses or 1 at the most. This could also create some competitive balance to the conferences as well. Again, this is just me. It may not just be good for the game of football but the balance can carry over with the other sports.

So how would I break them up? First I could do it by geography. Find a starting point for each (say Ohio State for the Big 10 and USC/UCLA for the Pac 10). I would look to see what the winning percentanges were of each team over say a 10-15 year period and build from there. The goal is to create balance and not create a "super division" by putting Michigan, Ohio State and Penn St in the same division. My goal is to create balance, not turn over the apple cart.

This is what it would look like for each:
- Big 10 North: Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Minnesota.
- Big 10 South: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Purdue, Penn St.

If I went East-West, from the middle point of school location (being Northwestern or Illinois), a super division would exist because Ohio State, Penn State and both Michigan schools are East of that point. That is something I would assume avoid.

Pac 10 would be a little different and two outcomes would work.
To me, this would be more logical:
- Pac 10 North: Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, "X"

- Pac 10 South: Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA, USC, "X".

X= Stanford and Cal. Both are literally right in the middle of this grouping. Both have enjoyed recent success, although Cal a bit moreso than Stanford. If you wish to split hairs and go by location, Cal would slide to the North and Stanford to the South conference. Either school would fit well with either conference.

Second option is a bit trickier but worth examining. The thing is there is a potential for a super conference (the Coast conference) with the proposal listed below:

- Coast Conference (those schools on or near the Pacific coast line): USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, & Oregon State.

- Inland Conference (the schools that are inland/ off the shore of the Pacific ocean): Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Washington, & Washington State.

Then rotate the Championship game to different cities, each based on Big 10 school proximity. For example, here's what the Big 10 Championship venue rotation could look like. Each would be located in an NFL city:
Year 1: Chicago
Year 2: Indianapolis
Year 3: Milwaukee/ Green Bay
Year 4: Philadelphia
Year 5: Cincinatti
Year 6: Detroit
Year 7: Minneapolis

Pac 10 rotation, based on facilities.
Year 1: LA
Year 2: Phoenix
Year 3: Seattle
Year 4: San Francisco/Oakland
Year 5: San Diego
Year 6: Las Vegas
Year 7: Mexico City (just for consideration because of its size).

This is MY opinion and mine alone. I figured I would put this out for consumption.