... is to divide into two divisions of six. Of course, there's always debate as to who belongs in which division for the sake of geography and competitive balance. I'm exploring an alternate format: three divisions of four teams.

Here's the proposal for the Pac-10/12:

California: UCLA, USC, Berkeley, Stanford

Northwest: Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State

Mountain: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah

Each team plays each opponent in the same division and plays three of the four teams in the other two divisions for a total of nine games and would not play one team in each division. The byes would alternate every two years to allow for home and home.

For example, in the first two years of...

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