RE: UNC/Wake Non-Conference Series
Perhaps the Pac 12 should go to the zipper?
Pacific - Washington, Oregon, California, UCLA, Arizona, Colorado
Western - Wash St, Oregon St, Stanford, USC, Arizona St, Utah
With 8 conference games, let’s look at Washington:
Year 1 - @Oregon, California, @UCLA, Arizona, @Colorado, Washington State, @Stanford, Arizona State
Year 2 - Oregon, @California, UCLA, @Arizona, Colorado, @Washington State, Stanford, @Arizona State
Year 3 - @Oregon, California, @UCLA, Arizona, @Colorado, Oregon State, USC, @Utah
Year 4 - Oregon, @California, UCLA, @Arizona, Colorado, @Oregon State, @USC, Utah
Of course we don’t want to break up the Apple Cup rivalry, so we add a ninth conference game:
Year 1 - Oregon State
Year 2 - @Oregon State
Year 3 - Washington State
Year 4 - @Washington State
That gives everyone not named USC or UCLA 3 games in 4 years in the Los Angeles area, as well as 3 games in 4 years in the Bay Area. The four California schools play each other every year.
The only losers in this arrangement are Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, and Colorado, who lose one game in the Los Angeles area every four years. If that bothers them too much, play a neutral site game there every fourth year - for that matter, maybe the new NFL stadium could rotate them through in a kickoff classic in a way that dovetails their conference schedule.
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