Regarding conference games. I'd be THOROUGHLY disappointed (and I know my emotions don't matter) if there was only 9 games played. The conference is too big to do that and the fact that you'd play some conference schools only 1 time out of every how ever many years is stupid. Especially with TV driving the bus here. No one wants to see crap games, that's why they are loading this up. Prime Time games during all time slots and no snoozers. No one wants to see Nebraska vs Fordham. Hell, no one wants to watch Nebraska vs Buffalo.
What's the point of being in a conference and only playing USC 1 time in 15 years or whatever it may be?
If were seriously loading our conferences, everyone needs to throw out ANY traditional way of thinking regarding schedules. My guess is it would be conference or league games only. Which is also why the Kansas State's of the world need to be ridiculously scared.