On the first game of the season next year, the SEC should have a "square off" with the the Big 12. The SEC would rank its teams from top to bottom and the Big 12 would do likewise. On that weekend, the SEC and Big 12 number ones would play each other, etc. That would help everyone's strength of schedule and it would be a showcase for the conferences. LSU, which will win the SEC title, would be playing Oklahoma. Baylor would be playing Vandy.
How is this proposal confusing? More importantly, how is it impossible? Early season basketball games which benefit NCAA-endorsed charities occur every year.
It would not be a bad idea as long as BCS focus is on the actual quality of the teams and not record, because you are going to have 2 to 3 very good teams that are going to start out with a loss but still are among the top ten teams in the country. The problem would be who gets to have the game at home. You cannot rotate, because the next year the teams will be ranked differently. It should also be the permanent 12th game of the year to keep the amount of home games a school has the same.
impossible in many ways....first you said "next year"....we all know this cannot be planned or approved on such a short timetable. if it was a realistic plan, which in all due respect, it isn't, it would take at least a few years to get this in action. But also just the idea as a whole.... logistically, the NCAA would not allow it...the other conferences, such as the PAC-10 and Big-10 and the new, more powerful ACC, would all reject the idea....it is interesting like I said, and maybe not so confusing i guess....but in reality it is indeed impossible (meaning of course, it is never going to happen)
I'll agree with it not being possible to arrange such a matchup because, obviously, the "short-notice" thing is the main reason. But, I'll go a little off into "play land" and pretend and come up with this scenerio (to counter your "Pac-10, Big-10 and ACC would all reject the idea" thing) and say that if a deal between the Big XII and SEC for a 1st game of the season matchup between all schools reach agreement between both conferences, than they can suggest matchups between the PAC-10 and Big Ten (since, the champions of those conferences usually meet up in the Rose Bowl), and then the ACC can match up with the Big East (since I'm sure the Big East schools would like nothing more than a crack at the ACC for their "Miami, VT and BC raid"). That way, every conference creates a "rival conference".
