But this 9th game guarantees that both teams going into the CCG game will be going into the game coming off a quality win each year. In addition, 4 teams will still control their own destiny for a Sugar bowl berth each year on the last week of the season. Let's face it, Utah and Oregon already knew they were going to play eachother in the CCG game before they even played their Regular season game. 10 /12 Pac 12 teams no longer controlled their own destiny after ASU lost to Utah on Oct 16th. Krindorr's setup gurantees atleast 4/12 teams control their own destiny on the final week.

I also like, as Krindorr pointed out, that you will basically play everyone routinely.
Teams in your pod - 6 games in 6 years. (Hopefully we get TCU in our pod because I want to play them soooo bad.)
Teams outside your pod - minimum of 4 games in 6 years. But an average of 4.667 games in 6 years with bias towards playing teams within your tier. Add a CCG and you are getting close to 5 games in 6 years average cross pod. Which is awesome.

Worst case scenario. . . 2 dominant teams in different pods could play eachother 10 times in 6 years. Highly unlikely, Took Pac12 11 years before a repeat CCG game.

Chaos Theory - March Madness is filled with Chaos, and we love it. The pod rankings and setup for final week showdowns will cause enough chaos and curiousity in the Week 11 & Week 12 results that you will want to know how every other team is doing as anywhere between 4-8 teams will likely still have a shot at the Big 12 championship.