because 15 is not enough and 17 too many

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Mar 14, 2023
10:24:13am

BYUheaven All-American

because 15 is not enough and 17 too many

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BYUheaven

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Why does everyone think 16 is a magic number for conference members?

Count Cougar

3/14/23 10:20am

because 15 is not enough and 17 too many

BYUheaven

3/14/23 10:24am

Not too big to allow everyone to eventually play everyone. 18 is basically 2

Benfica1

3/14/23 10:24am

I think 16 is workable but once you get to 18-20+ I don’t even understand it anymore

TCuz

3/14/23 10:25am

16 is definitely too many for a penniless conference. There is no magical,

Corn Pop

3/14/23 10:25am

One thing - getting higher rated participants to the conference

fbguru

3/14/23 10:29am

There is no magic number. Having 4 western schools that were former pac 12 team

johnnybyu

3/14/23 10:46am

Yup. BYU's fanbase is still in the West.

CaliWG

3/14/23 11:10am

It works for the NFC and AFC

Doogal McCougar

3/14/23 11:02am

If you get bigger than 16, I think you need 10 conference games to justify

Doogal McCougar

3/14/23 11:13am

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CameronG

3/14/23 11:57am

Agree it's too big, but I think some just think it's the max because none have

Mitty

3/14/23 2:25pm

It's a way for less attractive schools to tether themselves to big name schools

CameronG

3/14/23 2:44pm

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