From: darkstar7646@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 2:09:01 PM UTC-7, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:   
   > > > Washington State and Oregon State seemed resigned to their fate of   
   heading the Mountain West. The Mountain West commissioner made it clear they'd   
   be welcome with open arms.    
   > > The first two real demotions from FBS I to FBS II -- more on the way.   
   > The first thing that needs to happen is for the "FBS I" schools to vote to   
   kick the Pac-12 out of the "autonomy conferences" mentioned in the NCAA   
   Bylaws. Technically, even after it drops down to below 7 schools, the Pac-12   
   has two years to try to get    
   back up to seven.    
      
   That will be done for them.  There will be no Pac-Anything conference as far   
   as Power 5 is concerned.   
      
   > Well, that's the second thing that needs to happen, after changing the   
   Bylaws to allow for teams to play more than two non-conference postseason   
   football games - otherwise, it's going to make it hard on the teams in the CFP   
   championship game when they'   
   re told, "Er, sorry, but you've already played your two allowed postseason   
   games, so your season is over unless you want something like a 2-year bowl ban   
   plus the loss of eligibility of all of your underclassmen."   
      
   The only reason I don't think the same of this is that I don't know if they're   
   actually ever going to really start a 12-team CFP before there ceases to be a   
   point of any such construct.   
      
   Mike   
      
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