Splitting The Conference Football

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Splitting The Conference Football
FILE- In this Nov. 27, 2009 file photo, Auburn' Antoine Carter, Mike Blanc (93) and Jake Ricks (91) stop Alabama running back Mark Ingram (22) during an NCAA college football game at Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala. So you're the Big Ten or Pac-10 and you're trying to decide how to split your new, 12-team league into two divisions while keeping traditional rivalries intact and avoiding competitive imbalance and geographic oddities. The SEC, ACC and Big 12 have been through this before _ and their experiences may offer a few lessons. (AP Photo/ Butch Dill, File)