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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/djsassan on 2023-09-22 14:03:45.
Obviously this works in larger states with more teams, but it would help the regions of college football stay relevant especially after cross-country footprint conferences. Stanford in the ACC is just, different. Teams can help by keeping one game a year, or every few years, in-state (or close) to keep things intriguing and help the smaller guys out too.
Florida, Florida St, and Miami could have to play any other in-state school once a year i.e. USF, UCF, FIU, FAU, etc. I dont care if Miami is playing USF or Florida vs Florida St, it’s usually entertaining football and is great for the region.
The state of Texas has Texas, Texas St, Baylor, Houston, UTEP, A&M, North Texas, TCU, Rice, etc etc etc.
Ohio has OSU, Toledo, BGSU, Ohio, Kent St, Akron, Cincinnati, etc etc
Cali has Cal, USC, UCLA, Fresno St, SDSU, SJSU, etc.
-makes economic sense as well as reduced wear & tear with less travel for a week. A trip from Miami to the west coast is very different than Miami to Orlando. Columbus to South Bend is a 4.5 DRIVE, not a 4 hour FLIGHT to USC.
-A win with the fans who can maybe go to an away game easier.
-Let’s smaller school get a little extra money sometimes.
-Let’s a player maybe play in front of his parents one extra time.
Just one game a year or even every few years. Conferences went to national footprint for TV relevance, but regionalization is what got them there.
Fire away!