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Put Iowa back in the Big Ten, move Notre Dame into the Eastern Independents, I mean Big East, and Cincinnati into the Big 8?

I would also put Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in the Big 8, and move BYU and Utah to the SWC

Put Iowa back in the Big Ten, move Notre Dame into the Eastern Independents, I mean Big East, and Cincinnati into the Big 8?

I would also put Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in the Big 8, and move BYU and Utah to the SWC

Yeah, why leave Iowa out of the Big 10?  Iowa has actually done something in the Big 10 in history, whereas Purdue, IU, and Illinois have not.  

I could go for that. 

I could definitely go for this. 

I wonder if maybe the schools are looking at the costs to send non-revenue teams across the country all the time.  It adds up.  Going to something like this knocks that down by a LOT. 

I'll add this:
If we are mandating that all 12 games be among this group then I'd go back down to eight league games.  That does mean you'd miss one league opponent every year but so what?  I presume that the leagues aren't dropping CG's so if say Ohio State and MSU don't play and both go undefeated they'll settle it in the CG anyway. 

By dropping to eight league games you'd have four OOC and you could do two scheduled in advance and two scheduled by the controlling entity based on preseason rankings.  Ie:

• For 2025 (I realize probably not done that quick but just for example), Big 10 hosts SWC and travels to SEC.  So you go by preseason rankings.  If Ohio State is preseason #1 in the Big 10 then they host the SWC preseason #1 and visit the SEC preseason #1. 
• For 2026 the Big 10 hosts the SEC and travels to the Big8.  If Ohio State is preseason #2 in the Big 10 they host the SEC #2 and visit the Big8 #2. 
• For 2027 the Big 10 hosts the Big8 and travels to the Pac10.  If Ohio State is preseason #3 in the Big 10 they host the Big8 #3 and visit the Pac10 #3. 
• For 2028 the Big 10 hosts the Pac10 and visits the BigEast.  If Ohio State is preseason #1 in the Big 10 they host the Pac10 #1 and visit the BigEast #1. 
• For 2029 the Big 10 hosts the BigEast and travels to the ACC.  If Ohio State is preseason #2 in the Big 10 they host the BigEast #2 and visit the ACC #2. 
• For 2030 the Big 10 hosts the ACC and travels to the SWC.  If Ohio State is preseason #1 in the Big 10 they host the ACC #1 and visit the SWC #1
• 2031 returns to the 2025 arrangement
• etc.

So each school has eight league games and two OOC games scheduled by the controlling entity with their other two games scheduled on their own so that schools like UF/FSU and USC/ND can maintain traditional rivalries that either never were or are no longer in conference.  I'd want to see Ohio State use those to frequently schedule prior league games so Iowa, PSU, and to a lesser extent, UNL. 

friggin overtime game

Regionality is my most treasured aspect of the whole deal.

And why, so far --- I haven't ben too bent out of shape over the conference realignment stuff, since the SEC still maintains some semblance of regionality.

Yup.  Even if you had a 7-5 type season, maybe MSU got bragging rights over Michigan, or maybe they ruined Ohio State or Penn State's championship hopes.

Even if MSU had upset Oregon last week, ok, whatever.  I've never met an Oregon fan in my life, and I have no random guy who played for them a decade ago who was a little too cocky for my liking as an opposing fan that I hate.

Yeah, but more generally, I think I would enjoy beating a 8 or 9 win Penn State or Ohio State than an 11 or 12 win Oregon