Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said he would favor playing an 11-game conference schedule that would require playing only one non-conference game.
Some Big 12 administrators have talked about a potential nine-game schedule as a possibility to allow more conference games and to cut travel costs. But Gundy went one step more, saying he would be willing to play every conference opponent in every season.
"My thought is we should play 11," Gundy said. "Why should I have to play the No. 2 ranked schedule and somebody else play the No. 80th schedule. And at the end of the record they put both our records on the board."
Gundy also proposed doing away with the North and South Divisions in favor of a 12-team unified schedule.
"Everybody would play everybody," Gundy said. "You would play one nonconference game, whoever you wanted to play. And the two teams with the best record would play in the championship game. It's fair and would be an advantage financially because you don't travel very far."
Gundy doesn't expect his proposal would ever be approved by the league.
Tim Griffin joined ESPN.com in February 2008. He has covered the Big 12 since its inception, among a variety of beats during a 24-year career at the San Antonio Express-News. Griffin, a Memphis State University graduate, lives in San Antonio with his wife and son.
