If the 24-team play-off gets legs, would you see teams pushing their rivalries up in the schedule - i.e. would you see OSU-Michigan maybe middle of the season or toward the beginning instead of the last regular season weekend? If 24 shows up, then conf championships are out, so then if either OSU and/or Michigan feel secure with their seeding, could you see those teams sit players in their regular season games even if it is against their rivals to give some players rest for the play-offs? I would think the only way to fix that is to move up the rivalry game. It was OOC at the time, but the UVA-VT game early in '99 - I didn't see too much of an issue with it. I doubt I would want it as the 1st game. Plus, you could then stagger some of these rivalry games throughout the season instead of most happening at the end.