Inudesu is right. For you engineering types, it's called "Supply and Demand". :icon_wink: With fewer teams chasing those "big payday" dollars, it'll drive the cost of these games up pretty dramatically. Furthermore, the Big Ten just made it more difficult for its bottom tier teams to get bowl qualified by adding a 9th conference game. Traditionally, these lower tier teams feasted on FCS and non-AQ schools to get 6 wins. But it will be tougher now.