Archive for November, 2011

Is it unfair to schools of other conferences to have two teams in the National Title from the same conference?

If LSU wins out and OK state loses to Oklahoma, LSU should have to face Oklahoma or Oregon because those are the 2nd and 3rd best conference winners. Bama did not win their conference. Also a LSU-Bama game will exclude fans from other conferences outside the SEC.
Yes, it is.

How many professional and academic conferences are there in the US?

This would include scientific, academic, government, industrial and professional conferences. I am looking for a total number which are offered in the United States per year.
I have no idea of any specific number. It’s gotta be huge though. If you want a rough estimate though, go to a few of the large convention centers and [...]