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Pac-12's approach to scheduling may sink its playoff chances in 2016

Rest is important. Heck, Arianna Huffington wrote a book called "The Sleep Revolution," and more than a few adults are tearing a page from their toddler days and taking naps again.

Rests makes you your best self!

Some Power 5 conferences understand this, which is why national title contenders No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Clemson, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 LSU each have bye weekends before their biggest games this season. It's why Alabama plays Chattanooga the weekend before the Iron Bowl, and Tennessee plays Tennessee Tech before it winds up its season with the, er, gauntlet of Kentucky, Missouri and Vanderbilt.