def _pull_conference_page(self, year):
try:<EOL><INDENT>return pq(CONFERENCES_URL % year)<EOL><DEDENT>except HTTPError:<EOL><INDENT>return None<EOL><DEDENT>
Download the conference page.

Download the conference page for the requested team and create a
PyQuery object.

Parameters
----------
year : string
    A string of the requested year to pull rankings from.

Returns
-------
PyQuery object
    Returns a PyQuery object of the conference HTML page.