re: What teams would rather be in the SEC than in their current conference?

Were I Slive I would have tried to make a big move while the rumors were pulsing surrounding A&M - ideally the additions would be Mizzou, Va Tech, and UNC. They're all still within the region, it creates neat possibilities for divisional realignment (north v. south, east v. west, four divisions), it adds the most markets, and it doesn't water down the brand while also not making the conference impossible to succeed in.

I understand the talk that was being bandied around about getting FSU, Oklahoma, Texas, etc being best for the conference, but I really don't think it would be. Imagine being Arkansas and facing this schedule:

Oklahoma
@A&M
@LSU
Bama
Texas
@Auburn
Miss. State

I would be excited to watch the games every week, but you would have to guarantee the conference champion an automatic berth in the national title game for me to accept such a schedule-- and that's not even considering a cross-divisional schedule that could include any two of FSU, UGA, UF, Tennessee, or a good USCe team every year.