SEC Cross Divisional Games

Understand this is one tough conference. Yet we owe it to every member to discover who truly is the best team.
In the new format, the SEC plays an 8 game conference schedule. Every team plays each team in its own division (6 games) and 2 games against teams in the other division. The conference takes into consideration "protected rivalries" with one cross divisional opponent. We are playing a 6-1-1 format. With that lies the fault in the system. It's unbalanced and creates a faulty championship game.
This year South Carolina plays at LSU and Arkansas at home.
Georgia plays Ole Miss at home and at Auburn.
Let's say South Carolina beats Georgia, but loses to LSU and Arkansas? How can we say Georgia was more deserving when it played a softer schedule?
Programs have good years and bad years. The schedule should reflect that. Instead it ignores this and creates a potential nightmare scenario where a division isn't represented fairly in the conference championship game.
Mike Slive needs to expand to a 9 game schedule. A 6-1-2 would protect rivalries and ensure the integrity of the championship game.
If anyone says "WAIT BUT THEN THE SCHEDULE IS TOUGHER" well duh. That's the point. Maybe a team is unlucky and draws Arkansas, LSU, and Alabama this season. The fact is that then at least two other division rivals are playing them instead of just one.
Records don't matter as much in the playoff era with neutral semifinal sites. The system still leaves two open slots for rivals, games like the Cowboy Classic, or cupcakes.
Thoughts?