re: I only see four legit division split options...

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I think it will be #1 and it pisses me off.

Let Auburn go to the East where they want to be and to hell with Alabama and Tennessee. If their game is so important to them then they can schedule each other as a non-conference game some years.

LSU has been forced to give up SEC night games in Tiger Stadium. LSU and Kentucky had to can our annual game when we went to 12 teams. Auburn and Florida had to give up theirs. Some of us have already made sacrifices so the Gumps and Hillbillies can too.

Having said all that I know lots of Missouri alumni and fans. A large number of them don't mind at all if they are put in the East. They realize that the travel distances are not much different and feel that they can compete in the East much sooner and easier than taking on LSU, Alabama and Auburn in the West.

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I agree. If Missouri goes to the East and doesn't get Tx AM as their permanent rival, wouldn't that really hurt their recruitment in Texas. The Texas recruits are very important to Missouri. I would think that if Missouri goes to the East, that they would insist on having Tx AM as their permanent rival.

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Let Auburn go to the East where they want to be and to hell with Alabama and Tennessee. If their game is so important to them then they can schedule each other as a non-conference game some years.

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Why should Tennessee make a sacrifice to accommodate Auburn getting what they want?

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LSU has been forced to give up SEC night games in Tiger Stadium. LSU and Kentucky had to can our annual game when we went to 12 teams. Auburn and Florida had to give up theirs. Some of us have already made sacrifices so the Gumps and Hillbillies can too.

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So who was forced to give up their biggest rivalry after expanding to 12 teams?

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You could say the same thing about AU. We had to give up the Florida and Tennessee games when the conference went to divisions.

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Which means UT had to give up Auburn and I'll gladly give up Georgia.

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If their game (UTk Bama) is so important to them then they can schedule each other as a non-conference game some years.

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great idea.

Very nice. I could see the Arkansas fans wanting Mizzou, though.

works. has no obvious drawbacks.

Well, under option 4, the games in bold would be set:
LSU / Florida
Auburn / Georgia
Alabama /Tennessee
Arkansas / South Carolina
Mizzou / Kentucky
Texas A&M / Vanderbilt
Ole Miss / Miss State

So, Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky and Vandy would be in play for LSU, Arkansas, Mizzou and Texas A&M.

I would almost be in favor of rotation between these 8 schools.

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SEC East:
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Miss State
Kentucky
Vanderbilt

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It's a bad idea. With the lowest budget in the SEC, travel cost for our school would increase and our "poor" fans can't travel(drive) as easy to those games as Tuscaloosa (90 miles) or Auburn or Baton Rouge or Fayetteville for that matter. The only bordering state is Tennessee and knoxville isnt' close at all. What's weird is State has hardly ever palyed any of those teams in it's entire existence. It's would be like adding another Mizzou to the east in terms of rivalry or intensity or interest for that matter.

I prefer taking my lumps from the likes of Bama and LSU.

LSU/MSU have played 105 times, I prefer the SEC not kill that


so I guess one but I like the idea of UT to the west if MSU stays west too