Alternate 14 team SEC map

No. No. No. Put Mizzou in the East and be done with it. People want to make it so much harder than it needs to be.

So in other words, an automatic bid for LSU to Atlanta nearly every year?

Geographically, it makes sense, but from the perspective of talent, not so much.

I can tell you 7 SEC teams who would vote no to that arrangement right now if you would like. It's amazing how much effort people make to complicate things before even thinking about the basics.

The split with the grey line is about 100 time more preferable. Kind of a NE/SW split. And the competitive split of the teams (based on traditional team strength) is pretty dammned equal on that one. We certainly don't want to be in a division that gets classified as the "weak" division.

That map is horrible for LSU in the long run. I think that LSU will lose a lot of recruits because the blue chippers want to play against the best. I can see Saban asking recruits do you want to play against Georgia, Tennessee, Auburn, Florida or Miss State and Vanderbilt etc.

That map taught me one thing.... I really need to work on my geography.