re: Arky pissed that A&M trying to take that rivalry spot

I guess you Arky fans will never learn, but this whole final weekend deal comes down to a matter of logistics.

These are the paramters that we are working within:

1. Every SEC is going to play a game that final weekend.

2. The following teams have natural rivalry games on taht weekend: Florida (FSU); Georgia (GT); South Carolina (Clemson); UK-UT; Bama-Auburn; and, Ole Miss-MSU.

3. Vandy has a 10 year contract with Wake, and no one else wants to play Vandy that weekend as it would be death at the box office.

4. That leaves Arkansas, LSU, A&M and Missouri to sort out for the final weekend.

5. Missouri is in the East, while the other three are in the West, which mean that the only one of the other three that can play Missouri every year is their permanent cross-division rival (Arkansas).

6. If Missouri doesn't play Arkansas that final weekend (and A&M play LSU), then that will leave A&M and Missouri with an open date the final weekend, violating the first parameter, above. Thus, Missouri has to play Arkansas, leaving LSU free to play A&M.