re: Moving Bama and Auburn to the East: isn't that the easiest way?

Actually yhe easiest thing to do would be to move Arkansas and LSU to the Big XII, then move Mizzou to the west where they belong.

This would accomplish several things:
1) aTm and Mizzou would play every year so there would be some carry over there from their Big XII days.
2) Auburn/UGA, Bama/Tenn and Auburn/Bama all continue annually without issue.
3) SEC returns to a more manageable 12 teams and a 5-2-1 schedule.
4) LSU and Ark are now in a conference that fits them more geographically and don't have to worry about SEC bias.