re: "Old school" SEC fans...rate the addition of A&M and Mizzou after two years.

In a pipe-dream world where state politics and whatnot played no part I'd keep aTm because as an LSU fan I really do enjoy playing them every year again, and probably UNC to add to the basketball brand, and add another state that is actually in the southeastern united states. I don't mean that as a knock on Mizzou, I just think I'd prefer them in a pie-in-the-sky scenario.

Regardless, as far as football goes, the move to 14 with the current 6-1-1 is like the SEC isn't one conference anymore. It's the SECW and the SECE and we play a cross conference challenge every season. The players don't get to play every team while they are in college, and the students and fans don't get to enjoy games with all of the schools nearly as much. Some of that can be remedied by tweaking the schedule over time, but it won't fix all of it.

Mizzou still hasn't even been put on an LSU schedule yet. Vandy hasn't been on an LSU schedule since 2010 and there's no telling when they will be again. LSU will go more than a decade between trips to South Carolina probably. That's just nonsense.