re: If the SEC does expand, it appears it will be in the east...

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And no one would entirely break up Ole Miss/MSU - just put them in different divisions and leave them as each other's fixed opponent.

Why not do that for Ole Miss/LSU?

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For the reason in my post that you elected not to include in your quote - scheduling equality

For fixed opponents from different conferences to work you need to match up teams of similar quality to make the schedule difficulty as even as possible. That's the brilliance of the old 12 team SEC fixed opponents:

Bama/UT
LSU/Fla
Auburn/UGA
Arky/USC
MSU/KY
Ole Miss/Vandy