re: Are the SEC East and West teams balanced enough from top to bottom?

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The east is 13-15 against the west the last two years. Not exactly western domination.

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what was Georgia's, SCAR's, and Mizzou's record vs. bama, aub, and LSU last year?

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Can you see a time when the East will ever be as deep as the West?

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Things change. As an LSU fan who was old enough to know what was going on in the 1990s, I can tell you that there was a time when I could not see how LSU was going to ever win a conference or national championship.

But things did change.

At this point, any SEC team that isn't winning regularly between 8-12 reg. season games could be considered a "sleeping giant." That includes a lot of teams in the East like Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, and even Florida.

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what was Georgia's, SCAR's, and Mizzou's record vs. bama, aub, and LSU last year?

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UGA was 1-1, USCe was 0-0, and Mizzou was 0-1 (SECCG)

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And since that time two things have happened: The existing teams have gotten noticeably better on the WEST and we added TAMU while the EAST added Mizzu. So spare me the history lesson.

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The only people crying for a change to divisions are fans of the West. So you added TAMU? Mizzou wasn't exactly hot dogshit coming into the SEC either.

So spare me the crying of playing in the West. Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee from 1992 to 2008 won 11 out of 17 of the SECCG. On the back end of that same stretch Kentucky was bowl eligible for 5 straight years. As a "doormat" in the East.

And as others have pointed out, the head to head among the East and West in the last couple years isn't that far apart.

So once again, talk to me when we're another 5-10 seasons down the road about changing divisions.

I would switch UK for MSU any day of the week but they are our in-state rival and we would still have to play them.

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And since that time two things have happened: The existing teams have gotten noticeably better on the WEST and we added TAMU while the EAST added Mizzu. So spare me the history lesson.

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Take a look at the head to head records of Mizzou and aTm over the past few years (also note where most of the games were played). Your argument would be stronger in the reverse.

Plus, as has already been pointed out, the average disparity between the east and west the last couple of years has been one game per year. Western dominance is a myth. More like western slighlty-betterness.

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No. Let's move Auburn to the East to balance the divisions and bring back old rivalries

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^^^So much this. This should have been done when we invited the new guys. Just makes too much sense.

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Plus, as has already been pointed out, the average disparity between the east and west the last couple of years has been one game per year. Western dominance is a myth. More like western slighlty-betterness.

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Look at BCS titles: UT has one back in 1998 and FL has two under Urban. Bama has 3, LSU 2 nd AU 1 but LSU play Bama for the Natty in 2011. That is historical not mythological.

ETA: Also I think the East West record should be vetted. Look at average ranking in the polls.

1 Florida State (46) 1-0 1456
2 Alabama (1) 1-0 1317
3 Oregon (5) 1-0 1314
4 Oklahoma (2) 1-0 1283
5 Auburn 1-0 1186
6 Georgia (2) 1-0 1114 *
7 Michigan State 1-0 1093
8 Ohio State 1-0 982
9 Texas A&M (2) 1-0 978
10 Baylor 1-0 962
11 UCLA 1-0 944
12 LSU (1) 1-0 926
13 Stanford 1-0 886
14 USC 1-0 729
15 Ole Miss 1-0 525
16 Notre Dame 1-0 519
17 Arizona State 1-0 431
18 Wisconsin 0-1 364
19 Nebraska 1-0 352
20 Kansas State 1-0 325

*1 SEC East team in the top 20

TAMU has a new HC and I don't think anyone would really argue that with their coach and the upgrade in facilities that you are even in the same league as them, while in the same conference granted.