re: Miles still seeking change to SEC slate

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Do you feel Bama is cheating to get the schedule they want? Serious question, or that someone is helping us out with the "easy games".

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I don't think Bama is cheating to keep the schedule the way it is. I think they truly want to keep the Tenn rivalry game just as Auburn wants to keep Georgia.

I do, however, firmly believe that Ole Miss, Miss State, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Vandy want to keep the easy cross-divisional rivalry games. Those schools, along with Bama-UT and AU and UGA are keeping the permanent rivalry games in place for their own personal best interest. They don't give a damn about what is fair and balanced.

It is in every single SEC West team's best interest to stay as far away as possible from Florida, who is 93-13 against the Eastern division since 1992. That is precisely why Ole Miss, MS State, and Arkansas vote the way they do. They are scared to death of Florida and what as little to do with them as possible.

It gives every SEC West team a major advantage to keep Florida as LSU's permanent rival. Just as it's in Kentucky, Vandy, and Missouri's best interest to play LSU and Bama as little as possible.

Everyone is voting in "their" best interest and could care less about what is best for the conference as a whole except South Carolina. They want what is truly fair and are willing to play tougher West teams to do what is just.