re: Honest Answer, LSU Fans...Cross-Div. Games

I may not speak for all LSU fans, but I have no problem playing Florida every year, actually enjoy the game; however, if we're going to have permanent cross-division opponents and be forced to play every team within the division every year, then there needs to be 9 conference games, with 2 rotating cross-divisional games, like it used to be prior to the addition of A&M and Missouri. It has less to do with the "fairness" of schedules and more to do with me thinking it's stupid to have a format where you only play non-permanent cross-division teams once every 7 years. If you're going to be in the same conference with other teams, players should be given the opportunity to play every team in the conference during the 4-5 years they're in the program.

I'm actually completely on board with Saban in his preference for a 9 game SEC schedule. Other conferences do it. There's no reason the SEC shouldn't. I'm also sick of these neutral site games. Sure there's a lot of money to be gained, but there are intangibles with playing H/H non-conference games, especially for the fans.