True, it would negate the need for permanent cross-divisional opponents since teams like Alabama/Tennessee and Georgia/Auburn would be in the same division.

The whole cross-division rivalry setup at present is sort of ridiculous anyway, especially now that we have 14 teams but still only 8 conference games. It doesn't make sense to go half a decade without playing a team (Arkansas hasn't played Vandy since 2011 likely won't until 2018). It's also unfair for LSU to have to play Florida every year while Ole Miss gets to play Vandy.

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Posted by BHMKyle

Birmingham, AL

Member since Feb 2013

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Posted on 10/17/16 at 2:12 pm to Feral

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It doesn't make sense to go half a decade without playing a team (Arkansas hasn't played Vandy since 2011 likely won't until 2018).

What doesn't make sense is sacrificing rivalry games that are steeped in tradition so that the conference can get more garbage games like Arkansas-Vandy. Arkansas obviously has no issue throwing rivalries and tradition to the wayside... but if expanding to 12 teams and then to 14 teams means we have to throw history and tradition into the dumpster, then I think we need to go back to the original 10 teams.

Georgia has played Auburn every single year that we've fielded a team going back to 1892. Alabama and Tennessee have also enjoyed a very long rivalry. If we are going to toss those aside just to be able to see Arkansas travel to Nashville more often or to see Ole Miss face Mizzou, then we've lost sight of what is important.

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