re: 8 conference games with 14 teams

4 of the 6 original SEC East teams have PERMANENT ACC in-state opponents on Thanksgiving weekend. A 9th conference game would create 10 PERMANENT opponents for this not-insignificant portion of the conference and force them to choose between (1)abandoning their historic rival or (2) the ability to have any scheduling flexibility.

Your desire to nationalize the sport for dubious reasons of fairness do not trump our interest in preserving things we deem valuable, monetarily or otherwise. This isn't difficult.