Adding Oklahoma and Texas will destroy this conference

Maybe not in actuality, but the SECs culture. Ham fisting these two schools in is going to destroy a lot of annual SEC rivalries that have been played for decades. The Tom petty bickering between LSU and Florida is what makes college football amazing. It’s so ridiculous and childish yet I totally love it. It’s fun to go back and forth about it and have these stories to tell for years all over a game.

People here bitch about playing Florida every year. We’ve played them every year for 50 years and most years for 70+ years. It’s a great rivalry. Both teams were Unranked and it was still an amazing game with vitriol. Florida and LSU has been incredible the past 20 years.

I love playing auburn every year, and Alabama. It’s a murderers row most years but it’s the familiarity that breeds contempt.

I know we will likely retain the ole miss game annually with the change. But I’m sure we will likely lose Alabama, auburn, and Florida as annual opponents. I know it may make our path actually easier to better seasons, but I don’t know if that’s worth if it it comes through an easier schedule with opponents we don’t enjoy playing as much.