We have a new opponent in the SEC East. On Sunday, the SEC presidents and chancellors announced that Missouri will officially become the league’s 14th member July 1, 2012. Read more: SEC officially announces addition of Missouri - NCAA Football - Sporting News
Then again, maybe not. If they want to make the division games 3 home and 3 away, we'll play Mizzou here and Arkansas won't be coming to Knoxville.
Would that just eliminate 1 of the 2 rotating games against the west and replacing it with Mizzu. (in our case)
I was thinking maybe 7 SEC games at neutral fields. Set up some kind of "tradition" in the name of ESPN money
That's so unfortunate, especially since rivalries like Auburn and Ole Miss will basically be lost on a generation of Vol fans. In a way, that started with division play. Now this cements it.
I believe that will be the most interesting dynamic of all of this if they were to go to 9. How would this affect the MTSUs of the world who have to get these big paychecks against the BCS teams?