Now that we see just how important SOS is, Vanderbilt should be eliminated from the conference. They scrapped their athletic department and no longer even have a true AD. Since they bring everyone in the conference down, this is the chance to remove them and replace them with a more competitive team. Any suggestions?
Vandy only plays a maximum of 4 out of conference games a year. So you could only gain 4 wins a year by replacing them. You can't create more wins inside the SEC. Everything inside the conference evens itself out.
jeffoxiam: I thought the BCS rankings took the quality of an opponent somehow. If that is not considered as your comment suggests, do you agree nontheless that a stronger conference member in place of Vanderbilt would at least win some nonconference games?
Louisville would have been a decent replacement but the Big East nabbed them. If we stole a team from a major conference maybe Clemson. I really don't know who would be a good replacement.
Clemson, Georgia Tech, or Southern Miss. That would be our only options geographically unless we could nab Florida State away from the ACC, or Texas away from the Big 12.
Clemson would be cool. 'd take them as our year in year out east opponent. Battle of Death Valleys! NC State would be cool, too.
