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I think that change can be bad but also good. Playing high profile games is important for the program but play the same teams year in year out gets kind of boring. Yes, playing Kentucky and South Carolina is fun because we dominate them but bring in a few new teams that we don’t play every year. Rotating within the sec would bring more exposure to the conference benefiting everyone.
If your main worry is playing other SEC West foes more often, then just support the 9 game conference schedule. Problem solved. Determining the 3 permanent rivals could get interesting. UF, AU, and SC, so we are no longer playing UTk every year? Losing a yearly rival wouldn't be that great (and we'd probably lose our "Volnation Gold" thread. Who wants that?).
Also, some teams are likely to draw tougher permanent opponents, which doesn't seem all that great to me. The 9 game conference schedule fixes the issue of getting to play SEC West schools more often.
I'm against the 9 game SEC schedule purely because this limits OOC. We'd be locked into 10 games with wiggle room for 2 each season, one of which would likely be a cupcake, making it pretty tough to schedule interesting home and homes with one open game each year. Not saying it can't be done, but I like what Kirby & Co are doing now and would much rather see a Texas , UCLA, Oregon, or FSU thrown on than play Arkansas, Ole Miss, or MSU more frequently.
As far as why it matters, I may be in the minority here, but I look forward to the out of state games. ND and the Rose Bowl were great in 2017. Last year was a bit rough, but I'd never been to Columbia (MO), so I did the STL alumni bus in. Looking forward to Nashville and New Orleans this year. Long rant, but I like variety on my one or two yearly trips.
ETA: Removed comment about 16 teams. Looks like that SBNation article was different than others I'd seen.
GT, cupcake, and the third OOC game is your Texas, UCLA, Oregon, etc. A few years they have several quality OOC opponents, so those would have to be rescheduled or no cupcakes that year. I get what you’re saying though, only one open week to get schedules to matchup with a quality opponent.