Why does anyone think the SEC needs to expand? I have only one reason and that is to protect their flank from the Big 10 in Virginia and North Carolina. That is really it. Outside of geography, why? They have huge $$ and I don't understand why they want to share it with more mouths that want feeding. As for the Big 10, I think the move to expand west was to placate a request from Fox to create a "national" product. So, why do they need to expand any farther? Why do they need to feed more schools as well? I do know this, the 14-team CFP model with 3 automatics from the SEC and Big 10 with byes for the top 2 from each league made me very uncomfortable. Now things are looking to become anticompetitive. Nobody wants that...except for them. Sometimes, we fail to realize that the NFL is the behemoth that it is because they force competitive balance and parity. Bad teams get higher draft picks and easier schedules. In the end, the Chiefs snap out of a 40-year drought to become a dynastic team and the Patriots from dynasty to dumpster fire. The fans love the fact that any team can emerge from the heap to become a player from season to season. Maybe college football can awaken to this scenario in some way. Frankly, I am tired of Alabama and Georgia and OSU and Michigan et al.