10 Rules New SEC Applicants and CFB Need to Know Before Joining Our Conference

With college football on the verge of blowing up and the start of the big conference land grab once again upon us, I think it important to establish some base guidelines before virtually the entire football nation may make application to join the SEC now that the borders could be thrown open. Thinking quickly... 1) It's called the Southeastern Conference. We were the original sports conference, albeit a few name changes ago, but we've had this one for the last 78 years. And considering the brand image we've so carefully built, we ain't changing it. I don't care if we draft Oregon State and Syracuse, the name stays put. No hyphenated Bologna either. 2) We're sticking with divisional play. We pioneered it and everyone else followed.We may have so many teams in a division that each doesn't get a chance to play the other--it doesn't matter. We may have to use all twelve games as conference matches but we're going to get our champion. 3) Okay, maybe ...