When will the SEC get to the bottom of its LSU-Florida scheduling dilemma?

Instead of participating in an unnecessary back and forth with Joe Alleva and Jeremy Foley, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey could solve the issue by simply taking advice from one of his former coaches, Steve Spurrier.

You cancel it altogether or play it whenever you want, but LSU-Florida shouldn't have any impact on the East or West division title race, according to the Head Ball Coach.

"Your division champ should be decided on division games," Spurrier said in 2012. "Last year, it wasn't fair for Tennessee and Florida. They both played LSU and Alabama. Us and Georgia didn't. So, us or Georgia almost had to win the division simply because of the schedule.”

Spurrier knows first-hand how much cross-divisional games can affect one's season.

His 2011 South Carolina team went 5-0 against East teams, but didn't win the division after suffering losses to Auburn and Arkansas.

Huh?

Spurrier's lone East title at South Carolina came in 2010 when the Gamecocks went 5-3 in conference play and that also included two losses to West opponents.

If Tennessee finishes 6-2 in the SEC this season and both losses come to West competition (Texas A&M and Alabama), the Vols should be crowned East champions because of their record against divisional opponents. But that's not how the league's bylaws are written, much to the chagrin of Steve Spurrier and likely Butch Jones.