I hate it. So much has been lost. I've said it so many times before but I'd rather go back to the days of a true Big 10, the SEC having 10 teams, the SWC, the Big 8, etc. Yes, Arkansas and South Carolina have done very well for themselves and have done well for the SEC. Missouri and Texas A&M seem to be doing the same.Am I the only one that doesn't like conference expansion?
But we've lost great rivalries. I doubt Auburn fans really care, but they used to have some big rivalry games with Tennessee and Florida that rarely get played anymore. Had it not been for the SEC championship game, Alabama wouldn't have played Florida that much over the years, and we rarely see Georgia. But look at the teams outside the old SEC and what has been lost: Nebraska vs. Oklahoma, Texas A&M vs. Texas, Missouri vs. Kansas, Texas vs. Arkansas, Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia, Penn State vs. Pittsburgh, Maryland vs. Virginia, and then there are lesser games but games that were played well over a hundred times such as Nebraska vs. Kansas and Missouri.
So yes, I hate conference expansion. The game was so much more interesting back in those days. Yes, we always had some sort of controversy with the National Championship and 1 vs. 2 in a bowl game was a rare event. But part of what I loved about college football was how unique it was, how much of it was tied to tradition and history, and how different it was than the NFL.