Rivalries are important. Not essential, but it is a smart thing to preserve as many of them as possible. If we go to pods, a couple of these will have to go:
Alabama - Auburn
Alabama - Tennessee
Auburn - Georgia
Georgia - Florida
Florida - Tennessee
Tennessee - Vanderbilt
Killing the...
On the average, long-term, this is going to work out for MSU. Players generally do not transfer if they are playing, save for a few like the quarterback King from Houston that went to Miami, but that was from G5 to P5. Most of the time it is going to be guys at blue bloods who are looking to...