Keeping the SEC at 12 While Improving in Football and Baseball

There is this conventional wisdom spreading that the SEC should grow to include 14 or 16 teams throughout many news outlets, but I think the number is great right where it stands today. Instead of adding another team with Texas A&M, why don't we drop Vanderbilt from the SEC? 

Vanderbilt has struggled mightily in football over the last several decades, with decent campaigns sprinkled in since 1890 and since joining the SEC in 1932, its inaugural year. They do have a great baseball program and basketball is decent, but their main attraction is education at Vanderbilt.

Needless to say, the last time Vandy was relevant in football was when Dan McGugin patrolled the sidelines; however, their team IQ is probably 20 to 30 points higher there than at any other SEC school. 

Vanderbilt has suffered back-to-back 2-10 seasons, and beyond the great class that new head coach James Franklin and his staff have put together this year, the end of the pain is nowhere in sight.

Vanderbilt has been to four bowls in its entire history, with a record of 2-1-1. They are also having a difficult time filling up the more than 39,000 seats at Dudley Field. So money they are bringing into the SEC is nowhere near what Texas A&M would bring.

If they became a member of the Independents, they would definitely improve their record easily to 7-5 or better next year, and qualify for a decent bowl. 

It's no wonder that David Williams doesn't want Texas A&M in the SEC, because it is possible he is seeing the writing on the wall.