Oh the joys of being a football program in the SEC.
Big paydays.
All games televised.
Lots of bowl connections.
Spring meetings in Destin, Fla.
And the games, those take-your-breath away moments, rivalries, traditions, as well as the actual playing -- and there's the rub, especially if in you are in the Western Division.
Every year, West teams like the University of Arkansas must face Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Texas A&M, Mississippi and Mississippi State.
It isn't just the Razorbacks either. Everyone must play perennial No. 1 Alabama every year.
My LSU friends have been moaning and groaning about the Tigers' schedule, which is indeed tough, but it actually is not the toughest schedule in the SEC.