I definitely respect that position.
Let me ask this, if we miss going to a bowl game next year by one game - at a time when the program desperately needs wins and post season practices - are you ok with that? How about if the schedule makers do us another favor and we have a run of LSU, FSU, Clemson, Miami (guessing), Louisville without a bye week to recover? Do we have the depth yet to risk the additional physical pounding and injury potential from an elite SEC team on top of the top 25 teams we already have on the schedule?
The bravado is great. But it's fool's gold. The program needs wins NOW more than playing the best of the best from the SEC.
There will come a time again when should play an additional Big Boy out of conference. That time is not now.