If you can't beat 'em, whine about 'em.
I favor a 9-game conference schedule myself, but how is it any of the Pac 12's business what the SEC decides to do?
When your 9 conference games include 6 or more against ranked opponents, get back to me. Otherwise, STFU. I'll trade our "soft" 8 game SEC slate this year plus our weakest OOC opponent (UTC) for ANY 9 Pac 12 opponents, right now, straight up. And that would probably
hurt our SOS.
That said, I also favor a 9 game conference schedule, if only because it will keep us from going 10+ years without seeing some of our league mates. That's just way too long.