So we’ve got a modest proposal. Let’s take a page out of the NFL book. Rather than play meaningless intrasquad scrimmages, let’s end spring practice with a secret scrimmage.

No, the fans can’t come, and the news about the scrimmage won’t be released. But secretly, we’re matching up each SEC school with another.

We made these cross-division matchups because these teams generally won’t want to give too much away. In fact most of these teams won’t play each other in the regular season … which is all the more reason they could play now.

Alabama/Georgia

Um, yes please. Seriously, how many teams in the world have a shot to teach either group’s first 22 a single solitary thing? If this can’t happen, we might as well schedule Alabama for the New England Patriots and Georgia for the Philadelphia Eagles. The worst thing about the current CFP system is that it doesn’t allow much of a do-over … so why not give both programs a chance to shake the big-game jitters early?

Auburn/South Carolina

This is the Rodney Dangerfield spring matchup. The Tigers are a little less likely to slide under the radar, what with beating Alabama and all that, but with the way the season ended, the second-best teams in each division aren’t getting as much notice as they deserve. Also, these two teams feel like a pretty good fit. There’s no quarterback controversy, there’s no big new identity to unveil. These are two teams that would just fair better playing against other good competition than beating up a team of walk-ons.

Florida/Mississippi State

C’mon, why make us wait until Week 5? Who wouldn’t love to see this one? Nobody will be able to help Dan Mullen assess the progress of the young QBs trying to grasp his system like the defenders from his old team. Meanwhile, it’s a great chance to see how Joe Moorhead’s first team will match up against the kind of deep, hard-hitting defenses they’ll face every week come fall.

Tennessee/Texas A&M

Two of the SEC’s high-profile new head coaches could face off in this matchup. Also, you’ve got the offensive guy (Jimbo Fisher) against the defensive guy (Jeremy Pruitt). Add in that Darrell Dickey stole much of Tennessee’s in-state thunder with his prolific Memphis offenses and you’ve got another must see angle for this match-up.

LSU/Vanderbilt

These two teams are both working on replacing a pair of the best running backs in the SEC — Derrius Guice from LSU and Ralph Webb from Vanderbilt. Meanwhile, there’s another fun wrinkle here — Steve Emsminger’s new LSU offense could be unveiled against Jason Tarver’s first Vandy defense.

Kentucky/Ole Miss

These two teams played a nail-biter last season in Lexington, and a showdown would give both programs a chance to answer some questions. Kentucky could get some confidence in its developing QB situation and find out whether its defensive backs are actually going to improve in 2018. Ole Miss could test its run game against one of the SEC’s weaker defensive lines. Both teams could use some special teams reps as well, as former senior kickers Gary Wunderlich and Austin MacGinnis, each a reliable long-term starter, are both being replaced this fall.

Missouri/Arkansas

This game would be about two big-time offenses, with Derek Dooley’s version of the up-tempo passing attack taking on Chad Morris’ rebuild of Arkansas. Or maybe it would be about whether either team is going to play any defense in 2018. John Chavis’ first work at Arkansas might as well be against  Mizzou. Given the movement in the West to emphasize passing attacks, it should be a good first test for 2018.