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10-02-2011, 09:26 PM | #2101 | |
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Stable...it isn't trying to convince city schools to come or looking like it is going to break apart every 5 mins. There isn't even a buy out clause. Nobody wants to leave it. They are going to the table with ESPN with their expanded conference and it is going to rain down money. an SEC Network in partnership with ESPN is coming. Texas A&M and Missouri are a big part of the SEC's plans for that network. So are Virginia Tech and N.C. State. But that's in the future. For now, Missouri and Texas are important footprints and markets for the network. Bigger games...bigger competition...a season's worth of better football. We won't have to worry WTF is up with the SEC every year if we go there. |
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10-02-2011, 09:29 PM | #2102 |
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Only in a well structured debate. Sometime belittling humor is used to show contempt for the position of your discussion opponent.
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And yet relativity and proximity are inter-relating terms.
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10-02-2011, 09:31 PM | #2104 | |
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Or don't. But don't play stupid like everyone hasn't talked about the merits of these moves to death. |
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10-02-2011, 09:32 PM | #2105 |
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Honestly, I think most Mizzou fans want to leave because deep down we know that Texas and OU are not going to stay in the Big XII. Texas will probably go independent or to the Pac, and OU will then be Pac bound as well. The SEC might not be a better fit for Mizzou, but it sure as hell is a better fit than being in a non-BCS conference. The SEC is not going anywhere. Someone pointed out that their are no exit penalties to leave the SEC. Why is that?
I think Mizzou will be fine in the SEC. It will be different, but it the SEC will be there. There is no guarantee that the BIG XII will. And when the SEC forms their own network, Mizzou will grow even more. Why should Mizzou be so loyal to the Big XII when Texas and OU have none? |
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10-02-2011, 09:33 PM | #2106 | |
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1. Start with a scenario where Kansas is happy and the B12 is a great conference to be in. 2. Rationalize. 3. Reach 4. Reach 5. Rationalize. 6. Why would anyone want anything other than the Big 12? WHY? |
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10-02-2011, 09:33 PM | #2107 | |
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10-02-2011, 09:34 PM | #2108 |
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Your whole post was great but I am just going to stop here in the hopes that HH doesn't miss this very valid point and doesn't act like he didn't see it.
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10-02-2011, 09:34 PM | #2109 |
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Usually, its meant to show off in front of a crowd you know already supports or is in league with your position. You know, kinda like junior high. If there were actually some specifics said, I could see this technique. But look through the discussion, its only vague "If you can't figure it out" or "I shouldn't have to restate these things" or "Isn't it obvious". Those aren't answers, they are evasions, therefore the belittling humor is an attempt to extricate themselves from the discussion while trying to claim a victory.
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10-02-2011, 09:36 PM | #2110 |
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10-02-2011, 09:39 PM | #2113 |
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You responding to something does not make it invalid.
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10-02-2011, 09:39 PM | #2114 | |
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Mizzou may very well be fine in the SEC, but there is no guarantee of that anymore than the Big XII won't continue to go on, and succeed, even if they do so as "the Bickersons". |
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10-02-2011, 09:40 PM | #2115 | |
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Better exposure on the national stage is another. More money for the school is yet another, and being part of a league wide network as an equal partner is a huge part of that. The fact that said money will be guaranteed, since the SEC will not dissolve, as opposed to any BIG XII contract, which becomes worthless the second Texas and OU leave is still another. |
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