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#1981 |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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If Missouri HAS to move now, the only thing really on the table is the SEC. I would prefer the BiG over the long haul, but I'm not sure they make a move now.
I would not be crushed if Missouri waited for a few years if they were certain the SEC would be on the table at a later date. This looks like a possibility IF the ACC holds together and the SEC truly doesn't want to add anyone from inside its current footprint. UNC/Va. Tech/Virginia/Maryland aren't happening. That leaves Missouri in pretty good shape as it regards to SEC expansion (unless the SEC looks ready to settle for West Virginia). I have some real misgivings about the move to the SEC. It would not be as rosy as many Mizzou fans assume. I think the presence and importance of aTm in Texas is severely overstated by Aggies and pro-SEC movers alike. If the Big 12 still exists, aTm/SEC is still the second-best show in state. And the SEC still has to recruit through the Big 12 bubble that has held schools like Arkansas out - or at least limited their imprint. I think moving to the SEC with the Big 12 still in place would be damaging to Missouri's Texas recruiting efforts. It MIGHT help in-state. It MIGHT help in Louisiana and Florida. I've seen some Mizzou fans claim it would be an easy sell to Midwest border states (come play in the best conference in America!), but the only state that has significant talent is Illinois (Chicago), and those kids are Big Ten all the way. It would probably be a strong move for hoops and good for the overall athletic department. But football would take some hits on the recruiting trail until it sunk better contacts in LA and FL and GA. |
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#1982 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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Not so much on ACC or PAC. The ACC is an unimpressive football conference unless/until Florida State and Miami get rolling again. The PAC generally has one really good team, a top 25 team, and a bunch of crap. Unless Stanford sustains its run sans Luck and Harbaugh (unlikely), it's USC and Oregon (which doesn't carry the weight of Oklahoma and Texas). The Big 12's top 4 most years will compare favorably with the top 4 in the ACC/PAC. Big 12 schools could also help themselves by playing a serious out-of-conference opponent every year (something OU already does). |
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#1983 | |
Beloved & Awesome CP Celebrity
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Florida
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#1984 | |
Banned!
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: NOT Columbia, MO 65201
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#1985 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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I'm just thinking of all the times the ACC championship game has been a stinker (one good, top 10 team vs a fringe top 30 team). I thnk the PAC game is going to be like that most years. |
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#1986 |
Champion Golfer Of The Year
Join Date: Aug 2001
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That was one of the great National Lampoon covers of all time.
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#1987 | |
The Illuminati
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: the road less traveled
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Damn, Clay Travis at Outkick The Coverage has just been killing it on the SEC expansion storyline. If any Mizzou fan isn't reading him by now you should be.
http://outkickthecoverage.com/realit...uri-in-sec.php Quote:
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#1988 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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They're still only averaging somewhere between 2 and 3 Texas kids a year. Not that impressive, IMO. I know their main focus is on LA kids, but still... Missouri will have to do much better in Texas than either Arkansas or LSU currently do to keep its program at the current level. |
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#1989 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Kansas City, MO
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#1990 |
When a nightmare becomes real
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Pete Sampson
Post #19376 South Bend, IN MyFanPage Add Buddy Ignore Re: ND to Big 12? Reply ________________________________________ I have heard this, although a slightly different version. What I've heard on this front is that the Big 12 would add BYU, TCU, West Virginia, Louisville and Cincinnati, thereby killing the Big East in its current version as a football conference. The Big 12 would then invite Notre Dame into the league for its applicable olympic sports but football would remain independent. The Big 12 would then be at 14 schools and Notre Dame would agree to a situation similar to what Kevin White agreed to with the Big East in football, basically that Notre Dame play three Big 12 teams per year. Don't be surprised if Notre Dame changes up its Thanksgiving week routine and Texas becomes an annual series there, replacing the Longhorns game with Texas A&M. That's the hope from Texas at least. With Notre Dame a partial member of the Big 12 at 14 schools, Notre Dame would have the first right of refusal to join in full with football should the next conference realignment step force Notre Dame into a football conference, i.e. suddenly there are four 16-team super conferences and break away from the NCAA. That doesn't mean Notre Dame would be locked into the Big 12, but they'd at least have a foot in the door there. Pete Sampson Editor - Irish Illustrated psampson@rivals.com |
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#1991 |
Supporter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ozarks
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So is Mizzou in or out today?
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#1992 | |
Time Keeps On Slipping
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Overland Park
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**** yeah, sounds good to me. Let's get this thing over with. |
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#1993 | |
**** the Raiders
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: A Webb of chaos
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I would be all for that. However it seems something akin to a pipe dream to me. |
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#1994 |
Supporter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ozarks
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Wow, that is the first post I have seen mentioning this. That would be a big deal
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#1995 |
I’m a Mahomo!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mid-Missouri
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Kietzman just doesn't get it or he is trying to save his Wildcats from oblivion.
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