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    *****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****

    Assuming that they fill the schedule with 3 more MAC- or WAC-quality teams, does anybody here think it's IMPOSSIBLE that Mizzou matches it's record from this year (7-5)? I know we've had a lot of fun bantering about how Mizzou will get killed in the SEC, but does this seem like Murderer's Row...
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    Interesting Billboard

    There ARE no fair-weather Missouri fans. Because there is no fair weather.
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    WVU vs The Big East....getting ugly

    I give up, 78. You win. Facts are meaningless. The SEC's only business objective is to screw over the Big 12, it's true. Mike Slive is trying to woo TCU as we speak. As the Big 12 adds more Big East teams, it will continue to become more and more lucrative, until the only organizations...
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    Interesting Billboard

    Oh, definitely. I could see a LOT of fans switching allegiances after seeing this billboard. True story: I ALMOST became a Cyclone fan after driving by a billboard in eastern Iowa that had Greg McDermott on it. Powerful, powerful stuff. Do NOT underestimate the power of billboards.
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    SI has ISU "in the mix" for tourney

    Ah, you're right. I am dense. I'm so used to having conference games add up to 16...
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    SI has ISU "in the mix" for tourney

    That's my point...if Missouri goes .500 in the conference they end up with something like a 22-9 record. They'd be in for sure. Anything less than that, and they're probably out (like you say). I don't get how they could be "on the bubble." There not a conference W-L record that leaves them...
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    WVU vs The Big East....getting ugly

    (I'm sorry, VeloClone. I just can't let this nonsense slide.) Check out the top 10 tv ratings for college football games in 2010. 8 of the top 10 games were either the SEC or the Big XII. Not a single ACC conference game in the top 10, not a single Big Ten game in the top 10, etc... Virginia...
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    What do you think the Big XII's bowl record will be?

    I ran out of teams. You want me to drag back Nebraska and Colorado and plug them in? Or maybe we throw in WVU and TCU right now...I'm sure their Big East and MWC conference schedules are comparable. If you can find a set of matchups that somehow favors the Big 12, I'd love to see it.
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    empty stadium in shreveport

    I think that had more to do with Lew Perkins' guarantee to the Orange Bowl organizers that KU would sell X number of tickets. I wonder how the KU athletic dept. came up with the cash to do that? Ticket scandal rocks Kansas - College Basketball - Rivals.com Oh, yeah...that's right. :smile:
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    What do you think the Big XII's bowl record will be?

    I wish they slotted bowls with conference finish. Then we'd know which conference is stronger. Since the SEC has 12 teams to the B12's ten, let's throw out the top teams (LSU, OKSt.) and the bottom (Ole Miss, KU) and just compare the middle from best to worst finishers. Who would win...
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    WVU vs The Big East....getting ugly

    No question...two things worked in Missouri's favor for getting into the SEC: 1. Thirteen is an odd number, and hard to build a schedule around 2. There is no "Missouri State" that is attached at the hip to Mizzou That (and the TV markets) got Missouri into the SEC. Not the tradition, and...
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    empty stadium in shreveport

    Look...nobody's arguing the the player's don't love it. They love the swag. They love the attention (although I find it a BIT of a stretch that the Pinstripe Bowl is the talk of NYC). I've got no problem with any of that. But what's good for the players' entertainment is not good for the...
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    empty stadium in shreveport

    Go ahead. I'll smash it. It's how we roll. :smile:
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    WVU vs The Big East....getting ugly

    (I'm going to regret replying to this...I just know it.) :smile: Nothing that you are saying matches up with ANYTHING that has been made public about the realignment process. 1. The Big 12 is not the SEC's competitor...the Big 10 is (and to a lesser extent, the ACC, because of proximity)...
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    empty stadium in shreveport

    Oh, my bad. I thought we were talking about Division I COLLEGE FOOTBALL, not some Pop Warner league. You want to give the hard-working kids a vacation at the end of the year? Fine. But the whole "it's important for the players" argument is the biggest load of garbage ever. Don't believe...
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    SI has ISU "in the mix" for tourney

    It's his column...he can write about anything he wants. It just seems a silly reason to put an undefeated team on the bubble. How badly would Mizzou have to do in the conference season to end up on the bubble? 7-9? 6-10? Wouldn't "locks" like KU, KSU, or Baylor ALSO be on the bubble with...
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    What do you think the Big XII's bowl record will be?

    +10000000 I COMPLETELY agree.
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    empty stadium in shreveport

    College football IS special, but it has NOTHING to do with bowl system. Like so many other things, the bowl system was once a unique and special characteristic that has been corrupted and vulgarized by TV and money. Bowl games used to be played immediately before or after New Year's, in warm...
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    WVU vs The Big East....getting ugly

    Wow...I don't even know where to begin on this one... 1. The Big 12 can destroy itself just fine on its own, without help from anybody else. 2. The SEC and the Big 12 don't compete for the same viewers. They're not in the same region and they're on (mostly) different networks. How does the...