A) Mizzou will never be left out in the cold
18 months ago, I would have agreed with you. Then a has-been football power with sketchy academics from a state half the size of Iowa took our spot in the Big 10. It made me a little more skeptical.
B) If Mizzou stays, the likelihood of that happening decreases
As much as I wish that were true, this conference hangs on the commitment of TX and OU. Lose either one, and we're toast. Mizzou doesn't have that kind of clout in the Big 12, and probably never will.
You guys are just star struck, pure and simple. The next few weeks/months will tell us if your admins are too. You just want to chant "SEC" and care about nothing else. By moving to the SEC you create the very thing you cite as the reason for doing so.
God I hope not. I HATE that chant. Who cheers for a conference, anyway? I'm glad we're moving to the SEC, but now I want every one of them to lose. Every game. That's what being in a conference is about.
Emotion is ruling your fanbase, not logic.
There IS a lot of emotion from the fanbase right now (mostly euphoria). But that doesn't mean it's not the right decision for Mizzou. The SEC offers historical stability and great revenue potential. The emotional decision would be to ignore that in favor of staying with teams that we've played for a long time.
If everything does go blow up, we'll be sure to write from the Big 10.
I'll assume this is tongue-in-cheek, and that most Cyclones have given up on the fantasy of a Big 10 invite. It's nothing against ISU...but the B1G has its eyes on only 1 team: ND. And if they get them, they'll add any other team they want. Or not. Remember, this is a conference that stayed with eleven members for like, 15 years! They LIVE to be anarchronistic.
If the B1G were to invite ISU, they would get a quality research institution in the midwest with solid-if-unspectacular football and some other well-regarded athletic programs. And absolutely ZERO new revenue for their cash cow, the BTN. As they've shown, they'll pay lip service to those other things, but when it counts, they want the matchups and the money. If they can't get a windfall from #14-16, they won't do it. And even though I'm new here, I know this has been talked to death already.