*****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****
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And the Mods could (as we've suggested) rename the thread the "Big 12 Realignment Thread" or something similar.
Nebraska went to a better bowl than Mizzou in 2006 or 2007 also when Mizzou finished ahead of them. So it happened 3 times. They are bitter, bitter fans.
I wore my Insight Bowl shirt to Christmas dinner in 2009. My whole family are Mizzou fans, but my uncle is a big Mizzou fan and I wore it especially for him.
Maybe something like:
**Official Realignment Thread (X:XXPM: Latest news update here)**
With the latest news put in the thread title (edited by mods every so often) so that people dont have to come in and go 'what's the latest?'
SIAP, but this poster from the Baylor boards posted some great reasons why TCU got an invite:
One of the most dramatic upgrades in history
One of the most dramatic upgrades in history
Nope. My point is (and I acknowledge this may not even represent most Mizzou fans) I don't care about bowl assignments (other than maybe the matchup. I prefer a major conference team). Where we play? What's the "pecking order?" How much is the "payout"? (which goes to the conf. anyway) just doesn't matter to me.
I do think that a conference has a responsibility to its members first, and the funky blazer gang second. That means not maintaining tie-ins with EVERY bowl in Texas, because it's good for "bid-ness." That also means that you don't turn over the selection process to the C&V bureau of the bowl town. What do they care about competition? I don't care if all conferences do it...it's still wrong. Crappy destinations + no emphasis for on-the-field results = a fan base that averages 60K+ per game at home, and yet has a poor "traveling reputation." Oh, well.
Per McMurphy at CBS sports...if Mizzou stays, B12 likely to stay at 10 teams, if Mizzou goes...
Notre Dame's football independence now at risk - CBSSports.com
And if Missouri leaves for the SEC, sources have told CBSSports.com the Big 12 will likely add three more schools to get to 12 members. At the top of that list, sources said, is Louisville, along with a combination of BYU, West Virginia, Cincinnati or Tulane.
Notre Dame's football independence now at risk - CBSSports.com
And if Missouri leaves for the SEC, sources have told CBSSports.com the Big 12 will likely add three more schools to get to 12 members. At the top of that list, sources said, is Louisville, along with a combination of BYU, West Virginia, Cincinnati or Tulane.
I feel ya bro. Enjoy your moment in message board lime light. Sec no care about you
Your view doesn't represent that of most fans period.
You seriously sound completely, utterly desperate to justify the SEC. Face it, the only reason MU fans want the SEC is because its not the Big XII. You all showed your hand last year when you went begging to the Big Ten. Now, you think you can save face by going somewhere else. Your fan base suffered one of the most embarrassing miscues of all time and are now not able to face fans from your current conference.
BUT... it's OK. We actually still want you. It will make the old rivalries even more fun. Believe it or not, you belong in the Big XII.
I looking anxiously forward to the day when the Big XII is stable at 12+ teams and the media moves on to someone else taking this s***, not ISU. I'm extremely tired of the BS. C'mon Missouri..you got the invite or not?
I confused as to why Mizzou determines whether we go 10 or 12. Why if they stay we stay at 10? Why if they leave we jump to 12? Any insight?
If Mizzou leaving means we go back to 12... good riddance!
I confused as to why Mizzou determines whether we go 10 or 12. Why if they stay we stay at 10? Why if they leave we jump to 12? Any insight?
I believe it has something to do with the conference affiliation of some of the team, specifically the Big East. We could potentially take WV, Cinci, and Louisville to go from 9 to 12 and they are all from the same conference.
I confused as to why Mizzou determines whether we go 10 or 12. Why if they stay we stay at 10? Why if they leave we jump to 12? Any insight?
If they leave, it continues the trend of major programs leaving our conference. Many of the replacement schools don't have the prestige football-wise, or don't have the fans TV wise, that the departing schools have. Thus to provide value to networks and keep the contract, need to go bigger. I'm sure they're constantly on the phone with the TV folks getting their opinion. Got to balance the money they'll receive with smaller amount of teams to divide it vs what they have to have in TV value to keep the contract as-is.
I confused as to why Mizzou determines whether we go 10 or 12. Why if they stay we stay at 10? Why if they leave we jump to 12? Any insight?
If Mizzou leaving means we go back to 12... good riddance!
I don't think that we want to blow up the big east, but if Mizzou leaves then it will leave us no choice because Louisville is the next best fit.
I confused as to why Mizzou determines whether we go 10 or 12. Why if they stay we stay at 10? Why if they leave we jump to 12? Any insight?
If Mizzou leaving means we go back to 12... good riddance!
no insight but gotta be TVs apparently in realignment powers think Missouri has TVs but in practice they don't get on tv. So in theory Missouri is valuable, reality no one watches, my best guess they get left at the altar again sucks to be the girl with a nice bod, ugly face and shallow personality...
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