Mizzou to SEC "inevitable and imminent"

[HoopsTournament]

I think you're just getting started. Wait until the land thieves from OU, the fightin' Pickens' of OKSt., the lunatics at TTU, and the "Hook 'Em Satan" brigade from UT all leave in a few years.

THEN think of the winners left behind in the Big XII. Nothing but fine, upstanding college fans. Except for the whiners at KSU. And the wheat beaters from Kansas. And the holy-roller legal-eagles at Baylor.

Ah, that'll never happen. OU and UT value the relationship with the smaller members of the Big 12 too much.

(somebody throw me a sarcasm pirate!)

Its called a jimlad and you put the word jimlad between two colons.

As for the rest of your post. It has nothing to do with OU and UT valueing the relationship. It is in OU and UT's best interest to stay in the Big 12. That is why they won't leave. You keep saying they will leave, but everytime I give you a list of reasons why they aren't you can never dispute them, but only bring up the past.

Get over it. You are going to the SEC. You hate UT. We understand it. You will have a new ***** now and they are called Alabama. Enjoy.

 

[Boxerdaddy]

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by MurphyKeith
This is from Missouri's Curators........RT @sptwri: They say major announcement upcoming...

Guess we'll see what this means but more than likely they are gone. Truly sad if they do let the vocal minority ruin it for the rest of their University, students, fans, faculty and alumni.

 

[CrossCyed]

Suggested they took "special action" this morning. Would imagine that means they are heading out.

 

[LutherClone]

They would talk about retirement plans first.... just goes to show that they are ALL teases

 

[cydline2cydline]

Question: Doesn't Missouri to the SEC help our cause if the BIG 12 does implode? I would think we would be more likely to get at least a look from the B1G, given our aau membership. Any thoughts?

 

[LutherClone]

LOL at trying to appease KC with a "regional football rival in KC"


aka when we leave, we'll play KU, Nebby, Iowa State or KState there.

 

[Mizzoulander]

They would talk about retirement plans first.... just goes to show that they are ALL teases

You know, you're right. The eyes of thousand and thousands of sports fans from Austin to Morgantown on them, and they want to talk about the pension plan and the arts dept.

Attention whores. :smile:

Of course, I don't think you could announce you're leaving the Big 12, and THEN talk about pensions. Probably need to get the mundane stuff out the way.

 

[CrossCyed]

So I'm not sure if anything new happened.

 

[Boxerdaddy]

Streaming Newscast

Stream.

And they keep saying "Mizz-ur-ah"

 

[clonefan98]

MU curators said they want to have an "invitational basketball tournament" hosted by MU in KC, and an MU football game at Arrowhead against a "regional rival". Whatever.... I hope KU tells them to get lost.

 

[LutherClone]

So I'm not sure if anything new happened.

Basically they said that they're gone without saying it. They are trying to throw a bone to KC by getting a football game with regional rivals in the city.... but they already have that with KU if they stay. I think that was a pretty obvious peace sign. Also, they talked about a basketball tourney anchored by Mizzou in KC... but they already have that if Mizzou stays. Another deuces.

At the end of the day though, I think they're screwed. A "regional rival" is likely going to be someone like Missouri State b/c after this, it seems pretty locked up that KU isn't going to play them. Iowa State won't be adding another BCS school to our schedule. K-State maaaaaay do it, but they love scheduling patsy teams so I doubt it. Nebby? Doubtful as there would be no incentive for them to play in KC. And I'd love to see who they get for a basketball tourney. The reason the Big XII tourney was HUGE to KC was that Iowa State, KU, Mizzou, K-State and Ok State fans all traveled there in large numbers. Even if you get a tourney of Mizzou, Duke, Illinois and UCLA, you're not going to have anywhere near as many fans as you would with the Big XII.

Kind of an "FU" to KC

 

[Cyclonz]

MU curators said they want to have an "invitational basketball tournament" hosted by MU in KC, and an MU football game at Arrowhead against a "regional rival". Whatever.... I hope KU tells them to get lost.

I agree tell them to get lost. They can't have their cake and eat it too. They can't keep their regional rivalry and then bolt out of the region to the SEC. KU needs to stand tall and sever all ties with Mizzlosers.

 

[HoopsTournament]

The only way I would support going to a MU hosted bb tournament is if it was a "Big 8 Invitation Tournament" with Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State.

You can have Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska and one other team, but that is it because NCAA rules state that two teams from the same conference cannot participate in a tournament together. (other than post season tournaments of course)

 

[mt85]

Make a decision, and learn proper pronunciation. You sound like a bunch of hicks.

 

[ripvdub]

Can we just email Deaton and tell him to get the Eff out and we don't want them anymore? And why would they give him the power to decide if he is stepping down/ being retiring at anytime?

 

[HoopsTournament]

Can we just email Deaton and tell him to get the Eff out and we don't want them anymore? And why would they give him the power to decide if he is stepping down/ being retiring at anytime?

Deaton is not stepping down. He is the chancellor. They are looking for a new president.

 

[Mizzoulander]

Question: Doesn't Missouri to the SEC help our cause if the BIG 12 does implode? I would think we would be more likely to get at least a look from the B1G, given our aau membership. Any thoughts?

Doubtful. It was widely assumed that Nebraska's AAU membership was tenuous, and would likely be removed during the next review period - even before they joined the B1G. Delaney took 'em anyway.

It seems more like AAU is a nice selling point for the B1G...IF you're a team that they want already. But it's not going to bring an invite by itself.

Biggest obstacle to ISU to the B1G is Iowa, IMO. Not because the Hawks would block it (I have no idea), but because 1) the B1G has total penetration of this market between UI and NU; and 2) the B1G is ONLY going to go for big-name invites for expansion.

While every other conference moved to 12 teams, the B1G stayed at 11 for 15 years or so. They only expanded when they could get EXACTLY what they wanted: big football name in a contiguous market they don't control.

If they grow, it WON'T be in reaction to SEC, ACC, or others. It will be on their terms, with ND, UT, or some other major player.

 

[Mizzoulander]

Deaton is not stepping down. He is the chancellor. They are looking for a new president.

Hoops is right. In the UM system, the President governs the four schools that comprise the system: UMC (Mizzou), UM-Rolla, UMKC, and UMSL. Steve Owens is the interim president.

The Chancellor (Deaton) presides over decisions affecting MU. He's been with the university in some capacity since *I* was there (a long time ago).

 

[Cyclonestate78]

Uhh, isn't that pretty much what Missouri is signing up for? Almost every year, the SEC is the premier conference in the land. Meanwhile, Missouri has the same number of Big XII titles as ISU, KU, BU, and Tech, which is to say, none. Missouri won the North, what, 2 times in 15 seasons? They had 5 winning conference records in 15 years in the Big XII.

Do you really think that's going to get better in the SEC?

The interesting thing to note is what happened to Mizzou when they actually reached the Big XII Championship game? How did they do?

Answer: They got CRUSHED. Crushed by a team that is on the same level year in and year out as Florida, LSU, Alabama, Auburn, etc....

I wonder if the Mizzou staff and players would have signed up to play that Oklahoma team 4 or 5 times per year and taken Kansas, K-State, Iowa State, and Baylor off of their schedule?

 

[HoopsTournament]

Doubtful. It was widely assumed that Nebraska's AAU membership was tenuous, and would likely be removed during the next review period - even before they joined the B1G. Delaney took 'em anyway.

It seems more like AAU is a nice selling point for the B1G...IF you're a team that they want already. But it's not going to bring an invite by itself.

Biggest obstacle to ISU to the B1G is Iowa, IMO. Not because the Hawks would block it (I have no idea), but because 1) the B1G has total penetration of this market between UI and NU; and 2) the B1G is ONLY going to go for big-name invites for expansion.

While every other conference moved to 12 teams, the B1G stayed at 11 for 15 years or so. They only expanded when they could get EXACTLY what they wanted: big football name in a contiguous market they don't control.

If they grow, it WON'T be in reaction to SEC, ACC, or others. It will be on their terms, with ND, UT, or some other major player.

I agree with you up to a point, but if ND goes to the Big 10, they cannot stop at 13. It just won't work. They will need someone else. Not saying it will be ISU, but they 14th team may not be a big name.

However, my personal opinion is that ND will not join any conference and UT will be in the Big 12. There is no reason to be concerned about Big 12 imploding. ISU will be in this conference for many, many years.