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Originally Posted by eazyb81 (Post 7966926)

Gabe just said on an interview that Alden received over 900 emails in one day regarding the conference realignment issue, with over 90% of them in favor of going to the SEC.

He said Gary Pinkel and the fanbase are the big drivers of the move.

Good interview with Clay Travis.

Thats freaking awesome...

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Originally Posted by eazyb81 (Post 7966926)

Sounds like the fans have spoken. Hopefully the curators have gotten the message, and hopefully Deaton won't sabatoge it.

These folks seem to think WVU to SEC is a done deal:

http://leatherhelmetblog.com/2011-ar...otting-ts.html

Hope this is not true.

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Former Mountaineer quarterback Major Harris was quoted yesterday as saying that he was “hearing a little buzz about the SEC” but “that’s just people talking.” Could that be all it took to spawn the new chatter? Possibly.

Speaking to a well-positioned source inside an SEC institution today, we have been told — again — that the SEC did not deny WVU’s entry into the league when the school reached out to conference brass last month. But they weren’t bearhugged as Texas A&M was, either.

WVU remains a fallback choice due to the small population and small number of cable households inside its state borders. Academics are also an issue with some presidents in the league.

However, if Missouri stays in the Big 12, the rest of the landscape stabilizes, and the SEC faces multiple years as a 13-school league… then WVU might become a lot more attractive.

If that occurs, expect the SEC to tout WVU’s fan passion, similar culture, and its close proximity to Pittsburgh and other major metro areas as part of its spin.

For now — from what we’re hearing — it’s Missouri or bust. And the SEC isn’t sweating Mizzou’s decision. West Virginia remains a deep fallback option. The only other school that our sources continue to mention as a possibility is Florida State.

We trust our sources because they’ve been right in the past and because they’re coming from different areas of the league. But when it comes to the many variables and politics involved in conference expansion, we wouldn’t be shocked if the SEC announced the addition of North Dakota State this afternoon.

http://www.mrsec.com/

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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 7967007)

These folks seem to think WVU to SEC is a done deal:

http://leatherhelmetblog.com/2011-ar...otting-ts.html

Hope this is not true.

He is certainly right about this part: "West Virginians are used to being the punch-line in jokes, we’re used to being mocked and having stereotypes unfairly applied to us,"

Its not like they are "Okies" or "Arkies." :D

Thanks for the link Dak, that makes a lot more sense.

Hasn't the curators meeting begun? I think it was scheduled to start around 1 or 2.

KK putting MU in their place, wow.

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Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 7967051)

KK putting MU in their place, wow.

KK can shove it. Mizzou needs to do what is best for Mizzou, not what is best for Kansas City, KU, or KSU.

GabeDeArmond Gabe DeArmond

<s class="hash">#</s>Mizzou AD Mike Alden just arrived at Board of Curators meeting in St. Louis

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Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 7967051)

KK sporting delusional drivel driven by his ksu homerism.

FYP

I'm much more skeptical about the SEC move than most Mizzou fans, but the picture Kietzmann paints is not realistic.

He's also either blatantly lying or listening to people who are blatantly wrong if he thinks a lot of the "highly placed people" at Mizzou don't want to move and aren't going to move.

The move is likely happening.

As Missouri fans, the thing to root for if that happens would be for Texas and Oklahoma to join the PAC and precipitate the destruction of the Big 12 (or at least radical change that severely reduces it as a BCS conference and force in the state of Texas).

Missouri is going to have a new challenge recruiting Texas, recruiting against the Big 12 conference affiliation most feel (outside Aggie fans). It's the same one Arkansas and LSU have struggled with.

Best thing that could happen to mitigate that would be the dissolution of the Big 12, reducing the competition with schools like oSu, Tech and Baylor for the next wave of talent.

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Originally Posted by Crush (Post 7967068)

GabeDeArmond Gabe DeArmond

<s class="hash">#</s>Mizzou AD Mike Alden just arrived at Board of Curators meeting in St. Louis

Shit just got real

(somebody had to say it :D )

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Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 7967051)

KK putting MU in their place, wow.

LMAO

It is awesome that the meme has gone from Mizzou has no chance of getting an SEC bid, to a move to the SEC will destroy Mizzou.

I love it.

KK: Poor Ryan Reynolds, he is stuck with Scarlett Johansson.

KK says if he was a betting man, he would bet on Mizzou staying. That has to be a good sign right?

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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 7967101)

KK says if he was a betting man, he would bet on Mizzou staying. That has to be a good sign right?

There is a reason KK is "BITB" (best in the biz)