Yeah, write the words "Don't **** this up, douchebags" on a rag stuffed in a glass bottle of petrol. Light said rag and throw it into the meeting.

Not buying it.

I think it's crazy to go to 16 at this point vs 14. Why share that revenue when they are not forced to?

Not sure I buy it either, but they seem pretty confident about it. Not sure how reliable they are, or if they are as tied into the inner workings of WVU like they claim to be or not.

Same. WVU will never come to the SEC. No one wants them and that's a freaking fact.

If WVU got an invite from the SEC they should drop whichever sister they are ****ing, hitch up their overalls and come-a-runnin'.

Would the SEC stand to realize enough of an increase in revenue by switching to a 16 team conference to justify splitting the pot 16 ways?

West Virginia would be the only union state in the SEC.

Probably.

The new contract is going to be ridiculous. What they may do, though, is expand to 14 teams & renegotiate. Then wait a few years, expand to 16, and renegotiate again.

If they expand to 16 I could see them moving more towards adding NC State/Va Tech/Ga Tech/Clemson.. those types of schools, not WVU.

Thought I read SEC isn't up for a new deal for a few more years yet?
Are you saying everything I read on teh intrawebz isn't true?
Or if SEC expands does that mean they can renegotiate?

They do seem to have a guy or two who is connected. During the Huggins to WVU drama, they had a guy who I swear was so in touch with the up to minute goings on, it seemed like he was on the plane that landed in Manhattan to pick Huggs up.

If they expand then they'll renegotiate.

Logic would tell you that they are not just expanding to have more mouths to feed.

Slive has already hinted that the contracts have look-in provisions that will allow for renegotiation with new teams.

Another possibility would be banding the tier 3 rights into a network, and dangling that as a carrot to ESPN or CBS if they renegotiate their Tier 1 or 2 deal.

Doesn't the SEC rotate the conference basketball tournament?

I'm guessing some of Mizzou's "eastern" friends have thought about the potential to host the tourney in STL on a rotational basis.

Yeah I believe cities bid on it each year. I think St. Louis would definitely stand a good chance at getting in on the action.

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...

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.

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.

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

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.

Shit just got real

(somebody had to say it :D )

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?

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

Not sure about that, but KK managed to find the only two callers in the state that seem to think the SEC would be a bad place to go.

Keith is getting angry!

I don't see how a move to the SEC would be a bad thing for Mizzou, seriously.

More power to them, and hopefully for their sake they can compete when they get there.

haha, that one call did seem kinda convenient....

I thought that was Stan Weber (according to Kietz).

I actually like Stan, BTW. Other than his giant man-crush on Bill Snyder, he's pretty good.

KK sounds all huffy, kinda like when the downtown baseball park idea flopped. I'm taking this as a good sign.

Loved the caller that asked KK how KSU was going to handle SEC speed this week. LMAO

It is so adorable when he throws tantrums like this.

Hahaha

TV contract sucks right?

<s>@</s>sptwri: MU confirms FCS offered 11 am or 6 pm but MU declined

Welp, that settles it for me. I am 100% against Mizzou to the SEC now.

The wait is killing me....

Gabe Dearmond
Interview room open at boc meeting but we are being told "there is no rush." 4 mics and a #Mizzou banner. Session still ongoing

Ya that is just pathetic. And I have FCS. Thanks alot Mizzou.

They declined supposedly because of FCS's limited markets. Instead, they've decided to put it on in 0 markets.

LOL, no, they declined because FCS pays $0 for their telecasts and the only options were 11 or 6, when the preferred starting time for homecoming is 1pm.

Keep fighting the good fight bro.

Link to press conference starting up now.

http://www.komu.com/streaming-newscast/

Hopefully we will know something soon.

No wonder KU doesn't make any noise.

Remember you already posted that, and then everyone laughed at you. Again.

I didn't post that. I just saw HH did. Makes sense now.

Emails into KOMU seem to be overwhelming pro SEC. At least the ones they are reading on the air.

No, you did back when you were trying to act like you knew anything about the realignment topics. You were made fun of relentlessly and slowly backed out of the thread for awhile.

Wickeddumb and his busted hoop dreams is beyond laughing at.

ku/ksu phases of grief:

1. Mizzou will never get an SEC invite
2. Big 12 is great? Why would you want to leave?
3. Mizzou will get its ass kicked in the SEC.
4. Masturbate furiously alone in the corner.

They requested a days worth and not a single one was pro Big 12.

I knew some of the curator emails had been requested...I was just talking about KOMU viewers who have been emailing in the station. They were reading some on the stream as we wait for the press conference.

Mizzou has no real choice.

They stay in a neutered conference and get even less recognition when they play well/dominate.

They move to the SEC, get a pair of tits tattooed on their backs, and bite pillow on the bottom bunk for a decade or better...

ROFL Is either those, now that you put it like that, desirable?

SEC or Big XII? Either way, my heart will go on. :)

sptwri Mike DeArmond
There are now 103 participants on the mu boc call. Cannot wait until they go to phones and everyone asks question at once. Tower of Babel

Sounds like folks are paying attention LOL.

All 20 people with internet access in West Virginia are on the KOMU chat.

Jake_Trotter Jake Trotter
Have no idea what Missouri is about to announce. But I have been told that Sunday's call among Big 12 presidents "did not go well."

Think Mizzou fans are excited?

VaheGregorian
Teleconference call turned into cluster with Mizzou fans chanting SEC! SEC! SEC!

huh?

I'm right here.

I'm bored of this. My school is very happy in this conference.

They win and make tons of $$.

I can see why Missouri fans want a change. I have been holding back on what I think of MU's chances in the SEC however.

All I've said is that your administrators seem to have a bit more sense than your fanbase.

here we go....

Busted?

KU's 3rd tier deal is 2nd largest in the conference behind Texas and its because of basketball.

Don't be mad.

The MU administration is way too intelligent to listen to its fanbase.

Just shut up and go away Wickeson.

Stupid KOMU stream is frozen. Hopefully whb will cut over and I can at least listen.

I disagree with MU's chances of competing in football there. I believe that Pinkel will keep his Texas ties and will be able to tap into Florida now as well.

I think we've destroyed KOMU's server.

It's back up for me. Nothing happening, though.

Anything yet?

What's sad is your wildly apparent attempt at denial. Keep your fingers in your ears and yell "la, la, la, la,la, la" all you want.

I just get the picture of the MU banner, and the circle in the middle indicating it is buffering/loading.

Ole Miss
Miss St.
Tenn
Vandy
Georgia
Arkansas
South Carolina
Auburn
aTm
Kentucky

Other than 1 season with Cam Newton, none of the above schools have been appreciably better than Mizzou over the last decade, and Mizzou has beaten 2 of them in bowl games (SC and Ark) while owning one of them (aTm) in conference play.

There are 3 dominant teams in the SEC as opposed to 2 dominant teams in the Big XII. Mizzou will be fine.

Yes. Wickedson is a full blown Douche bag

Pat Forde of espn tweeted six of the seven curators are in attendance. Which curator would miss such an important meeting?

The news is off the air so the stream is down, the press conference will appear though once it starts.

But KK says there are six dominant SEC teams and we have no chance!

I agree with you. I think Mizzou will have some struggles, but playing with big boys is the only way to get to the next level.

One was late, but they are all there now, I believe.