I decided its not worth it. It is what it is. What I say will have no bearing on what happens and there is no point in picking fights.

Why wouldn't the tourney stay in KC? If it leaves, it's going to Texas. Just one more reason to GTFO when you can.

Same.

Enjoy the rivalry with Ole Miss.

Look how big it is.....



http://humanflowerproject.com/images...compass400.jpg

Where's Zach?

I can see it from here, and I'm like 150 miles away.

We will enjoy beating Houston Nutt.

Best of luck to KSU, ISU, KU, Baylor, TTU, OSU and OU.

Thanks. Enjoy the rivalry with Cincinnati....at least until the conference collapses and you are shoveled off somewhere else.

SEC golf championship is at Augusta National. Not bad.

yep. lot of history between byu/kansas and louisville/kansas. :p

Nope, there's not a dribble of piss on his pants.

We are sticking together, proudly, with our "not-our-rivals" to the east.

:spock:

I'm not really pissed at anyone in the B12 except Texas.

Mizzou in the SEC will be pretty sweet for us. Should be able to develop a pretty good rivalry with Arkansas as it's an easy 5 hour drive, the easiest travel from school to school for either team.

Hey, this could start a rivalry with Arkansas.

Mike Anderson vs Mizzou.

Wow, I honestly didn't think about that.

Yeah. We won't be competing with anyone in the SEC in basketball this year, methinks. Unless Anderson is some kind of freaking miracle worker (which some around here would have you believe).

I wonder if this will make DGB more likely to sign with Mizzou.

Arkansas and Mizzou should be a great rivalry from the get go. You couldn't write a better script to get it started than having Anderson go to Arky right before Mizzou comes to the SEC. I'm really looking forward to it.

I really like Columbia, and I have folks I can stay with there... so I'm excited about a new possibility for away games (as right now the Dallas neutral game with A&M is our closest away game opportunity).

First game Anderson comes back, he should get a 2 second applause.

Then he needs to be harassed like there is no tomorrow.

It's interesting for sure...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/8...-green-beckham

It's really only about 6 1/2 hours from Columbia to Lexington....a 7 hour drive to Nashville...

That's what I don't understand, the people who argue these Big XII teams going to the SEC will hurt their recruiting. I don't think it's going to hurt it at all. Yeah maybe you had a couple less Texas players, I guess. But I think this whole idea of moving to the SEC hurting any team's recruiting is absurd to me.

Yeah. Vandy and Kentucky aren't real exciting opponents in football just yet, though things could change.

Mizzou already has a nice pipeline in Texas. Establishing one in Florida while keeping more of the in-state talent in place will definitely help to solidify the program, although I bet many of the KC recruits will be a tradeoff of this move.

Certainly won't hurt in football as SEC stock is high. Of course that could all change in the future

I'm sorry, I can't help myself.

bobfescoe Bob Fescoe
Those that think KU doesn't have options beyond the big 12 remember they took home the most money in 09-10 in the big 12.


bobfescoe Bob Fescoe
Just because u have not heard anything about KU doesn't mean there is nothing going on.

There is now a wall around the state of Missouri.

Well, technically, there are 3 in the Big XII, if we are assuming MU is gone and while 4 is still greater than 3, you can represent that argument in different ways such as:

1/4 of the Big XII are AAU

2/7 of the SEC are AAU

1/4 is greater than 2/7

Of course, that will change depending on who, if anyone, the Big XII brings in.

Yeah...but MU could travel well to those spots without any difficulty. Especially for the fans in STL. It becomes an even shorter drive.

I still laugh at Neinas' comments about the Big 12 opponents being closer.

KU to the Sun Belt FTW!

What won't change is the overflow of talent coming from the states of Texas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama, etc. The SEC is set-up to dominate for the foreseeable future simply due to supply.

Love the thought of getting some of those FL athletes to go with the TX ones! SEC speed baby!

However you spin it, the academic argument is reeruned. Vandy is the best school in either conference, and the SEC hasn't hurt them any. Mizzou is still an AAU member, so we're fine. I'm pretty sure that Texas Tech and Oklahoma State didn't bring a lot of academic panache, anyway.

I agree, and I think my math is wrong anyway!

Don't forget about Memphis.

So MU's division will be:

Missouri
Arkansas
LSU
Texas A&M
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Alabama

Correct?

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bobfescoe Bob Fescoe
If the #SEC really wants to have fun, add MU, KU and KSU, expand footprint b first to 16 and have KU v UK in hoops every yr. would b big

Here's a quote from Jordan Webb, QB for the University of Kansas discussing the fan support at the Tech game.

"It's tough on us because we're beating a Big 12 opponent at halftime then we come out of the locker room and see everybody walk out, it's kind of like well thanks for the support. It's something we can't focus on," Webb said. "We have to try and play our game no matter what. It definitely hurts when you're playing well and there isn't much support."


I wonder if SEC QBs have that problem.

I think Mizzou is going to have a tough time with their Texas pipelines if they decide to go. They will get beat up UT people and they will encourage Texas coaches to steer their kids away from Mizzou. Texans are kinda vindictive about this sort of thing.

Just because this rumor hasn't been floated before doesn't mean that it's not true.

Yep. 12-2-2 = 8, not 9.

hey guise! let's play our tourney in a state we don't even have represented in our conference!

sounds like bobby is a little jealous

Anyway I am happy for MU if the move to the SEC happens and I hope we still play KU every year in football and basketball.

Who is this guy?

Who do I invoice?

Grasping at straws

Obnoxious sports talk radio guy on 610 am in KC.

There's no way the Big XII will continue it in KC, it will probably move to OKC.

Yeah, good luck with that. To most SEC areas outside the Kentucky state line, basketball is that thing they do to fill the gap between football seasons.

Oh. Yeah, I can't see the SEC as interested in KU or KSU at all. Although, I did have one fantasy before the ACC expansion of seeing MU, KU, and UNC all together in the SEC. That would have been HUGE!

@bobfescoe
Bob Fescoe One more thing, why doesnt the big 12 give #mizzou a 24 hr deadline:crap or we push you off the pot. make them decided now. unfair 2 others

This Bob guy is not too quick on the uptake is he? If the Big XII kicks them out, they can't demand exit fees. Duh!

I guess that would take care of that exit fees issue.

That would kick ass. So much for exit fees.

Exactly...lol

He's a moran.

Well, if the SEC is indeed the option you guys "explore", good luck to you. Rather have you here but you gotta do what is best for you. Won't it seem kinda weird that your largest city borders B1G country and your second largest city borders Big XII country? Guess you'll have to do some development down in the boothill or something.

Nobody's going to be looking at the footprint of the SEC after the Big XII adds BYU and WVU.

And Louisville, maybe we'll flip each other off on the freeway?

Hopefully Neinas listens to him!

$0 exit fees!

Here's Texas' take on the matter...

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1274491

Bob Fescoe. What a goober.

the thing that was dumb was today I heard on the radio "Who is going to be excited to play bama every year, how is that interesting to people" I was like, I want to see it. I love big time football.

I Mizzou really is just leveraging Texas, this is a balls out move. (And would never happen without a landing spot.)

Possible Big 12 replacements for MU, NU, CU & TAMU:

BYU
Louisville
West Virginia
TCU
Cincinnati
Air Force
Memphis

I hope big 12 gets air force, then we can get better flyovers at arrowhead

Lame.

Expanding east is going to be awkward when there's a 70,000 square mile Missouri-shaped hole between Kansas/Iowa/Oklahoma and Kentucky/Ohio/West Virginia.

Come to think of it, Iowa will no longer border any other state within the conference footprint. It's now the KOTex conference. Iowa is just the string.

Well hot Damn

Umm

2/7 = 0.285
1/4 = 0.25

If they add BYU and Cincinnati/Air Force/Louisville/West Virginia to go to 10, they will have 3 states in the conference that don't border any other state in the conference.

Maybe they could add BYU, Cincy, Memphis, and TCU. Then, they could have 4 states that don't border any other states in the conference.

It wouldn't be 1/4, it would be 3/8.

As a KSU (and to a lesser extent, KU) fan (my degree is from a school without any real athletic program) I was really hoping that Mizzou would stay, but there's no way in hell they should if they can get to the SEC. Good luck fellas.
I imagine KU will find a landing spot somewhere. Hell, if there is a run in a couple of years of conferences to get to 16, KU could end up in the Big 10 or whatever it's gonna be called.
I'm sure KSU will end up stuck somewhere like the MWC, but it is what it is.

Yeah, I realize that this is really a KU vs MU smack talking thread, I just don't (and never really have) given a damn about that aspect of it. I do hate to possibly see a 100+ year rivalry die though.

tsnmike Michael DeCourcy
People really think Mizzou going to the SEC will kill the Big 12? No. It'll kill Mizzou.

The B1G could wind up being the biggest loser in all of this. If everything goes to 16, they have already lost Pitt, Syr, and Mizzou. Their pickings are getting pretty slim, so KU might wind up in a pretty good spot.

Who said that? I know I'll enjoy it & MU better be looking to expand their stadium too.

Greg Swaim saying that the B1G is "offering" Mizzou and Rutgers.