Read that too... dude hasn't been much of a source though.

Iowa State is the one really getting the shaft here...they have no one to cling to.

ohhhh boy 9:30 am 610?

That guy hates Mizzou & is a major douche.

@PreSnapRead
Paul Myerberg
All Missouri wants to do is take its 5 official visits, it sounds like. Gave a verbal to the B12, but taking trips to the SEC, B10, etc.

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Brian Fremeau
Big Ten, SEC, and Pac12 are playing a hybrid game of Monopoly, Risk, and Battleship. Big12: Don't Break the Ice. ACC: Hungry Hungry Hippos.

Yep. Auburn would move to the East.

big east is playing don't wake daddy

Alabama vs Auburn would be the cross division rival?

Missouri vs Kentucky or Missouri vs Tennessee or Missouri vs Vanderbilt as MU's cross division rival?

Please be Tenn, I could see that going to A&M though. UK or Vandy should be make for the easier match up though.

No shit. Yeah, it's real boring being the featured game of the day and having ESPN broadcasting from your stadium lot and having your game anticipated all week at the national level. Who would be interested in that?

MU Vs Tennessee IMO

Probably Tennessee. Ole Miss/Vanderbilt actually have a decent rivalry, maybe Kentucky if Mississippi St would rather play Georgia or Tennessee every year.

The media types in KC are always out of touch of what people think in this town. Everyone I know wants suck for 4 luck and they are looking forward to playing teams like Arkansas

IMO it would serve them right for being so damn smug.......would make me laugh if all the schools they targeted and thought would be there for the pickings at THEIR convenience were snapped up and gone.

Now...the only other thing that would make it better would be for ND to join a conference other than the B1G.

Mizzou to the East makes way more sense for the SEC.

Bama's current cross-rival is Tennesee. There has been some talk that the league would preserve both the Bama-Tennessee and Bama-Auburn rivalry by moving to a 2 cross-division rivalry system and a 9-game league schedule.

The current cross-division rivalries are:
Florida-LSU
Tennessee-Alabama
South Carolina-Arkansas
Georgia-Auburn
Kentucky-Miss. St.
Vandy-Ole Miss.

Notre Dame has already stated that it would join the ACC if it was forced to join a conference.

So the easy thing would be to put Mizzou in the East and make the rivalry MU vs. A&M.

Then Mizzou vs Kentucky would make sense then.

That seems unlikely. It would be hard to justify shaking up the schedule of the entire conference that much just to preserve one game every 2 years. Bama Tenn really isn't the Iron Bowl, OU/Texas, or Michigan/Ohio State. It's a cool rivalry, but I can't imagine it being a deal-breaker.

It just makes no sense based on geography.

Really? I don't remember reading that. Can you link that for me?

3rd Saturday in October is a pretty big thing in South.

awwwww..... don't be mean

To you, on the outside, it might be just a cool rivalry. It's a huge ****ing deal to those fanbases, though. Huge.

So was Nebraska/Oklahoma...(maybe that's a bad example).

For the record, I will still pull for the Big XII teams to do well. Nebraska fans seem to root against them, but I hope the league does well. The Corndogs can DIAF, though.

Poor comparison. Nebraska left to another conference to better themselves. The Bama/UT rivalry would be broken up just because of some half-Yankee school that those fanbases don't really want in the conference anyway entering the conference.

It was a joke, but Nebraska was pissed about the formation of the Big XII because they lost the rivalry game with Oklahoma every other year. That was 15 years before they went to the B1G.

In that regard, it was an apt comparison. The fact that they eventually flipped the conference the bird and stated that as one of their grievances made it humorous.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...er-sources-say

According to a source close to Notre Dame, the Irish's first choice is to remain as an independent in football and stay in the Big East in all other sports.

If the Irish decide they can't remain as a football independent then the choice would be to pursue the ACC before the Big Ten.

My bad, I misunderstood you.

I should stick to fart jokes and slapping billay around.

Now that's an apt comparison to the Alabama/Tennessee rivalry.

That's a little different than "Notre Dame has already said..."

Where is billay at?

Delaney would shit his pants.

Well, if anything this realignment shit has taught us a "source close to the situation" can just as easily be disinformation as it is actual intentions. Maybe that is ND's preference, but it is a long ways away from "a statement".

I see that after looking at the possible alignment maps, I think Mizzou would have a greater chance of success sooner in the East. Florida is the powerhouse there, but Tenn is down, and I think Mizzou could hang with South Carolina and Georgia.

WOOHOOO just got back from school... news looking sooo good !!

That's dated Sept. 20

He got banned, I guess. See the Nebraska thread.

Banned

I agree.

The West is just murderous. It would be nice if they would realign in a way that broke it into North and South, but you'd sooner fine the weepin' mama o' Christ in Hell than you would the word "North" anywhere in the SEC.

They could have a South Division...and a Deep South Division :D

I'd say you could name the divisions after something other than geography, but the B1G took all the good ideas for names.

South and Slightly South Divisions

Dogs and Cats Divisions?

After attending Indiana/Penn St. game this weekend, all I can say is... run from the B1G as fast as you can. ROFL

At halftime it was 3-3 with like 120 yards of offense by both teams combined. Meanwhile, I'm watching stats online, and a single receiver from Arkansas had put up 220 yards in the first half.

Tailgating also wasn't as elaborate as expected, but I may have just gotten used to the South. It's ironic, because when I went to the UofA, our tailgating sucked because you basically got arrested for having booze anywhere on campus, even if you were over 21. My my my how things have changed since those days.

Bear Bryant Division and ........whoever is the second best SEC football coach.

They should call the Divisions Bo and Luke

Badasses


and


Even More Badasses.:D

LMAO

ROFL, truer words have never been posted.

That wouldn't work. The conference isn't going to want to name a division after Gary Pinkel.

You went to an Indiana game, so that was part of it. They were coming off a nice loss to winless North Texas. I'm not sure you can compare it to the SEC but I imagine some of the better football schools would have a better experience.

Yeah, we took it with a grain of salt. Indiana's football program is pretty miserable. I know the midwest knows how to tailgate, because I've been to Arrowhead plenty and seen how KC gets down.

Like the Michigan State\tOSU barn-burner?

:clap:

Not sure why anyone would be mad at Mizzou for leaving. They are doing what is in their school's best interests. I would expect any college to do the same. Also, **** Texas.

amen

An Illinois WR went for 260 yards in the 2nd half of their game.

I hope OU kicks the shit out of them this weekend.

Impressive (though I think that was his total for the whole game, not just the 2nd half, unless he only had 8 years in the first half, since his game total was 268).

But yes, I'm aware that B1G has teams who can put up points... unfortunately, I was not at one of their games on Saturday. Even more unfortunately, my team was involved in an important shoot out and come from behind victory at the same time.

We still had an awesome time with friends and family in Bloomington, though.

Random post by a random LSU fan, but still...

I like that guy.

I get your point, and I'm up in the air as to whether or not Mizzou should leave the Big 12.

Obviously KC is going to get screwed over this ordeal and losing the tournament, and I have no idea why their lawmakers haven't stepped in and pointed that out.

Oh well, I've seen weirder things happen in that state.

Am I wrong in thinking there still is a lot of uncertainty even with the MU BoC meeting? Or will that be assuaged tomorrow after SEC meets?

This is all just a powerplay from St. Louis. Now KC is the city in MO that is far away from the rest of the conference. STL always outbargians and outmaneuvers KC in Jefferson City, so why should college athletics be any different?

Kansas City needs to pull the MVC tournament out of St. Louis.

So there has been a decision to make decision?

Luckily, I'm moving to Fresno so I'll already be in the MWC.

That's a good point, St. Louis doesn't have anything to lose here.

Maybe this is a good time to reiterate how much I hate those *ssholes.

I think we're gone now. Even if Texas gave in on all of Mizzou's demands, they really can't go back now. The fan base wanted this, and they're fired up about it.

If you want to question Mizzou's leverage in all this, I'd say it was quadrupled as the 4th team to possibly leave the conference. If we do stay, it'll be on our terms, and it'll be good for everyone (but Texas).

I really can't see that happening though.

Oklahoma State President Burns Hargis is now the new Big XII Chairman.

What's left to concede outside of HS sports on the LHN?

I believe Mizzou has a PPV game this weekend so third tier rights shouldn't be an issue.

This weekend is on ABC @ K-State. You're thinking of next week. Homecoming vs. ISU.

My fault.....

I just heard a blurb about Missouri having a PPV game from St. John on 810 this morning.

SEC is best so f'ck the rest. Welcome Mizzou! Big XII is for b*tches.

MU turned down tv for the Homecoming because they like the 1pm kickoff.