Put that in another one of your misogynist analogies, will 'ya?

I don't buy it. I've been assured many times on CP that the votes aren't there.

In fact, I've learned a lot here.

Nobody wants Mizzou.
If they do, its just so they can add a weak team.
Nobody cares about Mizzou.
Mizzou destroyed the conference.
Mizzou shouldn't break up the rivaly with KU.
KU won't play MU if we leave because they don't care about MU.
The Big XII is a great geographical and cultural fit for Mizzou.
The Big XII will add BYU and West Virginia.

fyp

It's almost like different people have different opinions, perspectives, and agendas, and not any single one of them speaks for an entire fanbase or is even doing anything more than trolling for this kind of crying... but really, keep "learning" things by assuming each statement by each rival fan is a proclamation of the absolute truth that not only they believe, but every other fan believes (<- that's deliberate hyperbole, btw, refuting it will only produce lols).

tl;dr -- :deevee: STFU

Summary: deuces.

Mountain West is proposing a 16 team playoff to replace the BCS. I doubt it gets any traction but it is interesting to see a conference go against the grain.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/coll...l-playoff.html

Hmmmmm....where would Mizzou ever get an additional $300 million over 30 years? Wait...has anyone considered using the additional $12+ million in revenue generated by a move to the SEC in order to expand the facilities to a level on par with other similarly situated SEC schools!!! Jesus - it just might work!

Arkansas remains an excellent example for Mizzou. It will absolutely take some time, but that additional revenue is going to go right back into the program. There's going to be some lean years and some dark periods here and there, but Mizzou will absolutely be better off for making this move.

Dumb.. I can see why minor conferences feel threatened by this realignment stuff, but you can't extend the season by 4 weeks.

Keep on ****ing that chicken, tiger.

You've been listening to way too much Kietzman.

A conference with less than zero influence..

I've never listened to a second of his show, and I've heard too much. Who listens to shit like this? I guess it's something do to when you're at work and can't watch Jerry Springer.

I was in Joplin yesterday when the Kietzman/Harry argument went on, but I think it's fair to point out just how absurd KK was being when he built his little straw-man with Harry.

Jack Harry is absolutely wrong here. There's no way on Gods green earth the XII should keep that tournament in KC. But KK went on to paint this as the "Missouri fans" position. Look Harry wears dual hats. He's a Missouri guy, but he's also a Kansas City resident and sports personality.

He wasn't speaking as a MU guy there, but as a KC sports personality. Yet KK tried to put a Mizzou hat on him. Here's what KK constantly fails to realize - Kansas City is only about 1/3 of Missouri's fanbase, probably even a little less. St. Louis is a stronger MU town than KC is and the rest of the state is heavy MU as well since it's the only major athletic university in the state.

So right off the bat, 2/3 of the MU fanbase doesn't give a rats ass if that tournament stays in KC - not even a little bit. Of the remaining 1/3 in the KC area, about 1/2 of them don't give a shit That would've been me had I stayed in KC; I don't put a lot of stock in the economic evaluations of single-shot sporting events in a region. Those are fungible assets; that spare income will still be spent just on other avenues and most of it will still be spent in-state. Of the remaining 1/2 of the KC area MU fans, 3/4 of those recognize why the IIX wouldn't want to have the tournament in a state with no representatives.

All told, you're talking maybe 5% of the Missouri fanbase that thinks the tournament should still be in Kansas City and NONE of them are speaking as Missouri fans, but as Kansas City residents. So what?

But Keitzman's dumbass decided to use this as the jumping off point for a 20 minute rant about how entitled and superior MU fans are behaving.

He really does expose himself as a bitter little shit if you pay attention to what arguments he chooses to make. Not the arguments themselves (as his argument there was an easy win), but how he chooses to couch arguments and frame them to deconstruct straw-men.

He's a perfect little Wildcat right now.

Exactly. I went to school here when we were just joining the SEC (and during our basketball title). Our athletics (and academic) facilities were a far cry then from what they are today. Tailgating was pathetic, and there was no culture of fanaticism (except with basketball). Since joining the SEC, things have completely changed. Razorback sports are insane now and our facilities for all sports are top notch.

I can't keep up with this stuff.....where are my Missouri Tigers going to end up? Besides the obvious answer of Columbia.

And Missouri already has basketball facilities that would be in the top 2 or 3 of the conference as well as indoor practice facilities that rank with virtually any school in the country.

If MU put together a $300 million stadium renovation, they'd have athletic facilities that rivaled the absolute best anywhere in the country.

It's really just a useless argument to have at this point. MU would go into the SEC in a far better position than Arkansas did with absolutely nothing that would prevent it from being just as successful down there. In the meantime, the atmosphere surrounding the athletic department would unquestionably step up a notch.

But the K-Staters insist we're being arrogant for looking forward to this.