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Mizzou won't be able to compete in the SEC East because Vanderbilt can't play with Florida.

West Virginia lost at home to Louisville!

Oklahoma was right!

I guess the Big 12 picked the wrong team :D

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—Missouri will be officially announced as the SEC’s 14th team early next week, a high-placed SEC source told Sporting News on Saturday afternoon.

When asked Saturday about a pending Missouri announcement, SEC commissioner Mike Slive declined comment.
Gary Pinkel and Missouri are expected to join the SEC next season. (AP Photo)

The school is expected to join next year after negotiating its buyout from Big 12.

Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton canceled a business trip to India scheduled to run through the second week of this month. A high-placed SEC source also said Missouri would be placed in the East Division to avoid any potential scheduling conflicts with longstanding conference rivalries.

There are numerous reasons the SEC and Missouri held off on announcing the news sooner, including Missouri’s negotiations with the Big 12 on exit fees. Another reason the SEC held off: Administrators wanted the league’s marquee game—Saturday’s LSU at Alabama, No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup—to be the focus of the news cycle over the last two weeks.

Missouri, like Texas A&M, will be a complete conference member from the day it is officially announced and will share equally in the league’s revenue.

Slive did say the SEC will “look into” restructuring contracts with television partners CBS and ESPN. Industry sources say the SEC is looking into creating a separate network for the league’s nonconference games. The thinking is that the league’s 14 teams would bundle low-tier nonconference games into a separate network.

In other words, there would be 14 more games of inventory for the SEC to sell and for television networks to advertise. Those games likely would be lower-tier games, such as Alabama’s game against Georgia Southern on Nov. 19.

Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-foo...#ixzz1csbWDSKG

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-foo...arly-next-week

Nice if true. I'll start holding my breath now.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...ek-source-says

Missouri's move to the Southeasten Conference was finished Friday, a source confirmed to ESPN.com on Saturday.

The Tigers' move from the Big 12 to the SEC is expected to be announced next week. The source said the SEC and Missouri opted to put off the announcement because they didn't want to upstage the LSU-Alabama football game Saturday night.

The Sporting News first reported the deal's completion Saturday.

Missouri is expected to join the SEC East in football with Florida, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, the source said. Fellow Big 12 member Texas A&M will be in the West with Auburn, Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.

SEC men's basketball went to one division this season but it's unclear if that will continue with 14 teams.

Missouri's move to the SEC in 2012 could mirror West Virginia's to the Big 12 in 2012 in its uncertainty. A source said Missouri could have trouble getting out of the Big 12 because the league isn't sure if it can get the Mountaineers in from the Big East next season.

West Virginia filed a lawsuit to get out of the 27-month exit agreement with the Big East. The league has countered with a suit of its own. If West Virginia can't get out of the Big East then the Big 12 will try to keep Missouri for 2012 to avoid dropping below 10 schools.

The Big 12 needs 10 schools to meet television agreements, but more importantly, to fill scheduling dates. The Big 12 already replaced Texas A&M with TCU for 2012. The Horned Frogs went from the Mountain West to the Big 12, bypassing their original plan to go to the Big East.

Missouri's departure to the SEC will follow the league's expansion plan of adding schools in new markets and states (Missouri/St. Louis, Texas/Houston). It also bumps up the SEC's number of Association of American Universities from two to four with the additions of Texas A&M and Missouri. Vandy and Florida were the only two AAU members in the SEC.

Andy Katz is a senior writer for ESPN.com.

Follow Andy Katz on Twitter: @ESPNAndyKatz

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Originally Posted by |Zach| (Post 8079776)

Wickedson reset himself from full reerun to passive aggressive.

You're still trying this?

lol, nice game today.

You and AtM are having fantastic send offs if I don't say.

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 8080466)

West Virginia lost at home to Louisville!

Oklahoma was right!

Been pulling for Louisville for weeks now.

Hopefully they'll get in once the league goes back to 12.

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Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 8081637)

You're still trying this?

lol, nice game today.

You and AtM are having fantastic send offs if I don't say.

Don't worry. I am sure Mizzou will give Kansas an epic send off at Arrowhead. Also, the Big 12 will never go back to 12 as long as Texas runs the show.

Scroll on ESPN says that Missouri is unanimously accepted into SEC and to begin in July 2012.

Mizzou is going to give KU the beating of a lifetime at the end of the rivalry which KU is backing out of.

Wonderful. And now, for my final post on this ****ing abortion of a thread:

SAYONARA, SUCKERS 4321

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Originally Posted by UCF Knight (Post 8082724)

Mizzou is going to give KU the beating of a lifetime at the end of the rivalry which KU is backing out of.

History will be the judge of who is "backing out".

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Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 8082974)

History will be the judge of who is "backing out".

Can you back out? & please dont make a, IM LEAVING FOREVER THREAD

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Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 8082974)

History will be the judge of who is "backing out".

That's true...ku usually "backs in."