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Originally Posted by Bambi
Yes obviously winning the league would be a huge accomplishment. Missouri hasn't done that since the old Big 8 days.
The only way to be truly accepted in whichever sport you choose to compete at the highest level in is to bust down the door. I think the current state of "disrespect" MU is getting by fellow SEC members and nationally right now was to be expected.
It will take a win to change that perception. Hopefully the Tigers fang et it done Saturday.
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Ya I think it's b/c people have an inflated view what it necessarily means to say one league like the SEC is better than the Big 12 (which isn't even true
every season). We weren't jumping from the Big East to the Big 12 (a much bigger leap, the latter of which is
always better than the former). We competed in the Big 12, no reason to think we wouldn't compete in the SEC but many thought we'd be the new Kentucky or Vanderbilt. Our problems last year were football centric, not conference centric but perception being what it was it was fuel to the fire.