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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
One of the craziest posts in this thread, and that's really saying something. MU didn't leave the Big 12 North. They left the Big 12. There was no division setup when they left and there would be none had they stayed. They bolted and gave up the 10th slot to W Virginia. And said "We be steppin up to da big time!"
Turns out they stepped down from where they'd have been. Simple fact, until and unless the SEC Least stops sucking
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West Virginia was a part of the Big XII before Mizzou left. Even if Mizzou had unofficially decided to leave prior to that, Neinas was still threatening legal action against the SEC, so they still planned on Mizzou being a part of the Big XII with West Virginia. At the time, the Big XII was still after Florida State and Clemson, as well. So they were clearly working to get back to XII until spurned by anyone worth a damn. So there would've been divisions. We can argue over how they'd have been realigned, but that's just opinion, as we don't know.
Either way, when you factor in the two games Mizzou plays vs the West, we still have a tougher schedule than we would've had in the Big XII (along with more $, better exposure, better bowls, etc).