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Originally Posted by Saul Good
Missouri signed an agreement to be in a 12 team conference that included Colorado, Nebraska, and Texas A&M. The conference has not delivered, and Missouri wants out.
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It reaffirmed it is affiliation after Colorado and Nebraska moved out. Your only gripe is A&M.
I wanted Missouri to stay because of traditional rivalries and geography, but I have moved past that point. IMHO Louisville is an excellent replacement.
The holdup between the Big 12 and Missouri is next years schedule. Our tv contract stipulates a ten team league as well the scheduling difficulties to add another game for the 2012 season.
As soon as those issues are resolved, I am sure Mizzou will be on to the SEC and the big 12 will ad a Louisville, BYU, or WVU. My preference is in that order.
But, don't act like the big 12 is holding you hostage. If there was so much resentment, you should have bolted last year. Except, you didn't have a landing spot with the big 10 and you are not strong enough pull to go to the SEC by yourself, you needed A&M which forced the SEC to get to 14 teams.
I am honest with my prospects on KU and KSU, if this thing blew up, KU had a small chance at the PAC, but more realistically both would have headed to the big east. I am happy the big 12 is still around and looking to add more teams.