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You can have 'em if you want 'em. I would consider UCLA to be a 'regional' school more than a city school (Just as I would consider UNLV), but that's fine. I think of them as more of a "K-State" style program rather than, say, Memphis, but I'm not going to be picky. I mean technically Cal is Cal-Berkely, no? So is Cal a city school? I would certainly never consider them as such. It doesn't seem that UCLA is a square peg at all, but again, I'll assume they are for the sake of argument. The Bruins still can't hang with the big time programs with any regularity. They're a mediocre program with spurts of success.
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given that OU decided to stay? Yeah, pretty much. The contract wont fall apart with them in the conference, and so Baylor has no damages. All they have to worry about are exit fees.
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I understand that WVU has better recruits but do they come from West Virginia? I guess I'm thinking Dallas/Ft Worth is more a football hotbed than Morgantown. I see what you are saying though.
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they have recently been good. In the last several years they have been a reliable 4-to-6 loss team. Sometimes average, sometimes good, occasionally bad.
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But be in a better conference. Wish KU & MU could go to the B1G together but that's not happening.
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I am saying (and have said before), that there's a reason the metropolitan conference died. The city schools just don't draw the kind of prestige and following that the major state Us do. If the XII wanted to bring 1 in, okay I suppose that wouldn't be the end of the world (though I'd prefer avoid it). But damn, if they bring in Cincy, Memphis and Louisville - may as well just re-brand the Metro and call it a day. It signals a watering down of the conference, IMO. I'd much prefer we avoid it. (Actually, I'd much prefer to get the hell out of dodge, but you knew that already)
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So yeah, Mizzou is replaceable.
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I am not saying Missouri is a juggernaut that will bring the conference down but you are saying...they are easily replaced. Ok. With who? |
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I'd be thrilled to sit back and let fans of other schools worry about how easily replaceable Missouri is or is not to a conference...after the institution leaves.
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The XII television contract is paying primarily for the national recognition of the flagship schools, not the handful of eyes in STL and KC. It may hurt a little, but ultimately not a hell of a lot, IMO. The XII will move on without MU and probably not bat an eye - until the PAC comes calling again and w/ more favorable terms the next time.
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