Mizzou leaving for the Big 10?
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huskered17
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Most of the people on here who want MU to leave, are not the fans from the Big 8 years. These are the new kids on the block. MU needs to stay put, the Big-12 needs MU a lot more than the Big-10+1. All we will end up getting will be another school from Texas, and that state just about runs it all now, in the Big-12. I like playing our old rivals from the Big-8, and MU has got back to putting some good teams on the field. Its just one of the rivalries most of us grew up with, and I for one would hate to see it end.
GBR!!!
Maybe(but I doubt it) this will be a wake up call to the Big 12. Maybe this gets some rules changed(although probably not because of TV revenue). I would like the Big 12 to stay in tact and I also grew up watching good Mizzou games in Lincoln in the 70's. I like them here. I like us here. For all the problems the Big Red have been through in the last 6-7 years, we have been very close to beating TU a bunch of times . We seem to tend to have their number we just can't finish. I think we are getting ready to start finishing TU on a regular basis, starting next year in Lincoln. I do not care how great their recruiting classes are, it comes down to coaching(Notre dame syndrome). and when that happens, maybe we start getting more of what we want in the North. we will always have the problem of 23M people in texas compared to 2M in Nebraska. like everything, though, it all comes down to money. the last thing we need is more fricken Texas schools in the Big 12.
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fro daddy
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Good question. Ku goes to the Orange and it is far from a sell out. Ku was doing 2 for 1 on tickets and by game week you could buy tickets for $5. Mu goes to the Cotton and sells it out in record time
I get the Nebraska snub. Same with OU being taken over us this year also. I get it, doest mean you like it, but you understand.
As for ISU. At last check the Texas bowl has already set a record for their sales and are in range to break a record in Houston for attendance at a college sports event. The Insight is struggling mightily to sell tickets and was on track for one of the worst if not their worst ever attendance.
Sometimes things that follow you around are not true i guess, like county scholarships....
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knapplc
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You know most people in Nebraska don't know what that is, right? It's so hush-hush that the fans who delve into the program haven't ever heard of it... yet the teams we used to beat on a regular basis all seem to know what it is. So yeah, I see where you're coming from.
kansas husker
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I sure hope they don't take any big12 teams.. there is no way they would split up ou and osu or ou and texas. That would leave our conf high and try let the little 11 take a big east school. Or central michigan or some other crap mac school
Vince from ShamWOW
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With these mid to lower tier bowls the invite isn't about wins and losses as much as it is about revenue. If Mizzou traveled like they should, them getting "snubbed" over ISU wouldn't have happened.
MUTigerFan
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knapplc
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That's not exactly stellar for a bowl like the Cotton Bowl, you know. Texas Tech and Mississippi had 15,000 more folks show up than Missouri and Arkansas.
Vince from ShamWOW
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If Mizzou really traveled at all well, why was ISU taken over them? It's not wins and losses, or uniform preference. It's all in how ISU travels well and Mizzou doesn't. Nothing more.
The decision to take ISU over Mizzou was solely based on the fact that ISU travels well and Mizzou doesn't. Nobody is making this up. It is what it is!
fro daddy
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By 36,000 he meant 36,000 MU fans knapplc. The attendance for the MU/Ark 2008 Cotton bowl was over 73,000. You know that TT and Miss had more than 22,000 more fans that NE/AU two years before.
You also forgot to mention that the Cotton Bowl went from 76,000 to 92,000 seats after the 2008 MU/ark game.
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knapplc
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I know what he meant, Fro. And I know that historically Missouri doesn't travel nearly as well as many teams, so let's just cut to the chase.
Honestly if Missouri did go it would show the Big 12 doesn't care about it's members and will let whoever go. Same thing for Nebraska. It wouldn't be good to be a conference you can raid. Look at the Big East. That conference to me is below the Mountain West. The Mountain West is close to becoming an AQ conference too.
Vince from ShamWOW
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So do the bowl representatives and coordinators. Again, it's this reality that gave ISU the nod over Mizzou. Why are people arguing against this fact?
