jayhawk Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 No. Why? 1) They are the ONLY major school in the 18th biggest state by population in the US. 6 Million people is a lot of folks, even if they are mostly hillbillies. 2) They are a decent school. They are in the AAU, their Journalism school is rightly famous and they are otherwise competent in educating that inbred state of theirs. 3) They have some real support in their state... They are not Rutgers. Their fans are not great, but they are good, and they mostly show up. Their stadiums holds over 71,000 and they do fill it up at times. They even come when the team is not great, which is fairly often... 4) They are not a threat, but hold their own. They are not really THAT good. They won the North a few times while it was down, and their Basketball team has had some years. The good thing for them is that they are often competent and sometimes good. Mediocre, but reliably so. In summary, brings eyeballs, enough academic respectability and unlikely to ever take your championship from your existing membership. Hard to turn that down. That is all... Quote Link to comment
Manhattan Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think they'll make it into the Big Ten or SEC. Quote Link to comment
Lil' Red Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I could see them as A&M's partner to the SEC or the Big 10 could add them later on if they expand more. The Big East could also be an option if worse comes to worse. Quote Link to comment
rawhide Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I hope that MU goes where they wanted to go initially, but recent reports have them backpedaling like mad dogs from their previous stance and swearing allegiance to their Liege King Texas. I'll look for the AP story and post a linky GBR here tis: http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-realignment-missouri Quote Link to comment
secretasianman Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think we'll know more on Tuesday-- which is when Texas and the rest of their South Division shadows have their regents meetings. I think the Big Ten may be looking to see if the PAC-10 really adds a total of 6 schools. If they do, I think the Big Ten will expand to 14 or 16 teams-- which I think would bring Missouri in. I am actually hoping that the rest of the Big 12 sticks together and adds 2 schools. Quote Link to comment
Lil' Red Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think we'll know more on Tuesday-- which is when Texas and the rest of their South Division shadows have their regents meetings. I think the Big Ten may be looking to see if the PAC-10 really adds a total of 6 schools. If they do, I think the Big Ten will expand to 14 or 16 teams-- which I think would bring Missouri in. I am actually hoping that the rest of the Big 12 sticks together and adds 2 schools. I'd kind of like to see that too but it would actually hurt us if that happened because we would have to pay the penalty for leaving the conference. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I'd kind of like to see that too but it would actually hurt us if that happened because we would have to pay the penalty for leaving the conference. Throw in 2 lawyers, and in 3-6 years it will take to get to court, who knows what state the Big 12 - 2 will be in Quote Link to comment
Captain K Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think MU will get into Big 10. The expansion has just slowed, that's all. I think Delany wants to figure out ND and add a team that complements them. If ND accepts Big 10 invitation then it's 50-50 for mizzou. If ND looks to never accept then MU's chances increase. Quote Link to comment
jayhawk Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 I think if the Big 12 gets "saved", then the poison pill gets more bitter... Quote Link to comment
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