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Originally Posted by PGM
Yeah the Beaker football brand is sooo hot  Besides, you couldn't draw fans at Arrowhead...sad |
Well, it's whatever team they think is going to make them the most $. Usually that's brand and draw. In that case though the KU AD guaranteed a large # of tickets sold and beat MU AD to the punch. MU has no one to blame but themselves for getting punked out of that OB IMO. The blame sits at the door of Mike Alden. MU has and had a better program overall but neither school is a national draw in football. Your casual fan in Oregon for example isn't going to favor one over the other. I don't fault the OB for doing what it thought was in its best interest it's how business works.
Interestingly as an aside one of the cooler things about that season was that '07 Border War was one of the highest rated games of the season in college football. Both schools had captured the imagination of the nation to some extent and the curiosity brought viewers in