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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
As far as the bolded part, here's the thing. Mizzou is going to play 12-13 nonconference games as part of its schedule year-to-year.
1 of those is going to be the Bragging Rights Game against Illinois. More on that in a minute.
1 of those is going to be part of the SEC/Big 12 challenge. This can be home or away.
5-8 of those will be home games to fill out the home schedule and complete a season ticket package. 5/year are locked down as pure home games. On years when Mizzou isn't competing in a preseason tourney of some sort (because of NCAA limits), they fill the schedule space with home games.
3-4 will be held open to compete in a preseason tournament
2 will be used for ongoing home-home series with other big conference teams like UCLA or NC State. Previously, they held 1 game for this in the nonconference schedule, but are planning to do 2 moving forward because the conference schedule isn't as strong.
That doesn't leave room for a home-and-home series against a midmajor.It's a numbers game. If it was a 2 or 3 for 1, Mizzou could have enough flexibility to do it. But it's not -and should not - going to commit to a home-and-home with an in-state mid-major, especially one that has been as inconsistent as SLU.
Not when the opportunity cost is sacrificing the scheduling flexibility to participate in a strong preseason tournament or not having a slot to play a home-and-home against teams like UCLA or NC State.
You're exactly right. That benefits SLU, not Mizzou.
Only on Billikens.com can you sell the idea that a Mizzou/SLU matchup would get more attention than Missouri/Illinois... a nationally branded rivalry game that is on prime time ESPN every year. Get out of here with that stuff.
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Are you talking about what you're telling SLU, or what Kansas is telling you? Because those are carbon copy, identical arguments we gave you that you rejected. Yet you use the same ones on SLU.