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Originally Posted by BryanBusby
If had any truth to it, sure  |
I'm sure there's plenty.
KC is a pretty nice little recruiting area for Mizzou and one they're doing well in. Right now they can go into the same home as KU and say "Hey, in a disappointing season we put up the same record out of the SEC as KU did in their best year in decades out of the Big 12..."
Unless....they lose.
And what's a win accomplish in that meeting? Nothing much, really - you're recruiting on the conference strength, the prospect of an ascending program and the ability to stay close to home. None of those things change if they win. But hey - if they lose, now KU can recruit on that ascending program thing stronger than you can, they can offer a place close to home AND they can say "Hey, how great can the SEC be if we beat a similarly situated team head up?"
It's a recruiting thing, IMO. Mizzou is going to be missing its best receiver and probably more than that, including a key defender or two, IIRC. You don't really want to be staking recruiting momentum on that kind of exhibition, not when it's that close to home.