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Originally Posted by qabbaan
Missouri for example did not have a winning season between 1983 and 1997, and today they are an SEC team. Much has changed in 15 years.
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Well, they are "in" the SEC, but let's not try and argue that your past 10 years has put you in the upper echelon of the SEC (like what you inferred). Missouri got picked because 13 was a bad number and they have two large TV markets in the state. Sure, they weren't horrible, and Pinkel has done well for you, even though I know many of you cursed him repreatedly throughout his tenure.
Overall, it wasn't Missouri's stellar play that earned them a spot to be in the SEC, it was outside factors centered around the conference network goals that got Missouri in. You're gonna have to prove it before people are going to start recognizing you as an "SEC team" in the light you tried to associate it as.