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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
Texas is a huge state with a big growth rate in the Sun Belt. That's the argument I've heard a lot of MU fans say about going to the SEC. I don't see the difference.
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If you were capable of following a linear conversation, you would know that the Texas comment was in response to Missouri being a cultural fit with Iowa, Kansas, and (for some odd reason) Illinois. Texas culture and West Virgina culture are not similar to Missouri...and those two states make up half of the conference. As such, the cultural fit argument doesn't hold much weight.
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
The "bad football" argument has already been defeated by pulling up the Sagarin data showing there's zero difference in the cumulative ranking of all teams. Now you can argue about image, but quality of football is a myth.
I'm not certain how you argue "academics" here and as far as "fan support", only Nebraska football & ATM football were consistent big draws.
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I know you worship Sagarin, but calling TCU and West Virginia quality programs on par with what you lost simply doesn't make it so. Massey has Mizzou #1 and TCU #49. West Virginia is #51.
The Big 12 has the fewest AAU members of any major conference, and all four schools that left are in the AAU.
Colorado has poor attendance, but Mizzou, Nebraska, and aTm have all been consistently top 30 nationally. Last year, Nebraska would have been second in attendance in the Big 12...so would aTm. Both would have trailed Texas. Mizzou would have been third behind Oklahoma.
Mizzou averaged 21,000 more fans per game than TCU and 12,000 more than West Virginia.
Don't fight this battle. You're getting your ass kicked.