****The Official NEW new new conference realignment & shit talk thread****

[Saul Good]

Let's do it.

[TribalElder]

Originally Posted by Bambi

sup baby

Lets go broncos!! #SuperbowlBound!! pic.twitter.com/exRvmtwOOT

— Corrin Genovese (@corring16) January 20, 2014

who is that?


Someone should let them know the broncos won't be winning the Super Bowl

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

Yes, by Nebraska

Thats not surprising Nebraska is superior in sports.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

who is that?


Someone should let them know the broncos won't be winning the Super Bowl

The girl who called Kansas "scared".

[TribalElder]

Originally Posted by Chocolate Hog

Thats not surprising Nebraska is superior in sports.

They just whooped Mizzou 11-4

Winner take all at 3pm

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by VAHE GREGORIAN

"As much as we’ve made it all about money and leveraging and like this is all some kind of Game of Thrones, doesn’t the appeal of college sports still come down to fun and entertainment and traditions?"

Gregorian doesn't seem to be remotely aware that Deaton & Alden were essentially forced to bail by the state legislature.

Mo. budget cuts played role in Mizzou switch to SEC


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS



University of Missouri-Columbia Chancellor Brady Deaton says state funding cuts played a role in his decision to move the school from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference.

Deaton said Monday that his concern about instability and uncertainty of the Big 12 was enhanced because state funding for higher education has been cut several times in recent years, and still is not at the level originally budgeted in 2001.

Deaton made his comments while speaking to the annual Missouri-Kansas Associated Press Publishers and Editors Meeting.

He says the switch to the SEC was not all about money. But Deaton says the SEC offered a more stable and financially lucrative future, especially as the university tries to get its athletics department to be self-sufficient financially.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Gregorian doesn't seem to be remotely aware that Deaton & Alden were essentially forced to bail by the state legislature.

Mo. budget cuts played role in Mizzou switch to SEC


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS



University of Missouri-Columbia Chancellor Brady Deaton says state funding cuts played a role in his decision to move the school from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference.

Deaton said Monday that his concern about instability and uncertainty of the Big 12 was enhanced because state funding for higher education has been cut several times in recent years, and still is not at the level originally budgeted in 2001.

Deaton made his comments while speaking to the annual Missouri-Kansas Associated Press Publishers and Editors Meeting.

He says the switch to the SEC was not all about money. But Deaton says the SEC offered a more stable and financially lucrative future, especially as the university tries to get its athletics department to be self-sufficient financially.

Absolutely true.

[Discuss Thrower]

Exactly.

How is that new information Prison Bitch?

Mizzou thought that the B12 was going to implode, and if they didn't act they'd be holding their dicks hoping for an invite into the Mountain West.

[Prison Bitch]

It's not new information and that is the whole point: Gregorian totally missed it. When he says finances should take a backseat to competition/rivalries he is really out of the loop.

[TribalElder]

The rivalry already lost its luster

Even if they do play I don't think people will give a **** the same way they used to

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

The rivalry already lost its luster

Even if they do play I don't think people will give a **** the same way they used to

Completely agree. I've been saying this all along. Rivalries simply don't matter when it isn't a conference foe.

The big conferences are already encountering this problem with teams that are going to rarely end up facing one another in sports like football where there aren't that many games played year in and year out.

Who would have thought after all this that schools like Kansas, KSU and Oklahoma would be sitting in the best possible position for their fans?

[Sully]

Originally Posted by Bambi

Rivalries simply don't matter when it isn't a conference foe.

How many times, and in how many ways, does this need to be proven incorrect to you, for you to quit thinking it's true?

[mnchiefsguy]

Originally Posted by Sully

How many times, and in how many ways, does this need to be proven incorrect to you, for you to quit thinking it's true?

He knows it is not true, but he is not honest enough to admit it.

[Titty Meat]

Did people outside of Johnson county even care about the MU/KU rivalry?

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Chocolate Hog

Did people outside of Johnson county even care about the MU/KU rivalry?

Great rivalries are built in conference when both teams play at extremely high levels.

NYY/BOS, Duke/UNC, Oklahoma/Texas, UCLA/USC, Giants/Dodgers, Packers/Bears...

[mnchiefsguy]

Originally Posted by Bambi

Great rivalries are built in conference when both teams play at extremely high levels.

NYY/BOS, Duke/UNC, Oklahoma/Texas, UCLA/USC, Giants/Dodgers, Packers/Bears...

Too bad OU/Texas was a rivalry for what---60 or 70 years before they were in the same conference?

Rivalry fail.