****The official NEW new conference realignment thread.****

[Saul Good]

the second thread has been pronounced dead.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Cochise

So what? When you play in a conference as good as the SEC is, you're going to have some up and down years.

Why? Gorilla says that Mizzou "learned" from their mistakes. He thinks that's what drives wins and losses: learning.

[eazyb81]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Good call.

I miss HolyHandgernade's posts. He had some gut busters.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Over/Under. How many years after joining the SEC do Mizzu fans start having buyers remorse? I say during the first year you start to hear squeeks about it and during year 2 a full blown meltdown about how "stupid the move was" and with demands to go back to the Big 12.

This meltdown should be starting any minute. I'm hearing a lot of rumblings from Mizzou fans who miss their trips to Lubbock, Stillwater, and Waco. They are especially upset about not getting to make a road trip to Morgantown.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by eazyb81

I miss HolyHandgernade's posts. He had some gut busters.

HH was easily the most insane poster in realignment history. He made CoMo look almost intelligent.

[Saul Good]

al goes off the deep end...

Originally Posted by alnorth

Well, the problem is that I don't think Mizzou can even be Arkansas, which would be their absolute improbable ceiling. In the Big 12 north they have the potential to be quite a bit better than Arkansas.

Originally Posted by alnorth

I'm sorry, but kids in the deep south are not going to Mizzou in any significant numbers. For Mizzou, it is going to be Texas or bust, and in the SEC it will probably be bust.

Originally Posted by alnorth

Hell yes it does, for Missouri. If you are a school in the deep south or Texas, then the SEC may help or at worst be a lateral move. Missouri will take a hit. If you are in Texas and you want to play with or against the 4 Texas Big 12 schools, Missouri is basically option #3, maybe #4 at worst.

In the SEC, Mizzou is so far down the list you won't even be able to see them in the pitch-dark hole, behind just about every other SEC team other than maybe Kentucky and a couple others.

[Bambi]

With some of this quoting you would have actually thought Mizzou had accomplished something in the SEC.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Bambi

With some of this quoting you would have actually thought Mizzou had accomplished something in the SEC.

Last year never happened, just like 120 years of splitting with KU football never happened. The cognitive dissonance of the Mizzou fan is awe inspiring given they've accomplished nothing in their history.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Last year never happened, just like 120 years of splitting with KU football never happened. The cognitive dissonance of the Mizzou fan is awe inspiring given they've accomplished nothing in their history.

I would look at the last five years or so to determine where the programs are trending. If we look at what has happened since the 2007 season (when both schools did incredibly well),

MU: 49-25 (66%)
ku: 21-48 (30%)

That, of course, includes Missouri's "horrible" season last year. It appears that Missouri chose to utilize 2007 as a foundation for their future; kansas, apparently, chose to make it an anomaly.

[Eleazar]

One program is having arguably their best season ever, and has mostly continued winning football games since 2007.

The other school as spent those 6 years breaking apart, and will soon be on its fourth head coach and it's fourth year without a conference win since Arrowhead Armageddon.

It's the difference between a ship that's sailing but hasn't yet arrived at its destination, and one that struck an iceberg and is burying itself in the silt.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by Cochise

One program is having arguably their best season ever, and has mostly continued winning football games since 2007.

The other school as spent those 6 years breaking apart, and will soon be on its fourth head coach and it's fourth year without a conference win since Arrowhead Armageddon.

It's the difference between a ship that's sailing but hasn't yet arrived at its destination, and one that struck an iceberg and is burying itself in the silt.

In mid air

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Stewie

MU is stuck. They think they have some sort of power. They don't. The SEC doesn't want them and the Big XII could care less about their antics.

Originally Posted by HemiEd

Oh the irony. Who has been doing the feet stomping?

The wallflower is still setting there and nobody cares do dance.

Kind of sad really.

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

The left over conference, the only left over conference that has a place for Mizzou.

Big 10, no thanks
SEC, no thanks

Here is an idea since they are such a football powerhouse. Join ND and go independent, yeah, that's it.

Originally Posted by Bambi

A&M is on its way to becoming SMU.

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

I finally had t turn in to hear Jack Harry meltdown. He's hilarious. I can't believe he honestly thinks the Big 12 would and should keep the tourny in Missouri if Mizzou leaves the conference. Have another drink Jack...

Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade

And soon, KC, MO won't be in the middle of Big XII country, nor will it be a Big XII city. What I can't believe is that people from KC, MO would think the Big XII would want to continue it in KC, MO. It makes absolutely no sense. It will move to OKC and spots in Texas. I don't know why people would think the conference would be hunky dory with giving a non Big XII city revenues generated from a Big XII event. Does any other Big 6 conference do that?

Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade

Here's the thing. KU, KSU and ISU fans all benefit from it staying in KC, but seven other schools don't. There's no way the Big XII as a whole supports it and there's no way those three schools would put up much of a fight to try. More of a "it sucks, but what are you going to do, reward Missouri?"

I've been to OKC Bricktown. If they decide to settle in there and give them a chance to make it there own, it could still be a great event. It will never be KC, but, that's one of the traditions that gets tossed aside in these 100 year decisions.

Originally Posted by Stewie

How is quitting on a conference the right thing? Hell, the SEC schools have voted to keep MU out.

[Bambi]

Saul, did you ever get around to finding that link proving KU is the most penalized team in college sports history?

Or are you content with just being wrong?

[Prison Bitch]

Someone should post his finding NFL home field was only worth 1/2 point. That belongs in the Hall of Stupid

[Mr_Tomahawk]

Any truth to the rumors of Saban's interest in Texas....leaving the SEC for the Big12?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk

Any truth to the rumors of Saban's interest in Texas....leaving the SEC for the Big12?

Hope so, but I doubt it.