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re: Mizzou Must Lower Academic Requirements to Compete in SEC

Posted on 1/17/13 at 1:51 pm to
Posted by KillianRussell
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2012
7319 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 1:51 pm to
I was unaware Missouri was a good school academically, did the OP really use Vanderbilt and Mizzou in the same sentence ?
Posted by NonregAg09
Member since Sep 2011
620 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 1:57 pm to
Mizzoukills, if you want to compare A&M struggles to Mizzou's, A&M had a poor decade with some flashes of good times between 2000-2011 but nothing really consistent. Many felt A&M was overshadowed by Texas, and when A&M is good in their history, Texas is typically not. So we move to the SEC in order to increase our brand and exposure, and that obviously worked.

Not only that, but we picked up some random kid from Kerrville who wins the Heisman trophy. That's the kind of talent that Texas has.

Missouri gets the #1 ranked WR in the country and can't do anything with him, and maybe he'll improve, but I doubt he's going to win a Heisman.

So my point is, A&M's struggles can be attributed to a lot of things over the past ten years, SEC was obviously the remedy, and Mizzou's can be attributed to a simple fact, it's located in fricking Missouri. Where did most of your players come from when you were in the Big 12 with us?
This post was edited on 1/17/13 at 1:58 pm
Posted by BamaGrad09
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2012
6 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:08 pm to
quote:

Vanderbilt, Florida, Georgia, A&M, Alabama, and Auburn are all ranked higher academically than Missouri is.


According the U.S. News and World Reports this is correct. National University Rankings

Vandy #17
Florida #54
Georgia #63
A&M #65
Alabama #77
Auburn #89
and Missouri #97
Posted by Porker Face
Midnight
Member since Feb 2012
15308 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:13 pm to
quote:

Vandy #17
Florida #54
Georgia #63
A&M #65
Alabama #77
Auburn #89
Missouri #97
Posted by DWag215
Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2011
7208 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:15 pm to
quote:

Sometimes a kid will get turned down from UGA for grades and then go to the military prep school. If he gets his grades up, he can enroll at UGA the next year and start competing. It's not uncommon.

I know next to nothing about your program. But I can assure you that if your coaching staff wants a player, the only entity that potentially poses an academic hurdle is the NCAA.

And that goes for every major football program.
Posted by Bama54
Neverland
Member since Nov 2011
5017 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:18 pm to
to OP: go away.
Posted by mizzoukills
Member since Aug 2011
40686 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:27 pm to
quote:

to OP: go away.


Uhhhh...okay.
Posted by Mootsman
Charlotte, NC
Member since Oct 2012
6024 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:31 pm to
Missouri fans do nothing but bitch on this entire forum all day every day. When the hell are yall going to grow a pair?
Posted by mizzoukills
Member since Aug 2011
40686 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:33 pm to
quote:

Missouri fans do nothing but bitch on this entire forum all day every day. When the hell are yall going to grow a pair?


The moment I get home and make a tanqueray and tonic. That's the only drink that makes things stand up that don't have legs.
Posted by troyt37
Member since Mar 2008
13302 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:37 pm to
quote:

However, Mizzou isn't willing to settle for an 8 - 9 win season as a measure of success when only a few years ago we were an 11 - 12 win team. 10 wins indicated a step back a few years ago. We didn't make the move to the SEC to be losers. We actually have lofty goals other than the money to be made in the SEC.


25 years of Missouri football:

1988, 3-7-1
1989, 2-9
1990, 4-7
1991, 3-7-1
1992, 3-8
1993, 3-7-1
1994, 3-8-1
1995, 3-8
1996, 5-6
1997, 7-5*
1998, 8-4*
1999, 4-7
2000, 3-8
2001, 4-7
2002, 5-7
2003, 8-5*
2004, 5-6
2005, 7-5*
2006, 8-5*
2007, 12-2*
2008, 10-4*
2009, 8-5*
2010, 10-3*
2011, 8-5*
2012, 5-7

Yes, that is 10 winning seasons in 25 years.

quote:

10 wins indicated a step back a few years ago


I especially like this part. As you can see, these academic giants have won more than 10 games per season exactly 1 time in the last 25 years.

We will not relinquish our "SEC's Most Delusional Fanbase" crown without a fight, but keep trying.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
39955 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:47 pm to
Does that sound like Richt? The admin team turns them away over academic concerns, not Richt. Trust me, after Jan Kemp UGA decided to raise their standards to save face.
Posted by RollTide MJ
Tuscaloosa, AL
Member since Nov 2007
9523 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:54 pm to
Manti Teo's GF > Mizzou
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
53990 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 2:55 pm to
quote:

We didn't make the move to the SEC to be losers


Well, I think this is going to happen my friend. But you are good in basketball and most of us suck, so you do have that.
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
43995 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 3:06 pm to
quote:

Mizzou isn't willing to settle for an 8 - 9 win season as a measure of success when only a few years ago we were an 11 - 12 win team. 10 wins indicated a step back a few years ago.

Mizzou has ONE 11+ win season in 40 years, and suddenly a 10-win season is a step back?



2012 5-7
2011 8-5
2010 10-3
2009 8-5
2008 10-4
2007 12-2
2006 8-5
2005 7-5
...
1960 11-0

That's four double digit win seasons in Mizzou's entire history, only two of them have been 11+ wins, 1960 and 2007. And the one in 1960 was really 10-1 with a forfeit. That looks more like luck than any trend.

To say, "10 wins indicated a step back a few years ago" is drawing an invalid conclusion due to insufficient data. You must not have attended such a fine university as the University of Missouri, otherwise you would not have posted such a stupid post.
Posted by mizzoukills
Member since Aug 2011
40686 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

But you are good in basketball and most of us suck, so you do have that.


true
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37241 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 3:08 pm to
quote:

Mizzou Must Lower Academic Requirements to Compete in SEC


Or you could just go back to the Big#.
Posted by mizzoukills
Member since Aug 2011
40686 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 3:10 pm to
quote:

Or you could just go back to the Big#.



Nah. We enjoy the SEC. Far more jimmy jamz to rustle here...
Posted by elposter
Member since Dec 2010
24815 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 3:12 pm to
quote:

Mizzou Must Lower Academic Requirements


If they got any lower Missouri would be a junior college.
Posted by Blaquebuete
Kentucky
Member since Sep 2011
818 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 3:12 pm to
So you rank:

17. Vandy

54. Florida

63. Georgia

65. Texas A&M

77. Alabama

89. Auburn

97. Missouri

....and what's your ? about competing in the SEC junior? Your a dumbass. You already rank behind 6 SEC schools and you aren't ranked too much better than the next 3...

101. Tennessee

115. South Carolina

125. Kentucky

Posted by TreyAnastasio
Bitch I'm From Cleveland
Member since Dec 2010
46759 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 3:12 pm to
quote:

. If we want to be an SEC player, we need to adjust the academic requirements for our athletes. They are too high right now. We must view the typical athlete like the rest of the SEC views them...dumb but fast work horses.


You like making shite up too huh? Have you ever considered playing football in South Bend?
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