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re: All the Mizzou stuff on this board about "They suck" and "They regret coming to
Posted on 4/25/13 at 7:03 am to Kentucker
Posted on 4/25/13 at 7:03 am to Kentucker
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A&M moved in with the right attitude. With a big middle-finger salute towards Austin, the Aggies swaggered into the conference knowing they had finally arrived where they should have been all along. Their instant success in SEC sports proves they were a sleeping giant - similar to Florida's awakening in the '90s.
You started well with this, but you made the point for the wrong reason.
The attitude that we brought to the SEC was that we would have to toughen up quickly to prove we belonged. That drove everything from the offseason workouts to the conditioning program to the playcalling mindset.
Coach Sumlin STILL pushes the mindset that we have a ways to go. During the Spring Game, when asked about the success by Kirk Herbstreit, he said something to the effect of, "That's great, but we still only finished third in the west"
This post was edited on 4/25/13 at 7:07 am
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Posted on 4/25/13 at 7:56 am to CGSC Lobotomy
My original stance was neutral based on these points :
a) Can they deliver Saint Louis and Kansas City?
So far this is a no but that will not happen overnight
b) Will interaction be more like the Cocks or the Hogs?
Sadly, so far they are more like the Hogs bluster than the Cocks under the radar approach
c) Will they maintain the AAU status?
AAU has canned Syracuse and Nebraska so Mizzou is not in a safe position. Adding Maryland and and Rutgers gives the B1G a sizable chunk of the roughly 60 votes (remember Chicago was a former B1G member and still maintains ties with the CIC) if they want to discredit the SEC by booting one of their 4 schools. Of the 4 SEC AAU schools TAMU, VU, and UF are all in a much better position to maintain membership. While this is not probable, I hold the strong belief that while Delany is not Satan, he is probably at least one of the lesser imp's or demons and believe such pettiness is in his dirty bag of tricks.
d) Will they add a SEC sport to the SEC's collection of trophies?
Tiger overconfidence on football has been dispelled after a season of OMF in the SEC. Baseball is not a probable sport either. SEC does not have wrestling and Mizzou is no threat in rifle or bowling. Not sure Mizzou is any real threat in any of the minor non broadcast sports.
This only leaves M basketball, W basketball, and softball. W basketball appears to be a non starter and M basketball does not have a solid traveling fan base and they are a study in futility in the NCAA tourney where the SEC needs more media presence to support current Cat and Gator exposure. This leaves only softball so lets hope Mizzou can at least get to the WCWS (TAMU is a recent winner in W basketball and has solid T&F) based on current NCAA rank :
Top 25 teams
2 Florida
5 Alabama
6 Tennessee
7 Louisiana State
14 Kentucky
15 Missouri
17 Texas A&M
25 Mississippi State
Remaining SEC teams current rank
29 Arkansas
35 Georgia
48 South Carolina
64 Auburn
65 Ole Miss
NR Vanderbilt - has bowling and lacrosse in place of softball
SEC softball tourney is in Lexington this season so lets hope Mizzou (UK is one of the closest SEC schools to Columbia, MO) brings more fans than they did to Rupp for the Men's NCAA tournament.
a) Can they deliver Saint Louis and Kansas City?
So far this is a no but that will not happen overnight
b) Will interaction be more like the Cocks or the Hogs?
Sadly, so far they are more like the Hogs bluster than the Cocks under the radar approach
c) Will they maintain the AAU status?
AAU has canned Syracuse and Nebraska so Mizzou is not in a safe position. Adding Maryland and and Rutgers gives the B1G a sizable chunk of the roughly 60 votes (remember Chicago was a former B1G member and still maintains ties with the CIC) if they want to discredit the SEC by booting one of their 4 schools. Of the 4 SEC AAU schools TAMU, VU, and UF are all in a much better position to maintain membership. While this is not probable, I hold the strong belief that while Delany is not Satan, he is probably at least one of the lesser imp's or demons and believe such pettiness is in his dirty bag of tricks.
d) Will they add a SEC sport to the SEC's collection of trophies?
Tiger overconfidence on football has been dispelled after a season of OMF in the SEC. Baseball is not a probable sport either. SEC does not have wrestling and Mizzou is no threat in rifle or bowling. Not sure Mizzou is any real threat in any of the minor non broadcast sports.
This only leaves M basketball, W basketball, and softball. W basketball appears to be a non starter and M basketball does not have a solid traveling fan base and they are a study in futility in the NCAA tourney where the SEC needs more media presence to support current Cat and Gator exposure. This leaves only softball so lets hope Mizzou can at least get to the WCWS (TAMU is a recent winner in W basketball and has solid T&F) based on current NCAA rank :
Top 25 teams
2 Florida
5 Alabama
6 Tennessee
7 Louisiana State
14 Kentucky
15 Missouri
17 Texas A&M
25 Mississippi State
Remaining SEC teams current rank
29 Arkansas
35 Georgia
48 South Carolina
64 Auburn
65 Ole Miss
NR Vanderbilt - has bowling and lacrosse in place of softball
SEC softball tourney is in Lexington this season so lets hope Mizzou (UK is one of the closest SEC schools to Columbia, MO) brings more fans than they did to Rupp for the Men's NCAA tournament.
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