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re: Why are Mizzou Fans so Butthurt about Being in the SEC?
Posted on 5/21/17 at 6:26 pm to bcoop199
Posted on 5/21/17 at 6:26 pm to bcoop199
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I don't know any Mizzou fan that is upset about being in the SEC..all love it. There are some on Mizzou boards that hate it but they're less than 2% IMO.
I can see that, and I am glad Missouri is in the conference.
But the longer things go on, I'm really starting to hate this whole superconference idea.
I really think the best games are ones where the fanbases interact on a daily basis (like you might actually run into a fan of another school).
And where the fanbase and students can make a road trip to each other's school without it being some super long drive that makes you miss class on Friday to make sure you make it.
If you are old enough, wasn't the old Big 8 a lot more convenient? Iowa State, the two Okie schools, Nebraska, Kansas, Kansas State all in states bordering Missouri. Only road trip was Colorado, and I imagine that was closer than Columbia, SC or Gainesville to Columbia, MO.
Really I think the Big 10 flubbed expansion. They should have invited you and Kansas. You both fit their academic profile, and a pretty decent regional pod could have been formed:
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. Gotta admit, you would have had some really rocking basketball going on too.
Hmm I guess the Eastern Big 10 would have been: Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Indiana, Purdue, Northwestern, and Penn State.
Assuming you had both offers in hand, which do you think would have been better for Missouri as a whole?
Posted on 5/21/17 at 6:53 pm to Sunbeam
You're right. We don't belong in the SEC. We belong in the Big 8, but such is life.
College football gradually became a money grab. Realignment, playoffs etc. none of that is in the interest of fans. It's all about money. We had a market the SEC wanted. We wanted out of the Big 12. This is nothing more than a mutually beneficial financial arrangement.
Time goes on though, and eventually Mizzou and other SEC fans won't know anything other than what we have now.
College football gradually became a money grab. Realignment, playoffs etc. none of that is in the interest of fans. It's all about money. We had a market the SEC wanted. We wanted out of the Big 12. This is nothing more than a mutually beneficial financial arrangement.
Time goes on though, and eventually Mizzou and other SEC fans won't know anything other than what we have now.
Posted on 5/21/17 at 6:55 pm to Sunbeam
The Big 8 was awesome and very convenient travel wise. In that hypothetical pod we would probably be better off travel wise and keeping some familiar rivals. With that said though, personally I still prefer where we landed. It's a great conference to be a part of. I've been through about half the Sec states and those pod states doesn't hold a candle to them, even Kentucky.
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