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re: Missouri football attendance drops for fourth straight season (51,465)
Posted on 4/2/19 at 10:20 am to rockiee
Posted on 4/2/19 at 10:20 am to rockiee
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Auburn to the east
that would help Mizzou, but even then, I think it'd suck to be a fan of them. Growing up hating teams like Auburn, UT, even Miss State, then one year Alabama starts playing in the ACC Coastal. That would blow, and it's basically what happened to Missouri fans.
I wonder if these teams that left their traditional conference will suffer from it long term. I understand why they did it, but I just can't imagine a kid growing up in Kansas City getting really into SEC football.
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Posted on 4/2/19 at 10:36 am to TomRollTideRitter
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I wonder if these teams that left their traditional conference will suffer from it long term. I understand why they did it, but I just can't imagine a kid growing up in Kansas City getting really into SEC football.
Well we already know the long term answer because USC and Arkansas did it a quarter of a century ago. Now USC played a lot of SEC teams after they left the ACC but they used to play a ton of ACC teams as well, now its two or so a year. They still have Clemson on the schedule so it wasn't that bad.
Arkansas left behind all of her major rivals except for Ole Miss. We also lost a lot of our access to Texas football recruits. But it was leave then or face the very real threat of being locked out of a major conference altogether.
Yes, you miss the old rivals. If the old Big 8 Conference was still around I'm pretty certain Missouri would happily be a member. The Big 12 is a different animal though. Mizzou was right to flee for a more stable, profitable, and equitable conference.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 1:55 pm to TomRollTideRitter
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I wonder if these teams that left their traditional conference will suffer from it long term. I understand why they did it, but I just can't imagine a kid growing up in Kansas City getting really into SEC football.
I am one of those kids. Currently 32. TBH since the move to the SEC Mizzou football in the Kansas City area is not that big of deal like it was when we were playing our rivals every week. In the Mid 2000s with Gary Pinkel coaching we could feel up Arrowhead almost to capacity with ease. Now I am not to sure how full the stadium would be. My friends and I used to get together for every Mizzou football game and at least attend one game a year. Nothing like that happens at all anymore. It's a sad situation. A lot of people lost interest when we switched to the SEC. If we put out a good product and win a lot I am sure some bandwagon fans will come out and enjoy the games again. Even my father stopped following the football games. Not sure if we will ever fully recover from such a move. Great financially, but I am not sure they forecasted what it would do to the fanbase.
Also the Royals and Chiefs success lately has always trumped anything Mizzou. Not sure what the St. Louis side is like. I hear it is more Mizzou Alumni friendly over on that side of the state.
This post was edited on 4/2/19 at 2:39 pm
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