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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.

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Posted by TomRollTideRitter

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Posted on 4/2/19 at 10:54 am to Arksulli

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Well we already know the long term answer because USC and Arkansas did it a quarter of a century ago.

I don't think these are appropriate comparisons. South Carolina and Arkansas are both southern states, and Arkansas was always considered an outsider in the SWC while South Carolina was sort of a nomadic program.

Missouri in a southern conference. Maryland in a Midwest conference. Colorado in a west coast conference. These are different animals.