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re: Polling confirms Missouri not a fit for SEC

Posted on 2/7/26 at 4:20 pm to
Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2011
17097 posts
Posted on 2/7/26 at 4:20 pm to
quote:


So Missourians are reduced to one of these 4 choices

Arguing about whether a portion of the state is below a 250 year old line commonly used to include Maryland in the definition of the south

Pointing out how civil war battles took place in the state or claiming they were somehow the exclusive purveyor of bushwacking activity and conflating slavery for southern culture

Quibbling about which of a few counties touching northeast Arkansas somehow counts for something

Accepting the OP premise backed by data

I see 3 specious arguments beguiling to people who dont understand the south at all and one group of nice cornfed midwesterners who obviously dont belong and aren't even trying. This may be stronger evidence than the original study!


Legitimately didn't read this.

Shut the frick up loser.
Posted by Rosco P Coltrane
STL
Member since Aug 2022
328 posts
Posted on 2/7/26 at 4:32 pm to
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Classic yankee. Thinking southern culture is just "former slave state"


No, I think the purpose of that map is it’s the clearest depiction seen yet of the dreaded “Kansas Rectangle”.

This post was edited on 2/7/26 at 4:36 pm
Posted by Porker Face
Eden Isle
Member since Feb 2012
16014 posts
Posted on 2/7/26 at 5:13 pm to
Your continued defensiveness in this thread is noted, yankee
Posted by junkyarddawg3
Metro ATL
Member since Nov 2015
1152 posts
Posted on 2/7/26 at 7:12 pm to
Yes, a very good reason.
Posted by chkenhawk
Member since Jun 2025
754 posts
Posted on 2/7/26 at 8:17 pm to
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I wish they'd all go buttfrick each other in some other conference.

you can't spell butt secs without SEC!
Posted by Mosnowman
Josey Wales Country
Member since Sep 2012
1311 posts
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:04 am to
OP is pretty dense. Let's try to explain it like he is in first grade...which is probably a stretch.

Your assertion is that our beloved Missouri isn't a fit for the SEC, yet you give no evidence to the contrary comparing our beloved Missouri to other SEC Schools? You simply think you are trolling us...fact is..we are simply reverse trolling you dipshit.

Pssst....we don't care what you good ole boys club think...we will just keep cashing those checks and doing our best to ruin your seasons. We've done a good job at both and have enjoyed our role in doing so.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
61182 posts
Posted on 2/8/26 at 8:26 am to
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Polling confirms Missouri not a fit for SEC


You lost right there, pools are for the kids who licked the window glass on the short bus going to school.


I can simplify ...


Angry Kansas aka dirty bird fan posts on the SEC board.


Posted by Lynxrufus2012
Central Kentucky
Member since Mar 2020
19589 posts
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:22 pm to
Nobody in Kentucky claims to be in the Midwest.

We were in the Southern conference before being a charter member of the SEC. We are south of the Ohio and East of the Mississippi. South and East.

Sorry. Realized you were responding to Tardzana
This post was edited on 2/8/26 at 1:25 pm
Posted by Sophrosyne
St. Louis
Member since Dec 2013
35 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 12:22 pm to
Man, Sikeston is the deep south. I'm not criticizing, just pointing out that from Sikeston south in southeast Missouri, the culture reminded me of Mississippi much more than the midwest.
Posted by Missouri Waltz
Adrift off the Spanish Main
Member since Feb 2016
1338 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 5:02 pm to
I have heard it said that Sikeston more like Mississippi than Mississippi itself. I think you could say that about the entire Bootheel.
This post was edited on 2/9/26 at 5:15 pm
Posted by BreakawayZou83
Kansas City, Missouri
Member since Oct 2011
10263 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 5:48 pm to
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Man, Sikeston is the deep south.

Anyone here who argues that southeastern Missouri isn’t southern has clearly never visited that part of the state. On the other hand, anyone arguing that KC or St. Louis are southern has never spent time in the South.
Posted by Porker Face
Eden Isle
Member since Feb 2012
16014 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 8:38 pm to
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Your assertion is that our beloved Missouri isn't a fit for the SEC, yet you give no evidence


Did you read the OP?
Posted by Summer of Jimbo
Amateur Statistician
Member since Oct 2022
3816 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 8:59 am to
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They really don't belong. Neither does A&M, OU, or Texas. I wish they'd all go buttfrick each other in some other conference.


Why are you gay
Posted by Sophrosyne
St. Louis
Member since Dec 2013
35 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 6:37 pm to
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Anyone here who argues that southeastern Missouri isn’t southern has clearly never visited that part of the state. On the other hand, anyone arguing that KC or St. Louis are southern has never spent time in the South


Uh.........agree. Well put.
Posted by 49 to nada
In aggy and gooner heads, rent free
Member since Sep 2023
5452 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 6:46 pm to
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More evidence the OP may be right......we aren't a fit ?

You know those rankings heavily favor schools that are knee deep in DEI initiatives and offer some pretty avant guarde courses?

Yes, I know my own school benefits from that nonsense as well, but still..
Posted by Mizz-SEC
Inbred Huntin' In The SEC
Member since Jun 2013
22794 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 7:53 pm to
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$72 million proofs we belong.

Posted by HamBoned
Ted Drewe's
Member since Aug 2024
53 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 8:15 pm to
I got something you can poll right here
Posted by Porker Face
Eden Isle
Member since Feb 2012
16014 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 8:32 pm to
Nah I dont have a microscope bruh
Posted by SaturdayNAthens
Georgia
Member since Dec 2017
12158 posts
Posted on 2/14/26 at 1:20 pm to
I thought the Clampets were from Tennessee. Some place called Bugtussle?
I’ve seen a lot of Jethro types - plus a hundred pounds and minus the teeth- on my visits to UT.
Posted by SaturdayNAthens
Georgia
Member since Dec 2017
12158 posts
Posted on 2/14/26 at 1:22 pm to
I don’t care what the Missouri people choose to call themselves. They are not Southern and not SEC
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