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Slive did an amazing job, but why again did we rush into adding Mizzou?

Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:51 am
Posted by GreyReb
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:51 am
having an odd number of teams wouldn't have been the worst thing for a couple of years. Why did the SEC office panic there?
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:52 am to
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having an odd number of teams wouldn't have been the worst thing


yes it would

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why again did we rush into adding Mizzou?


you know why, TV markets and money. At the time they had a really solid basketball program and were pretty decent in football, to go along with being a decent academic school. But most importantly it was an entirely new region of TV eyeballs and dollars rolling in.
Posted by MSHawg1
Bad-assistan
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:52 am to
St Louis...St Louis...St Louis
Posted by GreyReb
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:52 am to
Does anybody watch Mizzou from Missouri? Still could have waited on a different market.
This post was edited on 1/18/19 at 9:53 am
Posted by twk
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:52 am to
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having an odd number of teams wouldn't have been the worst thing for a couple of years. Why did the SEC office panic there?
Actually, the looked at doing that, but it proved to be a logistical nightmare. It wasn't panic--it was just accepting the reality that an odd number of teams wouldn't have worked in a league where you are split into divisions.
Posted by Dawgsontop34
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:53 am to
Losing Mizzou would hurt ratings more than losing one of the Mississippi schools would.
Posted by GreyReb
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:55 am to
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Losing Mizzou would hurt ratings more than losing one of the Mississippi schools would.


Maybe so but you ain't messing with a Charter school...Ole Miss brings a great college town in Oxford, the Grove, hot arse women. Mizzou brings nothing but a safe space
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:03 am to
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Does anybody watch Mizzou from Missouri?


That's what I'm wondering too.

Seems more like a Cardinals, Royals, Chiefs kinda town.
Posted by I Eat Tide Pods
Member since Dec 2018
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:05 am to
What are the market numbers for St. Louis and Kansas City for SEC games? I bet they don't even come close to a smaller city like Birmingham generates.
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:06 am to
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smaller city like Birmingham generates.

Nothing comes close to Birmingham for College football.

I think it's number 1 across all CFB markets.

But... That's all they got.
Posted by JohnnyU
Florida
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:07 am to
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but why again did we rush into adding Mizzou?



Why did we add aTm?

I never thought we should have added South Carolina or Arkansas but it allowed Kramer (at that time) to pitch the conference championship game. That, coupled with ESPN and huge TV deals, lead to the evolution from the CFA to conference expansion. It was all unnecessary in my view.

I wish there were 5 or 6 Super Conferences (not by size but by quality/geography).
That will never happen. No, we have Mizzou and aTm misplaced in the SEC; West Virginia in the Big 12; Nebraska, Rutgers and Maryland in the B1G, etc. What bullshite.
Posted by bunkerhill
Georgia
Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:19 am to
The greatest geographical mismatch out there is Syracuse and Boston college in the ACC, Colorado and Utah in the Pac is pretty high up there.

With expansion, and it absolutely had to happen, A&M and Missouri are great additions, imo. Who would have been better? I think most of the teams in the big 12 would have gone somewhere if they had had a chance
Posted by Oxford Ways
Member since Jun 2015
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:42 am to
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The greatest geographical mismatch out there is Syracuse and Boston college in the ACC


New York and Massachusetts.... Atlantic Coast Conference... makes sense to me
Posted by PorkSammich
North FL
Member since Sep 2013
14200 posts
Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:44 am to
They should have been put in the West and Auburn moved to the East from the get go.
Posted by DownSouthJukin
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:48 am to
Should we have seen the poop swastika coming? Is that something that is really predictable?
Posted by mizslu314
Dirty STL
Member since Sep 2013
15942 posts
Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:52 am to
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Mizzou brings nothing but a safe space



based on your thread, you're needing one
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:53 am to
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New York and Massachusetts.... Atlantic Coast Conference


yea if we are going by that then Louisville and Pitt are kinda head scratchers.

And Notre Dame for Basketball.

Posted by mizslu314
Dirty STL
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:54 am to
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A&M and Missouri are great additions, imo. Who would have been better?


In the last 9 years mizzou has had a top 5 ranked team in both basketball and football
Posted by guydiamond
Arizona
Member since Jun 2017
555 posts
Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:55 am to
Missouri has accomplished more than Texas A&M has in the SEC
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:59 am to
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Missouri has accomplished more than Texas A&M has in the SEC



They did win the east twice.
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