CraiginKC
| Favorite team: | Missouri  |
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re: Reasons why mizzou belongs from a Missourian POV
Posted by CraiginKC on 11/8/11 at 9:39 pm
As a Mizzou fan, I'm embarrassed by Mizzourah16's lame post. Most literate Missourians are no more proud of having been a slave state than most southerners, but apparently that's lost on my fellow Mizzou Tiger. And I think we should actually be playing in the SEC before talking smack to anyone (even Mississippi State).
I'll simply say that whether Mizzou "belongs" in the SEC is something that you'll have to come to terms with over time. We're confident that we'll earn the respect of the fans of the SEC (though we don't get it with sad posts like the one that started this thread).
The overwhelming majority of Mizzou fans are thrilled to be a part of the SEC. We're excited to learn more about the history of this conference, and to develop rivalries of our own. By all accounts, it took time for the old SEC schools to accept Arkansas and South Carolina as "authentic" members, and it appears that that transition worked pretty well.
Is Missouri a Southern state? Well, like many states, it has different regions with different sub-cultures. Southern Missouri is culturally quite similar to the regions of Tennessee and Arkansas which it borders. Northern Missouri is more classically Mid-western. But the truth is that there's not a simplistic "Southern" culture among the SEC schools either. Coastal South Carolina bears little resemblance to the Mississippi Delta culture, and Mobile, Alabama is quite dissimilar from northern Alabama. Louisville, Kentucky is a pretty Midwestern town.
People who aren't happy that Mizzou is part of the SEC will probably remain unhappy about it, until it stops being a novelty. Personally, my fantasy is that Mizzou will have so much success in the SEC that you all regret having let us in (but I'm not naive enough to think that will happen any time soon).
We don't have any strong feelings about any SEC teams, except Arkansas which we've grown to dislike (but I'm psyched to travel there for games when I can). Sports hate is a victimless emotion, and we thrive on it.
Finally, like all schools, some of our fans are fools and they post on message boards with frequency. Remember that they're not representative of the overwhelming majority of Mizzou fans that love their school, respect their opponents, and are grateful to the SEC for giving us a home.
I'll simply say that whether Mizzou "belongs" in the SEC is something that you'll have to come to terms with over time. We're confident that we'll earn the respect of the fans of the SEC (though we don't get it with sad posts like the one that started this thread).
The overwhelming majority of Mizzou fans are thrilled to be a part of the SEC. We're excited to learn more about the history of this conference, and to develop rivalries of our own. By all accounts, it took time for the old SEC schools to accept Arkansas and South Carolina as "authentic" members, and it appears that that transition worked pretty well.
Is Missouri a Southern state? Well, like many states, it has different regions with different sub-cultures. Southern Missouri is culturally quite similar to the regions of Tennessee and Arkansas which it borders. Northern Missouri is more classically Mid-western. But the truth is that there's not a simplistic "Southern" culture among the SEC schools either. Coastal South Carolina bears little resemblance to the Mississippi Delta culture, and Mobile, Alabama is quite dissimilar from northern Alabama. Louisville, Kentucky is a pretty Midwestern town.
People who aren't happy that Mizzou is part of the SEC will probably remain unhappy about it, until it stops being a novelty. Personally, my fantasy is that Mizzou will have so much success in the SEC that you all regret having let us in (but I'm not naive enough to think that will happen any time soon).
We don't have any strong feelings about any SEC teams, except Arkansas which we've grown to dislike (but I'm psyched to travel there for games when I can). Sports hate is a victimless emotion, and we thrive on it.
Finally, like all schools, some of our fans are fools and they post on message boards with frequency. Remember that they're not representative of the overwhelming majority of Mizzou fans that love their school, respect their opponents, and are grateful to the SEC for giving us a home.
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