Mizzou Links, 10-26-11

i’m too lazy to use very many words to express what i’m trying to say, so all of mine are very short,often missing things. a rec for you, sir.

and Nebraska’s departure killed the Big 6, so the emotional ties are much less for me. One could argue that Okla and OSU immediately siding with the Texas schools on every Big 12 decision (and Colorado joining them sometimes) killed the Big 8 for me. Even after 15 years, I care nothing about the Texas members of the Big 12.

I’d rather be in totally new conference than in the distorted image of our former home.

I was never a fan of adding the Texas schools to the old Big 8, but it probably had to do that to survive. I feel no nostalgia one way or the other for A&M. But, the conference was over once it decided to let Texas start its own network.

I would think she would be against this after her widely publicized verbal against A&M.

exact feeling on the issue.

Well done. Rec’d

at least if you look at the entire metro area. People are inherently bandwagon jumpers. Nobody is cheering for kU because of the Big 12. Same with Mizzou. If Mizzou goes on a run where they are elite in sports and kU slips, KC will be more of a MU town than a kU town – regardless of what conference it is in.

Although, this probably can’t come out until it’s all over, if ever. Thus the closed doors.

http://twitter.com/#!/search/realignmentcostume

but he makes good points in that column

No reason to schedule an implied game, right?

that’s a GOOD thing.

Just don’t want that name for our offense

Yost is killing the Hellbenders!

Schools from the collapsing Big East are fighting to come to the Big XII, all of which have effectively (or literally) been rejected by the ACC and SEC. Soren Petro is killing it on this point. UConn, the reigning bball national champs, are being abandoned. The idea that a rumor of Mizzou going to the Big Ten would lead in two years to the destruction of the Big East? Inconceivable. If you had outlined this scenario to a UConn grad five years ago, they would have laughed. But that’s the nature of what we’re dealing with. Seemingly small events spawn large and unanticipated consequences. And of course, as I keep pointing out, the BOTC folks thought the conference was stable last year.

Maybe the Big XII is stable now. Maybe West Virginia is as advertised and aren’t just a product of playing a Big East schedule. Maybe Texas and Oklahoma really are locked in for the long term. I hope so. But is it worth the risk? Given the historical problems in the Big XII, given the geographical realities of Mizzou, given the historical attitude of the Big Ten towards Mizzou, is it worth the risk to stay? That’s an easy calculation for K-State, not so much for Mizzou.

like someone fights to get out of their house when its of fire and about to collapse.

Can we stay, now? Texas & Ok plus some decent schools plus a bunch of hyped up Mids?

Stability: achieved.

West Virginia has been notified by the Big 12 Conference that its expansion process is on hold, a school source told ESPN’s Joe Schad on Wednesday.

    The Big 12 is waiting on Missouri formally to withdraw from the conference and that there has been some late “hard lobbying” by Louisville for Big 12 inclusion, the source told Schad.

    West Virginia had been told that the Big 12 was willing to announce it would be adding the Mountaineers regardless of the timing of the departure announcement of Missouri, but for now at least, that has changed, the source said.

    Earlier Wednesday, the West Virginia Gazette reported that the Big 12 Board of Directors has what the newspaper called “put the brakes” on plans to expand. The report comes after West Virginia issued a Tuesday night statement saying no news conference had been scheduled to announce a move to the Big 12, and that a visit by Big 12 officials to the West Virginia campus, scheduled for Wednesday, also has been called off.

Has Jay Nixon’s nefarious scheme been exposed?

because if Mizzou stays, WVU might be next in line for that SEC bid.

Hell, it could be the damn radio schedule or somebody went to the chiropractor or something. Don’t kill me if this is stupid.

Jerks are moving to drive time. Should’ve known. Sorry. I’ll head to my post beside the cannon.

I lost interest too fast though. Someone else form an opinion on it for me.

• Schools are looking to capitalize on an NCAA rule allowing conferences with 12 teams or more to hold a playoff. That means more games and more TV money for the conferences that exceed 12 teams. Who wouldn’t want to get bigger?

It’s no surprise that Larry Scott, the new commissioner for the Pac-12 who came in and tripled TV revenue, isn’t as worried. He said his conference stopped at 12, rather than go to 16, to get the benefits of a more lucrative contract yet still minimize the impact on student athletes. As for the have-nots of the college system, he said that’s unavoidable.

“There is great disparity historically, just like a lot of things in life,” he said. “In the business world strong brand tends to get stronger.”

But these schools are non-profit educational institutions, as are the athletic conferences, whose primary job is to bring in money for their member schools. ESPN and other media partners are the only for-profit businesses in this rights conversation.

A lot will be lost as schools continue to realign. Traditional rivalries will disappear. Scott believes the ratings for college athletics are still undervalued, and if he’s right, then more consolidation is coming — and the money networks pay for rights will only grow.

“The fragmented nature of college sports is not a good way to maximize value,” he said. “Think about it: if you have one seller and lots of bidders, like the NFL, you can command a price. But if you have lots of sellers and fewer buyers, like college sports, you can’t get as much money.”

Would they be throwing that out to the press just to make it look like B12 is trying and MU unreasonable, or did it give time for pause?

I’m not so sure that the Big East WILL crumble. The Big East as a conference is more than just the football playing members. I would assume that the non-football universities would continue to play other sports in the Big East … regardless of what these other universities do. And if that’s the case, all exit stipulations (fees, waiting period) should hold. Am I looking too much into this, or does that make sense to anybody else?

take your base-ball talk to SimmonsField.com

my kindergarten teacher lied to me.

http://www.google.com/search?q=todd+reesing&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=22WoTuDbPOylsQLsy4TtDw&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1607&bih=918

Put on eye make-up and cry a lot.

eeewwwwwwwww

I think the other name tag should read “Victim”.