It’s not our fault this time?

So I can be in on the ground floor of this.

Well, there it is.

What do you think the probability is that this is just placeholder in the event we do join/get asked to join? As a Mizzou fan, I refuse to believe until there is a press conference and old dudes are saying all this.

last Monday during or after the Big 12 meeting or with Deaton’s interview on KFRU. I wish we could get this over with. The more it all dangles in the air the more uncomfortable I am feeling about it all.

Someone is going to get their butt chewed over putting it online.

To have the SEC prepared to welcome Mizzou and to have the Big 12 go as far as they did with WVU… Even the wording that Deaton used indicated the move was just about a done deal. I have a hard time to think it is only a ploy for exit fees. With Colorado and the Nubs leaving last year and aTm this year plus having WVU as replacement (thus indicating a lesser impact), our exit fees should not logically be anymore then those that have already left.

I know there was a links post this morning.

http://simmonsfield.blogspot.com/2011/10/9-things-to-like-about-big-ten-baseball.html

What if the list of conditions for us to stay have been met in the eyes of Deaton? The wind taken out of the sails for the arguement to go, (Yeah, right!). There are many forces out there that is more influencial then just our fan base. A fan base that is worked up because of current opinions and feelings. Did everybody hate the Big 12 soooo much prior to 3-4 years ago? If the question was posed as to what would it take to make Mizzou happy enough to stay, what would be the answer? 1) Potential long term earnings 2) Equality in revenue 3) Unfair advantages. 4) Stability 5) Best chances to better the Mizzou brand.. i.e. chances for National Championships 6) Social & cultural fit 7) Trust.
What if the introduction the Big 12 network and other incentives were to equalize the amount of potential revenue from the SEC? This was reportedly on the table. Revenue sharing was obviously discussed and agreed upon. What if LHN network were to be scrutinized better, atleast to the level of other schools with a 3rd tier system? (Let’s face it, there are others- like BYU, ND, Florida and there will be others-like Okl that we will/could deal with no matter where we go. Even though Texas is the biggest giant bull in the room). Again, possibly discussed. What if the shackles of six years were increased for better stability? Either conference could get us a National Championship, if we play well enough, so kind of a mute point. The social and cultural fit tends to lean on the side of the Big 12 but that can be debated and we could fit in both. The history can, however, be a factor.
One of the last issues would be trust, which after all the preventive measures are in place, only time and communication could heal those wounds. The proof and examples can and have been proven to lead us to be rightfully bitter and gun shy of trusting mainly Texas and Oklahoma but if I through my hands up and walked away from everyone in my business that has some benefit to my company because mistrust, I would or could end up out in the cold. Do not tolerate bad business, just safe guard and prevent it.
So, we stomped around all angry to have these changes made, what if the stomping was successful? At what point would it be considered successful (besides going where a majority would want to go- the SEC)?

Offer, acceptance?, not yet acceptance, announcement, withdrawal of announcement.

Oh my god, the SEC is falling apart.