Mizzou Links, 10-4-11
by Bill C. on Oct 4, 2011 5:18 AM CDT
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PrintOy ... the kid kept VERY weird hours yesterday and last night ... working on miniscule sleep ... thank goodness MIZZOUCURATORPALOOZA™ 2011 will distract from me having to generate any afternoon content for another day, huh?
MIZZOUEXPANSIONAPALOOZA™ 2011
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Dave Matter How does a conference lose two teams, add a network in FX and still can't get all five of its games on TV on a given weekend?
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Kim English#Mizzou Homecoming game vs 3-1 #IowaState not picked up by any tv! Great job #Big12. Hope tomorrows curators meeting goes GREAT! #3LETTERS
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Sometime after probably 5pm or 6pm this evening, we will either be hearing "We are proud members of the Big 12" or "Curators authorize Chancellor Deaton to pursue SEC" (only, in much more vague, official language). I know some people may be sick of this topic, but it so directly affects Mizzou's next five to 50 years that I don't think we have a choice but to let it take over the conversation when it wants to. This week's football game is huge, but only as it pertains to 2011. Hopefully today signifies the beginning of the MIZZOUEXPANSIONAPALOOZA™ 2011 end, one way or another.
- Curators Meet Today
PowerMizzou: Neinas speaks, Missouri sets meeting
The Missourian: Big 12 keeping eye on Tuesday's UM Board of Curators meeting
KC Star: Whether to trust Big 12 is at issue as Missouri curators meet today
Post-Dispatch: Mizzou curators to meet on Tuesday
Post-Dispatch: MU curators may open the door to flee Big 12
Post-Dispatch: Weighing Mizzou's options: Big 12 or SEC? - What Happens After the Curators Meeting?
College Football Talk: Mizzou, Big 12 future could take longer than expected - Big 12 Revenue Sharing
The Trib (Dave Matter): Big 12 agrees to split Tier I & II revenue, with a catch
The Trib: Big 12 announces new revenue plan, but will it keep MU?
San Antonio Express-News: Big 12 board approve pooling of Tier I and II TV rights
Mizzou Football Links
Later this week, we'll discuss the K-State game (and the suspension of the Unholy Alliance) in earnest. For now, read the links below and realize that this is the most important game of the season, and it isn't close. Oklahoma was the biggest opportunity, but K-State is simply the biggest game.
- The Missourian: Game time set for MU homecoming football game
- Kansas State
MUtigers.com: Tigers Hunt For Road Win at KSU
PowerMizzou: Like Father, Unlike Son
KC Star: Mizzou, if not bookies, respects Snyder and K-State
PowerMizzou: Mizzou is in danger of a rare 2-3 start - Media Day
MUtigers.com: Mizzou Media Day Quotes
The Trib (Dave Matter): Tigers Meet the Press
PowerMizzou: Media Day Notebook: Missing in Action - Injuries
The Missourian: Mizzou tailbacks Moore, Lawrence could return Saturday against Kansas State
Post-Dispatch: Kendial Lawrence, De'Vion Moore still questionable for Saturday - Recruiting
PowerMizzou: Following the Future - NFL
We Are Mizzou: Tigers in the NFL
NBC New York: Say Goodbye To The Rookie QB Learning Curve
Jacksonville.com: Timelines for Blaine Gabbert and Jack Del Rio don't exactly mesh - Mr. Mizzou
We Are Mizzou: Coach Kadlec Inducted into Missouri Hall of Fame
Other Football Links
The Mumme Poll is fun; you should take part.
- Senator Blutarsky: The Mumme Poll returneth!
- Red River Rivalry
Daily Oklahoman: Where were you when Superman took flight?
Daily Oklahoman: New-look Longhorns offense warrants attention
Austin American-Statesman: Horns' latest defensive guru Diaz coaches beyond his years
Mizzou Basketball Links
We are less than four weeks from the start of the basketball exhibition season. That ... doesn't seem possible.
- The Trib (Steve Walentik): Wooden Award's preseason watch list, including Marcus Denmon
Other Mizzou Links
- Mizzou Volleyball
MUtigers.com: Tigers Headed to Oklahoma - Mizzou Baseball
MUtigers.com: Joplin Relief Game Auction/Raffle Info
SimmonsField.com: Online Auction for Mizzou Baseball Benefit for Joplin Little League - Mizzou Soccer
The Maneater: Two newcomers make impact for MU soccer
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Well said K. English, Well said indeed
You can't be fat and fast, too; so lift, run, diet and work.
Hank Stram
"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second."
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by 65 Toss Power Trap83 on Oct 4, 2011 6:09 AM CDT reply actions
didn't think too much about this earlier.
But I’d think he’d be excited to go to a conference where Mizzou is immediately one of the top two or three programs. Selfish Kimmeh.
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
He would be gone before the change.
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Curators meeting is not for the purpose of realignment discussion
If you look at the BOC press release and agenda you’ll see some specific topics on the agenda, none of which is Conference Realignment.
Yes, that will likely be a part of the closed session listed on the agenda, but it’s not the sole focus. Employee retirement plan changes are a big deal (yes, I’m an employee).
The point is, this is still an academic institution first and foremost. The discussion on Conference affiliation should not be driven by fan emails or the changing balances of power in any given sport, but by larger concerns of the university. I hope the BOC is able to do their appointed jobs and not conduct themselves like message board crazies. The sky is not falling.
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by trripleplay on Oct 4, 2011 6:16 AM CDT via iPhone app reply actions 4 recs
I was very much referring to the 4pm executive session, yes.
My wife works for the university, as did i until about two weeks ago, so I am very much attuned to the retirement plan changes (not a fan). But this is, after all, a site that is first and foremost about Mizzou athletics, so that’s the focus of the conversation here.
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“Pension M Nation” was second in the voting upon launching the site.
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by RPT on Oct 4, 2011 6:34 AM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
On a related tangent, the Toronto Leafs SBN site is "pensionplanpuppets"
mocking the perception by a lot of people (mostly columnists) that the Toronto Teachers Pension Plan (the majority owner of the team) doesn’t care about doing anything to make the team win so long as it continues being profitable.
But different since in Canada at least people have to attend hockey games.
It replenishes their life force, I’ve been told by Canadianas while in Toronto.
by TheHamburglar on Oct 4, 2011 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
the Leafs always sell out. Always. With the most expensive seats in the NHL. To illustrate, your choices for single regular season tickets are to pay $55 (for the top layer of nosebleads) $95 (for the closer part of the nosebleads), or $165 to $416 to be in any of the lower bowls. And that’s not even including any of the private corporate boxes and suchlike. Keep in mind the Canadian dollar is now about at parity with the US dollars.
Anyway, the hackneyed argument goes “they will never improve the quality of the product on the ice as long as people keep paying to watch them lose”. It’s a lousy argument that falls apart on any closer amount of scrutiny, but that doesn’t slow the pundits down any.
So their fans are settling for mediocrity?
by Babbalynski on Oct 4, 2011 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Do they make effective use of the Fullback?
by smbz5b on Oct 4, 2011 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Does Steve Pederson have season tickets?
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
I do find it crazy that the Leafs are the best-supported franchise in hockey
and have had very little success the last decade. They deserve so much better.
The tragedy of the Leafs
is that they could be the NY Yankees of hockey, but instead have 40 years and counting of mostly futility (with a few bright spots to get hopes up a little before properly crushing them again).
Things are starting to very slowly begin to think about maybe looking better now that they finally have a competent GM again, but they’ve been starting from the bottom of a pretty deep hole.
Of course that's what you were referring to
My point is to demonstrate that sports are not (at least, should not) be the BOC’s prime focus or motivations in their discussions of what is best for MU, even when the question at hand is conference affiliation.
I don’t expect everyone to agree with my naive opinion.
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who was saying it should be the sole focus of the BOC?
I’m confused why you would go on the sport’s site to tell people that sport’s aren’t the only thing that the BOC should be considering.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 8:39 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
could be that he's a more well-rounded individual than the rest of us.
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
more rounded than me for sure. But that's like saying someone has a better pull up J than Wesley Stokes.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
If you've seen me you know I'm well-rounded
And I’m saying it on a sports site not to pick on you for talking from a sports perspective but to point out that there’s more to this decision than sports.
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We kind of know that already
no need to belittle our apparent inability to see the forest through the trees
i have and that's fine.
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't know, I've put on a LOT of weight lately.
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Is that what they call whisky, beer, and wine nowadays?
I like it
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions
yes!
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
fwiw, i made this statement in seriousness.
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
So you're saying we can only discuss sports here?
That would be a new direction for Rock M Nation.
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no, that's not what I'm saying at all
I just think it’s odd that you came onto this site and told everyone that the Curators have other things to do besides the realignment talk. I don’t think anyone on this site was suggesting otherwise, it just happens to be the most interesting thing to us.
It would be like if I went SimmonsField.com and posting “there are other spring sports besides baseball. Some people are more interested in track and field.”
While the statement may be true, it would be an odd venue to choose, especially since no one was suggesting otherwise in the first place.
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by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Reading deficiency is strong in this one, yes
The statement about the other topics on the agenda was offered as an illustration for the point, which is that there are always other considerations for the BOC, even when it comes to athletics related discussions.
Unlike most of the comments by fans here and on other boards, the BOC cannot afford to have tunnel vision.
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by trripleplay on Oct 4, 2011 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You don't have to be rude.
Unlike most of the comments by fans here and on other boards, the BOC cannot afford to have tunnel vision.
Umm – you got the wrong site.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Oct 4, 2011 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
This is what happens when a fanbase focuses too much on stats!
by Gaknar on Oct 4, 2011 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
it's all bill's fault!
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
math is tearing us apart!
math = meth
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
My friends keep telling me I should spend more time at RockMNation
Much more intelligent, educated conversation, they tell me.
And every time I try to contribute, someone proves them wrong.
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by trripleplay on Oct 4, 2011 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Clearly, it's the rest of us who are misguided
It’s not that there’s one person calling the rest of RMN short-sighted or anything
You come on here
and insult Mizzou2396 and make a generalization about the people that post here.
Did I miss something?
Are you not looking for disagreement?
I want Bill & RockM to succeed but it’s a big damm internet if we are too much for you.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Oct 4, 2011 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
I can't wait to see what the national media and ESPN in particular
has to say about the pension plan talks. The sports world will be holding its collective breath.
Disagreement is great
But so far you’ve spent precious little time disagreeing with or debating my point and more time attacking my right to bring up the point.
My rude posts (I’ll admit it was rude) was in response to the rudeness of being told my opinion was not only in the minority but didn’t even merit consideration on this board.
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No one's attacking your right to bring up the point
They’re just confused as to why it was brought up, especially with the language used, since it’s a point assumed and agreed upon by everyone here and wasn’t contested in any way by Bill’s post.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 4, 2011 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Your original opinion was belittling to all of us
stating that we don’t understand that the BoC’s jobs are more than athletic decisions is freshman level stuff, man.
Can't we all just agree
That KU is evil and move on?
If I could have sat with my wife next to that guy
She would be cheering for Mizzou in basketball too.
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by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
My original post didn't say that at all
I was offering information and my opinion, trying to put things in perspective. If you for anyone else felt insulted by that, I’m sorry.
I read lots of posts every day that offer information I already know, opinions that I don’t agree with, and perspectives different than mine. that’s what makes for a good message board.
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By all means, bring it up.
I “attacked” you because you insulted someone’s reading ability in a snide way. And then go on to say that we have proved you wrong that intelligent, educated conversation does not happen here.
Bring up whatever you want – I just wanted you to know the discourse around here is not about insults.
I am sure the BOC is deciding on what is best for the University, regardless of athletics, etc. . . .I doubt (and hope the are not) paying attention to this part of the universe.
M I Z
by tigers and chiefs fan on Oct 4, 2011 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm really worried about what the BOC is going to do about all of theses falling leaves!
I mean, a lot of them are GOLD, so should we keep those? What does this do to our neighborhood?
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, nobody insults 2396 except US!
Every day!
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
uh, thanks?
This is as close to a compliment as I’m going to get around here so I’m taking it!
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by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
We got your back, lil' buddy.
You may be an ugly mutt, but your OUR ugly mutt dammit!
;-)
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions
wow guys
I don’t know if I can take too many more of these compliments. Especially since I’m only on the 4th floor and pretty sure it would only hurt really bad instead of taking care of the whole thing.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
Don't do it!
I may need cheap tickets again sometime.
"Every absurdity has a champion to defend it" Olivar Goldsmith
by 1Believer on Oct 4, 2011 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
use an elevator. get higher.
/oldhabitsdiehard
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Triatheletes use the STAIRS!
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And I admit I have missed THIS.
Damn you Wan and co.!
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
I deliberately left you out of this list
I place all the blame sqaurely on you. I will have my vengence, in this life or the next!
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was hoping you'd say that!
I know you hate my newfound maturity and my penchant for playing board police.
Man, I must be annoying.
you're the Man now
The Man is always keeping me down.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
WHO'S THE MAN NOW, DOG?
/connery’d
by CBonerfied on Oct 4, 2011 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
it's not Wan, T&C or Ala Tiger's fault
I beat the dead horse into the ground.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
I know, it's just easier to blame the baby seal clubbing Canadians lately.
:-)
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
We need a group bonding trip
Baby seal clubbing anyone?
by Wan Ihite on Oct 4, 2011 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm in!
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
It is a more educated, intelligent conversation.
That’s why we don’t need a condescending post about how the BoC has more to think about than just realignment. We get that. We really, really do.
by IHatedHarpos on Oct 4, 2011 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions
But we do apparently need condescending posts
about my sharing my opinion about that topic. Gotcha
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Why are the short sighted and stupid fans on here
always focussing on the recruiting and X’s and O’s part of Pinkels job. Don’t they realize that he also has to make sure facilities stay clean and in good shape, and supervise assistant coaches and so on. Foolish silly people!
by Wan Ihite on Oct 4, 2011 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
and while you were typing that
a baby seal was being clubbed up at the north pole. Shame on you.
by M Krip on Oct 4, 2011 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
It was probably a Canadian with a hockey stick!
Mad about the Maple Leafs and PENSIONS!
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
For what it's worth...
…trrip’s good people. He’s opinionated, and he hated our trip diaries on Tigerboard way back when, but I like him anyway. :-)
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What do trip diaries have to do with sports?
Such things don’t belong on a sports message board, do they? You should have posted those on the Trib’s comments section.
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We would have, but...
1) I don’t think the trib comments section existed then (or if it did, I had no idea), and 2) SCREW YOU WE LOVE TIGERBOARD
(That, and most — not all — of the diaries involved trips to games, so nyeh.)
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Hmm. That was supposed to say "LOVE(D) TIGERBOARD"
Damn SBN auto-formatting…
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by Bill C. on Oct 4, 2011 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
www.damnyouSBNautocorrect.com
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions
so to bring this all to a close.
opinion
feelings hurt
rude comment
another rude comment
feelings still hurt
banter
Bill vouches
hug it out
M-I-Z
"The power of the force has stopped you, you hosers."
by drewder on Oct 4, 2011 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
No way!
Just like EXPANSIONAPALOOZA!, this argument will be drawn out, last all day, and take 200+ more comments before concluding.
Or we could hug it out, whatever.
hugs not drugs!
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just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Oct 4, 2011 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions
Poor folks who come on later are going to read an comment at the top
not realizing kumbaya happened at the bottom. And that 2396 is thinking of jumping out his window.
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Forget it
I’m a grudge holder.
So there!
by tigers and chiefs fan on Oct 4, 2011 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions
You're an angry elf
and you smell like beef and cheese.
"The power of the force has stopped you, you hosers."
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"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
no. why?
/getsbadfeelingaboutthis
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
Good point
The fans on the Mizzou sports board should be commenting more on employee pensions. To me, your point is analagous to the people on message boards who tell other fans “stop talking about realignment, we have K-State this weekend!”. I don’t think our comments influences the players on the field and am positive it won’t cause the BOC to ignore the pension issue.
I appreciate your commentary on my reading comprehension skills though.
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by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
i have a rule; when i lol, i rec. sorry, 2396. :-)
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions
that's where I caught that disease from
I thought it was part of my CAT SHIT turetts syndrome.
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
I think you are looking for the comments section of the Columbia Tribune.
"The power of the force has stopped you, you hosers."
by drewder on Oct 4, 2011 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
The stability of the athletic department
Is surely a larger concern of the university. A better and more stable financial situation for our Athletic Department would ease any pressure the academic side of the house would feel. Even if we are one of the few universities whose ADs operated in the black in recent years, that’s not always guaranteed; with SEC money and stability, it would become more likely.
by CBonerfied on Oct 4, 2011 6:45 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
moreover, what implications does conference membership have for the non-athletic side of the university? I know the B1G has various symposia and scholarship funds that float around, and there are certain expectations for what it takes to get tenure, but what else?
The athletic department is the "front porch" of the university
To follow that analogy, the conference is perceived as the “neighborhood” in which the university sits and operates. As any realtor knows, it’s all about location, location, location. The BOC will need to decide how positioning the University of Missouri in the neighborhood of the SEC vs. the B1G vs. Big 12-ish will impact the perceptions of potential students, professors, academic organizations, research funding, alumni and donors.
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Ok, so there's a brand image angle
but is there more to it than that? Are there also more immediate and concrete implications?
Unless you're insinuating that Mizzou's academic perception
would be hurt by a move to the SEC (which is silly), I don’t see how conference affiliation affects the entire university, other than fiscally.
Other than the CIC in the Big Ten, which would be of great benefit to Mizzou, there’s no academic difference between the SEC and the Big 12.
And to clarify
Don’t get me wrong, the fiscal ramifications and stability of a conference such as the SEC DO affect the entire university positively, for the reasons I stated in the post that started this thread
A couple of questions for Bill.
First is the one that is site related. Is there any chance of us getting the ‘ticker’ box on the sidebar back? I assume this is an SBN decision but I miss having the opportunity to keep an eye on the latest topics on other blogs that I might not check on a regular basis.
More on topic is a question spawned by both EXPANSIONPALOOZA and Nebraska’s embarassment at Wisconnsin. What type of success have most teams exhibited in the short term after switching conferences? I would think that most teams have stumbled a bit after a move due to a number of factors but I’m not sure what the statistics really have to say.
And since I’m largely off topic anyway I’ll take a moment to tell you how much I’ve been enjoying the Morning Tailgate over at the Mothership.
1) I hadn't actually noticed it was gone. But yeah, totally an SBN decision.
Not sure where it went.
2) Really just depends on the team. Arkansas was in the SEC title game within four years, Penn State was kicking butt from basically the moment they entered the Big Ten, etc. Nebraska got whipped because they’re really only a decent team this year (and haven’t even come close to resembling a Top 10 team all season) and Wisconsin’s quite good.
3) Thanks! They’ve been fun to write (even though both of this week’s have been about the SEC … and if Mizzou’s curators move toward the SEC, it’ll be three days in a row tomorrow).
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I ask for the ticker box back and it appears!
This must mean that our new SEC overlords will be benevolent and are trying to appease even the lowliest of Mizzou fans!
/sorry, in one of those moods
I'll second that enjoyment of . . .
. . . the Morning Tailgate. The only downside is that now I have to forego my laziness and actually check two sites rather than just spending the morning on one.
Go Mizzou!
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What do you mean I can't retire at 32?
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by TheHamburglar on Oct 4, 2011 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
good god I hate kansas city sports radio
That epic troll Bob Fescoe actually said a few things good about Mizzou this morning and then ended his take with, “well they can enjoy the SEC and not winning any conference titles there, just like they did in the Big12”.
On a side note, my beaker wife really wanted a Mini cooper, so after shopping around we found one she liked and I totally jedi mind tricked her into getting on in Mizzou colors, check it out: 
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just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Oct 4, 2011 8:31 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
Well played sir
And yeah, not really a fan of any of 610’s shows.
Did you use one of those black and white swirly hypnotizers?
“You will buy black and gold. You will buy black and gold.”
haha, i wish
It was more along the lines of, i’ll buy it if you really want it, and after we signed the papers i said, hey thats an awfully attractive combo of black and gold!
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Oct 4, 2011 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions
nice work
I also have a beaker wife. I have successfully Jedi mind tricked her into buying season tickets and have gotten her to actively root for Mizzou in football. Including when we play kU. I have not been as successful in basketball, but she does not root against Mizzou now, so that’s nice.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
thats good work, i have only gotten my wife to not root against mizzou so far, still working on the rest
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Oct 4, 2011 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions
here's what I did
I bought tickets to MU-kU in football 2 years at arrowhead 2008 and 2009 (when fans still showed up) and got them in the kU student section. I wore a lot of gold and then plopped down. Remained moderately to myself and let the beakers harrass me. She then came to the conclusion that beaker football fans were d-bags and she couldn’t support a group like that.
She is convinced that basketball fans are different than footall fans, but it was realtively easy. The 2 years restraining myself in the midst of all that blue was rough.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
haha, i cant even imagine
I have been to that game each years its been in KC and as long as i stay sober its cool, when I get a little bit of that gameday juice in me tho, game over!
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Oct 4, 2011 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Clever way to take one for the team. I applaud your innovativeness, whether or not it was set out on as an intentional strategy
it was an intentional strategy.
when we first met, she informed me that all kU fans were extremely nice people and all MU fans were extreme jerks. I informed her that it probably depended on what colors you wore around the respective fan bases.
Since this was literally our first conversation and I was basically done for the second I laid eyes on her, that line of thinking always stuck in my head. I always figured if I could make her fanbase look like jerks I could convert.
I knew basketball would be too difficult (especially since our basketball team was so bad at the time), so I focused on football. A lot of people look back at that Kerry Meir td and have awful thoughts. But walking out of that councourse and being berrated was really quite lucky for me.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Then I salute you sir
That’s paying a much heavier price than most would have done to win a convert. Not sure I’d have done it.
I knew I was going to spend the rest of my life with her
I knew I couldn’t have every Saturday be an issue about which game we watched or went to.
I had to do something. I spent about 6 hours in jayhawk world. Last spring, she suggested to me that we purchase Mizzou season tickets and get a parking pass (it might have been my suggestion, but she is pretty sure it was her idea).
I think I stole it, personally.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
You are smarter than you sound/read (just kidding)
A true innovator
by CBonerfied on Oct 4, 2011 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey
Don’t let 1 post change your perception of me! Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
totally respect this
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions
That actually deserved two Recs . . .
. . . from me, but we only get one per.
The first for devious thinking, and the second for playing the victim.
You have earned your (Truman) stripes.
I didn't think ku fans even cheered for their own football team.
"The power of the force has stopped you, you hosers."
by drewder on Oct 4, 2011 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
they dont
and certainly not in the 2nd half this year
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Oct 4, 2011 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions
in 2007, 08 and 09 they did
I got certainly got lucky in the timing of the whole plan.
One kid was wearing a 69 kU jersey with the name "Rock Chalk) on the back, receivers gloves, a head band and a championship wrestling belt. The belt was a weight lifting belt worn backwards so the fat part was on the front, he had pinned to it a bedazzled jayhawk that, wait for it, spun.
He was about 6 rows in front of us. He spotted me early. kU ran a nice little play off tackle on 1st down for about 12 yards. He came tearing up the stairs to get in my face and starts yelling about how did I like that first down. Little did he know that the umpire had thrown a flag for holding. I told him that I thought the 1st down suited me just fine.
That guy was a game changer in the conversion. I’m not sure I get the win without that guy.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
so… yay….for jayhawk fans?
This is a philosophical minefield right now. If you try to fail, can you succeed?
In this case when they wear bedazzled belts with spinning jayhawks.
Yes
"The power of the force has stopped you, you hosers."
looks like the kind of car
a person could really pull a heist in.
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
good call
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Oct 4, 2011 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd prefer to not be parenthetically marginalized
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
I'm sorry. How would you prefer to be marginalized?
by Wan Ihite on Oct 4, 2011 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
Truman approves.
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Nice work!
And I confess that if someone was buying me a Mini, I would happy accept it whether blue or red.
No the new Fox deal doesn't start till next year so they can have multiple PPV games.
I’ve heard that MU is working on getting either another PPV game or the game on FCS.
Ive said this before, but it works so...
Sportshunter.eu / firstrowsports.tv both usually stream the games, just avoid the pop-ups or advertisements… they can be sneaky. Personally thertv.eu is my first choice… but they wouldn’t have it on ppv.
"...I'm not trying to act giddy but the guy is a stud.'' - Terry McDonough, Director of Player Personnel, Jacksonville Jaguars
Here's a fun retweet from Vahe:
@FootballBYU Sources saying BYU scheduling announcement for this Wednesday regarding Big 12. New media revenue sharing plan a game changer for Cougars
by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 4, 2011 9:13 AM CDT reply actions
I mentioned it yesterday and I still feel that the new revenue deal is more of a ploy for expansion than a real play to keep Mizzou in the Big XII.
That and, as Bill and others pionted out, a “take it or leave it” statement from the conference to Mizzou.
the ploy for mizzou part is "stick around because we're doing what it takes to get good expansion teams"
for some value of “good”.
= sharing of 1st and 2nd tier rights is no big deal, a ruse
This link shows why Longhorn’s sudden conversion to nice guy on sharing 1st and 2nd tier rights is no big deal.
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/03/3185173/a-look-at-revenue-sharing-in-the.html
KU, on the strength of its basketball program, actually led the league in payouts. With equal sharing, it takes a $2 mill pay cut. KSU gets a pay increase of about $800,000.
Longhorn’s Network will allow it to leverage its qualitative association with the Big 12 into a quantitative monetary advantage on its 3rd tier rights, something that would not happen if we had a model along the lines of the B1G or Pac. So it gives up, maybe, $2 million a year by agreeing to "equality" on 1st and 2nd tier rights, but gains a windfall of $10 to $15 million a year with LHN. Sweet. They are good, aren’t they!
And we are being delusional if we think this agreement to assign rights for six years is a play toward "stability." The B1G did a twenty year assignment, and the PAC did an assignment until 2023. Now that is stability; evidence of a desire to build a conference brand. I’ve seen nothing similar from Longhorn, The six year assignment is just long enough to hold the conference together until Longhorn can go to the Pac, or be in a better position to be an independent.
Now, I realize there may be nothing anyone can do. The only thing that would work would be a clear indication that Sooner and Cowboy were in fact willing to align with the lesser five and draw up conference bylaws resolving all major issues and then telling Longhorn "sign, or go independent, now." I don’t trust Sooner to do that. They will never be completely willing to tell Longhorn to fuck off.
So again, it is the Hotel California Conference. But if I’m Mizzou, I go to the SEC, if it is available, in a heartbeat. I’m a KSU guy. I hope you stay. But I will understand if you bolt.
oh hail the Purple and White
by Furnace76 on Oct 4, 2011 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Mizzou's offense runs the Split-T bone?
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
Bevo prefers to cook (be grilled) with Porpane.
Texas tradition.
/Hank Hill’d
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
clubbing porpoises?
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
YES! Even better than propane!
Come and get me Whale Wars! I’m clubbin’ with a porpoise.
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I like this point
Yes, it will certainly help out Baylor, TT, KSU, and ISU to get a bit more money. But the disparity between UT and the rest of the conference will still be enormous, and the measures to equalize basketball really screw over ku while really affecting no one else much.
Texas loses nothing from this deal, yet we’re supposed to applaud their generosity.
I've got to see how jayhawk fans react to this, since they are really the only ones impacted, in a socialism sort of way.
he he
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
If they are going to keep Tier 3 football rights separate
it’s only fair that Tier 3 for EVERYTHING is separate. As we’ve heard so frequently from our Texas rulers/propaganda machines, the LHN is much more than a football network; they will air everything UT at all times. In that sense, it’s a Tier 3 EVERYTHING network. But they’re going to be able to take Tier 3 basketball away from individual schools while still airing their own? That’s preposterous.
but not surprising.
this “conference” will continue to make up the rules as they go along as long as texas is in it. i know things are never perfect no matter where you are, but they’d have to be better than this.
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
So is the problem in the negotiations that not all the presidents understand it, or that they're just not willing to piss off Bevo?
Cause it seems the rest of us all have the same goal, reel in Bevo, share the money to make the whole conference strong.
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
we're going to need a live thread
around 3:30 or so for the boc meeting. you know, to meet all our wild speculation and rumor needs.
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
Oh yeah...that's a given, I think.
Follow me at @SBN_BillC!
SB Nation
Rock M Nation
Football Outsiders
Football Study Hall
:-)
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Who doesn't love wild speculation and rumor?!
I thrive on it.
"The power of the force has stopped you, you hosers."
it's the spice of life.
screw you, variety!
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
i set up a nanny cam once
does that count?
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Oct 4, 2011 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
If she was cute, like on Scrubs.
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
What we need to do
is plant a transmitter in the meeting room ala Dexter Riley Trilogy.
And if you don’t know…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medfield_College
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Actually, try this documentary video.
Starts around 2:20.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMbRD7qmZJY&feature=related
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
BOC session is under way
@davebriggscdt: 8 of 9 MU curators — and 6 of 7 who have a vote — in attendance. Judith Haggard … absent.
Brady Deaton in attendance
I found out Mike Alden pulled out of an appearance at the Public Library here in CoMo this afternoon. I presume he will be in STL later as well.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
@DaveBriggsCDT filed FOI request for one day of emails to curators. Got about 200. Not one stated case for Big 12
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Extrapolating from one tiny contextless bite of a larger conversation. That’s the brilliance sitcoms are made from :) ESS EE SEE!
Three's Company was awesome!
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
...
The mood is tense in Columbia today.
by CBonerfied on Oct 4, 2011 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
Why isn't KOMU covering the door
This is a great moment for door watching.
There has to be a webcam trained on the door.
Unless Deaton had an escape hatch installed in the floor for this very occassion. Come to think of it, it wouldn’t be completely surprising.
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Looks like closed session will start at 1p
much earlier than I anticipated.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
I think there are 2
1. To discuss an audit
2. For conference realignment
The second doesn’t start till 4.
Could be they finished talking about the pension plan early
or that they need one to talk about something else.
Anything RMN needs to know about the pension plan discussion?
Because we really should analyze it from a fan’s point of view
by CBonerfied on Oct 4, 2011 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
Boom Yost'd?
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I think MUTigers86 is there texting him.
FIFY: SORUCES!
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
so how does it work?
do they come out of the audit session, make an announcement and then go back for a 2nd closed session? Is there an open session between the 2 closed sessions?
In other words, how would we know (or will we) when the talk moves from the audit, employee retirement plans, and the myriad of other items on the agenda to the conference realignment (assuming that they will be talking about it of course)
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
I'm reporting you to the board police for being mean to me
and for bringing up the pension thing again. Where’s the board enforcer . . oh no! It’s you!!!!
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
Can you say
conflict of interest?
I’d say that the board enforcer is going to sweep this one under the rug, dontcha think?
If you're going to do that
at least give us Rue McLanahan instead of dudes.
Or…you could give us no geriatric bathing suits, and our eyes will be okay. Deal?
don't make a deal with this man
he has no ethics. He’s gone mad with power. Wouldn’t surprise me if he started his own network soon
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
I know, RIGHT?
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
committees often have pretty structured conversations with a chair announcing what the topic will be and when it changes. It’s the only way to have a large group of people talk about things without having it devolving into an aimless rambling mess (and even then it still often does anyways).
right, but if it's closed
do they come out and say, we have concluded the talks regarding audits we will now move on to X, this will be a closed session also? Or do they just keep on trucking behind a closed door?
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
There's no reason that they have to come out and announce that they are talking about something else.
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
there's no reason for a lot of the formalities that occur when government meets
but they still happen. Just curious what the formalities are.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
They might have to
to satisfy the open meetings laws, but I’m really not sure.
It could just be on a schedule. 2 to 3 pm is discussing X, 3-4 is discussing Y, 4-5 is a double showing of Friends and the first half of A Land Before Time, 4-6 is the SEC.
I wonder if I could get in on that A Land Before Time viewing
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
An American Tale:
Fievel Goes (SEC) West
by CBonerfied on Oct 4, 2011 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Fire Judith Haggard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
nevermind, she can keep her job
from Gabe’s Twitter
Just received info that the lone absent Curator, Judith Haggard, is en route to #Mizzou meeting in STL. All will be present later today
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
although it begs the question of whether she has tunnel vision regarding the point of this meeting
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is she tweeting while driving?
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Her flight got delayed because of Obama flying into stl
Expansionpalooza? check
Politics? check
RMN is about to become tigerboard 2
Who, Obama?
;-)
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
/crosses self
/hail mary full of grace
/our father
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
In other news,
the TB crowd has all swtiched to SEC icons for solidarity.
As maddening a place as that it, it can still be amusing.
rhymes with
Geiger Lord
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
tuberculosis?
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Oct 4, 2011 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I believe that today is merely another demonstration of how different I am from my co-workers.
Everyone else in the lab are talking about the Cardinals and what I am I doing? I’m sitting here hitting the “z” key and laughing with my fellow Mizzou fans.
by GreenRipper on Oct 4, 2011 1:19 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I'm watching the Apple keynote...
unveiling the iPhone 5 iPhone 4S.
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
this "siri" thing is pretty wicked
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
Assuming it's going to happen, how would it happen? Because Mizzou is moving.
Would the curators give Deaton the flexibility to “look into realignment”? Or would they just take it under their own initiative and vote to apply to the SEC?
And why do they leave all the interesting stuff till the end of the meeting? Are they trying to give us all a collective stroke?
My bet (assuming MU leaves)
they vote to give Deaton magical powers.
Then at the end of the meeting (5?) they announce that, and Deaton announces his intent. Can’t dilly dally with the SEC voting tomorrow.
by asdtg2 on Oct 4, 2011 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
how many points does he get deducted from Griffyndorf?
Are there unicorns? What about Horcruxes?
Seriously though, how many books are in this series?
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
You're a Harry Poser.
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
you get out of here!
I’m trying to learn something
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
Number 13 was released a few months ago.
He says he has plans for 20 followed by a “Big Apocalyptic Trilogy.” Because “Who doesn’t like Big Apocalyptic Trilogies.”
And seriously, that’s a zombie T-Rex powered by a wizard and a medical examiner in a one-man polka suit (not pictured here). What’s not to like about that?
by Babbalynski on Oct 4, 2011 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
that's a lot of reading.
and if you haven’t been paying attention, I don’t read very well.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
then YOU need an iPhone
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
It is that.
However, it’s well worth it. I burned through the first four in under a week when I first found the series. I routinely finish new books in 2 days (largely due to that stupid “work” thing eating up all kinds of time).
Don’t want to preach too much, but I can’t let a Potter reference stand without a Dresden plug.
fair enough, I will check it out
I will also start making a lot of Harry Potter references in my posts to test your conviction.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
Numerous apocalypses?
Or many parts to the same apocalypse?
I, and the world, can only handle one apocalypse. But I, like 2396, can’t read good.
Eh, the Left Behind books managed to get one apocalypse into about 12 books. Although, to be fair, they manage it by having almost nothing whatsoever happen in any of them. It’s mostly people taking planes and making phone calls.
i got through about 4 of those and decided I just didn't care what happened to any of the characters
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
if you believe Wan there were more than 4
I know that at the end of the book that I finished, nothing had been resolved.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
good things happen to all the real-true christians, and everyone gets their comeuppance for not being real-true christians. Everything up until then is more phone calls and plane-flights filler.
does the anti-christ win?
because I was kind of rooting for him at the end, at least when he was on the page there was a chance for the plot to move
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
and i'm the one who kicks puppies and takes kids' ice cream?
YOU ROOTED FOR THE ANTI-CHRIST!
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well Buck and Rayford are basically stand-ins for the authors (they’ve admitted as much) so they will continue to cruise through awesomely, having no real faults, and being right about everything. Chloe is the chick, Carpathia is busy following and end-of-times check list that was all pre-written down and ordained for him, so don’t expect any independent thought or anything sensible from him… Who else really is there.
such a good premise for a book and then such mediocrity.
it’s like the superhero movie with Will Smith. Great premise, mediocre movie.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
so a question about ZTRPW&MEOMPS
how did this creature come about. I mean, pretty obvious where you would find a zombie t-rex (Finlnad) and wizard’s are common enough (although muggles don’t seem to noitce) by why is a wizard hooking up with a medical examiner? Where do they get the one man polka suit? Doesn’t make sense.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
*Deep breath*
Harry Dresden is a PI in Chicago, who uses magic to solve his cases. He’s sometimes contracted by Chicago PD’s “Special Investigations” department (they deal with the weird cases), which is how he met Waldo Butters (said polka enthusiast). The Zombie T-Rex is based of the skeleton of “Sue” in the Field Museum. Waldo made the suit for himself because he competes in annual polka competitions.
I just started reading the Dresden books and I've made it to number four so far.
I can attest, that if you enjoy sci-fi fantasy, these books are as good as advertised.
We're a journalism school
You always tease the big story but open with an apartment fire.
by Gaknar on Oct 4, 2011 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Random memory
Awaiting the CMA departure press conference and being entertained by a 3-minute KOMU report on the new left turn lane out of Wal-mart.
Good times.
Hey that was important. They couldn've gone roundabout!
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
good god does CoMo love roundabouts
they just built one on a street by my house that DOES NOT INTERSECT WITH ANYTHING. It’s just a roundabout, right in the middle of a perfectly ordinary two-lane road.
did anyone notice during the K-State - Baylor game the announcer from New York
say that there weren’t as many differences between Manhattan, KS and Manhattan, NY as he thought there would be?
I would have loved to have known what the thought that town was like before visiting there. Did he not expect paved roads and running water?
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
In fairness
Kansans are surprised by paved roads and running water.
They frighten easily enough, but tend to come back in greater numbers.
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Although really that should be Arizonans. They have more sand. Kansans would be more like Jawas, surely.
These are not the references you're looking for.
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
The kids with fast cars at RBHS call em "Burn-out-abouts." The ones nearest the school are turning black.
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
aka skidpads
to test lateral g coefficients in high performance vehicles. All for science, of course.
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
The Big12-2-1 is an apartment fire?
I thought it was more along the lines of
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Now here is where trrip's comments from earlier would fit much better.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 4, 2011 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
timing is everything*
- some things not included.
by Wan Ihite on Oct 4, 2011 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
the way to keep it an asterisk, is to not put a space between the asterisk and the word*
*like this
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I assume they would give Deaton permission to act
With the understanding that unless something unexpected happens MU is gone.
I guess my question is
What’s the merit in asking Deaton to act as opposed to the board doing it themselves?
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I think Deaton can do more one-on-one
with less public exposure than the Board. He will go out and negotiate the deal (which i s porbably done anyway) and then bring it back to them on a yes-or-no.
Really, we are just following the A & M road map here.
with less talent.
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
by BigMOman on Oct 4, 2011 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Curators
Govern the whole University of Missouri system, which includes 3 institutions apart from “Mizzou”.
They don’t want to make it look like they are micro-managing individual institutions within the system. That isn’t their job.
I also think the order of things matters
Just like A&M had to be clear they are approached the SEC. If the curators say, “We’re going to the SEC” then it looks like the SEC had a formal offer to a school that was actively in another conference.
If they give permission to Deaton to talk, and then MU asks to join, then there is less of a perception that the SEC poached a team.
by smbz5b on Oct 4, 2011 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
dingdingding.
plus anyway the rules probably say something like “It’s the chancelor’s decision, but it has to be reviewed by the BOC”. So what they’d be saying, essentially, is “you are pre-cleared to make the deal, you don’t have to keep phoning us back to check when you work out more details, and we don’t have to meet again to check up on whatever you do decide.”
Pass the blame.
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
This begs one final question
Does Baylor decided to get all lawsuity over this too and try and sue the pants off anyone with pants*
*LSU fans not applicable here.
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
roger maris fans?
"I font think you read MU post." - ravings of a 5HE deprived man
by threadkiller on Oct 4, 2011 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Somehow I think most of that was over fear that the Big XII would collapse and Baylor was sending a message.
But we are talking about Ken Starr here so at this point everyone in the BCS should probably expect litigation.
We're not even important enough to have our homecoming game on tv.
Unimportant school is unimportant for lawsuits.
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Most schools don't get homecoming on TV
Granted, most play North Central Appliachian State of Southeastern West Virginia (The fighting naked mole rats) for homecoming, but still. It’s not televised.
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
It's a BCS intra-conference conference game
They nearly all get televised somewhere, homecoming or not.
agreed. I think it should be, but they don't look to me for programming decisions
Otherwise Get Smart would have never been cancelled.
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Didja see our homecoming last year vs OU on GameDay?
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
So I got a little bored during this closed session
and decided to do some man-broidery
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Oct 4, 2011 2:04 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Does it say SEC on the other side?
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by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
it doesn't have to.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Oct 4, 2011 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
go knock on the door Sleepy.
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by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I liked him sans
stache and in cute stripped polos!
by tigers and chiefs fan on Oct 4, 2011 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Kevin's off the rails quickly today
So far we have
-Big 12 teams shouldn’t leave because they have it good here, aka they have greater payroll than the Royals
- KSU’s AD coming on the show is a clear sign Mizzou is staying
A strong first 20 minutes for Mr. Kietzman.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 4, 2011 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
KK always has Pinkel on at 5:00 on Tuesdays
I always leave work at 5:00 on the nose so I can hear his comments.
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
glad i havent turned on the radio yet
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just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Oct 4, 2011 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Wha?
sptwri Mike DeArmond
Curator Judith Haggard of Kennett is headed to the MU BOC meeting in St. Louis. Apparently Obama’s arrival in St. Louis messed up her flight
The President needs to authorize this?!
My parents were trying to fly out of Rome a few years ago, and got held up because president Bush was flying out, and they’d shut down an entire airport for security reasons.
Basically they don’t mess about when they’re moving presidents, and everyone else can just darn well find some other way to get where they’re going.
Yeah
Which is stupid. I remember being in London a few years ago and seeing (then) prime minister Gordon Brown’s convoy stuck in traffic. He had outriders and stuff but they just waited.
We are way too reverential about a glorified public servent in this country.
This is one that Canada and the UK have right. The prime minister is just a dude with a job. He’s not the embodiment of all that it Canadian or British or whatever, he’s just a really really high-level manager.
Sort of.
The Queen is the head of state (purely a symbolic role), the PM is the head of the government (i.e., of the executive), whereas in the US the preznit has both of those jobs.
The PM is like the US speaker of the house in that he or she is the leader of whichever party has the most seats at any given time (you don’t vote for a PM directly like you do for a president, only your “member of the house” equivalent). Parties in the house basically force all their members to vote however the party leaders want most of the time, so the PM then effectively ends up being the head of the executive AND the legislative branch.
There’s an old poli-sci 100 question that goes “who is more powerful: PM of Canada, or pres of the States”. It sounds silly, but it basically hinges on whether you’d rather have strong control of a small country, or limited control of a big one.
There is also, literally, a speaker of the house in the parliamentary system, but s/he doesn’t have a whole lot of power.
well, he DID publicly advocate for a playoff....
OMG WE’RE GOING TO THE B1G SO WE CAN BE IN THE SAME CONFERENCE WITH POTUS HOMESTATE SCHOOL (ILLINOIS)
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
To add to yesterday
2009-10
Kansas $12,116,857
Texas $12,048,365
Oklahoma $11,214,630
Okla. St. $10,692,725
Missouri $10,395,893
Baylor $10,228,970
AVERAGE $10,136,406
Texas Tech $9,689,068
K-State $9,428,315
Nebraska $9,334,548
Texas A&M $9,265,582
Iowa State $8,896,242
Colorado $8,325,680
TOTAL $121,636,875
Man, Nebraska is collapsing like Taylor Martinez!
Yea, we'll be giving more to nubbraska and Colorado!
Ecokat, it's what's for dinner 10/8/11. Roll Tiger!
by Spider_Monkey on Oct 4, 2011 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Mike Alden and SID Chad Moller just arrived at the BOC meeting
declined comment.
(from multiple twitters)
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
"His hair was perfect"
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Oct 4, 2011 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
fyi sleepy...
script ohio was the highlight of the game on sat. bad football, worse weather. at least we were in a covered section
m-i-z... z-o-u!
why did all the reporters only let twitter ask the questions?
you guys should have asked some stuff yourself.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Oct 4, 2011 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
oh, well
i thought the boots on the ground were yours. A thousand apologies.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
I don't have boots on the ground, but I have Sources
You’re joining us soon.
by SEC Supremacist on Oct 4, 2011 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions
He did say to reporters "I'll see you guys in a little bit."
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
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