ESPN: Mizzou to officially explore leaving B12

I don't blame them.  The Big 12 is being held together by hopes and dreams.  They don't want to go thru this again, and again, and again.

Awesome, now Illinois can have two bordering SEC states. Just what I always wanted...

Let the Big 12 expansion talks commence in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1

Unless they expand to 12 or more so they can have a championship game, why not stay at 8? The big 12 was the big 8 for a long time. They have traded Nebraska, Colorado, and Missouri for Texas, Texas tech and Baylor. might make it easier for Texas and oklahoma to get into the bcs championship game.

Best guess is BYU, SMU, TCU, and Houston to bring back the old SWC (minus Arkansas, A&M, and Rice).

Run a North Division of Oklahoma, Okie State, Kansas, Kansas St, Iowa St, and BYU and an all-Texas South of Texas, Tech, Baylor, SMU, TCU, and Houston.

I gotta believe TCU wants out of the dilipidated Big East and the above conference has OU, Texas, a usually solid BYU program, Okie State, a rejuvenated SMU, and an above average TCU.

It's not worse than the ACC, that's for sure...

SEC and ACC stay at 14 with Alabama or Auburn moving to the SEC East (shades of Michigan-Ohio State in different divisions complete with resulting fan backlash), Big 12 rebounds and solidifies, Big 10 stays put, Pac 12 stays put, Notre Dame stays Independent, the Big East grabs ECU and Memphis and loses their BCS status, and West Virginia rues their sorry fate of dominating a non-BCS conference for the next decade.

Thought the Big 12 had agreed to equal revenue sharing. If so, don't get the logic of this move for Mizzou. Aren't they just Ole Miss north in the SEC? And I don't think the revenue's that different.

I thought that Mizzou put in an app to join the SEC a month or two ago and got turned down. Same thing with WVU IIRC. Obviously they have to get some one to join to get the count to 14. Not sure who it will be but I think they already know who and they are waiting for the right time to announce. If I had to guess I would say someone on the east coast so the division line does not have to move. That way they can protect all of the rivalries as they are right now.

This will end well, I can feel it.

I am assuming that they figured that allowing Texas A&M to join the SEC means that they cannot be terribly choosy...or that they felt sorry for Alabama and LSU and figured they could use another "W" on the schedule.  

They are stupid if they go to SEC.  Some on the twitter in Chicago is saying they have been talking to the Big 10.  Doubt there is much truth to it.  I am torn living in KC.  We have the B12 basketball tournament and if they leave, I don't see how it doesn't get moved to Dallas.  It would be pretty said for the KC sports scene.  KU and KSU have a large following, but KC MO is pretty much all MU.  However, if by some miricle they make it to the Big 10, I have another place within a few hours to catch a Michigan game.  

Mizzou has been begging the SEC and B1G for a spot ever since the B1G took Nebraska.  I think it's really impressive that Mizzou managed to find someone to call this "news" and give them free PR.  It also reminds the SEC and B1G that Mizzou has its bags packed.

The Big 12 is trying to force their members' hands by rubber-stamping the TV contract rule.  I wondered how long it would be before a few teams tried to beat the signing deadline.  I have a feeling this isn't the last we've heard of Big 12 teams leaving.  I also have a feeling that teams will accidently "misplace" the paperwork for the TV agreement for as long as they can.

is that brand that's just a smallest bit inferior to something you already have.  It's a Blimpie sub sitting next to an amazing Subway sandwich.  It's the Daredevil movie on at the same time as The Dark Knight.   It's a Gobot sitting next to a pile of Transformers.  Yeah, that's right, I said it-- Mizzou football is a Gobot.

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Looks like the Big Ten isn't interested anyway (no shock there):

St. Louis — A University of Missouri official says the school hopes to join the SEC but would have preferred an offer from the Big Ten. The person, who is familiar with the discussions involving conference affiliation, spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the school has not commented publicly about its intentions. Missouri curators voted unanimously Tuesday night to give Chancellor Brady Deaton authority to look elsewhere rather than immediately commit to the troubled Big 12 conference. The Big 12 is down to 10 members and will lose Texas A&M to the SEC next year. Missouri hoped to join the Big Ten in 2010 but the league instead chose Nebraska from the Big 12. The university official says the Big Ten remains Missouri's top choice but that conference "has no interest."

From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111005/SPORTS0203/110050416/Big-Ten-not-int...