At least someone is excited about Missouri to the Big Ten
http://big10mizzou.blogspot.com/
Sorry if this was posted elsewhere, I'm just a little too busy to do a thorough review of the board right now. Hopefully MGoCommunity finds it interesting.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:05 PM ^
Yeah because anyone else affiliated with the big 10 shouldn't be.
December 16th, 2009 at 12:52 AM ^
If they come over you have to look into Texas whether you like it or not. Houston or TCU are prime candidates.
Otherwise the Big 12 North might have to take a serious look at Boise St. I think they would fit nicely.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:08 PM ^
Your title makes it sound as if Mizzou already became a part of the Big 10
December 15th, 2009 at 11:09 PM ^
my eyes are bleeding from reading that white lettering on black...horrible
December 15th, 2009 at 11:46 PM ^
if we did poach a team from the big12, i feel like the big12 would have a pretty easy replacement: TCU. which I'd bet TCU would accept in a heartbeat
December 16th, 2009 at 12:32 AM ^
...that Mizzou is in the B12 North and geographically TCU is located in the B12 South.
The other big problem with this is that the B12 already dominated by Texas, and adding TCU would only increase that domination.
December 16th, 2009 at 1:35 AM ^
I too am excited at the prospect of Missouri joining even though I'd rather have Pitt.
I'm from Saint Louis and so naturally 90% of my family and friends are Mizzou fans.
Couple that with their upswing and our downswing the past couple years and you have one really pissed of Michigan fan (me).
I would love for Missouri to join the Big Ten and be average at best. I also like the idea of them being bottom of the barrel academically.
Revenge is a dish best served cold my friends.
December 16th, 2009 at 7:13 AM ^
So if Missouri joins, we can call ourselves the Big 12, right?
We'd have 12 members and the conference formerly known as the Big 12 would become the new Big "Ten".
December 16th, 2009 at 8:07 AM ^
Looking strictly at the overall numbers, you can make a solid case for Missouri over Pitt, and the carefully vague statement by Mizzou's chancellor indicates the willingness to listen to an overture. I've been very skeptical that Missouri will eventually make the decision to leave the Big 12 and remain so, but I guess that it doesn't seem as unlikely to me as it did before.
The question I have is what is the nature of Missouri's dissatisfactions with the Big 12, and what the Big 12 might want to do in order to remedy those dissatisfactions. The article mentions just bowl selections, and I've read about problems with the revenue arrangement in the Big 12 as well. Maybe it comes down to how badly the conference wants Missouri to remain. If it sends the message to Missouri to go pound sand, then the chances of leaving go up dramatically.
December 16th, 2009 at 11:37 AM ^
they'd probably get a ratings boost just for joining the BT.
I think the M2BT blog's author has it right, rule out ND and Pitt. We're going broader scope.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:49 PM ^
I don't mind Missouri, but I wish they'd drop the block M logo. That's ours.