Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

[kim carnes]

dammit, I am sick of this.

[michigancat]

I would think losing or having two markets (kc and st louis) pillaged would have some affect on TV deals.  It might also piss UT off enough to want Pac-12 (again)....and then Kenneth will get involved.

vgregorian Vahe Gregorian
If Big 12 viable w/out Mizzou, minimal affect on TV deals, then SEC concerns about legal issues get much smaller
50 minutes ago »

vgregorian Vahe Gregorian
Next keys in SEC/Mizzou picture: is Big 12 viable w/out Mizzou? Neinas said Friday believes so. And does MU sign off on grant of rights?
51 minutes ago »

vgregorian Vahe Gregorian
SEC announcement of clearance on A&M means one less impediment for SEC to resolve if serious about Mizzou

lose KC? really?

And Liucci is just trying to make aTm seem smart.

[SkinnyBenny]

Landed in Austin a couple of hours ago.  First impression: cool town.

i reccomend checking out green mesquite for some good food

I'm going to try, but a lot of the meals are planned since I'm down here for a wedding.

At least my hotel has ESPNU.   

I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN AUSTIN THIS WEEKEND FOR A WEDDING.

 

[catzacker]

 

sptwri Mike DeArmond
Expect a curators meeting this week at Mizzou. Nothing official yet. But there is talk out there.
10 hours ago »

[michigancat]

@sptwri Mike DeArmond
In response to all inquiries: Big 12 realignment scenarios impossible to predict. But wagging a finger at Mizzou may tip scale to move

@tspessard Todd Spessard
People I know at #Mizzou confirmed to me what I've been saying since Mid-week. If MU goes, tipping point was Boren upstaging Deaton.

MU is the worst when it comes to using reporters as mouthpieces. My god.

[KITNfury]

I can't believe MU fans actually think it's good decision to go to the SEC. If they actually think they are at a point where they can go there and compete well, they are much dumber than I ever thought they were.

[WillieWatanabe]

@sptwri Mike DeArmond
In response to all inquiries: Big 12 realignment scenarios impossible to predict. But wagging a finger at Mizzou may tip scale to move

@tspessard Todd Spessard
People I know at #Mizzou confirmed to me what I've been saying since Mid-week. If MU goes, tipping point was Boren upstaging Deaton.

MU is the worst when it comes to using reporters as mouthpieces. My god.

i've been restraining myself from blasting him on twitter.

[Panjandrum]

I sincerely hope one person at Missouri has one shred of common sense and realizes how devastating it would be for their football program (and by proxy athletic department) to go to the SEC.

I don't understand what they hope to gain.  At all.  This would be the most puzzling move of all moves.

[felix rex]

@sptwri Mike DeArmond
In response to all inquiries: Big 12 realignment scenarios impossible to predict. But wagging a finger at Mizzou may tip scale to move

@tspessard Todd Spessard
People I know at #Mizzou confirmed to me what I've been saying since Mid-week. If MU goes, tipping point was Boren upstaging Deaton.

MU is the worst when it comes to using reporters as mouthpieces. My god.

i've been restraining myself from blasting him on twitter.

I don't actually know anything about the vaunted Mizzou school of journalism, but the fact that Mizzou is using Dearmond as a mouthpiece is funny.

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[wabash909]

When it comes to delusional idiocy, nothing surprises me when it comes to MU.

Don't underestimate these people.

[Panjandrum]

@sptwri Mike DeArmond
In response to all inquiries: Big 12 realignment scenarios impossible to predict. But wagging a finger at Mizzou may tip scale to move

@tspessard Todd Spessard
People I know at #Mizzou confirmed to me what I've been saying since Mid-week. If MU goes, tipping point was Boren upstaging Deaton.

MU is the worst when it comes to using reporters as mouthpieces. My god.

i've been restraining myself from blasting him on twitter.

I don't actually know anything about the vaunted Mizzou school of journalism, but the fact that Mizzou is using Dearmond as a mouthpiece is funny.

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I don't even know if it's "Mizzou" that's actually doing it.  DeArmond is a fan boy.  He knows if he can go to some butt hurt donor that feels as disrespected as he does, he can get the quotes he wants to rile up their fans.

This feels more fan forced than administration leaked.

I mean, yeah, Boren putting out a press conference at the same time as Deaton was probably dumb, but the Big 12 probably knew Deaton was dealing with some discord back home and didn't want a wet rag speaking for the league when we needed someone to say, "Everything is going to be alright," while he got his house in order.

Deaton's press conference, on it's own, would not have done us any favors.  As much as Boren's seemed like it was ill timed, we needed some injection of positivity out there, and Deaton's had none because he probably has a lot of idiots rooting for the Big 12 to fail so they can go to the SEC and get dominated.

[Panjandrum]

You know who is probably fuming about this right now?  Mike Slive.

[Panjandrum]

Also, I don't feel the groundswell of support for Mizzou as I did A&M.  You ask any A&M fan about the SEC, and they were all gung ho.

Ask any Mizzou fan about the SEC, and they're like, "Why would we do that?  That's respected.  We'd get killed."

[catzacker]

 

When it comes to delusional idiocy, nothing surprises me when it comes to MU.

Don't underestimate these people.

This.  They want to be relevant so bad, they risk irrelevancy to do so.

[KITNfury]

When it comes to delusional idiocy, nothing surprises me when it comes to MU.

Don't underestimate these people.

This.  They want to be relevant so bad, they risk irrelevancy to do so.

They already think they are. MU people on the local KC radio talk about the program "turning the corner". I'm all confused. IMO, if you aren't regularly the top 2 in this conference (ie- OU, and that might be the only team) then you're probably going to get knocked down a peg or two in the SEC. MU can't afford being knocked down a peg or 2, they are only a slightly above average team with random years where they are good. When was their last "great" team? Anybody?

[wetwillie]

So maybe i missed something but did the SEC just say eff it in regards to waiver of litigation rights of the all the big 12 schools? 

[wabash909]

@ChipBrownOB: Sources tell Orangebloods.com the #SEC and Missouri are still in contact. B12 won't stabilize until Mizzou states its future plans.

[CNS]

When it comes to delusional idiocy, nothing surprises me when it comes to MU.

Don't underestimate these people.

This.  They want to be relevant so bad, they risk irrelevancy to do so.

They already think they are. MU people on the local KC radio talk about the program "turning the corner". I'm all confused. IMO, if you aren't regularly the top 2 in this conference (ie- OU, and that might be the only team) then you're probably going to get knocked down a peg or two in the SEC. MU can't afford being knocked down a peg or 2, they are only a slightly above average team with random years where they are good. When was their last "great" team? Anybody?

Yeah, the turning the corner talk is funny. Come game day all they talk/tweet about is how Pinkel is going/or did Pinkel-up the game.  Like it's the same old, same old.

[sonofdaxjones]

But it's all about "stability" and 20 and 30 years down the line, not 6 years, what most MU knuckleheads don't get is that it's just a pledge of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 TV rights for 6 years, why would any school in this day and age pledge their TV rights for 20 years unless their conference has stupidly signed a 2 decade TV deal? 

[ksucrcoop]

Love how ESPN just hates aTm...

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6946317/texas-aggies-hit-tipping-point-bolting-sec

you almost feel the butt-hurt in the comments

[wabash909]

They talk of "competing for a national championship" without having won a conference title under Pinkle is really the best.

The SEC is a sex appeal thing for them right now.  They're the tarted up little slut at the coctail party that just walked into the room that all the dudes are checking out.  They're lapping up the attention, parading around and flaunting their fake tits.  It's all fun.  Look, she'll probably end up getting drunk and blowing a couple guys later on, but is she really marriage material?

[Panjandrum]

They talk of "competing for a national championship" without having won a conference title under Pinkle is really the best.

The SEC is a sex appeal thing for them right now.  They're the tarted up little slut at the coctail party that just walked into the room that all the dudes are checking out.  They're lapping up the attention, parading around and flaunting their fake tits.  It's all fun.  Look, she'll probably end up getting drunk and blowing a couple guys later on, but is she really marriage material?

This is a zacker quality metaphor.

[catzacker]

the sec absolutely wants MU.  It gets them into markets they aren't in and cripples the big 12 even more.  now, UT and OU have choices to make, but not good ones.  MU could really screw everything up.  I'm not sure how you talk meth heads down from the ledge. 

[MadCat]

Why buy the Moo when you can have the Aggie milk in a jar for free?

[Panjandrum]

the sec absolutely wants MU.  It gets them into markets they aren't in and cripples the big 12 even more.  now, UT and OU have choices to make, but not good ones.  MU could really screw everything up.  I'm not sure how you talk meth heads down from the ledge.  

We get into the same mess as we did with A&M before though, where Baylor (and other schools) may end up suing.

And, this time, there's a lot of smoke (possible proof) that the SEC was the cause of our breakup, therefore, they negated contracts, etc.

Mizzou seems more like a legal target than A&M was.  A&M was on the SEC radar for a while, so you can make a case that they withdrew from the Big 12 due to issues and then went to the SEC after.  Mizzou can't make that claim.  DeArmond really, "It's Patterson!ed" them.