Re: 2012 - 2013 SEC football
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 9:53 pm
Thank God Mizzou doesn't have to play A&M in the Big 12 anymore.
While Mizzou football is a disaster this year this is just sad coming from a KU fan. When is the last time you won a conference game?kcmetro wrote:LOL @ Mizzou
That's because the ACC is horrible. Georgia Tech was just not good anyway- got killed by BYU and lost to Middle Tennessee State, and FSU and Clemson (who led much of those games) got fat on a ACC diet. The only ranked teams they played before Sat. were each other.NKC wrote:The SEC laid a smack down on the ACC yesterday. Georgia destroyed Tech at home. Florida and SC went on the road and beat their in state rivals by two scores. Going by BCS rankings of last week Florida is the 3rd best SEC team beating the best ACC team on the road. South Carolina is the sixth best SEC team and beat the second best ACC team on the road.
This has been your weekly debunking of the "SEC is overrated" myth.
I laugh at Mizzou because their fans thought going to the SEC would be a great move. I'm of the opinion that Mizzou will just be another Miss State or Vandy, and never sniff the top half of the conference most seasons.NKC wrote:While Mizzou football is a disaster this year this is just sad coming from a KU fan. When is the last time you won a conference game?kcmetro wrote:LOL @ Mizzou
Some MU fans. But you have to look at a longer view than one season. I don't think this will be the norm for MU any more that I believe it will be the norm for AnM. Three years ago Auburn was at the top 3 of the SEC and KU was at the top 3 of the B12.kcmetro wrote:I laugh at Mizzou because their fans thought going to the SEC would be a great move. I'm of the opinion that Mizzou will just be another Miss State or Vandy, and never sniff the top half of the conference most seasons.NKC wrote:While Mizzou football is a disaster this year this is just sad coming from a KU fan. When is the last time you won a conference game?kcmetro wrote:LOL @ Mizzou
Those of us who opposed (and still oppose) the move had more than the relative merits of this or that conference in mind. Things like playing against traditional regional rivals - you know, the thing that actually makes sporting events Fun. Keeping events in Missouri and KC - you know, reaping the economic benefits of said events. It has nothing to do with our relative success in the conference. At best, Mizzou simply recreates itself as a middle of the pack SEC team just as it was a middle of the pack Big XII team. But we do it in a far away place now. That's all the upside there ever was - dreams of being a football powerhouse will be as elusive as ever.shinatoo wrote:kcmetro wrote:Some MU fans. But you have to look at a longer view than one season. I don't think this will be the norm for MU any more that I believe it will be the norm for AnM. Three years ago Auburn was at the top 3 of the SEC and KU was at the top 3 of the B12.kcmetro wrote:LOL @ Mizzou :lolI laugh at Mizzou because their fans thought going to the SEC would be a great move. I'm of the opinion that Mizzou will just be another Miss State or Vandy, and never sniff the top half of the conference most seasons.
Whether your a mindless fan or a blind rage hater, it's stupid to make a judgement about a move like this after one football season (and only one third of the whole sports season). Let's see how the next ten years plays out.
I'm of the opinion that it's still a great move for Mizzou, even though Mizzou will be "middle of the pack" in SEC football, just like Mizzou was "middle of the pack" in the Big 12. In terms of football, I think it's a lateral move. But, there's still many benefits the SEC provides Mizzou.kcmetro wrote:I laugh at Mizzou because their fans thought going to the SEC would be a great move. I'm of the opinion that Mizzou will just be another Miss State or Vandy, and never sniff the top half of the conference most seasons.
the days of going playing in a weak division and going to minor bowl every year are over for MU, but kU can't even do thatkcmetro wrote:I laugh at Mizzou because their fans thought going to the SEC would be a great move. I'm of the opinion that Mizzou will just be another Miss State or Vandy, and never sniff the top half of the conference most seasons.NKC wrote:While Mizzou football is a disaster this year this is just sad coming from a KU fan. When is the last time you won a conference game?kcmetro wrote:LOL @ Mizzou
AllThingsKC wrote:I'm of the opinion that it's still a great move for Mizzou, even though Mizzou will be "middle of the pack" in SEC football, just like Mizzou was "middle of the pack" in the Big 12. In terms of football, I think it's a lateral move. But, there's still many benefits the SEC provides Mizzou.kcmetro wrote:I laugh at Mizzou because their fans thought going to the SEC would be a great move. I'm of the opinion that Mizzou will just be another Miss State or Vandy, and never sniff the top half of the conference most seasons.
I can't think of many fans (ATKC excepted) that think - "gee, it would be nice to win but since we get more money from being a doormat in the SEC, ostensibly to fund research and further our academic programs (yea right), I am very happy to lose 44-0 to Georgia every year". If you had a crystal ball and told most Mizzou fans at the outset that they would be in the bottom half of the SEC on an annual basis, Mizzou would still be in the Big XII. Winning is the only thing that really matters....win and any money you would have lost from staying put would materialize. But Mizzou wasn't winning in the Big XII and they certainly weren't going to start winning by changing conferences.pstokely wrote:MU will make more $ as a doormat in the SEC than being in the middle of the pack in the Bevo 10, the population numbers they think Rutgers will bring balances out the low population of Nebraska
Exactly. So, I say, if you're going to be a doormat, you might as well be a rich doormat. (Not that being a "rich doormat" is the goal)Highlander wrote:But Mizzou wasn't winning in the Big XII and they certainly weren't going to start winning by changing conferences.
They'd win a few games in the ACC. It's Florida State, Clemson and a bunch of KU's.pstokely wrote:It's not like fans have any choice of what conference they're in. Could kU win any ACC or B10 games?
And, coming soon, Notre Dame.TheBigChuckbowski wrote:They'd win a few games in the ACC. It's Florida State, Clemson and a bunch of KU's.pstokely wrote:It's not like fans have any choice of what conference they're in. Could kU win any ACC or B10 games?
Not likely.chaglang wrote:And, coming soon, Notre Dame.TheBigChuckbowski wrote:They'd win a few games in the ACC. It's Florida State, Clemson and a bunch of KU's.pstokely wrote:It's not like fans have any choice of what conference they're in. Could kU win any ACC or B10 games?
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