Just to get this out there...distances from Mizzou to all SEC schools

LSU has only 5 schools including A&M that are less than 500 miles. Missouri is about the same distance for LSU as KY and SC.

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Cultural distance: 1 light-year

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Why wouldn't we include A&M? They're a part of it now. BTW, including A&M the average distance from the West schools is 610.7. Throw Mizzou in the East and let's be done with it. Also, I like how we're all hung up on geography when Texas A&M is only closer than Florida and USC to Mizzou The old Big XII had some crazy trips from North to South.

Our numbers are slightly different but here is something I came up with awhile back when looking at adding both A&M and Missouri to show that Missouri is not actually as far away as people think.

Here are the numbers for Missouri and A&M.


Columbia to:

Fayetteville, AR - 311
Nashville, TN - 433
Lexington, KY - 459
Oxford, MS - 477
Starkville, MS - 576
Knoxville, TN - 609
Tuscaloosa, AL - 620
Auburn, AL - 733
Athens, GA - 734
Baton Rouge, LA - 772
Columbia, SC - 871
Gainesville, FL - 1,009

Avg Distance from Columbia: 633.67 miles



College Station, TX to:

Baton Rouge, LA - 364
Fayetteville, AR - 512
Oxford, MS - 566
Starkville, MS - 575
Tuscaloosa, AL - 630
Nashville, TN - 756
Auburn, AL - 780
Knoxville, TN - 940
Gainesville, FL - 948
Athens, GA - 949
Lexington, KY - 968
Columbia, SC - 1,094

Avg. Distance from College Station: 756.83 miles

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Cultural distance: 1 light-year

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i think it's a given that we are going to have to teach our new brethren something about culture. maybe through a series of "southern culture" documentaries that can be available on dvd or even short takes on utube. maybe we can have guest visitor programs where they make a trip to our area for an indoctrination and they actually stay in our trailor and socialize with our family, dawgs and friends. having an english/redneck dictionary would be a help too. i think jeff foxworthy has one out that should be required reading. i'm sure we can come up with other ideas to assist them in assimilating into the SEC.

Hell of a travel tab anyway you look at it. Still something about Missouri that just doesn't feel geographically correct, but that's just me.

But didn't you also say several times that no one in Southern Missouri cares about Mizzou?

Mizzou is not a good fit for the SEC

Living in Springfield now, I would say I have just as easy a time finding Hog fans as Mizzou fans. I would guess the town is 40% Hog fans, 40% Mizzou fans and 20% OU/KU fans.

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Living in Springfield now, I would say I have just as easy a time finding Hog fans as Mizzou fans. I would guess the town is 40% Hog fans, 40% Mizzou fans and 20% OU/KU fans.

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I'm in Joplin. Mostly Hogs and Sooners here. You see Mizzou merchandise in stores but you hardly see people buying it up or wearing them. Kinda sad...