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All very thankful for Texas Tech:

Mike Vrabel
Dianna Russini
Lane Kiffin

B1G never offered membership -- "junior" or otherwise -- to Missouri. You stayed in the Big 12 because that was your only option, until the SEC needed a second team to pair with the Aggies a year later.

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Colorado was already gone

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I've already posted an article referencing the Colorado AD's statement that Missouri openly begging for B1G membership the end of 2009 is what spooked Colorado to the PAC.

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Is that the narrative we are running with now?

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Why not? Here's Colorado's AD stating Missouri's flirting with the Big 10 as the reason they started looking at the PAC.

https://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/41732/missouri-governor-spurred-buffs-move

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In December of 2009, Nixon made the first of several comments in support of Missouri exploring a move.

"This is not something that should be kept on the sports page and treated with the back of the hand," he said. "We have an obligation to make our schools as excellent as they can be."

Speaking explicitly of a move to the Big Ten, he said, "It's worth looking at."

Bohn didn't say which of Nixon's comments got him going, but the governor's most controversial comments came days later.

"I'm not going to say anything bad about the Big 12, but when you compare Oklahoma State to Northwestern, when you compare Texas Tech to Wisconsin, I mean, you begin looking at educational possibilities that are worth looking at," Nixon said.

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These statements from Missouri were the first ones of any Big 12 indicating instability. Why should they get a pass?

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And don’t say it’s about money

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Lol. it is 100% about the money.

Texas is intentionally choosing not to spend dry powder on high school players who won't play in the SEC for 2 years. Sark learned that lesson last year. Elko will learn it as well.

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It's this sort of behavior that destroyed the SWC

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SWC died because its media footprint was Texas and Arkansas. So it couldn't command the same TV money as other conferences. Texas, Texas A&M, and Arkansas weren't going to fall behind just to ensure a few shitty private schools had a conference to play in.

LSU grad student

who'd you grow up rooting for? Texas or Texas A&M?

have they said why Leffew is unavailable?

ARod has been shaking his head at not-balls all weekend :lol:

Kansas seems like they suck

State pitcher has big extremities, per Eduardo Perez