The Huffington Post’s Hank Koebler thinks the lack of TV for the Missouri-Iowa State game is a reason for Missouri to jump to the SEC (that and, of course, the Longhorn Network):
For a conference with a future currently contingent on Missouri’s membership, the Big 12 hasn’t placed anywhere near as much of a priority on keeping Missouri as it did Texas last year.
Columbia Daily Tribune reporter Dave Matter reported Tuesday the University of Missouri’s Homecoming game against Iowa State will not be televised. The Big 12 offered to broadcast the game at either 11 a.m. or 6 p.m. on Fox College Sports, but Missouri declined in favor of starting at the traditional 1 p.m. start time, according to Matter. …
Interim Big 12 Commissioner Chuck Neinas has said the Big 12 wants to keep Missouri, but actions speak louder than words. If the Big 12 cannot even be bothered to televise the 100th anniversary of Missouri’s first Homecoming, the conference doesn’t want the Tigers’ membership badly enough for Missouri to justify staying despite the turmoil.
Unbelievable. Has Missouri not noticed that nobody televises 1 PM kickoffs anymore? The offer was Fox College Sports (higher tier), but it was television. Missouri said no. That is not the Big 12’s fault, unless you want to fault the conference for putting top-5 team Oklahoma on ESPN2 against Kansas. Missouri and Iowa State have PLAYED for more than 100 years, before television and radio were invented. Isn’t that a direct counterargument for staying in the Big 12?
The writer’s upset because the Big 12 didn’t want to show a team that just laid an egg against Texas. If the situation wasn’t so tragic it would be funny.