Category Archives: Sports

Oct 29

Big tWelVe

Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2011, at 1:11 AM by Jeff

The Big 12’s website put up a press release welcoming West Virginia around 10:50 AM Friday. Second article here. But buried at the bottom were two sentences conspicuous in what they didn’t say: Beginning with the 2012-13 season it is … Continue reading →

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Oct 27

Hello Newman. Again.

Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011, at 6:13 PM by Jeff

If it’s the football playoffs, it’s time for North Tama vs. Mason City Newman. This is the third year in a row, but it keeps moving earlier, from the semifinals in 2009 to the quarterfinals in 2010 to the second … Continue reading →

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Oct 26

Now Congress gets involved in realignment

Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at 11:58 PM by Jeff

Cause and effect, chain of events All of the chaos makes perfect sense When you’re spinning ’round, things come undone Welcome to Earth, third rock from the sun — Joe Diffie, “Third Rock From the Sun” When the Big 12 … Continue reading →

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Oct 26

The song that doesn’t end

Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at 1:21 AM by Jeff

This is the song that doesn’t end Yes it goes on and on my friend Some people started singing it not knowing what it was And they’ll continue singing it forever just because… Missouri is so far gone to the … Continue reading →

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Oct 21

The SEC has won the Civil War*

Posted on Friday, October 21, 2011, at 1:00 PM by Jeff

The person said that Missouri’s decision to apply for membership to the SEC was “inevitable and imminent,” although a specific timeframe has yet to be set. — New York Times, Monday The University of Missouri has played Iowa State, Kansas, … Continue reading →

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Oct 17

The Bootheel and the Platte Purchase

Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011, at 12:31 AM by Jeff

It’s 548 miles from Missouri’s northwesternmost county seat, Rock Port, to its southeasternmost, Caruthersville. But other than their license plates, they have little in common. Corn is in one corner, cotton in the other. One technically belongs to the Omaha … Continue reading →

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Oct 11

The Big 9½

Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at 1:19 AM by Jeff

It’s official: TCU is joining the Big 12. The first actual realignment news! With something that makes geographic sense! A&M won’t be able to gig ’em, though. It’s not official: Missouri thinks it can get big money and no whammies … Continue reading →

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Oct 10

Conference roulette

Posted on Monday, October 10, 2011, at 1:26 AM by Jeff

Moving around the pieces… The Big 12 can’t be certain of its expansion plans until Missouri decides what to do, and teams the Big 12 is interested in won’t do anything until the conference is stable, except maybe TCU. The … Continue reading →

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Oct 06

Everything’s out of date in Kansas City

Posted on Thursday, October 6, 2011, at 1:35 AM by Jeff

(Iowa State vs. Kansas State, 2011, and the world’s largest use of Comic Sans) CBS’s Dennis Dodd: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Welcome to the Big Doughnut Hole. This used to be the center of the college universe. At least one … Continue reading →

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Oct 05

Lack of TV for homecoming added to Missouri’s “reasons”

Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, at 2:18 PM by Jeff

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 … Continue reading →

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