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Oct
04
Distances from Missouri to Big 12, SEC stadiums
(May 2009) Missouri and Florida: A thousand miles away literally and metaphorically. For reference. Calculated with Google Maps, Faurot Field to the various stadiums. Bold is Big 12, underline is Big Eight, italics are neutral sites. Arrowhead Stadium 120, Edward … Continue reading
Oct
04
Conferencepocalypse II: M-I-Z S-E-C, part 2
“Missouri Board of Curators votes to explore leaving Big 12”. This is what Nebraska did before leaving. This is what A&M did before leaving. This is what Oklahoma, Texas, and Oklahoma State all did before the Pac-12 decided to stand … Continue reading
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Oct
03
Post-Texas reflection
Texas was Texas again, and Iowa State…was Iowa State. There hasn’t been a dumpster fire like that in Ames since the 2004 Veishea riot. For a little light in the tunnel, Holly Anderson at SI said the game was “the … Continue reading
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Oct
01
About cursed fanbases
A Grantland writer says the most miserable fanbase is … Oklahoma State? Seriously? You’re not even the most cursed or ignored fanbase in your conference. An additional deduction for using the word(?) “squink” in an article about college football. This … Continue reading
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Sep
28
Iowa State in the NCAA record books
Saturday, one of the losingest programs in college football history takes on one of the winningest. It’s a crude (and perhaps ungrammatical) way of putting it, but it’s an ugly truth. The numbers don’t lie. And with Missouri’s conference future … Continue reading
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Sep
27
Conferencepocalypse II: Missouri compromising
In 2011-12, the Big Ten has 12 teams, and the Big 12 has 10 teams. It’s stupid, but at least it’s symmetrical. But Texas A&M’s intention (now apparently realized) to join the SEC as unlucky 13 not only broke that, … Continue reading
Sep
25
Conferencepocalypse II: Weekend roundup
So, besides the fact that members of the Big 12 are supposed to be mending things up but instead are engaging in dueling press conferences, what do we know? Not much. USA Today put everybody in the up-for-grabs conferences on … Continue reading
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Sep
22
Conferencepocalypse II: Crisis averted?
So by the conventional doomsday clock, we were probably at 11:59, if not 11:59:15, and by my “Titanic clock” as I was using in my Night to Remember snippets we were at about 2:17:30 (right before/at the breakup). Either way, … Continue reading
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Sep
21
Rick Perry, Iowa State, and 2012, part 2
From the Atlantic, but possibly written before Tuesday night’s events: Saving the Big 12 would help him in Iowa. Among the biggest losers of Big 12 disintegration would be Iowa State. The Cyclones haven’t been very good at football since … Continue reading
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Sep
21
Big 12 not dead yet
But it’s not really alive yet, either. The Pac-12 is staying put, shutting down that escape hatch. Both the Longhorn Network and the academics of Oklahoma State and Texas Tech appear to have been issues. But the AP article also … Continue reading
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