{"id":603,"date":"2011-10-21T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T18:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=603"},"modified":"2011-10-21T13:00:51","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T18:00:51","slug":"the-sec-has-won-the-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/the-sec-has-won-the-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The SEC has won the Civil War*"},"content":{"rendered":"

The person said that Missouri\u2019s decision to apply for membership to the SEC was \u201cinevitable and imminent,\u201d although a specific timeframe has yet to be set. <\/em>\u2014 New York Times, Monday<\/a><\/p>\n

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The University of Missouri has played Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Oklahoma (and Nebraska) for more than half of the time the state of Missouri has existed. Since college football began being played west of the Mississippi, almost.<\/p>\n

Those decades of history ended today,<\/a> as the Missouri Board of Curators did everything but actually say “Missouri is going to the SEC.” (Hence, the title’s asterisk.) The board gave the chancellor complete power to make a decision and also want to explore throwing Kansas City a bone or two with a special basketball tournament and a football game in Arrowhead \u2014 but didn’t specify what teams would be involved. Such an exploration wouldn’t be needed if Missouri planned on remaining in the Big 12.<\/em><\/p>\n

These are the most-played Division I-A rivalries as listed by the NCAA through the end of 2010:
\n120\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Minnesota-Wisconsin 1890
\n119\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kansas-Missouri 1891<\/strong>
\n117\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nebraska-Kansas 1892<\/em>
\n117\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Texas-Texas A&M 1894
\n<\/strong>115\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Miami (OH)-Cincinnati 1888<\/p>\n

Thursday, a Kansas City radio host eviscerated sports anchor Jack Harry, who said that it was senseless for the Big 12 NOT to hold the basketball tournament in KC without Missouri. Go here<\/a>, then click on the “Jack Harry” podcast lasting 22:16. (Via Bring on the Cats<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Harry had said<\/a>: “KU, K-State and Iowa State should wield enough clout to get Sprint Center into a rotation, at least every other year, to host the tournament in Kansas City.” But this whole saga is an exercise in reinforcing that they don’t have any<\/strong> clout<\/em>. It doesn’t matter that ISU, KU, and KSU are passionate basketball fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Missouri is following A&M’s playbook. It’s only a matter of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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