(04-24-2013 02:30 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(04-24-2013 01:52 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(04-24-2013 11:38 AM)ecuacc4ever Wrote:  Had the B1G not shown Mizzou the "Heisman Hand" the last go'round, I'd agree with you, but something about being jilted will loom, and especially given how welcoming the SEC was to Mizzou last season. They're staying put, plus they have recruiting grounds in Texas and Florida.

Thank you ecuacc4ever. That's the point I have been driving home for over a year, We are not Alabama, but we are not cannon fodder. It also remains to be seen which conference ends up making the most TV revenue... our 5-7 season was sub par with major injuries and all, but the SEC fans sealed the deal with Missouri fans last year. They were awesome. They didn't give us the Heisman Hand either... We are still signing kids out of the KC area (so much for the Jayhawk argument) and St Louis is totally on board. The closest the B1G will ever get to Mizzou is a revival of the Mizzou-Illini game in St Louis...

Mizzou is a much better brand than Maryland and Rutgers...Delaney was idiotic for not taking Mizzou.

Your right about Mizzou being a better brand than either Rutgers or MD. Adding Rutgers & MD was not only about expanding into new markets but growing content and adding new conference sports. Here's what I mean by that:

Big 10 has 168 hours of programming time to fill up. MD & Rutgers sponsor several more sports than Mizzou does like Soccer, LaCrosse, MD won the LaCrosse national championship last year and the Soccer title in 08.

Big 10 wants to have at least 2 sports to televise from August through May; there are only 8 programs that sponsor Soccer: PSU, OSU, Michigan, MSU, Indiana,NU, WI & MN. Adding MD & Rutgers gets them up to 10 which is easier for scheduling.

PSU adding Ice Hockey gets the Big 10 to 6 in that sport which is why Ice Hockey will be a conference sport next year. MD & Rutgers added to PSU, OSU & Michigan gets the Big 10 to 5 for Lacrosse, only need one more current member to add it to make Lacrosse a conference sport. That will give them this sports schedule

August: Soccer-Football
Sept- Soccer-Foootball
Oct-Soccer-Football-Ice Hockey
Nov-Football-Ice Hockey- Hoops
Dec- Ice Hockey- Hoops
Jan- Ice Hockey-Hoops
Feb- Ice Hockey-Hoops
March- Ice Hockey-Hoops-Baseball-Lacrosse
April- Baseball-Lacrosse
May- Baseball-Lacrosse

When all of your content comes from only 1 conference you need at least 2 sports to broadcast to fill up all those hours.