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Originally Posted by the_meanstrosity
What do KU fans not like about the Big 12? If anything most of the knowledgeable KU fans I've spoken with love the idea of possibly merging the Big 12 and Pac 10. Hopefully that comes to fruition if so then that would put all of the remaining Big 12 teams in better footing then they are currently.
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KU would take the Big Ten deal in a heartbeat. It's better than anything the B12/P10/both could offer them. I do agree that they'd like the idea of the Pac10 having interest given that the Big 10 is not. It can't be any worse than the current arrangement.
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Originally Posted by the_meanstrosity
Dan Beebe says a lot of things. He also said the Big 12 conference was fine. I think we all know the truth of that, lol. If the Presidents decide that they want a rule in place then Beebe will put that rule in place.
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Won't happen. Beebe is Captain PC. He would have never taken that firm of a stance if it ever was a possibility.
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Which people are suggesting that the Border War would be better if they were in two conferences? Because I've never heard it from anyone. Everyone I've heard from suggests that the KU and MU rivalry would eventually fade once they split conferences. Just look at the OU and NU rivalry...they switched divisions and had their rivalry destroyed.
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Nothing will fade. It'll just give more reasons for the two sides to hate each other. OU/NU was weakened as a rivalry when they started playing each other every other year rather than every year. That wouldn't be an issue with MU/KU.
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Originally Posted by the_meanstrosity
I can't speak for Tom Osborne, but I do know the last time it was taken to a vote Nebraska voted against revenue sharing. Would their vote change now with Tom Osborne in charge? Maybe, but maybe not.
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There's no question it would. He's long been a critic of uneven revenue sharing and has said as much.
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How is playing KSU at Arrowhead any different than playing Missouri? Seriously? Both teams already play one game at Arrowhead. So how exactly would it be different? If the state of Kansas
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If you can't find the amusement of two state schools holding a rivalry game in a different state, we've got little to discuss here.
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I know UConn was definitely one of the schools that did not continue to play Boston College. Lew Perkins was the AD at UConn at the time.
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And as others have noted, that situation isn't even comparable to the MU/KU situation.