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Originally Posted by MrBug708
No, because info always gets out if enough people know about it. If people in the Big-12 know that the PAC-12 is giving conditional invites, it would be pretty common knowledge out here despite the usual "no comments" from the parties themselves.
Missouri "rejecting" the PAC-12 reeks of Missouri trying to create a situation of being desirable to another conference. Missouri is probably 6th on a list of potential invites to the PAC-12 so even if Texas says no, Oklahoma would have had to have said no and we both know that won't happen.
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Pretty much. Missouri really doesn't make any sense for the Pac-Whatever unless they're getting OU and/or Texas as well. The St. Louis/KC footprint is a nice added bonus, but not anything the Pac-Folk are going to fall all over themselves trying to acquire.
And I say that as a reasonably rabid Mizzou fan myself. Just ain't happening. Mizzou to the Pac-Whatever would be a bigger deal for the university than it would be for the conference. Likely also true of the SEC, but who knows what's happening with that.
If they were to leave the Big-12, the Big Ten makes the most sense, but it doesn't sound as if the Big Ten is all that interested. The impression MBBF's posts create in my head is the fat kid at the sandlot going "C'mon, guys, pick me! Guys! C'mon! Aw, what the hell was that? Pick me, guys, pick me!"
Is he any good? Maybe, but he's so god damned annoying that nobody wants anything to do with him.
And if I weren't a Mizzou fan myself, that's exactly the vibe I'd be getting from the constant breathless "Missouri is talking to *this* conference now!" updates.