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Comments on: The message battle in Missouri https://occasionalplanet.org/2012/07/16/the-message-battle-in-missouri/ Progressive Voices Speaking Out Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Aol https://occasionalplanet.org/2012/07/16/the-message-battle-in-missouri/#comment-2446 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:16:00 +0000 http://www.occasionalplanet.org/?p=16946#comment-2446 While I applaud your sentiment -and as a fellow Missourian, I also share your desire for our state to return to political sanity- I cannot help but disagree with the notion that MU’s move to the SEC will harm the state’s political identity.

The Big 8 hasn’t existed since 1996, when it admitted the Texas schools. Before Mizzou’s departure, the conference saw Colorado and Nebraska leave: 1 blue state, 1 red state.  That left Missouri in the company of Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Missouri has not been able to align themselves with any politically-uncertain, northern states for decades.

A move to the Big 10 would have made more sense politically and academically, but these decisions are driven by football ticket sales and smoky backroom dealings.

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