Wasn't USC and Notre Dame a huge rivalry for a long time and a big deal..they are non conference

Gregorian: Schools shouldn't sacrifice rivalries for money.

Deaton: We had to sacrifice rivalries for money.


Ipso Facto: Gregorian blames Mizzou for ending the rivalry.

This is like bad lip reading without the lip part.

It was. However many argue that Oklahoma / Nebraska was far more important. Teams in the same conference and two teams that accomplished much more than Texas ever had.

Does make sense.

Mizzou did not sacrifice rivalries for money, the sacrificed being in the Big XII.

KU is the hypocrite here...as their scheduling of both NU and CU clearly shows--considering that those two schools did more to undermine the Big XII than Mizzou ever did.

Gregorian blamed KU the entire article, but then curiously brought up the money aspect which falls on only one side of the equation. It was a very, very strange moment of confusion.

Doug Karleskint named head coach for Mules Basketball
The University of Central Missouri announced today that Doug Karleskint has been hired as the 24th head men's basketball coach in the 109-year history of the program.

UCM Athletics Director Jerry Hughes will officially introduce him at a press conference in the UCM Multipurpose Building Alumni Room on Tuesday, May 20 at 11:00 a.m.

"Doug has been a consistent winner everywhere he has been and is the perfect fit for our program and institution," Hughes said. "His success as a head coach and an assistant combined with his personality, work ethic, and class should have Mules fans excited for the future."

Karleskint has compiled a 90-34 record in four seasons as the head coach at Arkansas Tech. His Wonder Boy teams captured four straight conference championships and made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2012.

He coached 11 all-conference performers during his tenure at Arkansas Tech, including one Great American Conference (GAC) Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and an All-American.

Prior to his time as head coach, Karleskint served as the top assistant for the Wonder Boys in 2009-10 when the team went 30-2, won the Gulf South Conference title and finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the nation.

Before ATU, he served two seasons as an assistant coach at Division I Stephen F. Austin. The Lumberjacks posted a 50-14 record in those two years and won two Southland Conference Regular Season Crowns. They advanced to the NIT in 2007-08 and the NCAA Tournament in 2008-09 after winning the Southland Conference tournament title.

Karleskint was a graduate assistant at Northwest Missouri State from 2005-07 and helped the Bearcats to a 46-17 record, an MIAA championship and two NCAA Tournament appearances.

The Fort Scott, Kan. native earned his bachelor's degree from Mid-America Nazarene University in 2003. He and his wife, Kyla, have two sons, Jadin and Jackson.

Nebraska fans said that losing the OU rivalry made the Big 12 less appealing. Of course, they never "lost" the rivalry since it was still every other year. Not as good as before but not "lost" either.



But hey, now that powers Rutgers & Maryland have joined the BIG, the Mighty Cornf'ers get to lock horns with this titanic collection of division mates:

West — Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin.

Lol, I can't believe these schools left for that crap.

That's what the Big East says about TCU and WV too.

ROFL

WV is terrible and TCU doesn't even deserve a mention

What a desperation move to add those two

Should have went after louisville

And yet WVU has won 3 BCS Bowl games to Mizzou's zero.

:doh!:

Funny thing is, the same could be said about MU football this year as the SEC East outside of them was a step down from the Big 12.

No.