****The official NEW new conference realignment thread.****

[Saul Good]

the second thread has been pronounced dead.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Bambi

Yes, we can do math. Fact is the school is in decline. Sucks for you guys.

Meh, enrollment data doesn't do much for me. K-State had the same number of incoming freshman this year as KU did, at least the Star mentioned something like that some time ago. I wouldn't root any harder for KU if they had 28k or 38k students.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Meh, enrollment data doesn't do much for me. K-State had the same number of incoming freshman this year as KU did, at least the Star mentioned something like that some time ago. I wouldn't root any harder for KU if they had 28k or 38k students.

KU freshman enrollment increased 5% last year. Largest increase since 2008. I'm not sure why Saul and the MU posters made such a big deal of KU's drop in enrollment a couple years ago when now MU is facing the same thing.

I would tell them that it's probably fine and eventually the freshman class will increase again someday.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Bambi

KU freshman enrollment increased 5% last year. Largest increase since 2008. I'm not sure why Saul and the MU posters made such a big deal of KU's drop in enrollment a couple years ago when now MU is facing the same thing.

I would tell them that it's probably fine and eventually the freshman class will increase again someday.

Largest increase since 2008 = only increase since 2008

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Largest increase since 2008 = only increase since 2008

When you're setting record after record, year after year it's difficult to sustain.

You know this now. Hopefully your decline doesn't last that long.

[Prison Bitch]

Re: that column about OU-KU leaving the Big 12 - won't ever happen because OU would never go anywhere without Texas.


When I was growing up I assumed the Oklahoma schools were more like Kansas and Kansas State than they really were. They played in the Big 8 and the OU-Nebraska rivalry was huge so it seemed like they "fit" in the area. But really they are just Northern Texas and have zero interest being involved with the other 6 schools (now down to 3 obviously). Both voted to move the Big 12 headquarters to Dallas and to vote for the SWC Commish over KU's AD. So right from the get-go they were pro Texas. With the realignment saga we saw both trying to do whatever they could to stick nearby Texas. I doubt either would care if they never played the old Big 8 schools again.

[Saul Good]

Rumor out of Norman is that Bell isn't much of a QB and isn't going to be the starter.

[Saul Good]

The SEC network is bringing the heat.

http://outkickthecoverage.com/sec-ne...h-carolina.php

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Rumor out of Norman is that Bell isn't much of a QB and isn't going to be the starter.

That's not much of a surprise to me. Saw a lot of OU games last season. He's capable in short yardage/goal line situations. But he never showed much else.

OTOH, they nevwer let him DO much else. They hitched their wagon to Laundry man Jones.

[Bambi]

For those interested here are the highlighted games for the SEC next year.

Save The Date
Conference schedule highlights for the 2014 SEC football season:

Sept. 13: Georgia at South Carolina
Sept. 20: Florida at Alabama
Sept. 27: Tenn. at Georgia
Oct. 11: LSU at Florida
Oct. 18: A&M at Alabama
Nov. 1: Florida vs. Georgia
Nov. 1: Tenn. at S. Carolina
Nov. 8: Alabama at LSU
Nov. 15: S. Carolina at Florida
Nov. 27: LSU at Texas A&M
Nov. 29: Auburn at Alabama
Nov. 29: Miss. St. at Ole Miss

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Bambi

Yes, we can do math. Fact is the school is in decline. Sucks for you guys.

Mizzou will have ~35,000 students this year. You're a dumbass.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

That's not much of a surprise to me. Saw a lot of OU games last season. He's capable in short yardage/goal line situations. But he never showed much else.

OTOH, they nevwer let him DO much else. They hitched their wagon to Laundry man Jones.

Jones was a hell of a college QB. Bell was on some of the Heisman watch lists. The Big 12 has gone from having stud QBs everywhere (Bradford, McCoy, Reesing, Daniel, Robinson, Martinez, Griffin III, Harrell, etc.) to a bunch of unknowns.

I've never seen the league so wide open. Have to think this plays right into Snyder's hands. I don't know if he's got the horses, but if everybody's got a mediocre team (which certainly appears to be the case) I wouldn't bet against the wizard.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Mizzou will have ~35,000 students this year. You're a dumbass.

...but this year's freshman class is only the second biggest in school history.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Jones was a hell of a college QB. Bell was on some of the Heisman watch lists. The Big 12 has gone from having stud QBs everywhere (Bradford, McCoy, Reesing, Daniel, Robinson, Martinez, Griffin III, Harrell, etc.) to a bunch of unknowns.

I've never seen the league so wide open. Have to think this plays right into Snyder's hands. I don't know if he's got the horses, but if everybody's got a mediocre team (which certainly appears to be the case) I wouldn't bet against the wizard.

So you're saying there's a chance? /Rustshack

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Mizzou will have ~35,000 students this year. You're a dumbass.

Had the same argument about KU's decline in enrollment a few years ago after years of records.

Just returning the favor...dumbass

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

...but this year's freshman class is only the second biggest in school history.

I will say this - we took our daughter on a tour of Mizzou last spring. She loved pretty much everything about it, other than it's just so freaking crowded. Right now she's actually leaning towards wanting to go to Stephens, where the average class size is like 12 per professor. Bonus - Stephens students can actually use all of Mizzou's kick ass facilities for like 25/month, including all student services in regards to help with homework/papers. Probably worth it.