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The Big 8 was no longer financially viable, and CU and NU

Posted on: January 25, 2020 at 22:07:48 CT
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would have left for greener pastures had it not merged with the 4 Texas schools.

Ultimately, all the merger did was delay the inevitable.
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Big 8 hoops - Iam4Mizzou MU - 1/25 21:40:03
     It’s a distant memory because it ended mid-90s - FIJItiger MU - 1/26 05:32:41
          don't want to give you Vietnam flashbacks, but - Iam4Mizzou MU - 1/26 07:00:35
               I was at the game in Columbia that season when we beat - FIJItiger MU - 1/26 07:25:13
                    I would often grab some coke and popcorn, put on my - McMuffin HERD - 1/26 09:22:53
                         Probably on VHS I would assume (nm) - FIJItiger MU - 1/26 09:51:44
     There was no Big 8 hoops when we joined the SEC. - MizzouTigerz MU - 1/26 00:04:29
     Back when college basketball was a good product - Ron Swanson MU - 1/26 00:04:04
     Got that SEC payola, which the enlightened tell - Fred G. Sanford USA - 1/25 23:09:00
     Really, the only difference is that we'd be much poorer in - zounami MU - 1/25 21:50:12
     Those were the best years...never to return - miketig MU - 1/25 21:43:00
          Big 8 football... not so much (nm) - zounami MU - 1/25 21:50:49
          People underestimated what an identity and heritage means - Iam4Mizzou MU - 1/25 21:45:11
               Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, and Texas A&M are all better - zounami MU - 1/25 21:51:49
                    nope, SEC sucks and we are irrelevant - Iam4Mizzou MU - 1/25 21:53:44
                         when we left the Big8/12, it had been 20 years since we won - zounami MU - 1/25 21:59:02
                              MU won a bb championship in the last season of the Big 12 in - FIJItiger MU - 1/26 05:37:55
                                   RE: MU won a bb championship in the last season of the Big 12 in - CPA MU - 1/26 12:55:46
                                   That's great - underdog KU - 1/26 12:41:43
                         Wewerent good in the big 12. Should have never - tman MU - 1/25 21:55:15
                              The Big 8 was no longer financially viable, and CU and NU - zounami MU - 1/25 22:07:48
                                   No kidding. Same for going to SEC. But guess what. - tman MU - 1/25 22:13:22
               So... identity and heritage = winning games?(nm) - AllThingsKC KC - 1/25 21:47:47
                    it’s an essential foundation(nm) - Iam4Mizzou MU - 1/25 21:49:21
                         Yep. Remember all those national championships - AllThingsKC KC - 1/25 21:50:23
               Not because we are in SEC(nm) - tman MU - 1/25 21:45:58




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