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So you want our players to go on strike!
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This board would insist that their scholarships be pulled immediately and be forced to wear the scarlet "L." We are not UNM. This is OUR STATE flag.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
I want our football team to worry about football. Don't become pussies like Missouri.
Well honestly nothing I've read to this point makes me think he should have as to this point the only things I've read point to isolated incidents that probably occur multiple times on every large campus in the US. Not saying any of it is every right or condoning it but the school president can't issue statements or take public stances for every bad 1:1 encounter that occurs.Quote:
Originally Posted by mstatefan91
Now that said there could certainly be larger issues at play that I'm unaware of
Missouri is actually a very conservative state at least in terms of values.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
On the way back to the car we noticed some weird tent city on campus. We asked a student what was going on and it was over this stuff.
And no, Missouri has no business in the SEC. Anywhere the teamsters are picketing every entrance to the stadium is not SEC country.
Sounds like some serious butthurt to me. Someone yelled a slur? It sucks, but holy shit. Shrug it off and move on. Whiny bitches, so far as I'm concerned.Quote:
Originally Posted by randyholloway
You mean the hunger strike with the coolers full of food?Quote:
Originally Posted by gtowndawg
Yeah- I saw that too.
They should have gone to the Big 10, they were only brought over with A&M due to the St. Louis market...they are Big 10 all over. I would like to kick their ass out, hell I wouldn't mind kicking A&M's ass out either with their weird "traditions", plus we were the original maroon team in the SEC....
To the folks saying kick Mizzou out: they won the East two years in a row and gave Auburn a run for their money a couple of years ago before they lost the title game to FSU. Mizzou is a good program and Pinkel is a really good coach. Mizzou is solid in the SEC as far as I'm concerned and having them and A&M in the conference has been good for the league. Opinions vary I guess.
This thread should probably be moved to the Political board, even though I don't have access. Especially for the ridiculous comments about the state flag.
Mizzou wanted to go to the Big 10 but the Big 10 didn't want them. I'm not exactly sure why- in addition to the St. Louis market as you mentioned, they would have gotten a lot of the Kansas City market plus the entire rest of Missouri.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie_Sheen420
I didn't want A&M either- but I was in the minority I think. I preferred keeping the SEC at 12 but it is what it is.
Like JWS said, they brought Nothing to the SEC B
I think they can compete in the SEC, but it's going to take them awhile to get up to speed in terms of facilities and things of that nature. South Carolina and Arkansas also took a few years to adjust as well- and both of those teams had some success early on as well in spot when they first joined the SEC.Quote:
Originally Posted by randyholloway
Who? A&M or Mizzou? Mizzou improved the SEC in basketball and their baseball program is not too bad historically. Mizzou is also one of the largest colleges in the country in terms of enrollment every year- which means that they have a ton of alumni.Quote:
Originally Posted by DownwardDawg
1st amendment?
Forcing the resignation of someone.
I might have to read the 1st again.
You made it political.
And you are ridiculous.
They still brought nothing to the SEC we don't already have. They are a square peg in a round hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
We just need to go ahead, bite the bullet, and force the expansion to 16. Mizzou isn't going anywhere. Let's just add UNC & UVA and be done. Let the bitchfest commence from the usual "we don't want them/only need 12" crowd.
Anf for the record, were it not for the expansions that created the new TV deal & SEC Network, we'd still be one of the Little Sisters of the Poor of college football. The expansion helped us maybe more than anyone in the conference.
There's been some regrettable shit said in this thread....wow.
Are you really surprised?Quote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
If you consider opinions different from your own "regrettable shit" you should avoid message boards.
Apparently there is another big controversy at Mizzou because there is an on-campus abortion clinic. The president will not consider closing it down or moving it to another location, so there is another big group (maybe a little overlap, but probably not much) calling for his resignation.
I wonder how different the reactions here would be if Mizzou players were going on strike because of abortion rather than racial inequality?
Mizzou was a strange addition to the SEC. Their culture just isn't a fit in the SEC. They aren't southern. And they damn sure aren't in the East.
A&M isn't southern either, but there's a part of being a Texan the that a lot in common with the south. Plus their culture, their religous-like passion for sports, their academics, and the way they support their own program makes them a great fit for the SEC.
I still think we should have left Mizzou at the alter and instead gone after a North Carolina or Clemson. Probably Clemson. Then we'd have another pair of rivals in the conference.
So what if Clemson is in the same state with South Carolina. Geographic footprint expansion is overrated. Clemson is a big brand that would have brought more to the SEC than Mizzou.
Or maybe it was ESPN that insisted on geographic expansion.
Or maybe Georgia didn't want a 3rd SEC school in its immediate footprint. (Clemson is between and north of UGA and SC).
OK, whatever. North Carolina would have been a lot more natural addition than Mizzou.
Agreed UNC was the choice over Mizzou.
To gather and demand to talk and be heard; demanding that the President be fired over what has been published so far is NOT the way to get the message out. They come across as 'spoiled brats.'Quote:
Originally Posted by randyholloway
If I ran this board this would have been your last post. EVERQuote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
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Looks like every player and coach, regardless of race, is in on the strike.
You have Hill Country Missouri rednecks who make the worst Bammer or West Virginia fan look like an Ivy Leaguer. Up there, they have the worst of both worlds...Minnesota cold in the winter, Mississippi heat in the summer, descendants of old confederate raiders who went into Kansas and murdered anti-slavery men, women, and children.
If they are 8-0 right now do they do this?
Uh yeah would you expect any less. Pinkel doesn't join and he's the next to lose his job. Mob tactics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaoarsking
So tell me this has anybody seen anything that makes you think the President should lose his job or resign? I'm at quite the loss for what is going on down there.
The fight for national sanity starts in Columbia MOQuote:
Originally Posted by Irondawg
There was only one person in the hunger strike.
Those of us not there to live the situation need to withold judgement of it.
I applaud Pinkel for standing up for his players. He is nowhere near losing his job, he has taken Mizzou to a level of success that MSU would love to have. Sure, he lost his starting QB due to a drug problem during a year they were doing some rebuilding, but they'll be competitive again soon. I think he's standing on principle here with his players.
BTW, Missouri House Republicans are also calling for the President to resign. This isn't a "liberal/conservative" issue. http://www.kansascity.com/news/local...e43682574.html
I disagree. We all judge many things every day. I judge him as a damn foolQuote:
Originally Posted by gravedigger
My bad. I thought the rest of the thought was understood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackout
My suggestion was to withold judgement until we understood the situation in its entirety.
You are free to judge all you like when you like. Just know that when you express this, its no secret how little you know.
Sounds like they are way to liberal.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
If you like mob rule, you should be fully behind the Missouri player boycott.
Agreed, how dare adults in the United States express their opinions and exercise their right to organize, protest peacefully, etc. **Quote:
Originally Posted by AlmostPositive
How would you feel about white Ole Miss players boycotting until the UM Chancellor is fired for taking down the state flag?Quote:
Originally Posted by randyholloway