SEC releases statement that UM is in and

[Saniflush]

then pulls it....

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/10/sec-website-missouri-announcement-pulled/1

Missouri hasn't declared its intention to join the Southeastern Conference, though that might seem a formality at this point.

Pages on the SEC website were discovered Thursday night that trumpeted the Tigers joining the conference as its 14th team. The pages were shown to be updated on Oct. 22 and the announcement by Commissioner Mike Slive was said to be on a Monday.

In the release, Missouri and Texas A&M were to join the SEC as additions to the league this July, which is contrary to previous statements of Big 12 interim commissioner Chuck Neinas, who has said the Tigers would play in the Big 12 next year no matter what the school's decision was.

Here is the text of the entire statement on the page:

    Given the ever-changing conference paradigm over the past year, the Southeastern Conference has continued to demonstrate its commitment to maintaining its stature as one of the nation's premier conferences by welcoming the University of Missouri as the league's 14th member, Commissioner Mike Slive announced Monday.

    Missouri joins Texas A&M University as the league's two new institutions who will begin full membership on July 1, 2012. It is the first expansion of the SEC membership since Arkansas and South Carolina joined the conference in 1992.

    Missouri was a charter member of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1907, which became the Big Six Conference in 1964, the Big Eight Conference in 1964 and the Big 12 Conference in 1996.

    Geographically, it is a natural fit as the state of Missouri touches more states (Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee) that currently are home to an SEC institution than any other state that is not in the league's previous 13-member footprint. Like the majority of the cities in the SEC, Columbia, Mo., is a college-centered town with a metropolitan population of 164,283, making it the fifth-largest city in the state of Missouri.

    With an enrollment of 32,415, the University of Missouri boasts a strong academic resume, as it is one of only five universities nationwide with law, medicine, veterinary medicine and a research reactor on one campus. Six of Missouri's sports teams last season led the Big 12 in graduation rate for their respective sports.

    Culturally, Missouri is as well known for its barbecue, country music, history and rich tradition as the majority of the current states of the SEC.

    Missouri is one of only 35 public U.S. universities invited to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). It will become the fourth SEC school that is part of the AAU, joining Florida, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.

In addition to the main release, the SEC also had published pages that offered details on Missouri and its SEC connections. There were also separate stories on the Tigers' impact on football and men's basketball with respective Q&A's with Tony Barnhart and Chris Dortsch.

All of those pages were taken down shortly after midnight and instead only showed a message that said, "That article is missing."

[djsimp]

Well, regardless if they pulled the article or not, it looks like we have our 14th team in the SEC.

[GH2001]

No to Mizzou!!! No No, FUCK NO!

WHY?????

[AUChizad]

I can only pray that this premature exposure ruined the whole thing. Please?

[AUTailgatingRules]

No to Mizzou!!! No No, FUCK NO!

WHY?????

Well we do need another middle of the road team, I would hate to have to play 9 games against top 25 SEC teams.

[GH2001]

Well we do need another middle of the road team, I would hate to have to play 9 games against top 25 SEC teams.

They are blah. I would take a Texas Tech or WVU over effing Mizzou.

[chinook]

Culturally, Missouri is as well known for its barbecue, country music, history and rich tradition as the majority of the current states of the SEC.

but they were not a confederate state.  just trying to keep the stereotypes straight. 

[Saniflush]

but they were not a confederate state.  just trying to keep the stereotypes straight.

I actually like that thought process as a baseline.  Just because in using it you pretty well ensure that the cultures are the same within the SEC.

[GH2001]

but they were not a confederate state.  just trying to keep the stereotypes straight.

California also has country music and bbq....just saying.

[chinook]

California also has country music and bbq....just saying.

and they too were not a confederate state ...just sayin'. 

[Townhallsavoy]

Imagine having to play Missouri in late November. 

Average temp is around 50, but you know they get some good cold fronts from time to time.

When's the last time an SEC game was played in decent snow?

[AUTiger1]

I don't like the idea of taking Missouri, but I am not opposed to taking someone like TT and moving to the east.  It would be nice to renew our old rivalry with UT and UF on a yearly basis even though I hate to lose LSU.   Keep bammer as the tie in. 

[chinook]

I don't like the idea of taking Missouri, but I am not opposed to taking someone like TT and moving to the east.  It would be nice to renew our old rivalry with UT and UF on a yearly basis even though I hate to lose LSU.   Keep bammer our bitch.

fixt.

[AUTailgatingRules]

I don't like the idea of taking Missouri, but I am not opposed to taking someone like TT and moving to the east.  It would be nice to renew our old rivalry with UT and UF on a yearly basis even though I hate to lose LSU.   Keep bammer as the tie in.

How is it a good idea to move to the east and keep Bammer as our yearly east opponent.  Given that Bama is usually one of the top 3-4 teams in the conference, i would hate to have to play them every year when the other east teams could have an Ole Miss or Miss State as their yearly tie in

[chinook]

Imagine having to play Missouri in late November. 

Average temp is around 50, but you know they get some good cold fronts from time to time.

When's the last time an SEC game was played in decent snow?

snaggle, most likely, could answer the question...i'm sure he walked 8 miles to the stadium, knee deep in the powder.

[GH2001]

and they too were not a confederate state ...just sayin'.

And we wouldn't take them either.

[AUTiger1]

How is it a good idea to move to the east and keep Bammer as our yearly east opponent.  Given that Bama is usually one of the top 3-4 teams in the conference, i would hate to have to play them every year when the other east teams could have an Ole Miss or Miss State as their yearly tie in

How is it a good idea to give up our biggest rival?  I just don't see how it's not a bad idea.  We talk about how the schedule would be brutal playing UT, UF, USCe, UGA and bammer every year, but out of the other side of our mouth we talk about how the SEC West is the most dominate division in all of college football. 

As of right now we play LSU, bammer, UGA, Arkansas.  Not much of a difference in LSU/Ark and UT/UF imo.  UF and USCe would keep their tie in with Ark/LSU.  The only two teams that would get the OleMiss/Miss St would be UGA or TN.   KY and Vandy, well not really worried about them.

[GH2001]

How is it a good idea to give up our biggest rival?  I just don't see how it's not a bad idea.  We talk about how the schedule would be brutal playing UT, UF, USCe, UGA and bammer every year, but out of the other side of our mouth we talk about how the SEC West is the most dominate division in all of college football. 

As of right now we play LSU, bammer, UGA, Arkansas.  Not much of a difference in LSU/Ark and UT/UF imo.  UF and USCe would keep their tie in with Ark/LSU.  The only two teams that would get the OleMiss/Miss St would be UGA or TN.   KY and Vandy, well not really worried about them.

Agree

[Ranger12]

My biggest problem with moving with the east is the fact that it means there is a chance that we might have to play UAT twice in the season, which waters down the rivalry in my opinion. If we keep them on the schedule every year, do you put the game earlier in the year to avoid the chance of playing them back to back if we were to meet each other in the SEC CG, thus watering down the rivalry even more? I know some things just have to change, but I don't know if I could get used to not having that build up against playing UAT for our last regular season game every year.