Would you take Arkansas' current situation or Mizzou's?
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I was alluding to what Gabe was saying regarding the eventual downward spiral of non/playoff bowl games. I think the lack of player/coach interest in these games is obviously decreasing quickly. Yeah folks are still watching, but the folks involved don’t really give 2 craps about eating a giant pop tart in front of 20k people on New Year’s Day.
I remember when college baseball used to matter….well, come to think of it I don’t remember that after all.
The winning formula for an all win at this point would be for Robin to retire RIGHT NOW. Today!
CYA Board of Curators stupidity. If I'm wrong, speak up.
Re: NIT -A long time ago it was a very big deal ( I think when NCAA was a 16 team tournament). I've thought for years it should be a huge 16 team pre season tournament featuring as many top 20 teams from various polls as it could gather. What a way to kick off the season.
Re: NIT -A long time ago it was a very big deal ( I think when NCAA was a 16 team tournament). I've thought for years it should be a huge 16 team pre season tournament featuring as many top 20 teams from various polls as it could gather. What a way to kick off the season.
There is a solution to this, and it is NIL.
For example, the Gator Bowl can offer players money. For $5K each player, it costs around $850K for both teams. For the lower tier bowls, you can offer $1K each and those kids at lower tier schools will go.
With that said, these bowls won't want bowl tie ins. and the teams with biggest names (not Mizzou) will get the most money.
For example, what about Arrowhead offering Nebraska v. Mizzou for a bowl game December 30th. In the past, these stadiums would offer $1M for a game like that. That would give each player $5K. Maybe Luther Burden doesn't jump at $5K. But a lot of players would.
But that would mean she didn’t get paid. Correct? She has to make them fire her.
This is why as @drewking0222 as well as Coach Gates will continue to push the NCAA tournament will be expanded soon.
It's gonna happen but I still don't like it
Some things never change, Mizzou can't get out of the way of MIzzou.
There are still people on this board that will defend the BOC and the oversight committee. Truly amazing.
I don't really think we've seen that much evidence re: bowl season. Maybe that changes, but honestly I think they'll just end up moving bowl season up (especially with the playoff starting Dec. 20) and the portal a little later to combat the opt-outs.
As for the NIT, I don't see this as much evidence that teams don't care. Here's who is playing this year:
Seton Hall, Wake Forest, Indiana State, Villanova, SMU, North Texas, LSU, Boston College, Providence, UNLV, Princeton, Xavier, Georgia, Richmond, Virginia Tech, Cornell, Ohio State, Minnesota, Butler, Loyola Chicago, Bradley, San Francisco, Cincinnati, South Florida, UCF, Kansas State, Iowa, UC Irvine, and Utah.
You don’t think there’s less interest in bowl games with the opt outs? Man…it’s coming (and here). There’s a billion bowl games and the real good kids aren’t playing in them
HAHA you were who i thoguht of when I read the point about all the teams declining. It makes the perfect ammunition to exapnd
Some of us are going to actually wait and see exactly what it is they are doing--I totally get the skepticism--I really do as there is a track record of too much meddling, but at the sametime, the University has clearly sent millions of dollars over to the AD (I personally think its a great investment and hope they continue to do it) and anybody who thinks no oversight is required given the total change that is happening in college sports also isn't realistic. Again, get the skepticism and it might turn out just the way you say/think, but you certainly aren't against some oversight are you? Even if you are against it, you understand why it might be needed for the required board of a public university to be able to demonstrate some direct oversight over that kind of spending?
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Enough to not play the games? Absolutely not. If players decide to opt out, there's young guys that fans wanna see (i.e. Avery Johnson when Will Howard transferred).
if you are good in only one sport makebit football…do not care about anything else..hoops good years are nice..but not a must have
I’m not saying that fans aren’t watching or going to watch, there’s not much on that time of year anyway. I’m just saying the quality sucks and is watered down and the players /coaches don’t care. But people will still watch and networks will make cash off the Sasparilla Bowls etc
So sick of going through ADs. Sounds like the Board of Curators are the problem. Wish we could fire them.
@GabeD if Jevon doesnt sign in the next couple of hours do you think there is reason to w0rRy?
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Why would he need to sign in the next few hours? He could commit as soon as he went into the portal last week.
Hey, remember that Huron consulting firm that MIZZOU dropped $540K on to "propel us to the top of collegiate athletics?” How about we get some money back? Or is stripping the AD down and putting all their hopes on Eli (and 61-yard FG's going thru the uprights) part of their master plan of excellence?
Seriously, how about tying some results to some of these investments?
Seriously, how about tying some results to some of these investments?
Aren't they political appointees? Is there some kind of term limits on these positions?
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Like I've tried to stress. We don't KNOW it's a mess. We just know nothing. And I think there should be some level of accountability and having to answer questions (even with "no comment") about the way things went down. My stance isn't to say it's hopeless or to blame anyone in particular (I've said over and over I think there was blame on both sides in all likelihood). I just don't like the bunker mentality, we don't ever talk about what we do approach
Arkansas can beat us in baseball and basketball.
As long as Mizzou wins in football, then Mizzou is winning overall.
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The difference is that fans watch the bowl games. That’s why otherwise meaningless bowl games exist.
Fans don’t watch the NIT. It’s always been one of the dumbest things in all of sports.
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The true Mizzou tradition. And it's more than sad.
ONLY when Mizzou has SEC-level leadership above the head coaching level, will we compete in the SEC. It starts at the top.
I appreciate the "thoughts" ...I guess my remark was too general? I don't like the way NCAA sports are heading and your article was pretty bleak. IMO. I believe it all aligns with my thoughts ...considerably. I doubt I watch much of the men's tournament. I've been a bb homer for a long time. We are so removed from it all this year and the last many years (with last year as an outlier) its hard to find interest and With the WBB as it is it all feels like piling on.
Obviously I am a Missouri Wbb honk and As of today ...this? Is a mess.. Not sure how much more
I can take. I will be watching that tournament.
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