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I don't think you understand what an 800-lb gorilla is

Posted on: May 4, 2012 at 12:19:36 CT
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it's a term used to describe one that dominates all others. Texas it that in the Big 12. If you have more than one - say Alabama, Florida, and Tenn - you don't have an 800-lb gorilla in the room since neither one dominates them all.
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LOL, this is a good start for ISU, kSU & ku. - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 10:55:48
     hahaha...."Yes, Master!!"(nm) - Tiger'89 MU - 5/4 12:07:05
     RE: LOL, this is a good start for ISU, kSU & ku. - eaglecy1 ISU - 5/4 11:58:55
     It's a "midwestern conference with midwestern roots", so... - LawTiger30 MU - 5/4 11:45:36
     The Big 12 folds when Texas leaves - Sarcastro MU - 5/4 11:36:57
          It doesn't have to - SwampTiger MU - 5/4 11:39:21
               OU leaves when Texas leaves. - Sarcastro MU - 5/4 11:51:56
                    my post remains (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 5/4 12:34:39
          Which means it won't fold because they are not leaving. - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:38:43
               Big assumption on your part.(nm) - BadAsh SEC - 5/4 12:11:36
               Maybe not. But they won't hesitate to use their - The New Guy MU - 5/4 11:52:07
               It means the Big 12 has to continue giving Texas special - Sarcastro MU - 5/4 11:50:19
               You are right, the flirting with other conferences for 3 - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:41:53
                    That is the past. The situation is not the same now. - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:44:51
                         The FACT they got SHOT DOWN still changes nothing - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:46:04
                              You didn't even spell MORAN right. - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:47:24
                                   I wasnt joking or putting TB words on it - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:50:38
     800 lb gorilla scored 5 points here last year, I wasn't - alstl MU - 5/4 11:24:29
          This is what I don't get about MU fans and their..... - U2 KU - 5/4 11:42:47
               Even though you are too illiterate to articulate a coherent - alstl MU - 5/4 12:34:25
               "Gets back to being a solid bowl team" Really?(nm) - McLovin MU - 5/4 11:53:39
                    So 3-1 from 03-08 with a BCS Bowl win isn't classified.... - U2 KU - 5/4 12:08:51
                         MU has been to 8 in the same timeframe so no not even - McLovin MU - 5/4 13:23:10
                         What is a BCS bowl? - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 12:19:00
                         As a Chiefs fan, I don't bring up the great Marty years - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 12:16:46
                              Yeah like MU fans don't respond to my "No BCS" with.... - U2 KU - 5/4 12:19:05
                                   you are mother ****ing retarded - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 12:26:48
                                   Well that actually makes sense for multiple reasons. - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 12:20:59
                         No, it's not when you went to 8 bowl games in the previous - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 12:11:32
                              Still MU has no BCS appearance. Since the BCS appears.... - U2 KU - 5/4 12:16:43
                                   Do some research before spouting off. The BCS has been - Erwin Fletcher STL - 5/4 13:14:26
                                   We were in the orange bowl before you were born. - BlackFlagTiger MU - 5/4 12:20:01
                                   Holy **** that's dumb. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 12:19:32
                                   And still, finished #4 not going to a BCS Bowl. I'll take - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 12:18:25
               ku is LITERALLY the worst BCS conference football team - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:49:09
               You will NEVER get back to solid in football EVER - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:48:40
               Solid Bowl team? F*(king Gold there, pal! - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:47:17
               You can't go back to being something you never were. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 11:43:45
                    So you're saying KU doesn't dominate the conf in Basketball? - U2 KU - 5/4 11:47:21
                         Uh, are you? Read my post again, then read your post - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 11:49:07
                         I am pretty sure he was referring to the football remark. - GoMizzouTigers MU - 5/4 11:48:36
                    and they call us delusional(nm) - BlackFlagTiger MU - 5/4 11:44:58
                         By the end of next season, ku will mostly likely have - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 11:47:05
          That's 60 million from ESPN for every point scored. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 11:25:12
     Confirmation!(nm) - Doc_Nice MU - 5/4 11:16:21
          Confirmation buyist - Mizzou Lou KC - 5/4 11:19:10
               LMAO(nm) - Doc_Nice MU - 5/4 11:31:32
     As an ISU fan, I love the direction the Big 12 is going. - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:15:18
          Honestly, I doubt many here will care. What ever contract - BadAsh SEC - 5/4 11:56:41
          Of course you do. Any direction is better than oblivion. - The New Guy MU - 5/4 11:40:01
               I am only responding to posts about people on - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:43:00
          Welcome to the Big 12 East(?).. hopes u love to travel - peterman'srealitytour MU - 5/4 11:39:55
          It certainly is better than it was - Doc_Nice MU - 5/4 11:33:14
          Not every Mizzou fan thought the Big 12 would fold - JimD MU - 5/4 11:28:01
               I am not blaming Mizzou for leaving. I have not said that - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:46:41
                    MU and its fans do not like the Bevo 12 and its BS - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 12:46:45
          Wish the Big12 good luck! - jake_mu MU - 5/4 11:27:10
          No matter who the Big 12 adds, it will still be behind SEC - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:26:06
               And I care WHY? nm - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:47:53
                    ISU probably doesn't care, you are just happy to survive - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:57:08
          buyist??- thought you had good schools in Iowa nm - largetiger MU - 5/4 11:20:12
               How long have you been on Tigerboard? nm - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:21:15
                    When the B12 implodes we will be your escape goat (nm) - sasrocks MU - 5/4 11:28:10
                         For all intensive purposes you may be correct. - Nebraska99 STL - 5/4 11:42:13
                         ^^^^^^This proves you are not a moran^^^^^^^(nm) - JimD MU - 5/4 11:30:19
               it's a TB thing(nm) - high.nrg STL - 5/4 11:20:57
          Least you guys are loyal I guess. - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 11:17:38
               When you have no options, you have to be loyal - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:18:53
                    Battered Spouse Syndrome nm - Mizzou Lou KC - 5/4 11:20:01
                         Exactly - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:20:54
          I simply laugh because you're ISU - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:17:24
               I was raised a Mizzou fan. I chose ISU. - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:20:47
                    You have chosen......poorly. nm - Momaninil MU - 5/4 11:32:28
                         RE: You have chosen......poorly. nm - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:41:22
                              You are a nuisance a retarded on at that(nm) - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:49:55
                              You chose a worse school, therefore - GoMizzouTigers MU - 5/4 11:44:36
                    good for you, but you failed on choosing to be retarded(nm) - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:22:39
                         I see you succeeded on being retarded nm - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:24:21
                              You sound buyist, please try harder - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:26:07
                                   Nice comeback #sarcasm - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:36:31
                                        Get at us when the SEC schools are raking in 40-50 million - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:39:45
                                             I will come back here when FSU and Clemson join and - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:59:50
                                   rather homophobic of you(nm) - high.nrg STL - 5/4 11:30:12
                                        forgot no homo, I was using those words in ebonics(nm) - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:33:00
                    Then quit being delusional if that's your choice - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:21:38
                         I am of very sound mind. - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:23:50
                              Delusion is thinking you'll get FSU and Clemson - BlackFlagTiger MU - 5/4 11:43:39
                              NU, CU, MU and TAMU left - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:28:18
                                   You keep talking about the past. It has nothing to do - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:35:54
                                        FSU wont be BEVO's b1tch so no they wont join - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:43:57
                                        Comic relief = sheer and utter envy. You come here and when - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:38:47
                                        We keep calling? Why? Because we're on ISU's board?(nm) - AllThingsKC KC - 5/4 11:37:23
                                             he is a tard(nm) - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:44:56
                              Really don't care. Adding WVU and TCU is desperation - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:28:03
                                   You have posted an awful lot in this thread for someone - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:38:12
                                        You have not got FSU and NEVER will, stop - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:52:31
                                        You call us delusional but you are the ones - BlackFlagTiger MU - 5/4 11:50:20
                                        You haven't added FSU and Clemson. TCU is a shambles - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:41:27
          What will make me laugh is - Mizzou Lou KC - 5/4 11:17:23
          are you laughing right now this very minute?(nm) - Iam4Mizzou MU - 5/4 11:16:41
               Why, yes I am. nm - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:22:18
     So . . . - NCCat KSU - 5/4 10:59:38
          I don't think you understand what an 800-lb gorilla is - SatoriTiger JC - 5/4 12:19:36
          Actions vs words(nm) - Doc_Nice MU - 5/4 11:17:13
          SEC Teams - NakedLadyMudFlap UGA - 5/4 11:17:09
               But there are Bloated Burbon Breath Cow Farmers - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:19:49
                    Yeah, but they aren't running the Big 12.... - NakedLadyMudFlap UGA - 5/4 11:23:47
                         LOL more buyist thinking from the slow section - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:31:43
          The problem is that there is only one gorilla in the B12 - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:14:07
               Really . . . - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:17:35
                    Gorillas are wanted by other conferences - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:22:31
                    Congrats...sounds like you enjoy sucking bevo's cock(nm) - BlackFlagTiger MU - 5/4 11:19:42
                         Well . . . - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:21:29
                              We left the Big 12 on a 4 game winning streak against UT - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:24:12
                                   mu was - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:32:52
                                        Yayyyyy! Big trophy for KSU! - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:35:05
                                             And pretty - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:42:39
                                                  Dr. Pepper trophy doesn't mean you were the best team - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:56:24
                                                  Who said Mizzou is a gorilla? - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:51:48
                                                  what do you think will happen when snyder leaves? - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 5/4 11:46:22
                                                       The same question - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:51:37
                                                            Have you ever finished #4 in the AP? Nope! - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 12:00:30
                                                                 Maybe so . . . - NCCat KSU - 5/4 12:15:14
                                                                      Steady regression? (2) 10-win seasons and (2) 8-win - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 12:21:41
                                                                           Then . . . - NCCat KSU - 5/4 12:35:26
                                                            "mediocre/sh#tty" = not winning a conference title? - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:54:25
                                                                 Last I checked . . . - NCCat KSU - 5/4 12:18:05
                                                                      Ancient history. You're a nobody - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 12:36:42
                                                                           The - NCCat KSU - 5/4 12:41:10
                                        And Mizzou is 60-32 all-time vs your Ecokats - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:35:04
                              I believe we didn't lose to them this year. Have fun in the - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:23:05
                                   What - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:25:23
                                        You're right, the future is very bright for kSU. - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 11:30:03
                                             You seem - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:36:31
                                                  Well, said coach didn't overlook Ell raping a girl just so - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:45:13
                                                  Yes, that's it. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 11:37:58
                                             Frank Martin left for the worst SEC basketball program - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:33:26
                                        You got us this year. We got Texas this year. So? - Diamond Dave MU - 5/4 11:29:47
                              idiot(nm) - BlackFlagTiger MU - 5/4 11:22:34
                              and look where we are now....(nm) - high.nrg STL - 5/4 11:22:03
                                   Exactly . . . - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:23:54
                                        lol you are literally, right this instant getting ****ed by - high.nrg STL - 5/4 11:27:58
               Wrong. OU is also. - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:16:20
                    OU is a wallflower b#tch (nm) - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:22:05
                    OU? You mean the Great Wallflower? (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 11:21:41
                    If OU had power and influence - The New Guy MU - 5/4 11:20:11
                         The rest of the conference wanted West Virginia. - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:25:44
                              OU, SEC, ACC didn't want WVU.(nm) - AllThingsKC KC - 5/4 11:31:11
                              Nobody simply wants WVU(nm) - high.nrg STL - 5/4 11:28:49
                              UT compromised to not look like an egomaniac - NYC Tiger MU - 5/4 11:27:17
               RE: The problem is that there is only one gorilla in the B12 - Iam4Mizzou MU - 5/4 11:16:10
          RE: So . . . - Iam4Mizzou MU - 5/4 11:13:06
          Enjoy the taste of Bevo's butt on your lips... - Tigrrrr! MU - 5/4 11:09:48
          Frank Martin.(nm) - AllThingsKC KC - 5/4 11:06:32
          SEC network/No chance of Big 12 network... - Tiger44 SEC - 5/4 11:05:59
               The "SEC Network" - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:08:25
                    It's more likely to come true than FSU and Clemson - BadAsh SEC - 5/4 12:09:35
                    Correct. - MizzouClone ISU - 5/4 11:19:00
                         Why? Do you actually think that Florida will make less than - BlackFlagTiger MU - 5/4 11:33:04
                              They just don't get it. Pointless to even argue. nm - Tiger44 SEC - 5/4 11:51:31
                    SEC network will RAIN $$$$$$$$..... - Tiger44 SEC - 5/4 11:12:49
                    SEC has a clause in the contracts to have them redone - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:12:16
                    Enjoy your games on the LHN... - Tigrrrr! MU - 5/4 11:11:02
                         I think they're up to 50 subscribers now(nm) - high.nrg STL - 5/4 11:25:29
          Those schools, with their giant budgets, still get the - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 11:04:06
          LOL. Nice strawman. - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 5/4 11:03:36
          equal revenue sharing (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 5/4 11:00:12
               There's equal revenue - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:05:20
                    Have you thanked MU for that yet? Nope, didn't - BadAsh SEC - 5/4 12:10:30
                    So Bevo is sharing their 300 million? - JimD MU - 5/4 11:15:27
                         Is Missouri - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:19:52
                    No there isn't. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 5/4 11:13:35
                    FAIL(nm) - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:12:54
                    who are those junior members you just got?(nm) - high.nrg STL - 5/4 11:07:31
                         You make - NCCat KSU - 5/4 11:10:02
                              The SEC doesn't and you can't have your - NakedLadyMudFlap UGA - 5/4 11:21:47
                              You make it sound like you're an idiot(nm) - high.nrg STL - 5/4 11:18:08
                              Inferior conferences do... - AlleyCat ARMY - 5/4 11:13:33
                              Not in the SEC biotch(nm) - tigerboardnoob MU - 5/4 11:10:50
                         LOL(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 5/4 11:07:47




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