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2007 was the exception, not the norm...

Posted on: January 15, 2025 at 14:17:46 CT
zounami MU
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Most years you want your main rivals to fail miserably.

It worked out in '07 because we beat KU. Otherwise, if we had lost, they might have reached the national title game – and won it against a very beatable Ohio State team. And that kind of monumental achievement could have realistically parlayed into a Big Ten invite.

Instead, KU is still a joke in football and none of the major conferences are interested (especially now that all the "seats" have been filled).

So of course if you KNOW in advance that your rival isn't going to win anything meaningful, you can hope/root for them to win and boost your SoS/resume.

But unfortunately, no one here has a crystal ball to see the future, so it's best/safest for them to lose as much as possible and decrease the likelihood of winning something meaningful in the post-season.
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Thank you for the resume burnishing (nm) - JDL UI - 1/15 12:01:52
     Mizzou is now a Quad 1 game for everyone - hou4mu MU - 1/15 12:29:42
          Auburn now 9-1 in quad one games. Jeesh. - HissingPrigs77 MU - 1/15 13:14:55
               They are nasty... this year's UConn (nm) - zounami MU - 1/15 13:17:01
                    UCONN's numbers weren't that good, were they?(nm) - Harvey Specter MU - 1/15 13:51:55
                         UConn was the outlier of the past 2 seasons... - zounami MU - 1/15 14:09:29
                              I didn't think UCONN's numbers were in the same realm - Harvey Specter MU - 1/15 15:13:49
     you're lucky that Grill was out in your narrow 3-point win (nm) - zounami MU - 1/15 12:21:14
          If we played tomorrow the result would be the same - JDL UI - 1/15 14:13:21
               In a seven game series it would go 7 - DevilsAdvocate KC - 1/15 16:54:05
          so Mizzou is a one man team? Those of you who don't know - Macgrantt MU - 1/15 13:29:59
               no, but Grill likely would have made a 3-point difference (nm) - zounami MU - 1/15 13:48:44
          Had 7 combined points from Robinson, Pierce, Warrick and - MIZtigerZOU MU - 1/15 12:54:19
          Good point..it may very well have been a game changer(nm) - oldtgr MU - 1/15 12:24:04
               we also had a terrible shooting night.(nm) - Harvey Specter MU - 1/15 12:27:06
                    And two horrible refs calls=4 -6 points(nm) - oldtgr MU - 1/15 12:29:38
                         it was definitely an unlucky loss (nm) - zounami MU - 1/15 13:16:25
     One hand washes the other you guys.keep it up(nm) - oldtgr MU - 1/15 12:12:40
          So true - Genco98 MU - 1/15 12:18:29
               I agree although.. when it comes down to KU.???(nm) - oldtgr MU - 1/15 12:25:57
                    Yes. If you beat them why not? It’s not like if they have - MIZtigerZOU MU - 1/15 12:55:45
                    If u look at history - Genco98 MU - 1/15 12:45:36
                         Great historical information..to be honest if we are having - oldtgr MU - 1/15 12:50:24
                              I always say for football 2007 you are a complete - Genco98 MU - 1/15 13:03:03
                                   2007 was the exception, not the norm... - zounami MU - 1/15 14:17:46
                                        ...and as I wrote that post, it occurred to me that Mizzou - zounami MU - 1/15 14:20:36
               no, not with Illinois (nm) - zounami MU - 1/15 12:22:06
                    Oh I think that is our top rival now - Genco98 MU - 1/15 12:40:20
                         without question (nm) - zounami MU - 1/15 13:07:34
                    Not with Iillin.?why? How about with KU?(nm) - oldtgr MU - 1/15 12:26:58
                         KU is too trashy, I'd rather not play them. Also, they faded - zounami MU - 1/15 13:07:26
                              That is so true, you’re always Mr. Brightside. (nm) - haeffb MU - 1/15 14:32:28




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