Meh. Who are you again? Michigan? Really? Apparently, math, statistics, and history escaped core curricula emphasis at the good ol’ U of M.
But it IS nice to see that so many of your Sports Management and Communications majors have found gainful employment in the NFL.
Just a few points, and then I’ll leave you to your Glory Days memories and
Mangino Hoch-sized delusions of BTPCFB relevance…
Six conferences, eh?
…And what six conferences would those be, Steve?
History only counts
three conference affiliations for Missouri since its founding in 1839 (BTW, Mizzou was a “founding member” of all three of those conferences
): The Western Interstate University Football Association, 1890-1897; The Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, 1907-1995 (Informally known as the Big Six, Big Seven, and formally renamed the Big Eight in 1964), and the Big 12, 1996-2012. Mizzou begins participation in the SEC in August, 2012.
You are far too generous estimating our stadium capacity. Memorial Stadium (
Faurot Field for us old timers) seats 71,000 on its BEST day. Expansion is in the plans to (just) meet the needs of the SEC. Of course, a 68,000 showing isn’t bad for a school located 120 miles minimum from its two population centers of just under two million Mizzou fans that also support five major league sports teams (Detroit only has three – they haven’t had pro football for decades).
There are 4.5 million people that live within 45 miles of Ann Arbor. One-hundred twelve thousand? You bleat scoreboard for
underachieving? And it ain’t like there’s any noticeable home field advantage in that crib. Neat. You sit seven miles from the field. I'd rather watch it on TV.
As for apparel… Besides the fact that there are more gangs buying Skunk gear in the Detroit area than
people who reside in KC and St. Louis combined, you also hold the edge on living alumni: 425,000 to 262,000. Course, our alums don’t run garbage routes or clean grease traps down at the local Wendy’s for a living, so I could see where your people might skew the numbers and invest in an extra tee-or-three.
WolverineSteve wrote:Yep, we've been copying Misouri's traditions and fashions for decades, thanks for letting Michigan out of your shadow.
You’re welcome. Clearly, you have no tradition of your own. Your welcome to ours. So 1920's. We're done with it.
Ever'thing's up-to-date up there in that there Michigan...
BTW, Nobody in these parts wants to see the grace and athleticism of the brand of football played in our new conference (
and played in our old conference, for that matter) confused with the over-rated, slow, plodding, boring, retarded brand of football that you people play in yours.
You stole our “M”. We were content to share, but then you went and registered it.
How original.
What a tradition.
What a sack of dicks.
Can’t wait to see the lawsuits filed by you Losers for violating “Michigan 'Intellectual' (
Really?
) Property” against the likes of Manhattan, Marshall, Maryland, McNeese State, Memphis, and Mercer for daring to sport block M’s in their logos.
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