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Mizzou to SEC could be announced Monday

November 5, 2011 By

In a story first reported by Sporting News, an announcement is expected to come next week, possibly as early as Monday, that the SEC will accept the University of Missouri as the 14th member.

According to the story, Missouri will join the SEC next year. Commissioner Mike Slive would not comment. A week and a half ago MU Chancellor Brady Deaton said a decision could come within a day, a week or two weeks.

St. Louis in the World Series, a Alabama-LSU matchup this weekend and the possible negotiation of exit fees from the Big 12, could have all been factors in why the announcement took longer than expected.

 

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Nothing new on Mizzou’s move out of the Big 12

October 21, 2011 By

Following a two day Board of Curators meeting that wrapped up late Friday morning, there was no new announcement from the University of Missouri that they are leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. However, the board unanimously gave Chancellor Brady Deaton the authority to leave.

“We will be making a decision about pursuing an application to another conference, if we deem that in the best interests of the university,” said Deaton, who was joined by interim University of Missouri president Steve Owens and MU athletic director Mike Alden at the press briefing.

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TCU accepts Big 12 invite, Big East plans to expand

October 10, 2011 By

As expected, TCU voted unanimously to join  the Big 12.  Currently the conference is back up to ten, with Missouri, however we know that can all change if they receive an invite from the SEC.

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Schweich denies he filed suit against Nixon’s disaster withholdings for personal reasons, blasts Post Dispatch editorial (VIDEO)

August 30, 2011 By

Auditor Tom Schweich is blasting an editorial in the St. Louis Post Dispatch that says his lawsuit over the Governor’s budget withholdings to help Joplin rebuild is based on personal vendetta.

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Schweich says the Post ignores the media’s responsibility to present the facts clearly to the public. He quotes…

“That ‘Mr. Schweich wants the courts and public to believe his budget is more important than helping a city rebuild from one of the worst natural disasters in our state’s history…’”

“That is blatant dishonesty,” Schweich fires back. “It is corrupt, it is dishonest, it is libelous, it is false and it is a tremendous disservice to the people of Missouri who have to read junk like that when the Post Dispatch knows darn well just reading the lawsuit that is not what this lawsuit is about.”

Governor Nixon has cut about $150 million dollars from the state budget for disaster recovery. Schweich says Nixon does not have the authority to make that unilateral decision and has filed a lawsuit to stop him.

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Do Mizzou fans have faith in Haith (PODCAST)

August 19, 2011 By

Haith (l) seen with booster Nevin Shapiro at a fundraiser for Miami

While Miami deals with their own issues on a bigger level after Yahoo Sports broke the football booster scandal, Mizzou fans are talking about what this means for the Tigers basketball program and the future of new head coach Frank Haith who was pinpointed as having knowledge of an alleged payment to one of his basketball players.

Joining me is my colleague who contributes to the Missourinet, Manny Haley. We talk about how Mizzou should move forward? How Frank Haith should move forward and is it possible for Haith to remain as the Mizzou coach?

Pressbox Podcast on Haith and Mizzou basketball (20:00)

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