(07-22-2019 06:11 AM)HulaHawk Wrote:  

(07-21-2019 06:37 PM)GE and MTS Wrote:  

(07-21-2019 10:51 AM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote:  If the objective is to strengthen B1G West football, then I think Missouri has greater upside potential than Kansas. Under Gary Pinkel, Missouri was competitive in both the Big 12 and the SEC. And the new coach, Barry Odom, appears to have turned around the program, which suffered after the Missouri BLM protests.

I agree that Missouri football shows more promise than Kansas football. I assume it is like this most years, if not all, but the state of Missouri is much better for recruiting than Kansas so they have a more natural advantage which would help the Big Ten if they were added. Though I don't think it would be a big advantage, just not a negative like Kansas.

I guess the rub comes in at when you look at Kansas basketball. Are they good enough to make up the awful football? http://www.winsipedia.com/kansas/vs/missouri Winsipedia shows a clear but not dominant advantage to Missouri football. Missouri is likely the more valuable school as they were invited to the SEC while Kansas wasn't. I would rather have Kansas as Missouri doesn't have anything dominant or prestigeous the way Kansas has men's basketball. If you aren't going to be an asset in football or help land a whale (Texas, Oklahoma, etc.) then you better have something dominant to improve the conference with the most useful being men's basketball.

Can't agree there. We now have Les Miles at the helm, a new Athletic Director that seems to know what he is doing and $315 Million in donations to gut the inside of our Stadium and bring the seating up to modern standards-and increase the seating to 70,000. I believe this year you will see some drastic changes in KUs Football Program. Within 3 years I believe you will be seeing a new Stadium and a record of at least 8 wins. And Texas would take any Conference out. They belong in the SEC. I also want to adress the lie that the Legislature and Board of Regents have tied KU and Silo Tech together. That is a baldface lie made up by K-State Grads.

Kansas can build whatever size stadium they want and pump as much money in as they can while hiring whoever but until they fill their seats, win a bunch of games, regularly finish ranked, and are an asset for the conference, not a liability. Kansas needs at least a decade of great performance before anyone can say they turned a corner and are building tradition. They have such a long way to go. I am in a "believe it when I see it" situation with them.