[Magdalen] Football Question - No Anglican Content.

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Wed Oct 29 22:18:34 UTC 2014


We in Tennessee (I was there then) were okay with Missouri joining the SEC,
but were definitely NOT OKAY with Texas A&M! Still are not. Put them back
where they came from!

Grumpily,
Jay

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> It sure isn't geographical or institution rated.  U of Missouri-Columbia,
> left the Big 8 and joined the SEC.  This surprised lots of folks because
> academically and geographically MU is more of a Big 10 team...and,
> personally, I'd love to take a drive to Columbia to see MU play my Golden
> Gophers.  SKI-U-MAH!
>
> +++
> Grace & peace,
> jon
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > Why is it that there has been long-term domination of USA football
> > standings by teams of the South Eastern Conference (SEC)?  For  example,
> > four of the six top Class 1 football teams in the USA are from that
> > conference
> > currently.
> >
> > Is it that they provide better benefits, or that they have better
> > recruiters,
> > or that the academic standards are lower for maintenance of student
> > status?  Or is it none of these things, and just happenstance?
> >
> > Or is the reason simply not definable?
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
> >
> >
>


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