legelegel
08-02-2008, 09:18 PM
A Missouri vs. Missouri State in-state rivalry may never take place in my life time.
Shame on Mizzou is all I can say. Black as to its relation to evil is a good color for them.
The University of Missouri fought tenaciously to keep from having any competition for students in that state and that included even a name change. After 20 years of effort Southwest Missouri State University got to drop their regional tag, but at a price. This is just another reason why I don’t care for the University of Missouri one bit.
By 1985, SMSU had grown into the second-largest public university in the state, leading administrators to support a bill to change the name to Missouri State University, which eventually died in committee in the Missouri General Assembly. Further attempts throughout the 1990s and early 2000s also failed. In 2004, legislators took it upon themselves to back a new name change attempt. It was opposed by the University of Missouri System (which operates the four campuses of the University of Missouri), which feared that the name change would lead to duplication of academic programs and ongoing battles for students and state funding. In 2005 the name-change bill was passed, following a late-night compromise between University of Missouri System President Elson Floyd and then-Southwest Missouri State President John Keiser, stating that Missouri State University would not duplicate certain programs offered by the University of Missouri. The bill to rename the University finally passed the Missouri Senate (25-7). On March 1st, 2005, after more than seven hours of debate, the bill passed the Missouri House (120-35) before the Governor signed it into law. The signing took place on March 17th, 2005—the centennial anniversary of the University—at the Plaster Student Union where several student leaders and state leaders were present.At this moment I do not know how many situations there are where two in state schools have never played each other in football. Besides the two above, I believe Troy University has never played Alabama or Auburn.
I am also assuming The Ohio State University has never played Ohio University.
Thank God, the schools in Texas and Oklahoma are not afraid to play each other.
Even Gold Domers are not afraid to take a chance in losing to another team covered in Navy. But who wouldn't want to play that patsy every year?
Are there others?
Shame on Mizzou is all I can say. Black as to its relation to evil is a good color for them.
The University of Missouri fought tenaciously to keep from having any competition for students in that state and that included even a name change. After 20 years of effort Southwest Missouri State University got to drop their regional tag, but at a price. This is just another reason why I don’t care for the University of Missouri one bit.
By 1985, SMSU had grown into the second-largest public university in the state, leading administrators to support a bill to change the name to Missouri State University, which eventually died in committee in the Missouri General Assembly. Further attempts throughout the 1990s and early 2000s also failed. In 2004, legislators took it upon themselves to back a new name change attempt. It was opposed by the University of Missouri System (which operates the four campuses of the University of Missouri), which feared that the name change would lead to duplication of academic programs and ongoing battles for students and state funding. In 2005 the name-change bill was passed, following a late-night compromise between University of Missouri System President Elson Floyd and then-Southwest Missouri State President John Keiser, stating that Missouri State University would not duplicate certain programs offered by the University of Missouri. The bill to rename the University finally passed the Missouri Senate (25-7). On March 1st, 2005, after more than seven hours of debate, the bill passed the Missouri House (120-35) before the Governor signed it into law. The signing took place on March 17th, 2005—the centennial anniversary of the University—at the Plaster Student Union where several student leaders and state leaders were present.At this moment I do not know how many situations there are where two in state schools have never played each other in football. Besides the two above, I believe Troy University has never played Alabama or Auburn.
I am also assuming The Ohio State University has never played Ohio University.
Thank God, the schools in Texas and Oklahoma are not afraid to play each other.
Even Gold Domers are not afraid to take a chance in losing to another team covered in Navy. But who wouldn't want to play that patsy every year?
Are there others?