The Mizzou perspective.

Wow, what a fool am I ... I've amended my post! Eesh!!!

No harm done. I'm glad that you mentioned the 2001 game. That game was so out of the blue that it's nice to know I didn't hallucinate it.

Thanks for the link. Obviously the big boys in the Big 12 will always be the big boys money-wise, but I think teams like Mizzou and Iowa State would be open to moving elsewhere for the same reason that Arkansas bolted from the SWC to the SEC (well, aside from the fact that it's the SEC)--not only does Texas have the money, but you really do end up feeling like they get preferential treatment after a while. That probably comes across as a whiny thing to say, but I think the preferential treatment, combined with the inferior football TV package (Mizzou used to get on TV 3-4 times a year while every Indiana game was on an ESPN affiliate...makes you a bit jealous...it's improved now, but it's still far below what the Big Ten has), makes your eye wander a bit. So if you can improve your exposure, get more TV revenue, and move to a more respected academic conference, you have to take it seriously.

And according to College Blitz (which I had admittedly not heard of until I read this article), there's an offer on the table. I highly doubt that's true, but it's not out of the realm of possiblity to think that there's some flirtation going on...