Ready to Move Up to FBS Football

[MoValley John]

The Valley will be fine.

[ShockTalk]

In preparation for the jump to the FBS, SWMO only got doubled up at home to IN St 56-28.

But wait. SEMO only lost at IN St by 1 point this year, beat SIU, and lost at Missouri by 32 less points than SWMO lost to Arkie St. Perhaps SWMO is only the 3rd best football team in the state.

Upon further review, given that SWMO only beat DII Chadron at home by 7 and that DII NW Missouri generally dominates (4-0 so far) in that division, SWMO is may be only the 4th best team in the state.

Maybe SWMO should make sure they are clearly better than their state's other directional schools before making that FBS move.

[Shocker-maniac]

I just read this thread from start to finish, and I haven't laughed so hard in a long, long time. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!

I'm not sure this is really legal though. There must be some sort of laws against the abuse those poor SWMO ST posters went through. They were seriously thrashed.

[MoValley John]

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Should have had another white out.

Or maybe they save those for games against D-2 foes.

[MoValley John]

38-16, SIU spanks FBS program Missouri State. Missouri State got cooked!

This is as good a place as any to show my pork butt.

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[Dave Stalwart]

38-16, SIU spanks FBS program Missouri State. Missouri State got cooked!

This is as good a place as any to show my pork butt.

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I like this kind of butt too and I cannot lie

[SHOXAAC]

I like this kind of butt too and I cannot lie

I have great respect for a butt man!!!

[Aargh]

I have found the best brine EVER for any large cut of pork. The ratio is 1 cup of salt to 1 gallon of liquid.

I used a 2-liter bottle of cherry cola and 1/2 cup of pickling salt. Put a St. Louis cut rack of ribs in that overnight. The flavor was inceredible and the rib meat was the most tender I've ever had. The sweetness of the cola and the cherry flavor were just detectable - you had to know the brine to realize those were the very subtle flavors you were tasting.

I've got 2 more racks of those ribs and the stuff for the brine just waiting for my smoker right now. The St. Louis cut is from the bottom of the ribs - just above where bacon is cut from. That rib cut has more meat and less bone than other rib cuts.

[bunck]

The final ended up being 73-26 for SIU's 2nd win of the year.

[MoValley John]

I have found the best brine EVER for any large cut of pork. The ratio is 1 cup of salt to 1 gallon of liquid.

I used a 2-liter bottle of cherry cola and 1/2 cup of pickling salt. Put a St. Louis cut rack of ribs in that overnight. The flavor was inceredible and the rib meat was the most tender I've ever had. The sweetness of the cola and the cherry flavor were just detectable - you had to know the brine to realize those were the very subtle flavors you were tasting.

I've got 2 more racks of those ribs and the stuff for the brine just waiting for my smoker right now. The St. Louis cut is from the bottom of the ribs - just above where bacon is cut from. That rib cut has more meat and less bone than other rib cuts.

More precisely, a St. Louis cut is squared up and trimmed spare ribs. I do a "modified" version of a St. Louis cut, I'm greedy, so I keep more of the small ribs on the rack, plus I don't trim as much off the sides. I put the trimmings, along with bacon, in my baked beans. Beans go in the smoker the last two hours.

I haven't brined ever, but I've thought about it in the past andI'll give it a shot. I have come up with a barbecue sauce that is to die for.

[MoValley John]

I'm surprised that the Bears didn't do better. Even though it was a road game, with 5,509 in the stands, that seems close to a typical Missouri State crowd.

The Sun Belt must drooling to have the worst team in FCS join their league, right Casey?

[ShockerFever]

Paging jtaylor and Casey for pulse checks...

[LuskingforGuttin]

The Sun Belt must drooling to have the worst team in FCS join their league, right Casey?

I don't think that ALL of the SBC membership is thrilled with the prospect of MSU joining the conference, but there is still considerable support especially at Arkansas State. We need to show more of an investment in football for the rest of the conference to go along with it. And that starts with our own administration.

I've said it multiple times but I will try again since it is falling on deaf ears apparently: this is a very, very bad football team. We knew this going into the year. They will get blown out of several other games and might end up with just the one win. No real surprise there. I was hoping for 2-3 more wins by season's end, but one win isn't far from projections if that is how it shakes out. Of course the current product on the football field is not appealing to the SBC. Any chump can see it. The hope is that with the right coach, elevated fan support, and a substantial increase in $ for football that we can grow into something that would be a fit for the SBC.

[WuDrWu]

Makes sense to me.

The hope here is that with an influx of $150 million, a new taxpayer stadium, tripling both our enrollment and city population, a couple of billion in government slush money to build University buildings all combined with the total destruction of either the Manhattan or Lawrence campuses, that the Big 12 will ask WSU to join.

[MoValley John]

I don't think that ALL of the SBC membership is thrilled with the prospect of MSU joining the conference, but there is still considerable support especially at Arkansas State. We need to show more of an investment in football for the rest of the conference to go along with it. And that starts with our own administration.

I've said it multiple times but I will try again since it is falling on deaf ears apparently: this is a very, very bad football team. We knew this going into the year. They will get blown out of several other games and might end up with just the one win. No real surprise there. I was hoping for 2-3 more wins by season's end, but one win isn't far from projections if that is how it shakes out. Of course the current product on the football field is not appealing to the SBC. Any chump can see it. The hope is that with the right coach, elevated fan support, and a substantial increase in $ for football that we can grow into something that would be a fit for the SBC.

Your one win doesn't count. Period. Not with any unbiased observer and not with the NCAA. Only at Missouri State do they count games against D-2 teams as wins. Only at Missouri State do they get excited about D-2 games- to the point of having a white out.

Arkansas State plays nice with you guys because you are close, it makes political sense, and if you ever get your **** together, you might make a good travel partner. For every other team in the Sun Belt, they have bigger and better close fits to consider.

You guys are going nowhere, ever. There is a very good reason that your stadium renovation and expansion placed the band at the 50 yard line, the band traditionally takes up the cheap seats.