[Mo St by 13 over the Bills]

If SLU and Mo. State had agreed to play, then why schedule some other game?

You, sir, clearly have never worked in athletics before. Contracts are a must and if a date is set for a contract to be received and it ISN'T by that time, the team will start looking immediately for a filler game.

And I am not ignoring Majerus as all, I understand that there was a hand shake, but I asked the same question to you. There was a handshake deal for us to play three seasons ago and SLU failed to get the contract back in time.

[Mo St by 13 over the Bills]

This year the former Fourth District Normal School had Arkansas State, Central Arkansas, and Arkansas-Little Rock all on the schedule.

The alleged scheduling conflict is pretty obvious- they know SLU will have a good, veteran team next year, and they don't want to get beat.

Do you just not read other posts, or do you just ignore it and make things up on your own?

Either way, guess the 'truth' isn't needed over here.

[Mo St by 13 over the Bills]

The game isnt showing up on channelsurfing

99% of MSU's home games end up being added right around tip.

[The Missour St. Series]

Majerus said, "Our athletic director and their athletic director had an honest man's handshake to keep the series going"

Just like the "Honest man's handshake" for the game 3 years ago that didn't happen because there wasn't a signed contract for it from SLU?

Look, I love playing SLU, my sister and brother-in-law both got their degrees there and I've had many friends go there that loved the school. It's a great non-conference game and I really feel like it should be played every season. But like I said, there wasn't a contract for the game and MSU literally just cannot afford to only play 4 or 5 non-conference home games.

We had a 4 game contract with Arkansas State, that is why we have to go back down there next season.

[The Missour St. Series]

Didn't we let them skip the first year Martin was there because he knew he was going to struggle? Now they pull this. I say we forget about them and move on.

Just my thoughts

Actually, 3 years ago, SLU failed to get the contract signed on-time and MSU had to scramble to find another opponent. After that, a 2 year contract was signed, with this game tonight being the last game of that series. MSU is choosing not to renew next season because we already have 5 non-conference road games PLUS 2+ games in an exempt tourney.

Source: I used to work with the MSU athletic department.