Mizzou Links, 11-6-08

by The Boy on Nov 6, 2008 5:57 AM CST in News Comment 15 comments

Well, I guess the big news heading into today, other than Ron Prince's "resignation", is the fact that 4-star NC WR Jheranie Boyd will be announcing his decision today. He is supposedly down to OU and Missouri, but Gabe at PowerMizzou believes NC could still be a player. Meanwhile, in this article I hear for the first time that former Sooner great Keith Jackson is his uncle. THAT's not a good thing...I was already figuring he was going to end up in Norman before I learned that...god I hate recruiting against OU...

Speaking of Gabe at PowerMizzou, he has a nice Senior Day-themed column up right now. He also writes about the greatness of Jeff Wolfert...while Dave Matter takes on Tommy Saunders...

K-State (and Ron Prince) Links!

The Missourian: Prince will leave KSU at season's end
Post-Dispatch: Missouri defense works on making third-down stops (I'd work on making fourth-down stops as well, but that's just me)
KC Star: Tigers' Daniel has plethora of receiving options
KC Star: Freeman has bridge to cross at K-State
KC Star: No progress at K-State under Prince gives another coach a chance
Topeka Capital-Journal: Prince's purple reign to end
Topeka Capital-Journal: K-State students question timing

If that's not enough Ron Prince reading for you, check out Dave Matter's take on Prince's beyond bizarre press conference from last night...good times...and naturally, Jason Whitlock chips in, saying the return of Bill Snyder would make perfect sense. Uh huh. Go right ahead.

Basketball tonight! Zaire Taylor's ready! Mike Anderson's ready to coach! Let's roll!

Finally, as you saw in Fanposts yesterday...#15 Missouri straight-up drilled #9 Texas, 3-1, in the Big 12 Soccer Tournament yesterday. They had lost 10 in a row to the Lady Horns. Mizzou will now play 7-seed Kansas, who upset #2 Texas A&M, 4-2, last night. Mizzou obliterated Kansas, 6-0, last Friday.

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Don't know aTm's deal with kU

I dont think they had lost to them in about 10 years coming into this season, but lost to them TWICE this season. Bully for us though I guess.

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by The Beef on Nov 6, 2008 6:59 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

A MU-kU semi-final game

Worked out pretty nice for us last year in football, hopefully the soccer team gets the same result.

Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #14 7-2 (3-2). Next up K-State. Chase Coffman is a god.

by nji232 on Nov 6, 2008 12:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Unless OU is available to meet in the finals...

…and I just checked—they’re not.

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Thrust nunchuk upward!

by The Boy on Nov 6, 2008 12:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Okie State is still in tho

So if we beat kU my theory of everything in the state of Oklahoma beating Mizzou will be put to the test again.

Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #14 7-2 (3-2). Next up K-State. Chase Coffman is a god.

by nji232 on Nov 6, 2008 12:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

True.

I hate that state.

(Which sucks since I was raised there.)

Rock M Nation
Thrust nunchuk upward!

by The Boy on Nov 6, 2008 2:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If only there was a state that its residents could be proud of

Oh, wait…

Pinkel for America '08
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by rptgwb on Nov 6, 2008 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Not this Texas crap again

We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats

by TB on Nov 6, 2008 5:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Says the man trying to lure Gary Patterson out of Fort Worth

Pinkel for America '08
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by rptgwb on Nov 6, 2008 8:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You can thank the state of Kansas for him...

…and I hope he goes to Manhattan, so I can throw it right in Tim Griffin’s Texas-loving face.

We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats

by TB on Nov 7, 2008 12:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I wish

you guys had streamed the presser yesterday from KSU (it might be available on 810whb.com web-site). It was hands down the most bizarre thing I’d heard not related to the Oakland Raiders. First, it was a teleconference and I thought I heard Rod Serling on the phone. Truly twilight zone-ish, and the best part is when Keitzman asks Krause if they have a plan and he acknowledges they do, and coaches are in play. He then asks him his timetable and he says “we hope to hire a coach by the end of the season”. (In 17 days?)

So that means no one that’s a head-coach now so that narrows the field, and does that include Bill Snyder, “well we’ll consult with him, and we have our candidates currently” (uh..huh)

The best part is someone asking him if the next coach has 3 years to win the North. “Well no, each situation presents a context in which things will play out”

I still don’t know what that means. Maybe you guys can ask that KSU dude who wrote here a day or so ago what his opinion was.

by JayC on Nov 6, 2008 8:54 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'll go ahead and answer that

Prince was not fired solely because he didn’t win the North in 2008. He was fired for a multitude of reasons, particularly the fact that this program is going the wrong direction in a hurry. We have something like the 108th ranked defense in the country. Our offense, led by supposedly all-world QB Josh Freeman, has a tendency to disappear (21 points against KU, 28 points against Tech).

The next coach will not be required to win the North by year three. Despite Prince’s repeated mention of not winning the North yesterday, that was not the sole reason he was fired. If you listened to Krause’s (our AD) comments, you’ll notice he talked about a lack of progression. If Prince could have shown that the team was headed in the right direction over a three-year span, no question he would have been retained. As it stands, he went 7-6 his first year, 5-7 his second, and may be headed for 4-8 this season (certainly no better than 5-7 again). By way of self-promotion, check out BOTC at 1 p.m. today for a post in which I compare Prince’s regression through almost three seasons to the progression that Gary Pinkel showed through three seasons at Mizzou.

Now you will get no argument from me that the presser yesterday was beyond bizarre. Why we even had one is beyond me. We should have had Prince and Krause release statements and left it at that.

We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats

by TB on Nov 6, 2008 9:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs