Mizzou Links, 11-6-09

Do be sure to check out the latest step in the Joe Davis Fail Project...I'd say it's funny, but it's every bit as pathetic as funny...

Mizzou-Baylor Links

• PowerMizzou: Bears Insider: Five Questions for Saturday
• Mizzou Athletics (via Facebook): I thought the Baylor game wasn't on TV?

  So FSN will piece together a game’s worth of highlights, cut down to an hour’s length, via the camera angles that are being fed to the instant-replay booth. Audio will be supplied by the Tiger Radio Network, so you hard-cord Tiger fans won’t have to turn down the volume – you’ll have the dulcet tones of Mike, Chris and Coach on your TV.
  
  The Mizzou/Baylor replay of "Big 12 No-Huddle" will show on these FSN affiliates (all times local):
  
  Tuesday, Nov. 10

  • FS Southwest (Noon)
  • FS Midwest (1 p.m.)

  Wednesday, Nov. 11

  • FS Midwest (9 p.m.)

  Thursday, Nov. 12

  • FS Southwest (Noon)

• Waco Tribune: Former Marlin star finally shining at Missouri

  "He’s an extremely talented guy," Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert said. "Somehow Danario always finds a way to get open. And whenever he’s open I try to get him the ball, because really on any play he can take it to the house."

  Like most college coaches, Baylor coach Art Briles took notice of Alexander in the midst of recruiting his more heralded high school teammate at Marlin, quarterback Jeremy Sanders. Yet even somewhat overshadowed, Alexander’s future appeared blindingly bright.

  "He’s a big, agile kid that runs a little bit better than you think he does," Briles said. "He’s tough with the football, he’s got great hands and he’s a big target. Whatever he’s doing, it doesn’t surprise me at all."

• Waco Tribune: John Werner's College Predictions: Another road loss for Baylor
• Waco Tribune: How they match up
• Palestra.net: Mizzou Looks to Start November Hot

Other Mizzou Football Links

• MUtigers.com: Two Football Tigers Earn Academic All-District Honors
• PowerMizzou: Two-back set opens up the offense
• Post-Dispatch: Missouri's Derrick Washington frustrated at 99 yards
• Inside Missouri Football: Big Hits vs. Colorado

Big 12 Links

• Topeka Capital-Journal: KU player battling lymphoma
• KC Star (Campus Corner): Big 12 Bowl Lineup Stinks
• Dallas Morning News: Dez Bryant's final appeal rejected by NCAA
• EDSBS: Colorado Fans Don the Color of Rage: Powder Blue
  The Ralphie Report: Thursday Buff Bits - Former Buff Players Voicing Displeasure
• Topeka Capital-Journal: Can K-State keep pace with KU, MU?
  KC Star: Snyder's system still works at Kansas State
• Crimson And Cream Machine: Is Landry Jones the Best Quarterback in the Big 12?

BASKETBALL!!

• The Trib (Steve Walentik): What to Watch for: Truman State

  By no means will the minutes in Friday night's game be split up the same way they will be when the regular season begins or, more importantly, when the Tigers first find themselves in a tight ballgame. But we should get a glimpse at Mike Anderson's substitution patterns. I'm expecting forwards Keith Ramsey and Justin Safford and swingman Kim English to join senior guards J.T. Tiller and Zaire Taylor in the starting lineup. Safford seems the most likely choice to take DeMarre Carroll's spot at the top of the press, so that Ramsey, the team's top shot-blocker last season, can man the back end and defend the rim. If that's indeed the lineup, then sophomores Laurence Bowers and Marcus Denmon figure to be the first men off the bench in the frontcourt and backcourt, respectively. But what happens after that?

• The Trib (Steve Walentik): Tigers picked 14th nationally in ESPN the Magazine
• We Are Mizzou: Laurence Bowers Strives on the Court and in the Classroom
  

Other Mizzou Links

• MU Volleyball
  MUtigers.com: Volleyball Hosts No. 2 Texas Saturday
  

Other

• Joe Posnanski: The Yankees Payroll
• Huffington Post: Dancing Dog Can Salsa Way Better Than You Can

That's right, a Posnanski rant on the Yankees' payroll, and video of a salsa-dancing dog. That's how I roll. Posnanski's rant really is worth your time. He points out that it is passe to complain about the Yankees' payroll at this point, that everybody has Yankees fatigue, but that the discrepancy is simply getting bigger ("The Boston Red Sox spend $50 million more than the Kansas City Royals? Who cares? The Yankees spend $80 million more than the Boston Red Sox.").

Oh yeah, and...