Mizzou Links, 12-31-09
...a.k.a. New Year's Eve...a.k.a. game day...a.k.a. Mike Leach Day...a.k.a. Happy Birthday, Mom!
Perfect storm for an absolute boatload of links, what with the Texas Bowl, the win over UMKC, and the weird drama that has become the Mike Leach saga...have a seat, this is going to take a while...
Texas Bowl
- The Trib: Order from chaos: On cusp of history
The Trib: Ricky Dobbs turning doubters into believers
The Trib: Navy fans know how to show for bowls
The Trib: Behind the Stripes Webcast: Episode 18 - The Missourian: 10 things you didn't know about Navy
The Missourian: Texas Bowl is a homecoming for several Missouri football players
The Missourian: Navy QB Ricky Dobbs sets example for a team of leaders
The Missourian: Overnight ride takes Missouri band to Texas Bowl - KC Star: Texas Bowl means everything to Missouri
- Post-Dispatch: Texas Bowl is big for Mizzou
Post-Dispatch (Tiger Tracker): Texas Bowl helps MU recruiting in Houston
Post-Dispatch (Tiger Tracker): Reliant Stadium roof likely open for Texas Bowl - Houston Chronicle: 'D' hopes to steal thunder from offenses at Texas Bowl
- Annapolis Capital: Mids, Missouri defensive about matchup
- SI.com: Missouri Tigers, Navy Midshipmen to battle in Texas Bowl
- Washington Post: TEXAS BOWL | Navy vs. Missouri
- Palestra.net: Mizzou Seniors Playing Close to Home
Other Mizzou Football Links
- PowerMizzou: Powered Up: Blaine Gabbert leads the way back
The Leach Story Just Keeps Getting Weirder
- Dr. Saturday: Texas Tech fires Mike Leach, but the fight is only beginning
Dr. Saturday: Postmortem: Unraveling the many webs of Mike Leach, fired coach - Smart Football: Mike Leach fired "for cause"
- CBS Sports (Dennis Dodd): E-mails in support of Mike Leach
- EDSBS: DID YOU ORDER THE CODE SHED?
- SI.com (Stewart Mandel): Firing Mike Leach will hurt Texas Tech more than it helps
- SI.com (Andy Staples): Urban Meyer, Mike Leach sagas impacting schools' recruits
- The Trib (Dave Matter): The Pirate walks the plank
- Dallas Morning News: Texas Tech went too far in its firing of Mike Leach
Dallas Morning News: Texas Tech releases statement on Mike Leach firing
Dallas Morning News: Replacing Leach won't be easy for Tech - NY Times (The Quad): Leach Speaks Out
- Double-T Nation: A Failure of Leadership
Double-T Nation: An Editorial: The Mike Leach Saga and You - Rock Chalk Talk: Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice, Fool Me Three Times?
And then, late last night, the sentiment began to shift...
- Houston Chronicle: Leach makes dumb move in the wrong era
- Dr. Saturday: Current Raiders flee from Leach's corner as Texas Tech saga heats up
- Dr. Saturday: Video: Texas Tech's Adam James whispers in a small, dark room
THEN, this came from Burnt Orange Nation, a pretty incriminating NY Times quote:
A person with direct knowledge of the tension between Leach and Texas Tech said that Craig James used his position at ESPN to lobby Texas Tech coaches for more playing time for his son.
"He called the coaches and implored them to play his son more and insinuated he would say good things about them on the air if they played his son more," said the person, who was granted anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issue. "At one point Leach said to James, ‘The next time your father leaves any of us a voice mail to that effect we’re going to play it to the entire team.’ "
...and then the quote disappeared from the article.
Other Big 12 Links
- Nebraska 33, Arizona 0
ESPN.com: Lee to Paul bomb highlights Nebraska bowl rout
Corn Nation: Nebraska Blanks Arizona 33-0 in Record-Setting Holiday Bowl Performance - Houston Chronicle: Folksy Kines retires as Aggies' defensive coordinator
- Daily Oklahoman: Andrew Luck has pins out, may play in Sun Bowl against OU (???)
- Daily Oklahoman: Former OU football player Steve 'Dr. Death' Williams dies (NOOOOOOO!)
Crimson and Cream Machine: Dr. Death Steve Williams Passes Away (click for YouTube video)
Mizzou is Better than UMKC at Basketball
- MUtigers.com: Tigers Roar Past UMKC, 91-57
MUtigers.com: box score - The Trib: Tigers survive sloppy start, rout UMKC
The Trib: MU freshman Dixon has displayed impressive confidence early in career - The Missourian: Coach's scolding propels Missouri to rout of UMKC
- KC Star: Missouri knocks off UMKC
- Post-Dispatch: MU starts slow, then gets hopping against UMKC
Other Mizzou Links
- Mizzou Volleyball
MUtigers.com: Volleyball Freshman Kate Harris to Transfer
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Please tell me you're just starting an unfounded rumor...
…and not passing along a well-rounded rumor.
Rock M Nation
Thrust nunchuk upward!
just reviving the rumors that have been circulating.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Dec 31, 2009 8:06 AM CST up reply actions
Gotcha...
…was just making sure you weren’t hinting at some insider info. :-)
Rock M Nation
Thrust nunchuk upward!
It seems like some of the teams have gone with the Pro Combat uniforms for the bowl game.
Or maybe I’m just mistaken. I would honestly love to see Mizzou in those uniforms again.
THAT looks great...love seeing that
"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever." - Anonymous
Rock M Nation
FUN!!
Missouri offensive coordinator David Yost said. "Throwing to 81 is normally good." -- via Joe Walljasper
by tigers and chiefs fan on Dec 31, 2009 11:23 AM CST up reply actions
That is so sweet
Shot gun your beers boys!!
Will Ebners Hit Parade, Pain TV; Channel 32; All the time! (PDT)
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Dec 31, 2009 12:52 PM CST up reply actions
So, according to David Briggs
Navy has outsold Mizzou 18,000 tickets to 6,000? That’s insane. I don’t know if it’s sad that the Tigers only bring 6,000 to the bowl (although it’s a lesser tier bowl game, so fewer in attendence should be expected), or if I should be impressed with the Midshipmen’s incredible support.
"Wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Bonzai
Wow.
I know this wasn’t the link intended to draw comment, but the defection of Kate Harris from the volleyball team is a huge one. The graduation of Lei Wang-Francisco meant Harris was the only returning setter.
Now, Mizzou is bringing in a HIGHLY respected setter in recruit Molly Kreklow, but starting a true freshman at your de facto QB position in the toughest conference in the country? (Yeah, I said it, Pac 10). That’s a tall task for a team that was really built to be a contender in 2010.
by RPT on Dec 31, 2009 7:08 PM CST via mobile reply actions

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