Mizzou Links, 2-5-09

by Bill C. on Feb 5, 2009 5:54 AM CST in News

Wow. I didn't see this one coming. Mizzou has now lost at Lincoln and Manhattan, won at Stillwater and Austin. We live in a strange world...but one thing is for certain about this world: in it, Mizzou's got a pretty damn solid basketball team. What a nice win. This erases the sting of the 2002 loss to Texas that ESPN Classic apparently showed yesterday. Not the 2004 game...no way. But definitely 2002. And how freaking clutch was that Zaire Taylor and-one...seriously. Links!

Mutigers.com: Tigers Tip #16 Texas
The Missourian: Taylor's shot sinks Longhorns
Post-Dispatch: Tiger drive is decisive
KC Star: Missouri upsets Texas in a down-to-the-wire game
Austin American-Statesman: Texas men fall to Missouri 69-65
Dallas Morning News: Texas men keep tumbling with 69-65 loss to Missouri
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram: Missing parts hurt Texas Longhorns in loss to Missouri
Post-Dispatch: photo gallery

You know it must have been a big basketball win if Signing Day got knocked from the top of this post. That said...Signing Day links!

Mutigers.com: Football announces 2009 recruiting class
PowerMizzou: In the end, Richardson remains loyal
Post-Dispatch: Gateway Tech football standout chooses Mizzou
PowerMizzou: Richardson ends drama, signs with Mizzou
KC Star: St. Louis recruit Richardson stays loyal to Tigers
The Missourian: Top football recruit Richardson signs with MU
PowerMizzou: Chris Freeman's a Tiger
The Missourian: Missouri football team pleased with recruiting class
Dave Matter: Signing Day news and notes
PowerMizzou: Signing Day photo gallery

I'm separating this Signing Day link from the rest of the pack: PowerMizzou talked to each signee's lead recruiter for a quick quote on each player...a great read.

Ford on T.J. Moe: "T.J.'s a very impressive kid not only on the football field, but off the field. He's pretty persuasive. I love that kid. He's just a diamond. As Jack has, him and Jack have been on the phone, those two kids have been solid from the get-go, doing a lot of recruiting, talking to Sheldon and all the other guys as well. And he's a pretty special football player too. We're very, very excited about him. The one thing about him, he said, 'Coach, I'll play wherever you want me to play. I just want an opportunity to play. What's an area for me to get on the field and what can I do for the football team.' That's the kind of kid he is."

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Steckel on Marvin Foster: "Marvin is a little bit like Ziggy Hood when I recruited Ziggy. Every time I go back and see Marvin, he's five, ten pounds heavier. When I recruited Ziggy, he was 235. He left here at 300, you know. Marvin's got a head start on him because when I started recruiting Marvin he was 250. Last week, he was 260. He's coming. He's really great inside the box, great quickness off the ball. He's my little high school miniature Warren Sapp, he can come off the ball and change direction, create havoc, gets double teamed and stuff inside there. Hopefully, he'll be able to be a big Warren Sapp."

Finally, this is pretty random, but it was nice to read--it's a letter to the editor in the Trib thanking Chase Daniel for his contributions to Mizzou.

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Always love reading the opposing team's paper's article

Wow, brutal:

Texas has a lack of skill that is revealed with missed shots, poor passes and shaky dribbling. The Longhorns committed 15 turnovers, five by Mason.

Or, maybe Missouri is just really that good on D. That’s nice to say, isn’t it?

And, because I’m really only 12 years old:

“Damion fumbled a lot of balls,” Barnes said.

"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground, before I recognize Missourah!"
-Abraham "Grandpa" Simpson

by Andy--01 on Feb 5, 2009 8:51 AM CST reply actions

A quick word on another recruit you may/may not have heard of.

Donovan Bonner is a 6-2, 230-pound defensive back from Dallas Lincoln High School. He’s a hard-hitting safety who can absolutely go.

Lincoln finished with a ho-hum 6-5 record in 2008, but that is largely due to the fact that the Tigers forfeited their first four games for using an ineligible player. The scores from the actual games (as opposed to the 2-0 losses they were given in the first four games):

Lincoln 47, Roosevelt 0
Lincoln 43, A. Maceo Smith 0
Lincoln 12, Madison 0 (including Bonner’s game-sealing 85-yard INT return for TD)
Lincoln 30, Hillcrest 7
Lincoln 37, Samuell 6
Lincoln 60, Thomas Jefferson 0
Lincoln 44, Conrad 0 (including Bonner’s 39-yard INT return for TD)
Lincoln 38, Bryan Adams 0
Lincoln 39, Woodrow Wilson 0
Lincoln 26, South Oak Cliff 0
Denison 42, Lincoln 13 (Denison was one of the best offenses in the state, averaging 44.6 points per game)

Now, people familiar with Texas HS football can attest that the teams that Lincoln was beating were not world-beaters; Dallas ISD is notoriously defense-heavy.

But considering Mizzou just got a commitment from a major cog on a team that gave up 13 points in 10 games? Yeah, I’d say he’s got a future.

My 2009 New Years Resolution: Quit feeding the trolls.

by ghtd36 on Feb 5, 2009 9:31 AM CST reply actions

I can't IMAGINE he stays at DB...

…but I like the thought of an eventually 235-pound LB with a strong safety mindset…

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by Bill C. on Feb 5, 2009 9:46 AM CST up reply actions

He and Zaviar Gooden

Can form Mizzou’s “all-hybrid” team

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by RPT on Feb 5, 2009 9:58 AM CST up reply actions

For some reason, whenever I hear the word "hybrid", in any context...

…I think of the Terminator.

My 2009 New Years Resolution: Quit feeding the trolls.

by ghtd36 on Feb 5, 2009 10:00 AM CST up reply actions

Really? Because I think of this:

Good for you. Thaaaanks!

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by RPT on Feb 5, 2009 10:03 AM CST up reply actions

One thing on big Sheldon

I know we’re staunchly pro-shotgun, but have we ever considered using Sheldon as an H-back?

Develop a two-back Shotgun set, and use Sheldon as a lead blocker. Implement a traditional goalline formation and let him play the H, serve as a blocker, flare out on a playaction, or even motion out to the flank. This way, his thirst for playing offense is quenched by still effectively hedging the number of plays he sees thanks to the likely conservative use of these two formations.

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by RPT on Feb 5, 2009 10:43 AM CST reply actions