RPT's Third Annual Thanksgiving Special
by RPT on Nov 25, 2010 10:07 AM CST
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PrintIt's unequivocally my favorite holiday of the year, and it's one where I'd like to take this opportunity to wish every single RMN reader a happy, healthy and prosperous Thanksgiving. In the spirit of giving thanks and in keeping with a tradition I started two years ago, here's a list of things I'm thankful for, dating back to last Thanksgiving.
In the last year, I've been thankful for...
... the first day after last Thanksgiving, and the foot of one Mr. Ressel.
... Mizzou annihilating Oregon at Mizzou Arena.
... the Christmas spirit, because losing to Oral Roberts might have been a lot harder to take without Christmas cheer.
... "Merry Christmas, Mizzou!" -- Kim English after the Braggin' Rights losing streak came to an end.
... Bill C. compiling the worst moments of the decade, because we'd all missed having Kerry Meier and Ricky Clemons in our lives SO much.
... Goode Co. Barbeque in Houston for saving my trip to Houston for the Texas Bowl. I'm less thankful for the haters who found a rallying cry they still cling to this day.
... a BCI advantage of THIRTEEN TIMES more than Georgia.
... having the All-Season Team as an excuse to compile Danario Alexander's season into one post.
... the Big 12 conference opener at The Woodchipper, including Laurence Bowers' ultimate Party Starter.
... the Top Ten moments of the decade.
... winning in Lubbock! (Remember that?)
... hating Cade Freaking Davis.
... Bill and I starting the Walkthrough series on Jan. 19, as if we could somehow shorten the offseason by doing so.
... Norm's 75th birthday!
... Miguel Paul's coming out (and going away) party.
... RMN's good humor, because otherwise Mizzou's loss at Allen Fieldhouse would have been just unseemly.
... Fran Fraschilla calling Mizzou's win against Oklahoma State, and the drinking game that ensued.
... a gut-wrenching post from Bill.
... the fact that at least we saw an awesome dunk from Ray Turner during the Worst. 13 Minutes. Ever.
... swarmswarmswarmswarmswarmswarmswarmswarmswarm against Texas and Mike Anderson's subsequent undressing.
... everyone coming out of Manhattan alive in one of the most physical games of basketball I've ever seen.
... Greg's plea for reason.
... having an NCAA Tournament bid locked down prior to losing to Nebraska in Kansas City.
... Bill's manifest to Taylor, Tiller and Ramsey.
... Better Know An Opponent: Clemson.
... Better Outscore An Opponent: Clemson.
... RMN's 1,000,000th site visit, which we've nearly DOUBLED in nine months from the previous 2.5 years. Seriously, thanks everybody.
... Max Askren's national championship.
... The Rafters!
... style doppelgangers.
... Mike vs. Nolan.
... April's Fools Day.
... new blood for Mizzou women's basketball.
... Mizzou surviving Jimmy Sexton's world and keeping us from the reality of a Double Down'd Mike Anderson coaching at Oregon.
... your assistance in creating the Rock M Nation Guide to Columbia
... KOMU exploding our web traffic by making us refute their story that MU to the Big Ten was a "done deal." To this point, no correction has been issued.
... the short-lived Rock M Book Club. Hey Bill, remember that?
... choosing your own conference expansion adventure.
... #TremendousStubble and #EarleywineFacts
... Another WCWS appearance under Sir Stubble, thanks in part to an unheralded ace.
... The entire MIZZOUEXPANSIONAPALOOZA™ 2010 crisis, which comprise FAR too many posts for me to link.
... the two specific posts I do remember from that time: Mizzou Didn't Start the Fire and Haters Gonna Hate.
... Coach Stubble joining us on the Fastest 40 Minutes in Podcasting and breaking the news about Nottleman's injury.
... EA Sports sponsoring the Where I Come From series, which inspired fans to share their stories of fandom.
... programming schedules for ZOU-TV.
... the release of the 2010 Missouri Football Preview magazine, of which Bill and I are still EXTREMELY proud. Seriously, a huge, huge thank you to everyone who purchased it and made the debut issue a tremendous success.
... Bill determining that the 1962 team was the best team ever. Um, WHUT?
... the cathartic cleansing of the RMN karma after the Derrick Washington incident and one of my favorite underappreciated Photoshops.
... the return of DISRESPECT!!!
... completing the four-year sweep of Illinois.
... Henry Josey still running untouched against McNeese State.
... TJ ................ Moe! (Oh yeah, and Jerrell Jackson too.)
... the debut of the diary format when Mizzou sent Colorado westward with a two-game scoreless streak in Columbia.
... Mizzou's inferior talent managing to somehow squeak by Texas A&M, 30-9, by the skin of its teeth.
... DISRESPECT and Jackwagon Q. Dumbface.
... perhaps the greatest weekend of my young life. Mizzou shows up to GameDay in record fashion. A completely stocked RMN tailgate. Gahn McGaffie running back the opening kick (the only time I've EVER felt challenged by the "working press must appear neutral" rules). Jerrell Jackson bouncing off defenders. Blaine Gabbert turning it on in the second half. James Franklin improbably crossing the plane. Getting bear hugs from my friends on the field as I tried to snap photos. The swarm of people outside Harpo's. It was all just perfect.
... surviving a less-than-perfect weekend a week later.
... Mike Anderson as the Beer Shelf.
... I-70 Basketball turning into one of the hottest regions of basketball in the country.
... Samsung and ESPN3 for making the Video Breakdown series possible.
... a final Faurot Field win for Mizzou's winningest senior class.
... the chance to share another year of Missouri athletics with this community.
Happy thanksgiving from me to everyone at RMN! Let us feast!
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Max Askren's national championship.
I’ve been told by many people in the know (ie Kansas and Nebraska fans) that Askren’s NC doesn’t count, so I guess that means we still suck.
Anyway, I’m thankful for Bo Pelini’s cardiologist, because that man must be doing some amazing work.
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
I am thankful for Family, health, employment, and the throbbing ball of hate in my gut that will burst forth on Saturday at 11:30AM in the press box at Arrowhead.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
I'm especially thankful for this site
and the guys who have made it the best spot on the web for Mizzou analysis. Today is a time to truly realize how lucky we are to get such quality and quantity from guys like Bill, Ross, Atch, Beef, Greg, and ZouDave. I can say without exaggeration that you’ve built probably the best college sports blog around, and have carefully preserved a pitch-perfect tone that is perpetuated by the commenters.
Cheers, guys. You deserve all the recognition and praise you get for this place.
"I'm a genius, but I'm a misunderstood genius."
"What's misunderstood about you?"
"Nobody thinks I'm a genius."
by Transmogrified Tiger on Nov 25, 2010 9:20 AM CST reply actions
I'm thankful to be listed ahead of Beef.
by Michael Atchison on Nov 25, 2010 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
I'm thankful to be listed.
That’s the end of my sentence.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
by ghtd36 on Nov 25, 2010 12:53 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Great stuff.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. Just curious, does anyone know if the Mizzou basketball team has Thanksgiving in Cancun? Or will they be traveling back to Como?
Back on the scene, crispy and clean.
I think the radio said they were flying to St. Louis
and eating there before coming back to CoMO
Great moments are born from great opportunity.
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Thank's RPT
This is my favorite post of the year as we get to relive another great year in Mizzou Sports
Great moments are born from great opportunity.
Follow me on Twitter @muwxman
by muwxman on Nov 25, 2010 10:15 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Happy Thankgiving to all of RMN
It’s been a difficult year after splitting w/ my wife of 10 years. I’ve been in NC for 12 years now and the pull of moving back to MO has been very alluring. I grew up on Mizzou and it isn’t easy living in the heart of ACC country. You guys provide me with the proper fix every single day. Nothing like rereading some of the live threads to bring an immediate smile to my face. Not certain you guys have any idea how much of an absolute fantastic site you have. Thanks and keep up the great work. Safe travels to one and all.
Respect and honor your opponent, unless that opponent is a fictional bird. In which case you hit him until he falls, kick him until dead and burn the remains.
Ahh, Rock M Book Club...
…thank MIZZOUEXPANSIONAPALOOZA™ (followed quickly by FINISHING2010MISSOURIFOOTBALLPREVIEWPALOOZA™) for that false start. I really had the best intentions on that one. And then suddenly, it was late-August.
Have you bought your 2010 Missouri Football Preview yet??
Rock M Nation
I'm on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/billconnelly1
I wanted to write a sports book review
But I wasn’t sure which book to write about, and then… like you said, suddenly it was August.
Elke ware zoon, zo blij van harte / Hemels boven ons zijn blauw / Er is een geest zo diep binnen ons / Oud Missouri dit is voor jou / Wanneer de band het Tijger oorlogslied speelt / En wanneer de strijd over is / We zullen stampen, stampen, stampen, rond de kolommen / Met een kreet voor oud Mizzou!
by Dutch Missourian on Nov 25, 2010 3:36 PM CST up reply actions
Thank you to RMN
It’s been a great time to be a Tiger!
by tigers and chiefs fan on Nov 25, 2010 11:09 AM CST reply actions
Thanks To RMN and SB Nation
As a Tiger fan/alum in Texas, this site helps bring all Mizzou information to me in one place. I can’t imagine all the things I would miss out on if it weren’t for RMN and SB Nation bringing it all together.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Thanks to the editors, authors, and contributors to this site. Hopefully a year from today we’re reading about another great year at ol’ Mizzou.
He hit it good. He hit it good.
happy Thanksgiving and God Bless to all reading this.
Thanks to everyone who makes this site possible. I love it, and tell all my Mizzou buddies about it. Its awesome!
by MizzouTC on Nov 25, 2010 11:22 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Here's a video from Mizzou Football to you
This http://www.youtube.com/user/WeAreMizzouFootball#p/u/1/kinB1WZqCsA
You've never heard of RockMNation then you must not be a real fan.
by bigtexas@mizzou on Nov 25, 2010 11:41 AM CST reply actions
Heh
I of course had to go back and torture myself by reading the gut-wrenching post about Jeff. Nothing like reading that on Thanksgiving to put my world in perspective again.
Then I read through the comments and saw this: http://www.rockmnation.com/2010/1/31/1285143/remembering-jeffrey-a-year-later#30034410
I had totally forgotten about this. It’s not a terrible nickname, honestly. A lot of people still can’t believe that our defense is real. It totally works.
I am thankful for such reliable sources
To provide this community with the upmost insde information
Annoying You Since 1986
by MUTIGERS86 on Nov 25, 2010 11:56 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Thanks RPT . . . and Bill . . .
. . . and Greg, and Beef, and ZouDave (and his sister), and Atch, and everyone else on the Roundtable who I may have missed. You all have truly put together a quality, entertaining site that satisfies my Mizzou longings without having to shop around.
Thanks also to the families of these who give of their time to keep us informed and entertained.
And one enourmous THANK YOU to all the contributors of RockMNation for the diversity of opinion and commentary which keep this site ALIVE.
Go Mizzou!
I'm thankful that i found Rock M Nation
and registered. Far and away the greatest (read:most sarcastic) internet community ever. Great humility, sarcasm, and even a Shakespeare reference once in a while (English majors love that [No, i don’t mean the pizza place…])
I'm thankful that everyone continues to put up with me.
Happy Thanksgiving, RMN.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
by ghtd36 on Nov 25, 2010 12:49 PM CST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Happy Thanksgiving
I’m thankful for God who is giving our basketball squad just a little leeway to get by
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY!!!
Elke ware zoon, zo blij van harte / Hemels boven ons zijn blauw / Er is een geest zo diep binnen ons / Oud Missouri dit is voor jou / Wanneer de band het Tijger oorlogslied speelt / En wanneer de strijd over is / We zullen stampen, stampen, stampen, rond de kolommen / Met een kreet voor oud Mizzou!
by Dutch Missourian on Nov 25, 2010 3:37 PM CST reply actions
I'm thankful
that the Mizzou athletic department is stable, profitable and successful. When you look at some of the crap that goes on at other schools, like the UNC situation or the Cam Newton affair or the Kansas ticket scandal or the Raging Pelini Brothers, you come to appreciate the fact that not only are the coaches and staff good at what they do but they also buy into the idea that Mizzou is a family and that their actions reflect on the entire family. Coach Pinkel, Coach Anderson, Coach Earlywine, the Kreklows, all of the other coaches, the compliance department, and AD Aldin all understand that as important as winning is at a Division I school, that conducting themselves with integrity is just as important. We may not have the national championships that some of those other schools have, but what we do have is more valuable than any trophy.
Now get us some trophies.
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
Happy Thanksgiving Rock M Nation
I'm tell ya like the bath tub told the toilet stool, " I get as much ass as you but I don't have to take all that shit!"
-Dolemite
I'm thankful
that now matter where I am in the country (or world) I’ve got people I can talk Missouri sports with. And at the same time, discuss the details of neural mapping the brain.
Finds MvP RoC to be a stellar individual
Texas up 7 on A&M
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
Impromptu UT-A&M live thread?
Texas has gotten very good at wetting the bed this year…. they pull to within 3 (17-14), then allow A&M to return the ensuing kickoff past midfield. First snap: Cyrus Gray 47yd TD.
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
That was an ugly game
On the plus side, it improves our SOS.
On the minus side, it increases the chances of getting passed by A&M for bowl consideration.
On the plus side, the Texas Schadenfreude Tour continues.
On the minus side, we don’t get to play them.
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
Happy Thanksgiving!
I was reading some of the greatest moments of the 00s and was talking to my dad…it turns out I was at the Fire Code game in 2001. I don’t remember any of it, other than the fact that I went.
"Blaine Gabbert sucks at life, bring in little gabbert, he will do better."
-Girl behind me at a game
Brad Smith with a nice TD run for the Jets tonight too.
broadcasters were bragging abou the Jets blocking but really all they did was get in defenders way cause Brad is so fast that’s all he needed.
This truly is THE top college blog on SBN
and its thanks to you guys RPT, Bill, Beef, ghtd, Atch, and everyone else.
thanks
You don't have to come and confess, we lookin' for you, we gon' find you, we gon' find you. So you can run and tell that, Homeboy.
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