New Commit!

Well, the commits continue to trickle in.  Everybody welcome the latest Missouri commitment, Copperas Cove (TX) linebacker Brandon Durant!  Durant (6'1, 205) was a UTEP commit and fits the "complete darkhorse from Texas who was once committed to a CUSA school" role that strangely seems to thrive at Mizzou (hello, SPOOOOOOON).  He is the 14th known commitment -- unless some people quit the team, we're probably looking at no more than 3-4 more spots.  And it's early November.

Mizzou-Texas Tech Links

• The Trib (Dave Matter): Writer's Block: Texas Tech
• KC Star: Offensively and defensively, Mizzou turns the page
• KBIA Sports Extra: VIDEO: Gary Pinkel discusses how his team will respond to a loss
• Dallas Morning News: Missouri at Texas Tech: What you need to know
• Dallas Morning News: Tommy Tuberville won't alert public to whether Taylor Potts or Steven Sheffield starts at QB
• Dallas Morning News: Baron Batch defends coaches, players and team
• College Football Talk: Texas Tech playing the guessing game at the QB position
• PowerMizzou: Scouting Texas Tech
• PowerMizzou: Tiger Mailbag

Other Mizzou Football Links

• Post-Dispatch: Blood clot nearly ended football career of Andrew Gachkar (A good story, even if everybody else wrote about this a year ago)
• Dallas Morning News: Henry Josey, another Texas recruit, making a big impact early for Mizzou
• MUtigers.com Blog: Tigers Near the Goal Line (SID Chad Moller takes on the topic du jour)
• KC Star (Varsity): Corbin Berkstresser and Lee's Summit thumps Nixa
  

Big 12 Links

• Baylor at Oklahoma State
  SB Nation: No. 19 Oklahoma State Vs. No. 22 Baylor
  Daily Oklahoman: OSU, Baylor deserve to get paid like the big boys

  Under the conference's revenue-distribution system, teams are rewarded for TV appearances. Including this weekend's games which are headlined by Baylor at OSU in a showdown for South Division supremacy, the Cowboys rank seventh in TV revenue while the Bears are tied for last.

  The team in first place?

  Texas with $2,725,000.

  OSU and Baylor together haven't earned that much so far this season.

  How is that fair? I'm all for profit-sharing that rewards teams, but where is the just reward for OSU and Baylor? They have scratched and clawed for years. They have improved their programs and upgraded their talent. They have become November contenders.

  But when it comes to TV revenue, they still find themselves at the bottom.

  It's a flaw in the system, a hitch that is hurting teams that deserve better.

  THANK you, somebody, for writing this.  This is the problem with unequal distribution.  It's not a reward for success, it's a reward for institutionalized success and program prowess.  If Texas went 6-6 for four straight seasons (call me crazy, but, uh, that probably won't happen), they would still be among the top two or three in television revenue, not because they are earning it in the present tense, but because they are Texas.  That's why you just distribute the money equally and call it a day.
  
• Oklahoma at Texas A&M
  Dallas Morning News: Oklahoma at A&M: What you need to know
  Dallas Morning News: Ryan Broyles had role model as OU's go-to-receiver
  Crimson & Cream Machine: Ryan Broyles - Is It Possible To Have A Breakout Season When You've Been Spectacular For Two Years Already?
• Nebraska at Iowa State
  Lincoln Journal-Star: Three keys vs. Iowa State (I'll give you one guess what Key #1 is)
  Omaha World-Herald: Cyclone running back shown improvement lately
  
• Texas at Kansas State
  Dallas Morning News: Texas at Kansas State: What you need to know
  Dallas Morning News: Bill Snyder: 'Texas is better than its record'
  KC Star: Carson Coffman is architect of his fate
  Austin American-Statesman: Even Mack Brown isn't immune to the dreaded down year
• Colorado at Kansas
  Rock Chalk Talk: Colorado v. Kansas Q&A With The Ralphie Report
  Ralphie Report: Colorado v. Kansas Q&A, Discussion With Rock Chalk Talk
  Topeka Capital-Journal: KU trying to ruin seasons
  Topeka Capital-Journal: KU should stay conservative
  

BASKETBALL!!!!1!

• The Trib (Steve Walentik): What to watch for: Harris-Stowe State
• The Missourian: Missouri faces St. Louis team in exhibition game
• KC Star: Anticipation powers MU hoopsters
• KBIA Sports Extra: Mizzou Basketball Player Preview: Ricardo Ratliffe
  KBIA Sports Extra: Mizzou Basketball Player Preview: Justin Safford
• KC Star: Hoops may get outranked by football across the nation, but it is tops in KC
  ESPN.com CBB Blog: Kansas City: Basketball mecca?
• SatelliteTV-news.com: ESPN Announces 2010 Men's College Basketball Commentator Team
• Basketball Prospectus: It's Out! College Basketball Prospectus 2010-11!

Other Mizzou Links

• Mizzou Volleyball
  MUtigers.com: Tigers Take Win Streak to Iowa State
  MUtigers.com: Volleyball Sets 4 p.m. Start For Texas
• Mizzou Wrestling
  MUtigers.com: Thursdays with Todd (Schavrien)