Mizzou Links, 12-6-10
by Bill C. on Dec 6, 2010 5:23 AM CST
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Insight, eh?
- MUtigers.com: Mizzou Accepts Bid from Insight Bowl
- KC Star: Insight bound: Pinkel urges Mizzou fans to flock to bowl
With surprising bluntness, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel explained why, when he began the reclamation project of MU football a decade ago, he and Missouri athletic director Mike Alden dropped a four-year series against Iowa set for 2005 through 2008.
"We got ‘em off the schedule because they’re good," Pinkel said. "We were building our program and that didn’t make a lot of sense to me to play such a great football program.
"I would say that was an intelligent decision."
...MU wide receiver T.J. Moe spoke with just as much boldness on how Missouri, after being passed over by the Insight last season for Iowa State, was taken by the Insight over Nebraska.
"I know a lot of times we’ve been snubbed in the bowls a little bit," Moe said.
"I know right now, Nebraska has one more loss on their record (9-3) than Missouri does. That’s good for us.
"You’ve got 10 wins in a season, I don’t think you’re too worried about what bowl you’re going to after that. You either get screwed or you don’t. It’s not up to us any more.
"I don’t know if anybody got screwed."
Nebraska fans, Moe was told, might disagree, with the Cornhuskers going to the Holiday Bowl to play Washington.
"Nebraska always thinks they got screwed," Moe shot back.
- The Trib (Dave Matter): Further Insight: Missouri vs. Iowa
Pinkel downplayed the impact the Insight Bowl would have on Missouri’s recruiting efforts against Iowa, but it’s a topic offensive coordinator/recruiting coordinator David Yost was more than happy to discuss. I’ll share more on his thoughts later this week, but the Tigers run across Iowa on the recruiting trail all the time, in St. Louis, Kansas City, the Springfield area and even down in Texas. Iowa has five players on its roster from St. Louis — including two standout starters in receiver Marvin McNutt and All-American defensive end Adrian Clayborn, whom MU recruited heavily. Missouri also recruited Iowa D-tackle Christian Ballard, a native of Lawrence, Kan. Missouri has two players who were initially committed to Iowa and changed their pledge to MU: defensive end Marcus Malbrough and tight end Matt Hoch.
- The Missourian: MU fans respond to Insight Bowl announcement
- PowerMizzou: Tigers excited for Insight, Iowa
- KBIA Sports Extra: VIDEO: Pinkel urges fans to travel to Tempe
- Post-Dispatch: Missouri will play Iowa in the Insight Bowl
- Fox Sports MW: Mizzou headed to Insight Bowl
- Black Heart Gold Pants: Iowa Hawkeyes get wish! Will play late night game in desert, not on New Year's, and against team that looks like Purdue!
Big 12 Football Links
- Big 12 Sports.com: Bowl Bonanza
- The Missourian: Eight Big 12 teams to play in bowl games
- Fiesta Bowl
Tulsa World: OU to face Connecticut in Fiesta Bowl
Daily Oklahoman: Bob Stoops, OU have an excellent chance to end their BCS drought
Daily Oklahoman: Sooner defense emerged late in the season - Cotton Bowl
Houston Chronicle: Texas A&M to face LSU in Cotton Bowl - Alamo Bowl
Tulsa World: OSU to play Arizona in Dec. 29 Alamo Bowl
Daily Oklahoman: Oklahoma State to face Arizona in Alamo Bowl
Daily Oklahoman: Oklahoma State needs to score more
Daily Oklahoman: It's first down, history to go for Oklahoma State - Holiday Bowl
Corn Nation: Nebraska To Play Washington in Holiday Bowl
Lincoln Journal-Star: Osborne: It's unusual
Dr. Saturday: 'Huskers' Big 12 farewell comes with an all-too-familiar fizzle - Pinstripe Bowl
Topeka Capital-Journal: Cats hungry for Big Apple all along - Texas Bowl
Chicago Tribune: Illinois vs. Baylor - TicketCity Bowl
Chicago Tribune: Northwestern vs. Texas Tech - Texas
Austin American-Statesman: Greg Davis: I have not resigned
Big 12 Basketball Links
- USC > Texas
ESPN.com: Nikola Vucevic has career game in front of host of scouts as USC upsets Texas
Burnt Orange Nation: USC Downs Texas 73-56
Austin American-Statesman: Trojans upend Horns behind Vucevic's 24
The Dagger: How did USC upset Texas? The Trojans did it with defense. - Arizona >>> Oklahoma
ESPN.com: Derrick Williams' 16 power Arizona St. past Oklahoma - Nebraska > Creighton
ESPN.com: Nebraska 59, Creighton 54
Other Mizzou Links
- Mizzou Wrestling
MUtigers.com: No. 16 Mizzou Outlasts Kent State, 19-15
The Missourian: Waters continues perfect start to Missouri wrestling career - Mizzou Women's Basketball
MUtigers.com: Mizzou Suffers 79-68 Loss to Northwestern
The Missourian: Lack of depth hurts Missouri in loss to Northwestern
Other
- Big Ten.org: Big Ten Statement on Expansion
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No EXPANSIONPALOOZA 2011?
OK A&M, it’s all on you now.
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
Did Beebe take away another of the sker's wins?
Down to 9-3 instead of 10-3? Telling you, it’s all a Big XII conspiracy to get them. Black helicopters man. Black helicopters.
I only wish I had a cardboard cutout of Beebe to put on the front porch of my neighbor’s house, just to scare the cr@p out of him.
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.
I
don’t think they are counting our win over the FCS team we beat (by 14). I could be wrong, but that is the way I am reading it.
We really wanted a pre-Big Ten(12) matchup with Nebraska
So this has kind of taken the wind out of our sails, or some other cliche, No disrespect, but it seems most(not all) Iowa fans just want this season to be over.
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Dec 6, 2010 8:36 AM CST up reply actions
Just make sure the team feels the same way.
I want an 11th win. :-)
by Bill C. on Dec 6, 2010 8:42 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
That's the question I think a lot of Iowa fans are asking,
Whether this team actually cares about the bowl game, because a win would certainly be a morale booster going into to the spring, but on the other end of the spectrum, I can’t even begin to think about what a loss would do to this team. It will be interesting for sure.
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Dec 6, 2010 8:48 AM CST up reply actions
They are not excited
and they all sound like a bunch of whiney bitches. Sorry, but if you want to get a better bowl, don’t go 7-5 and lose to the worst teams in your league. My in-laws are Iowa fans and it is always the same with them. Talk about complaining! Waaaaa! You freaking lost to Minnestoa!!!
+1
That site has a bizarre mixture of disappointment and overconfidence.
(1) How an unranked 7-5 football team can complain that it was passed over for better bowls, when they’re getting to play a 10-2 top-15 team is beyond my capacity to understand.
(2) There are a lot of people over there that think Iowa should whip Missouri, which is also very hard to understand. One of them suggested that Missouri was largely “untested,” which is funny since we are #7 in SOS.
(3) They’re actually several of them that think Iowa should win by 21+.
ATTENTION ROCK M NATION:
THEY ARE NOT SERIOUS. STOP TAKING EVERYTHING BHGP HAS TO SAY AT FACE VALUE. THEY ARE PERHAPS THE SNARKIEST BLOG IN SB NATION, AND YOU ARE REALLY FALLING FACE-FIRST INTO THEIR RUSE.
STOP.
"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 Dec 6, 2010 11:00 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Who are they being snarky for?????
No one Missouri posts on their site…are they performing for themselves?
YES!
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
And more importantly...
Don’t feel obligated to speak for everyone from Missouri over there and/or be offended by what they have to say.
RockMNation.com (@rockmnation)
Fighting mob mentality since 2007
by RPT on Dec 6, 2010 12:52 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Give me a break....
Do we really live in a world where I have to write “in my opinion” or “I don’t speak for all Missouri fans,” before I write something. On what basis would ANYONE ever assume that someone on the Internet — or in person for that matter — speaks for anyone but themselves.
We live in a world in which...
… people not only disagree on matters of collegiate athletics but also on what constitutes civil debate and what constitutes trolling.
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Fighting mob mentality since 2007
by RPT on Dec 6, 2010 4:17 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Don't call me post.
Damn I always mess that joke up.
Dr. Ausgiano schools me in the classroom and on the field of battle
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Dec 6, 2010 12:45 PM CST up reply actions
Well, to avoid taking things too seriously
I don’t think I’ll be going over there. It’s better to keep things in check.
I understand snark to a point, but if I have to spend time trying to suss out heavy doses of snark from actual feeling and real analysis…I think I’ll just take a pass at this time.
I don’t get why we’re playing Iowa, but I like Iowa and respect them. I hope it’ll be a good game. Now I just need to decide if I’m going to Tempe or not.
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it sounds like they are perhaps the douchiest fanbase as well, seriously some of
those posts are ridiculous
by MIZfalconAviator on Dec 6, 2010 12:37 PM CST up reply actions
Really?
Have you met any SEC fans?
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Dec 6, 2010 12:40 PM CST up reply actions
touche....but those fans dont seem to realize they are playing the #12 ranked
team in the BCS at 10-2. Mizzou has 40 wins in the last 4 years and amount of disrespect shown by Iowa is disappointing as I have a lot of respect for them.
by MIZfalconAviator on Dec 6, 2010 12:50 PM CST up reply actions
Most people probably don't realize Mizzou is ranked #12
but as you know, nobody in the midwest gets any press, and be honest, you play in the Big 12 North, so that record has to be taken with a grain of salt. Mizzou is going to be the only “North” team that will be any good in the coming years.
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Dec 6, 2010 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
You don't realize that the Iowa fan's disappointment has nothing to do with Mizzou.
They are disappointed in how the season turned out.
Then they thought they would be playing Nebraska in game that would have had a lot of people in the B10 interested.
Iowa a 1-point dog
sounds like your issues are with Vegas.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
seriously.
we’re sounding like ou conjuring up all this nonexistent disrespect
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.
Misinformed people are complaining about being "jumped"
As Iowa has benefited from this in recent years.
I haven’t read all the comments, but I doubt its a majority of people who think Iowa would win by that margin, but Iowa has been inconsistant to a point where it’s almost ridiculous. So nobody would be suprised if Iowa won by that margin, or nor would they be suprised to blow the game in the last four minutes of the 4th quarter.
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Dec 6, 2010 12:38 PM CST up reply actions
grammer fail
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Dec 6, 2010 1:16 PM CST up reply actions
seriously I just read through the thread and they have absolutely 0 respect for Mizzou
had no idea they had so much hatred for their superior neighbor state. Seems like they are more interested in beer than the bowl game, and will simply roll over us…time to shut em up
by MIZfalconAviator on Dec 6, 2010 12:27 PM CST up reply actions
if you cant handle irony
Don’t come over to our place. There are many many many long running inside jokes and heavy dollops of sarcasm, self-pity that have reached a delirious level because of our November meltdown. It is also true that there is an underlying confidence that we are pound for pound one of the best institutions in the country. Careful with the knee jerking here, I said institution and every fanbase worth having should feel that way.
Lastly, as noted, you play in the big twelve north sorority pillow fight, as does north central Iowa tech and ag. It’s a joke. You won’t be getting a free pass for that.
I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division.
by sailorjerry on Dec 6, 2010 1:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
But srsly congrats on being from the Midwest and getting zero sexy press for your 10 win, top 15 finish. We can relate to that!
I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division.
by sailorjerry on Dec 6, 2010 1:36 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
+1
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by RPT on Dec 6, 2010 1:46 PM CST up reply actions
You
Can also get a liter of “Hawkeye vodka” in a plastic replica of a glass bottle for $5.00 at HyVee. I went to college in Iowa so I got some love for the place.
i believe
There’s also hawkeye gin. The stuff begs to be included in the jungle juice at any house party worth its weight in dead cats/hookers. Here’s to a month of discussion and bragging rights for the next hundred years, cheers!
I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division.
no free pass needed...#7 in SOS I don't care what you think of the division
I agree Colorado, kU, KState and Iowa State suck, but our resume speaks for itself this year
by MIZfalconAviator on Dec 6, 2010 5:10 PM CST up reply actions
If you're strolling through an Iowa blog looking for respect
you’ve got bigger problems. Have this thread predicts a massive Missouri blowout and thought the spread with be double digits (it’s essentially a pick ‘em) and I don’t think any of us Iowa fans are hurt or bothered by it. It is the beauty of fan blogs. this isn’t a new site. This is supposed to be fun, not a self-esteem project.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Good point...
But I’m not sure the fans of a 10-2 team with a strong SOS shouldn’t expect to beat a 7-5 team, whereas the fans of the 7-5 team seem to be saying something unproven about their team or the 10-2 team when they’re expectation is a win (let alone a blowout).
In the case of BHGP, I’d say the common assumption about Missouri is that we’re untested because we play in the Big 12 North. While everyone is free to think whatever they’d like, this assumption is patently false.
I think most people on RMN, on the other hand, think that Iowa is far better than their 7-5 record (the victory over Indiana included). I hope we beat Iowa, but I realize that we may not.
Hopefully the Missouri team that beat A&M and OU appears and plays against the Iowa team that beat Michigan St.
That's the strange thing about college football
because there is not a playoff, teams are evaluated based too much on their record…because if you don’t lose you ascend. Even if your schedule is seemingly weak. Most people did not think Texas last year was the second best team in the land (Florida was perceived by most talking heads to be a much stronger team), but because of their record they were very much an appropriate choice for the title game.
In the NFL analysis is done very differently. For example, most people did not believe the Jets to be one of the three best teams in the league, even though their record suggested they were. A BHGP we look beyond records and take an almost NFL-type playoff based view of the college football landscape.
That Missouri is #12 is almost meaningless now that they are playing a team from a different conference. There is only one common opponent between our two teams: Iowa State. We destroyed them, you didn’t. It happened so long ago for us and so recently for you I don’t make too much of it. So we are left to do very subjective, unit by unit breakdowns of the two teams, and make wild suppositions as to which is better (our offensive line vs. your defensive line, etc.) or make even more subjective analysis about which conference is better and so forth. At the end of the day, there is almost no reliable way to guage how these two teams will match-up.
For example, I would have thought you would have killed Navy last year, and the opposite occured.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Hells to the yes!!!
My new Christmas present: Mizzou bowl game!
Hopefully my best friend and his family can go too. They’re Iowa people and it would be really fun to razz each other all day..
Black Heart Gold Pants..
I read most of their thread and I was surprised how many complained about the matchup. I’m not going to complain since the Nubs got a rematch with a pretty poor WU team-lol!! But really Iowa fans-you’re 7-5 and getting to play a team that has completely outperformed you all season and is 10-2!!
I'll say this -- and this is coming from a guy who writes for a freakin' Missouri blog:
As much as we want it to be, Mizzou is not a premier program. It’s a good program, a program that’s trending upward, but it’s not Nebraska or Oklahoma or Texas or Ohio State or Notre Dame.
I can understand the disappointment on Iowa fans’ part; if Mizzou were on track to play USC, and then got stuck playing Oregon State, I’d be disappointed, but it wouldn’t be anything personal against Oregon State.
"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 Dec 6, 2010 9:40 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
this
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Dec 6, 2010 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
Sorry
I am just sorry you have to wait until next year until you see just how unstable the “best fans in college football” get when things are not going their way.
by Zou want a piece? on Dec 6, 2010 12:29 PM CST up reply actions
Well, After winning a BCS bowl last season,
expectations, usually fan expectations, rise. So yes Iowa as a fan base is extremely dis-heartened by this season. Falling back to reality has sucked, that’s why we are all bitching.
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Dec 6, 2010 12:44 PM CST up reply actions
And you have to realize that the Insight Bowl is 4th/5th in the pecking order for the Big 10
and it seems more like we were picked 6th, after PSU and Mchigan. Whereas the Insight bowl is 3rd in the Big 12 order.
I didn't order assholes with my whiskey
by White Lightning on Dec 6, 2010 1:12 PM CST up reply actions
insight bowl is 4th for the Big12
BCS
Cotton
Alamo
Insight
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.
This
just kind of sucks for everyone involved. NU gets a team that we have already beat and is 6-6. MU gets to play an Iowa squad that is 7-5 with a late season slide. I am happy to go to any bowl game considering our recent past. I just think that both MU and NU deserve better opponents. As an NU fan I would have liked to play Iowa just to kick start something for the future. It could be worse. We could all be Michigan State fans and be asking how we had one loss and were shut out of BCS. ( I do know why and the rules. I am just stating that it would suck to lose one game and not make the BCS.)
Both Nebraska and Mizzou are in no-win situations.
They’ll both be favored — and in Nebraska’s case, heavily favored. If they win, they were supposed to win and didn’t prove anything. If they lose, you weren’t as good as anybody thought you were.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Can
I join you guys for a virtual beer to drown our collective sorrows? I wish we were in your bowl, but I don’t wish the Holiday on MU. I am saying that RIGHT NOW NU isn’t playing their best ball while MU might be. If MU were in the Alamo, I couldn’t complain. I can’t believe the alternative matchup that would have been given had NU won. UCONN? This is some screwed up system. I think a lot of you know this, but I will just put it out there. I wasn’t hoping to win this last Saturday to give a finger to the B12 or for bragging rights forever. I was hoping to win because I love my school (yes, Gaknar, I actually graduated from there :) ). I wish things were different and we could stick around playing those we have played forever. Good luck in the new B12 and I hope we meet on the field again soon.
/nodding furiously
UCONN? This is some screwed up system.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
The whole system is f'ed...
(1) How does the Big East get a automatic BCS bid? Because they’re good at basketball? UCONN isn’t even in the top 25 except in one poll and that seems like a farce at that. Maybe automatic bids should only apply if you’re in the top 15 of the BCS poll.
(2) Its weird to see how the bowl system plays out. Affiliations make for poor match-ups, I wonder if such contractual agreements are required for the system to work properly. Because its weird to have teams like Washington and Iowa even considered for games where their opponents are in the top 15….
TCU is going to own the Big East every year.
Own it. It is easier than the MWC sched they were playing.
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The Big East is part of the BCS for the same reason Vanderbilt is in the SEC.
Back when the BCS was originally put together, the Big East was a good football conference, as they still had Miami and V-Tech (and Syracuse wasn’t the black hole of suck it’s finally starting to climb out of).
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 Dec 6, 2010 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
tee hee hee
/puts UCONN hat he wore on Saturday back on my head
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Rock M Nation
i wonder what its like to have 1 regular season loss and get snubbed out of a BCS game???
no idea
by MIZfalconAviator on Dec 6, 2010 12:30 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm going to use this time to reiterate one point...
I HATE THE JAYHAWKS WITH A FURY OF A MILLION SUNS AND A MILLION MORE FOR THAT SNUB JOB
It’s even worse living out in KU country… all I hear about is “well you guys never won the Orange Bowl” even though we have….
We are going to listen to Waylon now so everybody stfu and drink your beer.
You make a great, great point
The Big 12 bowl tie-ins are hideous. For a conference that has had pretty good success over the last decade—and clearly one of the top 3—to get stuck with as many Pac-10 teams as we do is pretty annoying. Of the top 5 bowl games we’ve got, one—not coincidentally, the best one— isvs. the SEC, one vs. the Big 10. Also, why no Big 12 vs. ACC games anywhere? Call me crazy, but playing Florida State or Clemson would be pretty fun.
I'm sure this doesn't fit...
And only hardcore SBN’ers might care… but I cleared my drop down queue. All sites, new content, all viewed.
…And its only 10:15… now its time to, oh.. yeah… actually start doing stuff that matters.
Bet me!
Reading The Husker SBNation page...
That was extremely hard. What a bunch of babies.
JimmytheRed, wanna give you props for being an adult about it. I don’t recall reading much of the comments regarding the Texas Bowl thing last year, but I certainly hope Mizzou fans didn’t whine that much. If they did, they got what they deserved with an ass-kicking by Navy.
The bottom line is the SYSTEM screwed everybody. This year was a perfect example of why a playoff system is needed, and how the bowl system is messed up. The Big East actually having ANY team in the BCS games is a joke. Being bowl eligible at 6-6 is funny too, no .500 team should play in the post season. You didn’t get it done during the year, get better in the offseason.
The Big 12 was pretty top heavy this year with NU, MU, OSU, OU and A&M all being very good, each team beat somebody else so it was very murky at the top as to who was the best team. But ONE GAME doesn’t make a season. That’s why they play so many of them.
PLAYOFF SYSTEM NOW PLZ.
Complaining
about where you are in a bowl doesn’t do any good. The problem I see is that the B12 had 5 schools with great records. Unfortunately they decided to seed them with the 3 south teams first. I can’t argue with that as an NU fan considering we lost to two of them. I can see MU having an argument as they beat 2 of those 3 and didn’t play the other. A&M fans love to shout about how they beat OU and NU and they played in the title game. Does MU have the same argument? Yes.
I am not complaining about which bowl we are in. I don’t like the match-up and they could have done better in my opinion, but hey, win and this can’t be a problem for NU. I can see how MU can say they should have been looked at for the other bowls. Thanks to EVERYTHING being about money this isn’t the case.
I love how everything media and school is all about the kids and then the money men make the choices based on – you guessed it – money and then the media and school pick right up with “we love it!”. PLAYOFF PLEASE!
Texas Offense Shakeup
Texas OC Greg Davis has ‘resigned’ and the offensive line coach and D-Line and Special teams coordinator are retiring.
Or, they got fired to appease the masses and prevent rioting.
Via the Houston Chronicle
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Remind me again...
Why are we concerned whether or not Iowa fans are excited to play us?
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Fighting mob mentality since 2007
BECAUSE THE ARE DISRESPECTING US!!!!
I think we’re getting nearly as bad as Stoops with the way we react when people don’t cower in our (Mizzzou football’s) presence.
/probablybeingtoohonest
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by BigMOman on Dec 6, 2010 1:07 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Because self-loathing fans by definition need validation from others?
"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 Dec 6, 2010 1:07 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
It's Monday?
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by Ausgiano on Dec 6, 2010 1:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Self-Loathing!
Well, I guess I was a little surprised to see Iowa fans making our team out to be something less than they thought they should match up against in a bowl. Based on the seasons results it would be MU who has a case for a matchup against a much better team but that’s the way of this screwed up bowl system. Now, if you’re an Iowa fan who is still in denial about your team results<expectations then you’re having a serious reality crisis.
No I don’t think Mizzou is a ‘premier’ team either but we do have a consistently ‘very good’ team and yes I’m always surprised at the lack of respect we get in several venues in that regard.
Overall, I’m happy that Mizzou is playing in a bowl. Nothing against either NU or OU but we appear to have drawn a better team than either of them. I would be surprised if either of those games is anything less than a blowout!
I think Mizzou is a good matchup, and the matchup might help our recruiting in MO.
I’m disappointed though because I’ll be flying during the game, and if we hadn’t been jumped by 2 teams we beat (that have the same record) we’d be playing in FL and I’d be able to go to the game.
I bet you have to love the influence the state of Texas has in your conference.
You think A&M will beat LSU? I have LSU picked in my confidence picks because of the magical powers of the Mad Hatter.
teacher: "what did you learn today, threadkiller?"
me: “to stay as far away as possible from the black heart gold pants blog. they use humor over there that i just couldn’t possibly hope to understand.”
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I don't care what anyone says, snarky or not
I’m excited to play Iowa and if any of their fans come over here top talk trash, they’re getting hugged.
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
Its a good last chance for our seniors to show everyone they are better than this year's record.
Hopefully they’ll grab onto it with both hands.
that's what zoudave's sister said.
"Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers" -Merle Kessler
by threadkiller on Dec 6, 2010 9:42 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Sorry if this was already posted...
but you should read this…
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2010/10/19/1761200/howard-schnellenbergers-top-25
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Soooo...rankings and records and SOS are apparently lost on guys who make billions of dollars of
figuring out who should win a football game…
Vegas has Hawkeyes favored by 1 point.
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/?s=1308
We’re not very surprised. I’m guessing lots of people here will be.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
i read that as mizzou -1.
which means we’re favored. not that it matters. if vegas says it’ll be a close game, it will be.
"Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers" -Merle Kessler
Oh yeah, good job...it's moved to a pick 'em now in many casinos and Missouri favored by 1-point in a few others
it opened with Iowa -1. I think it settles at Missouri -2 or -3. Iowa has not done well against the spread this year. And by spread, I mean spread offense not the point spread (we are actually the second best team of the last decade against the “point” spread).
Our coach stubbornly stays in base defense no matter what. It’s like watching the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. He refuses to blink as the opposition makes adjustments and begins gashing us. By the 56 minute mark, we collapse.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Wait, Iowa doesn't make adjustments?
Missouri doesn’t make adjustments either! By god, this is going to turn into trench warfare on the Western Front!
"Smell the perfume but don't drink it because it might kill you." Erin Andrews recounting advise from Gary Pinkel
Uh, you probably have a scheme that is sufficiently complex
we use a scheme that borders on electric football strategy. We’re fine as long as all our guys have the best game of their lives or the oponent has the worst of theirs. That happened in the Michigan State game—both happened. Then we retired to Miami.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
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