Mizzou Links, 2-18-10

Sorry if I missed the news but what was the deal with the shirts and RMN? Can I purchase one?

Are you seeing results this morning from the marketing effort?

Go Tigers!

… to Steve Walentik, by the way, for writing probably the benchmark piece on the Rise and Fall and Rise of Kim English in the second half of that Trib link.

**Holy Jayhawk. Former Kansas star Ryan Robertson (who married an MU grad and is from St. Charles, Mo.) was in the stands a few rows behind the Texas bench. Robertson, however, the shirt he wore in line with the MU Blackout theme for the night, said: "What a great atmosphere."

I’m typically pretty good about keeping my hatred for kansas on the court/field, but I make an exception for this douchebag. They shouldn’t have let him in the building.

KU football: Where the players have no identity

Greatness from EDSBS today:

but did anyone else catch Shaun White’s final run after clinching the gold medal?

Live NBC Mics caught the conversation he and his coach had discussing what to do since the medal was already won…

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-shaun-whites-coach-drops-s-bomb-on-nbc-olympics-broadcast-prior-to-shauns-awesome-gold-medal-victory-run-2010-2

“What do you want to do,” said Shaun’s coach.

“I don’t know, man,” said a giddy Shaun. “Ride down the middle?”

“No, man,” said his coach. “Relax. Have some fun.”

“Drop a double-mick at the end?” said Shaun, referring to a McTwist 1260, a move that Shaun had developed in secret over the past few years and had held off on doing in his gold-medal winning first run.

“Yeah, drop a double mick,” said Shaun’s coach. “You send that thing. And make sure you stomp the shit out of it.”

There was also an F-bomb dropped, but it was not as obvious, and this author clearly missed it.

…from the Ebert article. If only that were true for more of us, here and elsewhere.