Stuff Mizzou People Like #1
by RPT on Apr 6, 2010 9:00 AM CDT
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PrintIn the tradition of Stuff White People Like (which was later brilliantly parodied by Every Day Should Be Saturday), I'm going to intermittently kill time this offseason by examining Stuff Mizzou People Like. Today's edition:
Comparing everyone to Clarence Gilbert
I'm pretty sure sliced bread has dealt with fewer comparisons in its lifespan than has Clarence Gilbert. Beat reporters and fans alike continue to champ at the bit to anoint the next Gilbert, and no less than a dozen players in the last 7 years have earned that distinction at one point or another.
So and so is a streaky shooter? OH MY GOD, CLARENCE WAS A STREAKY SHOOTER!
This new guard looks like an explosive scorer? HOLY HELL, GILBERT WAS AN EXPLOSIVE SCORER!
The new guy is 6-2? DUDE, CLARENCE WAS 6-2!
Clarence played basketball? OUR NEW BATCH OF PLAYERS ALSO PLAY BASKETBALL!
Comparisons to Clarence Gilbert are a staple of the Mizzou People conversation, primarily because thinking he'll come along again is far less painful than realizing he's not coming back. This pain is generally temporary, however, as Mizzou People soothe their souls by watching the following video:
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People have grown much more fond of Clarence over time...
…likely due in part to the fact that the program fell apart not long after he left … but watching him on a night-to-night basis was such an emotional roller coaster. You never knew if he was going to go 11-for-21 shooting, or 3-for-19. He reined himself in just enough to suffice as a point guard in his senior year, when it was clear that Wesley Stokes wasn’t quite consistent enough, and I think that helped with his reputation … that, and the Elite Eight run, of course. But the second Clarence Moment I’ll always remember (after him making the 3-pointer with Jeff Boschee in his shirt, of course) will be the 4OT game versus Iowa State, when a) he scored a ridiculous 43 points, and b) the crowd was BEGGING Quin to take him out during one of the OTs, because he just. Wouldn’t. Stop. Shooting. He ended up playing 56 of 60 minutes, making 12-of-36 (THIRTY-SIX) shots … and having 9 assists with 0 turnovers. And we were STILL begging for him to be taken out. It was quite the love-hate relationship we had with him.
This piece is perfect … he clearly left enough of an impression on everybody that we immediately compare some new player to him the moment they 1) have a hot streak from 3-point range, and 2) have a cold streak from 3-point range.
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Clarence was suspended . . .
within a couple of weeks of that 4OT game for attitude issues. One of the strangest performances of all-time.
by Michael Atchison on Apr 6, 2010 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Suspended?
OH MY GOD, HALF OF OUR PROGRAM WAS SUSPENDED A FEW YEARS BACK! They were just like Clarence!
JT Tiller was suspended too
he reminds me of Clarence Gilbert.
Blaine Dalton got kicked off the football team. He reminds me of Ricky Clemmons
Ricky Kreklow is a white guard!
Oh my god he reminds me of Matt Lawrence!
Annoying You Since 1986
+100
One of my college buddies and I were at that ridiculous game. We were planning to get dinner after the game. Both of us had skipped lunch.
We couldn’t believe what we were watching. We also couldn’t believe our hunger. After the third overtime, we went hunting through Hearnes for food. ALL the concession stands were closed. We were about to give up and die of starvation when we saw an old lady packing up her elementary-school-style table of kettle corn. We begged her to sell us a bag of kettle corn.
It was the finest tasting bag of popped corn i’ve ever consumed.
Plus Clarence Gilbert is sociopath when it comes to shooting the three. Especially in that game.
That is all.
by mizzousundevil on Apr 6, 2010 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Not to many thing in my life can make me as happy
as that shot of the grin on Norm’s face. Good Lord he hated Kansas.
Annoying You Since 1986
This post reminds me of Clarence Gilbert
(I mean, better than reminding me of Jimmy McKinney, right?)
Bet me!
For the record
Stuff White People Like and Letters from a Nut are 2 of the funniest books out there. Highly recommend.
If you watch Jaws backwards, it's about a shark that throws people up until they have to open a beach.
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