Mizzou Links, 5-10-10
by Bill C. on May 10, 2010 5:45 AM CDT
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Mizzou Football Links
- PowerMizzou: The rankings: 2010 opposing offenses
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- The Dagger: Winners and losers, now that the NBA draft deadline has passed
Mizzou Softball Links
Not the best week on the diamonds for Mizzou ... but at least the softball team managed to snag one win. I watched most of Saturday's game, and it was the quintessential "It's not our day" game. The wind was slapping Mizzou's hard-hit balls right to outfielders and helping NU's batted balls into gaps. Plus, they really had a nice read on Jana Hainey. Nottelman killed them over nine innings in the two games, however.
- Nebraska 5, Mizzou 2
MUtigers.com: Tigers Slip Up Against Nebraska
The Missourian: Missouri's hot offense cools in loss at Nebraska - Mizzou 5, Nebraska 0
MUtigers.com: Tigers Win Regular Season Finale
The Missourian: Missouri pitcher stymies Nebraska in regular season finale
KC Star: Mizzou softball team roars on without ace pitcher - Big12Sports.com: 2010 Big 12 Softball Championship Bracket Released
Mizzou Baseball Links
- Kansas 10, Mizzou 3
MUtigers.com: Mizzou Tripped Up by Kansas
Topeka Capital-Journal: Jayhawks blast Mizzou 10-3
SimmonsField.com: Game Day: KU 10, MU 3
The Missourian: Infielder stays consistent for Missouri - Kansas 9, Mizzou 8
MUtigers.com: Mizzou Drops Game Two With Kansas
Topeka Capital-Journal: KU rallies, drops Mizzou, 9-8
The Missourian: Reliever makes case for becoming starter in Missouri's loss - Kansas 10, Mizzou 9 (10 innings)
MUtigers.com: Tigers Swept by Kansas
Topeka Capital-Journal: Double gives KU win in 10th
The Missourian: Missouri players show toughness but can't prevent sweep
Other Mizzou Links
- Mizzou Golf
The Missourian: Missouri golfer ends collegiate career at NCAA regional - Mizzou Swimming & Diving
The Missourian: Destination unexpected - Mizzou Track & Field
The Trib: MU coach approaches finish line - Mizzou Pathways
The Missourian: Life after collegiate sports
The Missourian: Former MU football player looks for new direction
Other (i.e. Expansion ... always expansion)
- Post-Dispatch: Would Missouri be a fit in Big Ten?
Post-Dispatch: Comparing MU and the Big Ten and Big 12 schools
Post-Dispatch (Bryan Burwell): MU needs to say yes to Big TenSo I hope Missouri continues to make it clear that it's interested in bolting to greener financial and athletic pastures no matter how much grumbling goes on among its peers in the Big 12. What exactly has playing nice gotten them?
Second-class citizenship, that's what.
If the Big 12 wants Missouri to stop window shopping, then put something substantial on the table that will stop those wandering eyes. - Tulsa World: Big Ten expansion talks fraying nerves of Big 12
The Rev. John I. Jenkins, Notre Dame's president, told The Chronicle of Higher Education that "the current (expansion) uncertainty around the number and the time creates greater tensions and greater stress."
That's definitely the case in the Big 12, where nerves are getting frayed as some members continue to talk about leaving for the Big Ten.
"We're getting tired of their act," one Big 12 source said. "It's starting to tick people off." - KC Star (Campus Corner): Taking Anonymous Pot Shots at Mizzou
I don’t have a problem with Big 12 - office staff and school officials - feeling that way. But the fact that some of them don’t see themselves as part of the problem is the elephant they don’t seem capable of admitting is in the room.
If the Big 12 shared revenues equally, and protected the integrity of the bowl selection for all its conference members, certainly Missouri and perhaps Nebraska would have no need to look elsewhere.
The truth is, the Big 12 does neither of those things and shows no willingness to start doing them.
Instead, hiding behind anonymity and whispering petulant criticism is the way to go?
- KC Star (Upon Further Review): Break Up the Big TEN - Part !!
KC Star (Upon Further Review): Break Up the Big TEN - Part !!I - Newark Star-Ledger: Rutgers at major crossroads as possibility of joining Big Ten gets closer (via)
"We're getting tired of their act" ... seriously ... I mean, first of all, what act? Jay Nixon admittedly overstepped his bounds in a major way (the whole "dissing Tech in favor of Northwestern" thing back in December), and Tom Osborne and Gary Pinkel have both expressed bafflement at the horrific nature of the Big 12's TV contracts and revenue sharing. So an isolated incident and completely justifiable criticism is an "act"? Alden, Pinkel, etc., have all shared the "We still love the Big 12" party line along the way, and if you're that annoyed by this "act," then Mike Dearmond's right ... do something about it. Missouri's been a conference mate with Oklahoma State for over 50 years, Colorado for over 60, and Nebraska/Kansas/Kansas State/Oklahoma/Iowa State for over EIGHTY years. If they leave all of that history, that's on the Big 12. And if people are starting to get "ticked off," then freaking do something about it so Missouri and Nebraska might not have to leave. You knew when you pulled the Big 12 together that you were playing with fire by taking Texas on and skewing the conference arrangement in their favor (it was obvious from the beginning). You knew it was great for your overall revenue, and you knew that it might cause problems if some of the programs further away from Texas ever got a better offer. Now some of those programs might actually get a better offer, and your response is to get catty about it? Let's see how that works out for you.
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The problem is...
…it will work out fine for Texas, assuming it’s a UT anonymous source that said they’re tired of Mizzou’s and Nebraska’s “act.” They’ll land on their feet even if the Big 12 falls apart. Here’s the biggest thing that irritates me. A vocal minority of Texas fans complain about how the Big 12 has never done anything for them, citing the fact that they get less conference revenue than Northwestern and Vanderbilt, the fact that we didn’t change that stupid tiebreaker rule to an even stupider tiebreaker rule last year when it didn’t serve their purposes, Big 12 coaches voting UT lower than other coaches around the country, and that whole “Bob Stoops talking with Nick Saban before the MNC game” incident (because clearly, if anyone has UT’s number right now, it’s Bob Stoops).
There’s a simple solution, UT fans. Treat all the conference schools like equal partners, and maybe they’d be a little more sympathetic to your “plight.” Now, that’s ignoring the fact that three-fourths of the above arguments are of questionable validity anyway. But in answer to the question of “what has the Big 12 done for UT,” it has given them a conference where they are now the leading revenue-generating athletic department in the country, they won their first national title in football since the 1970s, made a Final Four in basketball, and almost won another football national title last year.
Poor UT. The Big 12 is really holding it back.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on May 10, 2010 7:58 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
most would be SCREAMING, not whining
if they had gotten the shaft the way the Tigers have on bowl selection the last three damn years. Good luck building a football program knowing that the only way you can guarantee a good bowl game is by winning one of the tougher conferences.
The additional suckage from that is that now we have a self-fufilling prophecy that we ’don’t travel’. Nobody wants to pick us (or at least the typical chamber of commerce moron on a bowl committee) because of us not getting selected higher in the past, and less and less people will go to the crapola bowls we do get. If the conference office can’t ‘get’ how dangerous that will become to keeping the program moving forward, they are beyond stupid. Or just completely crass and don’t really give a crap about what they see as an insignificant 1/12th of the conference.
From the Tulsa World story...
“That feeling is starting to grow,” a Big 12 source said. “We have to find a way to work towards the best interest of the conference, because we’re much stronger together than individually.”
That’s our point you meat-head! Share the revenue!
Regarding Softball
When will the NCAA announce who the regional hosts are going to be? We’re still ranked in the top 16, right? Shouldn’t that give us a good chance?
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 / Waneer 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 May 10, 2010 9:10 AM CDT reply actions
Lawrence Bowers
I know it was probably mentioned before but did anyone see Mizzou All Access where Lawrence Bowers says, “some people call me a party starter”?
Finally watched it this weekend & I was cracking up!
Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.
Martina Navratilova
by tigers and chiefs fan on May 10, 2010 9:44 AM CDT reply actions
He clearly doesn't want to admit he reads RMN.
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Well at least Kimmeh says it publically.
Where’s the shame?
Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.
Martina Navratilova
by tigers and chiefs fan on May 10, 2010 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't remember...
Did Zaire actually mention RMN by name when interviewed during the Bowling Green football game last year? Or did he just mention “Hustle and Flow” on the broadcast?
It's a vicious cycle
I don’t know what Mizzou has done to garner such historic disrespect (heh), but I see no way out of it. The Big XII keeps moving the goalposts.
“You need to be more successful and add something to the conference!”
“OK, our football team reached #1 in the national polls, our 2007 Border Game was one of the conferences best, we won two Big XII North titles, we had a Heisman candidate qb, we’ve improved our recruiting, we’re bringing in nationally ranked classes in football and basketball, and there’s a good chance we’ll be in the Final Four in a few years. Now, let’s talk revenue sharing.”
“Oooo, you were #1! Wow! Say, how about actually winning a Big XII title?”
(future)
“OK, we won the Big XII title and the Fiesta Bowl. Let’s talk.”
“Whoop-de-doo! Try winning a National Title!”
“OK, we’re national champions. It’s time to work out this revenue sharing issue.”
“Just one national title? hahaha Yeah, get back to us when you have some tradition.”
Mizzou can’t win. Ever. I don’t know how much success Mizzou would have in the Big Ten, but at least they would get a fair shot. I’m becoming less tied to the Big XII by the day.
by Gaknar on May 10, 2010 10:25 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
great post
And the whole ‘oh, we can’t do anything about you constantly getting shafted, would be rude to the teams (KU, NU, ISU) that are getting the benefit of your shafting’ is a joke. Wait until some mentally challenged bowl committee tries that crap on one of the big boys, the rule would get fixed overnight.
The shining example of the uselessness of the Big 12 is their seemingly complete inability to do the normal ‘protect our own’ work that every other conference does quite well. The women’s soccer shafting (with a Big 12 AD heading the damn committee- and again, hiding behind the ‘we can’t discuss our own conf. schools when we pick’ excuse is a joke) and our continuing suspiciously low BBall seeds (which will become a BIG deal when the 96 slot, bye for top 32 or whatever becomes reality) blatantly show the conference’s ineffectiveness. And the continual ‘oh, gee, we couldn’t say anything, somebody might have gotten upset’ with it’s unstated corollary (’it’s just MU, who cares about them, really?’) is beyond pitiful. We have been treated like somebody they WANT to leave, which is also F-stupid for the conf. TCU/Utah/whoever are a MAJOR step down- Fball may even take a slight uptick, but that is ALL those schools will bring. Any other truly available school (no, Ark. or other BCS schools are NOT coming to the Big 12, why would they?) will bring weaknesses similar if not worse than folks like ISU and BU. If a third of your teams are that small potatoes, good luck staying ahead of the lowest rung of BCS conferences.
And although it is probably good for us that we have essentially been pushed towards, if not out, the door, it annoys the hell out of me that it has come to this. I would much rather be able to stay, but we really have no choice.
Texas and OU fans don't get it
Some of the comments in that Post-Dispatch article are really telling. UT and OU fans demand absolute loyalty from Mizzou but offer nothing but insults in return. They just don’t get it. Texas and Oklahoma will never get a sweeter deal than they have in the Big XII. They won’t be able to throw their weight around against Ohio State or USC or Florida or Alabama. They will never get unequal revenue sharing in another conference. They won’t be guaranteed a shot at the National Championship anywhere else, especially in the SEC. It’s in their best interest to save the Big XII even if it means a short-term hit to their pocketbooks, but they are so blinded by greed and arrogance that they just can’t see that.
Links comments are spot on Bill...
F*** Texas. We all know this is their conference and we’re just playing in it. I couldn’t stand the thought of leaving the old big 6-big 8 rivalries behind when this talk started but I’m on board now.
Let’s “Mess With Texas”
I don't even blame Texas...
…they are what they are. They’re bigger than everybody else, and they have more money. They made it very clear from the start that their goal was to further their own interests, but the Big 12 sold their soul to get a piece of those interests/money, and this is what happened.
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They should go Notre Dame then and operate as an independent.
Did the big 12 sell their soul or did the Big 8?
A friend of mine is a Notre Dame grad...
…and he’s PRAYING that Texas goes independent, just to take some of the pressure off of ND to go to a conference.
And I guess you could technically say the Big 8 sold its soul, but we’re talking to-may-to / to-mah-to at that point…
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Ya.
Everyone I’ve talked to who currently goes to ND fully believes they won’t be going to the Big 10. It’s pretty wide-spread unsupported across the campus, which Im glad for, because it means a better shot for Mizzou to join the Big 10.
by TheHamburglar on May 10, 2010 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Eh. Maybe.
But I’m going out on a limb here and going to say that ND’s already established their independence. Ie: they play pretty much the same teams every year, and they’re good teams to boot. USC, Michigan, Navy(for tradition sake), Stanford. I find it hard for Texas to find lasting teams that will continue to play them year in and year out. Sure, they will probably play OU and those teams, but if all these conferences go to 16 teams, that’s probably going to cause more added league games, and less of a chance to schedule non-con games. Plus, why would you want to play Texas in football. They’re probably going to win, unless you’re name is OU.
by TheHamburglar on May 10, 2010 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Why shouldn't we blame Texas?
Every other big school, be it USC, Ohio State, Florida, etc., figured out long ago that equal revenue sharing is better for everyone in the long run. What makes Texas special? Again, they aren’t going to get this sweet of a deal anywhere else. Are they really willing to kill the golden goose in the name of some indecipherable “Don’t Mess With Texas” mentality? If that’s the case, why would any other conference touch them after they broke up the SWC and Big XII?
You can blame them if you want...
…what I’m saying is, they are now exactly who they were when the Big 12 was forming, so when the Big 12 was formed, those in charge knew exactly what they were getting themselves into. If you’re an 60-year old millionaire marrying a 29-year old woman, you know that she’s probably a bit of a gold-digger, and if you go into the marriage without a pre-nup, it’s your fault for getting yourself into that situation. She was who she was all along. You benefit from the arrangement, but you shouldn’t be fooling yourself as to the consequences.
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