Mizzou Links, 7-23-10

by Bill C. on Jul 23, 2010 5:31 AM CDT in News

Mizzou (and Big 12) Football Links

First things first: Mizzou-Illinois tickets are on sale!!

Second, Gabe and PowerMizzou were on a friggin' roll yesterday, dropping both perspective and news...they're all over the football links...

All-Conference Team
The Trib (Dave Matter): Smith, Barnes land on preseason All-Big 12 team
The Trib: MU's Barnes, Smith on preseason Big 12 team
The Trib (Dave Matter): Dave's ballot: Big 12 individual honors
PowerMizzou: Danario Alexander anxious to return
He said his rehab has been going very well and he'll be back to full strength in a couple more weeks. At that point, Alexander said he will choose from a small group of NFL teams that have expressed interest in signing him. He declined to name the specific teams, but he did say that he and his agents have narrowed the list down to three.

"A couple teams said they want to see me work out, just to see me run and stuff like that," Alexander said. "But a couple teams have said they'll sign me right off the bat. I'll be making my decision in about two weeks and I'll be ready to go from there."
InsideSTL.com (Gabe Dearmond): It's time to forget last year
As far as the bowl games go, well, you can't really deny what happened. Nebraska came out pissed off, wanting to prove what it did in the Big XII title game was no fluke. They had the good fortune to be matched against a team on which I could not name a single player. Sorry, Arizona, but if there weren't 342 bowl games, you wouldn't have been in one.

Meanwhile, Missouri went to Houston pissed off as well. Except they were pissed off they were in the Texas Bowl. They thought they were better than that game. The way they played, the Tigers may not have beaten a Texas high school team, much less a participant in the Texas Bowl. Navy ran all over Mizzou and, more disturbing, threw all over them as well. The game has been relived more in the past six months than any single Missouri sporting event I can remember. If I see the words Navy or "two-man front" in an Internet post now, I simply gloss right over it to the next topic. We get it. Missouri sucked. You're mad about it. Get over it.
MUtigers.com: Football Senior Feature: Andrew Gachkar and Luke Lambert
PowerMizzou: All-Sleeper Team: Offense
PowerMizzou: Scouting the North: Quarterbacks
PowerMizzou: 2011 Tiger recruiting mailbag
Agentapalooza
EDSBS: A WORD FROM NPAA CHAIRMAN FATSACKS ROBINSON
SI.com (Andy Staples): Nick Saban, NCAA don't have power of NFLPA to stop agents
National Football Post: Sources: Financial advisors key to NCAA case
Tulsa World: Bob Stoops also concerned about unscrupulous agents
The NCAA Championship Issue: On the Warpath: the NCAA is Comin', To Your Cit-tay
Uh oh, Iowa State
Des Moines Register: ISU football: David Sims being investigated for unlawful use of credit card (h/t Clone Chronicles)
Ha ha, K-State
KC Star: Former K-State president said in deposition that he had doubts about Bob Krause's abilities as AD
And to make it up to K-State...
Lost Lettermen: Who's Hot? K-State's Ell Roberson Now An Engineer

Mizzou (and Big 12) Basketball Links

MUtigers.com: Ratliffe Named Top Junior College Athlete
The Fastest 40 Blog (you have this on your RSS feed, right?): Summer Going, Going ... Gone

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I wish Gabe's InsideSTL article was on RMN...

… so I could Rec the hell out of it.

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by RPT on Jul 23, 2010 6:36 AM CDT reply actions

You can buy tickets now with the code

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But wow – ticketmaster – you suck!

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by tigers and chiefs fan on Jul 23, 2010 6:51 AM CDT reply actions

In defense of the Texas Bowl

I think people get way too hung up on the Navy game and don’t give Navy nearly enough credit for winning that way. First, in defense of the defense. The Navy offense was designed to hide the ball. Sitting in the stands with a bird’s eye view, even I found it impossible much of the time to follow the ball carrier. They did a very good job of masking their plays and keeping the Mizzou defense off-guard. That said, Mizzou had some very inspired 4th and goal stops that kept Navy from breaking the game open. Unfortunately, the d was stuck on the field for almost 45 minutes, and even the vaunted Grayshirts (I refuse to call them blackshirts because Mizzou wears the black in this family) would have been hard-pressed to keep up that pace. After the first big score at the beginning of the game, the Mizzou offense offerred no support until they finally established something of a run game in the 3rd quarter. In short, I’m not sure any Big XII team could have beaten Navy on that day. They were just on in every facet of the game. It sucks, but it’s not nearly the disaster Mizzou fans and opponents try to make it out to be.

by Gaknar on Jul 23, 2010 7:16 AM CDT reply actions

Absolutely.

Saying Mizzou couldn’t stop the run or pass misses the point — once it was clear they couldn’t figure out what was going on (which is absolutely at least partially the coaches’ fault … and partially the fact that nobody on the Mizzou team had faced this before), Navy knew they could do whatever they wanted. If Navy had to suddenly run the spread or a more familiar offense, Mizzou would have shut them down. But once the misdirection and “ball hiding” worked, it was over for the D. Not saying Mizzou had a good defense, but the fact is, good defenses get torched by this offense sometimes (Ohio State), while bad defenses sometimes hold it in check (Louisiana Tech). It’s a whole different ballgame against that type of offense.

Which is why I never ever want to face Navy or Georgia Tech in non-conference or a bowl.

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by Bill C. on Jul 23, 2010 7:28 AM CDT up reply actions

I still think it was a mistake letting them wear the dark jerseys.

The D would have been able to see the ball MUCH better on white.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.
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by T3T on Jul 23, 2010 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions

So... Ratliffe and Mitchell

any word yet on whether or not we’ll be seeing these two this year? It’s been kind of quiet around here on that subject. Just curious.

by wlltg2 on Jul 23, 2010 8:47 AM CDT reply actions

Next week..

Is Ratliffes last day of JUCO. All signs point to him being here. Nothing is final until hes actually here, but you should feel pretty good about that one. As far as Mitchell, Powermizzou and others have said they are more optomistic about him than they were a month or so ago, but it’s still not a definate. Not only does he need to get enrolled in Mizzou, but then even if he does, we will have to wait for him to get cleared by the NCAA….which could take a week, or could be a year. You’ll save yourself a lot of worrying if you juts plan on not having Mitchell, and if we do, consider it a bonus.

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by MUTIGERS86 on Jul 23, 2010 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions