Rock M Roll Call 2010

   1. I am currently a junior student at the Journalism school. I’m working for the Missourian this year, writing about men’s and women’s golf (wooo??)
   2. I was born and raised in the Dallas, TX area (Cedar Hill, specifically), but I am currently living in Columbia.
   3. I am a Rangers and Stars fan because I grew up in the Dallas area, obviously. I also follow the Lakers because my dad was born in LA and was raised a Lakers fan, so he passed that along to me. My favorite football team is the Steelers because I hated the Cowboys as a kid and wanted to to choose a different team. The first season I followed the Steelers was 2002 when they went 6-10, so I wasn’t really a bandwagoner, but whatever. Finally, I am a huge Mizzou fan.
   4. I joined the Texas Rangers SBNation site (LoneStarBall) in 2008 and searched around the rest of SBNation for a Mizzou site.
   5. I would choose Sean Weatherspoon because he is awesome. Duh.
   6. No doubt it would be basketball. I’m not really a huge basketball fan, but the Mizzou basketball is probably my second favorite team (behind the Rangers). We got so close in 09 and I can see us getting even closer in the next 2 seasons. I am sooooo pumped.

1. Student from 89-92
2. Born in Lubbock, TX, raised in Nevada, MO and currently live in Kansas City
3. I’ll get killed for this, but I’ve always been a Texas fan because of my roots in Texas. Also a huge Dallas Cowboys fan, but have been since birth.
4. Was surfing the web, found this site when looking for MIZZOU blogs, and been a member ever since.
5. Coach Dan Devine, just to hear his stories about the MIZZOU greats of the past and his philosophy on football. Would be a fascinating discussion!
6. Most definitely, FOOTBALL!!!

1. Mizzou student.
2. Born and raised in River Forest, IL, currently in Columbia
3. Liverpool F.C., Chicago White Sox, Chicago Fire, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Blackhawks, UCLA
4. I stalk RPT
5. I’ve had a few outrageous nights with Mizzou players (Van Alexander…), but I don’t think anyone could top a night out with Quinn Snyder. It would get out of control. Quickly.
6. The atmosphere of the NCAA basketball tournament gives it the edge. As long as I have lower bowl seats and am not in the rafters of a football stadium watching a basketball game.

1) mizzou alum ‘05 lived at 1111 hamilton way
2) born and raised in Jefferson city so it was easy to get to Columbia to see mizzou games. Live in jc now.
3) I like all sports but don’t have any favorite teams as bill simmons would say I’m a sports atheist
4) I too was searching for mizzou links came here and got hooked hard
5) drinking with coach Quinn would be something to see especially if we could go to george’s
6) basketball no question favorite sport and mizzou is my favorite team

I used to post all the time on tigerboard when it first started (hosted on the physics lab servers back in the mid-90s). Not so much now.

   1. I am an alum, class of ‘97. As is my wife.
   2. Born in KC, raised in Blue Springs. Currently reside in Alexandria, VA. Wife is the president of the local D.C. alumni chapter, I am the co-president. ;)
   3. KC sports teams. Mildly interested in the Nationals since I moved out here in 2002.
   4. Not sure, some one probably sent me a link. I lurked but never really posted until recently (still don’t post much).
   5. I actually spent an evening chauffeuring Coach Stewart and his wife when they were out here and they attended our alumni holiday party. He was a great conservationist, I hope every Mizzou fan gets an opportunity to meet him. So if I can’t pick him again, I’d pick Dan Devine.
   6. I’ll take my first love, basketball.

1. Came to Columbia for my Master’s and PhD in Physiology. Currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Biomedical Sciences
2. Born in Hammond, IN (part of Chicagoland), raised in Eastern Iowa. Currently live in Fulton
3. Cubs and Bears fan through genetic requirement. Still interested in what the Hawkeyes do from my HS days.
4. I got sent here by someone sometime for something I don’t remember. Spend more time here than Facebook.
5. Done this…I’ve been drinking with him on float trips, but I worked with Dr. Ed Blaine, 1961 AA Lineman. Great stories from him.
6. Football, because mostly likely it’s warm and the atmosphere is going to be a bit more insane.

1. What is your connection to the University of Missouri? Alum? Student? Raised as a fan? Randomly adopted Mizzou?
Attended the University of Missouri from 1996-2000 and got my BA in Communication, where I had the pleasure of being friends with The Beef and Bill C.
2. Where were you born and raised and where do you currently reside?
Born and raised in New York City and currently live in the greater Las Vegas, NV area.
3. For what other teams have you developed a rooting interest and why?
Well, I grew up rooting for the Yankees and Giants (because of my dad) and the Knicks, although I now disavow any rooting interest for that basketball team. Usually when I move to a new area/school I adopt that team, so I root for Illinois State (where I got my master’s degree), Eastern Michigan (to just win a game a year), Penn State football, UNLV and Ohio State (because my wife is from Ohio).
4. How did you find and begin to read Rock M Nation?
Actually, if I recall things correctly, I think I came across Rock M Nation courtesy of our Red Raider friends at Double T Nation. The actual circumstances are fuzzy, and I had also lost contact with Bill C. and the Beef since leaving Mizzou. I followed a link and boom! goes the dynamite.
5. You’re given a chance to spend an evening over drinks with one figure from Mizzou athletics history. Who are you picking and why?
I’m going to take a trip back in the wayback machine and hang out with coach Don Faurot the night he started working on the Split T formation, if for no other reason than to further my studies in college football offensive formations.
6. In the same year, Missouri makes the national championship game in both football and basketball and you can only afford to attend one of the two. Which one are you picking?
Back in college, I probably would have said basketball. Now? There’s no question it would be football.

1. I’m a freshman in the j-school, beginning work at MUTV next week, and beyond excited.
 
2. Born in suburban Chicago, been there my whole life, now in Como.

3. Diehard Cubs, Blackhawks (you should check out SCH), and Bulls fan, but not a Bears fan. (Don’t ask why, I don’t know.) Instead, I sell my soul every year for the Dolphins. I used to be a huge Fighting Illini fan, too (and subsequently grew to strongly dislike starting 0-1 every god damn year), but since choosing Mizzou over U of I last fall, I have quickly and completely switched my allegiances.

4. To be quite honest I’m not entirely sure. I think sometime last winter I was reading up online about Mizzou’s basketball history (you know, it felt really weird for a (probably too) intense, diehard sports fan like me to all of a sudden be rooting for a team that I hadn’t been rooting for my whole life. I can recite dates like nothing for the Cubs and the Blackhawks and the Dolphins etc. and I needed to know all about Mizzou’s past ASAP.) So I don’t really remember but google must have brought me to an article on this page, and I had never heard of it or SBN before so I poked around a little bit, found this, found SCH, and I was hooked.

5. Given my having been a Mizzou fan for roughly 8 months, I’m gonna go with Kim English, since he’s really the first Mizzou athlete I knew, watched, and was impressed by.

6. Basketball. As much as i LOVE college football, college basketball is my favorite. I love everything about it, and the tournament is simply the pinnacle of sports. One shining moment is unbelievable (except for in 2005…f*@?ing Sean May) and it was hard to hear, but I heard CMA mention something to us freshman about a National Championship the other day at Tiger Walk. I really really really hope he’s right, preferably sometime in the next four years.

M-I-Z!

Current name seemed more tasteful as I approach 30.

1. Alum. Graduated in ‘05. I was what seemed to be the rare out of state student who didn’t major in journalism.
2. Born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago where I currently reside.
3. Huge Bears fan. Bulls season ticket holder. White Sox.
4. Stumbled upon this site during the greatness of the 2007 football season. Been a frequent visitor and occasional poster ever since.
5. Wow. That’s a hard one. I’m going with Zaire Taylor. The 08-09 bball season was so much fun…and that team was so likeable….it would be fun to talk with Mr. Coffee about that team and how it all came together. I guess I really could pick just about anyone off that team though, really.
6. Probably basketball. Only because I would cherish a bball title only a tiny bit more than one in football. Going to either would be a dream come true for just about anyone on this site though, I imagine.

. . . and ventured into the scary unknown of computer blogging.
1. I am an alumnus (1968-72). I lived in Hatch Hall the second year of its existence – fourth floor, Drake House Swamp Turkeys, ooh, ahh, ooh, ahh, ooh, ahh, gobble, gobble, gobble! Sorry, jush had to do that – had a nostalgic moment.
2. I was born and raised deep in the Ozark hills of south-central Missouri; where I also reside, coming home in 2001 after a long career as a journalist in the Denver, Savannah and West Palm Beach markets.
3. I have always been a St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan, and became a Bronco and Nuggets fan while living in Denver, which has continued to the present.
4. I found RMN more than two years ago from a Google search regarding Mizzou basketball recruiting. I lurked for a year or more, and finally, tentatively, posted my first comment sometime last year.
5. I would probably choose Norm Stewart over Dan Devine to spend an evening with, simply because there would be so many more athletes and games involved which we would both remember.
6. I would choose basketball, because it is my favorite sport and the excitement spikes come more frequently during a good game.

1. ‘09 Alum
2. Born and raised in various St. Louis suburbs. Currently in grad school in Chicago
3. Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Blues, Phoenix Suns, whoever is playing kU and the Lakers. I’d like to say I’m a Royals fan but that’s tough to say. I just don’t care much for baseball anyway.
4. I honestly don’t remember how I found it. I think I found a link from somewhere else
5. That’s tough, between Norm Stewart and Dave Yost. Probably Norm.
6. Football. I’ll never forget when my dad called me while i was in the car to San Antonio a couple of years ago to tell me he just got his order form for BCS Championship tickets. I feel like it’s unfinished business. Although I was ready to dip into the savings account for tickets to Detroit a while back.

1. Alum from the heydays of 96 – 2000.

2. Born in NYC, raised in San Fran and DC and still live in DC

3. SF 49ers, SJ Sharks (growing up there) and adopted the Nationals when the Expos moved to DC. As for college I follow the MD Terrapins as that is where most of my friends went, as did the wife. I am forced by this marriage to hate Duke, which is cool with me.

4. I can’t remember, but when I did I was thrilled to death to be able to get all my Mizzou news from one source.

5. Probably Larry Smith, he just seemed like a good guy, and he made us a winning team again. Thank you Larry…even if it was for only 2 years.

6. This is a ridiculously difficult question, but probably basketball just because after Thanksgiving, the NCAA tournament is my favorite holiday..

1. I fell out of my mom with a Warren Powers haircut.

2. From: StL. Formerly Omaha for a few years. Now in Knoxville, TN for the past two…for now.

3. Cardinals (baseball), Blues, and Chicago Bears. Also talk Geelong Cats (AFL) and random EPL stuff.

4. Was searching for porn on Google (who knew ‘Rock hard size M boobs’ would send me here?). Or maybe it was when I was running Mizzourah and read ETS and Mizzou Sanity were having a baby.

5. So many choices! Josh Kroenke? We could get loaded in some small Missouri town, then I can take the car, leaving his ass to fend for himself (couldn’t stand him). Kalen Grimes? We could go to DQ for a couple Blizzards and walk out with more money than we walked in with. I’d probably take Corby Jones though. Easily my favorite Mizzou athlete.

6. Football. Not even close.

1. Alumni, class of 2007 from the journalism school.
2. Born in Florida, raised all over…my dad is a Marine. Spent time in California, Virginia, back in California, and England before coming to Mizzou for school. After a couple of years in Montana for work, I’m back in Columbia.
3. My family is from Kansas City, so rooting for the Chiefs and Royals wasn’t ever a choice. My wife and in-laws are trying their hardest to make me a Red Wings fan (not really a hockey fan to begin with, and they’re from Detroit), but I’ve resisted so far.
4. No idea how I came across Rock M Nation…was in 2007, I think, but I imagine I just googled something like “Mizzou sports blog” and found it that way.
5. I’ll go with Faurot. Would be interested to see what he thought of Mizzou’s spread offense.
6. I prefer football to basketball, but Mizzou basketball is probably the first time I’ve rooted for a team that plays EXACTLY the kind of style I enjoy, so I give Anderson’s boys the edge.

I grew up in Missouri and graduated from Mizzou in 1991 with a bachelor’s in anthropology. I’ve been in Tallahassee FL for the past 15 years (I got a masters at FSU after getting a masters at Illinois – yes I collected them for awhile). I’ve actually become a bigger fan of Mizzou since I’ve been away from Missouri – it gives me a sense of connection to home for one thing (plus the minor issue of the football team suckage when I was there). I still remember one of the greatest things about the internet in the mid 90s was discovering that I could read local news and forum comments about Big 8/12 teams that I would otherwise have no access to here in Florida. Rock M Nation is the apex, the culmination (maybe even the epitome and zenith?) of that, and I read it everyday.

1. What is your connection to the University of Missouri? Alum? Student? Raised as a fan? Randomly adopted Mizzou? I grew up in the area and Mizzou’s the only thing in town worth talking about.

2. Where were you born and raised and where do you currently reside? Raised in rural Howard County, Marines brought me to San Diego and I’ve (mostly) been here ever since.

3. For what other teams have you developed a rooting interest and why? Always loved Cardinals baseball, though I really like San Diego. Manchester United, because I’ve always admired their manager and I really like how they play the game.

4. How did you find and begin to read Rock M Nation?

Someone linked to RMN in the comments of the Tribune and I immediately liked the content here and the SB Nation as a whole.

5. You’re given a chance to spend an evening over drinks with one figure from Mizzou athletics history. Who are you picking and why?

Ehren Earlywine, so we can discuss the finer points of Tremendous Stubble.

6. In the same year, Missouri makes the national championship game in both football and basketball and you can only afford to attend one of the two. Which one are you picking?

Neither. I could never afford a ticket to either of them even if I could, it’d be so damn far away I would see anything anyhow. I’d rather sit at home and watch it in HD.

1. not an alum of Mizzou, but attended within the system (UM-St Louis)
2. Born and raised in St Louis, lived on the Coast for awhile, now in Chicago.
3. Cards, Blues and Rams, of course, along with Golden State Warriors.
4. started way back when with “Viva El BIrdos”, and was thrilled when this came up. RMN was my go-to place during the “Conference-Shift-Mind-Fuck” this past spring. You guys did a masterful job of covering that situation, and I hope you get some kind of award for it.
5. Dan Devine….he was the coach during my earliest memories of Mizzou football.
6. Football…after all these decades, winning the national title would be like winning the lottery.

1. I actually discussed this in depth during our “Where I Come From” promotion. Long story short:

I’m Mizzou cliché No. 182: The out-of-stater whose eye first caught Mizzou as a result of the Missouri School of Journalism.

2. Born in Dallas and raised in a suburb (Coppell) right outside DFW Airport. Just finished up an internship in Washington DC and am currently making the most of my final semester at Mizzou before I graduate in December.

3. As noted multiple times, I have rooting interests for Alabama and Texas A&M, from which my father and my brother graduated, respectively.

4. I was paired with Bill C. and The Beef to launch this little corner of the interweb in Oct. 2007.

5. I think I stumped myself with my own question.

6. I make no bones about the fact that I will always be a football lover and apologist first and foremost. I had contingency plans for New Orleans in 2007 had Missouri beaten Oklahoma.

   1. What is your connection to the University of Missouri? Alum? Student? Raised as a fan? Randomly adopted Mizzou?
Class ‘07 (yay for victory laps)
Didn’t want to come to Mizzou as an 18yr old, but its one of the best choices i’ve ever made. I love my school.

   2. Where were you born and raised and where do you currently reside?
Texas born, but have lived all over the world, lived in central MO from high school through college. Currently working in Houston as a librarian

   3. For what other teams have you developed a rooting interest and why?
I was born a cowboys fan, but have latched onto the chiefs as well, having received season tickets for the chiefs while living in KC after college.

   4. How did you find and begin to read Rock M Nation?
I needed a serious Tiger sports fix and i happened to stumble upon this site.

   5. You’re given a chance to spend an evening over drinks with one figure from Mizzou athletics history. Who are you picking and why?
Brad Smith. I used to see him around the union usually at Subway, and he was so awesome that never wanted to bother him. He single -handedly made me a college football fan. In fact my first time ever watching a college football game beginning to end was his first against Illinois in 02, i think. I’ve been hooked ever since…

   6. In the same year, Missouri makes the national championship game in both football and basketball and you can only afford to attend one of the two. Which one are you picking?
Basketball. though i love football season more. I’ll put my bet on CMA— ANYDAY.
Even though Pinkel is the only Mizzou coach i’ve ever known, soi naturally am fond of him, he has disappointed me way too many times.

1. Alum, graduated 2006. Brother went to school at Mizzou, I was raised in Springfield and there isn’t really another school to follow. Attended every home basketball/football game for five years and suffered, and subsequently now have been rewarded. Am now on second year or post-student football season tickets.

2. Born Sterling Illinois, raised in Minnesota, Missouri, and Illinois. Currently reside in a northern suburb of Chicago.

3. Minnesota Twins/Vikings, living up there, my dad was a lifelong fan, too young for ’87, but remember ’91.

4. Couldn’t get enough Mizzou coverage and my brother recommended the site for content and humor.

5. I’d probably go with Paulding, went to school at the same time, and a freak of an athlete. Also would want to know how dunking on that K-State player felt like.

6. Basketball, cause it means March Madness would be insane knowing we won every game in the tourney.

1. Mizzou alum, born in state and raised as a casual fan. Enjoyed watching basketball games in the days of AP and Doug Smith, but wasn’t taught to be die-hard by any means (never went to games until my freshman year)

2. Born in raised in Troy, Missouri, about a hour northwest of STL, likely known by many of you as the last outpost of civilization before Hannibal MO.

3. When not playing them, I typically root for K-State, Iowa State and (to a lesser extent – Nebraska). For the first two, it’s mainly because they’re old Big 8ers who aren’t really powerhouses. For Nebraska, it’s because my future Brother-in-law is a Nub fan, and everything is easier if we just root for the other one’s team. After a road-trip to tOSU in college, I’ve become a bit of a Buckeye fan (though, mostly for Hockey). I’m a huge fan of Oregon T&F, because of their history. No other college teams really register, though. Pro – I love the Cards and Blues, and root for the Chiefs and Rams.

3. I had been internet friends with Bill, Beef and ZouDave for nearly 10 years on Tigerboard and when I heard they had started up a blog, I figured I’d check it out.

4. 1 figure from Mizzou HISTORY, not just living? #1 choice would probably be Mr. Devine.
My top 5 would be: Devine, Norm, Faurot, John Kadlec and Mike Shannon (he played football and baseball for Mizzou briefly, but my meal with him would not be for his Mizzou connection)
As far as why Devine? Probably the most successful of coaches to ever call Mizzou home, he was associated with Mizzou from the late 50s until the mid-90s – such a wide range of so many subjects that could be covered.

5. Basketball – while I would enjoy watching a Mizzou FB championship more, I’d enjoy the experience of the Final Four more than the BCS Championship.
Real answer – I’d save my money, watch from home and take the kids to Disney World instead.

1. Raised a fan.
2. Born and raised in Cameron, MO. Currently a student at Missouri Western in St. Joe.
3. Spend my Saturdays attending Western games. Root for the Royals and Chiefs. Became a Duke basketball fan about 10 years ago (the reason I won the Rock M Nation bracket contest). Also have a soft spot for Iowa St. football since Paul Rhoads is a Missouri Western Alum.
4. Google search, I think
5. Ben Askren and his funk
6. Basketball

1. My family, despite no connections to the university until recently, has always just been fans of the Tigers.
2. Born, raised, and reside in Saint Louis, Missouri.
3. I live in Saint Louis, so I like the Cardinals and Rams along with Missouri.
4. Watched a Youtube video trying to promote the Tigers for 2008, at the end it said “Prepare for 2008 at RockMNation.com.” So that’s how I found it.
5. Brad Smith, he was electrifying.
6. I like basketball a little bit more than football, so I’d go to the basketball championship.

1. I’m an alumnus of the best journalism school in the nation (OK, the best journalism school not named Columbia…or Syracuse…), graduating in 2008. I went because it had a great journalism school and it sounded far away.

2. I bounced around during my childhood — Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, back to Dallas — and ultimately call Big D my native and current home.

3. If you haven’t heard, I have a thing for the Texas Rangers.

4. In 2007, I went on a mission trip with my church to Peru. The goal was to help the natives, but it was the natives that helped me. After a couple of weeks earning their trust, they showed me a cave that they called “The Den of Mystery.” It was this dark hole carved in the side of a mountain, and it certainly looked mysterious: stalagmites jabbing down from the ceiling, bats routinely taking flight in and out, the pitter-patter of dripping dew. I soon went inside with the help of one of the natives, Jonah (this was a Christian community in the mountains; other missionaries had made certain of it in the 1800s, which would explain his name). The cool wind — from whence it came, I’ll never know — chilled me to the bone. Eventually, Jonah and I made it inside the depths of The Den of Mystery only to find what looked like a curious looking rock sitting on a column of limestone. It was flat and silver, with a line that bisected the rock vertically and stretched around three of its sides. Using a file, I pried the rock open; it was an ancient chest! Inside, I found three things. The first: a leaflet of paper worn by time and dust, with something scrawled on it. I still can’t read what it says, but it appears to be written in English; it starts with “Spri…”. The second thing in the ancient chest: a Bible. King James, actually. Typical of missionaries to leave something like that behind. The third thing, though, was the most remarkable: a laptop computer. How in the world did the missionaries have this kind of technology? I opened it up, and Rock M Nation opened (in Prodigy, of all things). I’ve been active ever since. Jonah was later killed in a boating accident.

Also, RPT and I are friends from high school.

5. Quin Snyder. Imagine the stories!

6. Football, and it’s not really close.

1. Raised an MU fan. Well more accurately I was a sports fan who hooked onto the home state school because of basketball way back in the early 90’s. I am by far the biggest sports fan in my family so there was no one to point to way. Call it dumb luck. Wanted to attend MU, but i was born a poor boy and went to a directional school instead.
 
2. Born in St Joe. Raised in Savannah, MO. Living in Omaha, NE

3. Maybe Penn St. for CFB, but mostly just the Tigers. In pro sports I am a KC guy. Chiefs and Royals. What can I say; I am a sucker for punishment. The KC area teams probably because of location and timing. Penn State I don’t really know why….just noticed that I always stop when I come across one of their games.

4. I think I followed a link from Mizzou-Rah…I know it was a few years back. Rock M has become a daily stop for me since then.

5. I think its a tie between Norm and Corby. Norm was the man in charge of the program I first fell in love with. I had the pleasure of meeting him once in Hearns. I was there for a state BB tourney and meet him in the tunnels, that was a pretty cool moment. Corby because MU football had sucked my entire life and he helped to turn it around. Corby was the star of my first good MU FB memories. HE was by far my favorite player.

6. This is like picking between your wife or your child for me. I love both. I dont know that I could pick….

1. Mizzou Alum 1993-1997
2. I was born in Omaha, raised in Illinois, Memphis, and Cincinnati. Kansas City is now home. And no I wasn’t in a military family. My dad was in sales and kept getting transferred.
3. Along with Mizzou, I have obsessively followed the Chicago White Sox (2005 World Series Champs) since I was walking.
4. I think I found RMN through a Twitter Retweet.
5. An evening over drinks? Gotta be Stormin Norman, following closely by Bob Stull. Kidding of course on Bob Stull.
6. Without a doubt, I am making the pilgrimmage to the football national championship game. Sorry Coach Anderson.

1. I’ll take both alum and raised as a fan. Graduated ‘03 in poli sci and journalism. Was born at Boone County Hospital in ’81 because my parents were both in grad school. So I was more or less born a Tiger fan. My sister’s an alum, too, and my brother’s there now, so the five of us have a combined eight Mizzou degrees so far, and hopefully at least one more on the way.

2. Born in Columbia, MO (see above); moved to STL when I was 1, and stayed there until returning to Mizzou for college; in ‘03, moved to New York, NY, and that’s where I am now.

3. St. Louis Cardinals (again, born and raised a fan); more or less anything involving the US national team; Arsenal; New York Red Bulls (only NY team I can imagine supporting); Kerri Walsh.

4. I was a reader and occasional poster at Viva El Birdos and Tigerboard. A+B=C.

5. So this is “one figure from Mizzou athletics history.” Doesn’t say it has to be a Mizzou player/coach.* In that case, I think I’m going with: Tyus Edney, and in particular the night of March 18, 1995, when, as a 13-year-old Mizzou basketball fan, I would be forced to engage in otherwise inappropriate amounts of underage drinking to prevent Mr. Edney from doing what he otherwise would the following day. I might have tried this with Ndamukong Suh last year instead, but, I mean, my tolerance is “very good,” not “All-Madden,” so I don’t know how much good I would have done there.

*Note: If this doesn’t fly, then, I dunno, Ian Kinsler or Aaron Crow? Or maybe Ziggy Hood, if only to discuss the amazing impression of him my younger siblings do. It’s basically Chappelle’s Rick James with a basso profundo.

6. Football. I like NCAA football better than NCAA basketball, and the atmosphere at the NCAA tourney final, in my opinion, wouldn’t be as awesome as the Mizzou fan section of the national championship bowl game. But either would be amazing.

1. BA (Communications), 1990; JD, 1993.
2. Born and spent most of my childhood in Charleston, Illinois. Moved to Platte City, MO at age 15 and finished high school there. Currently reside in Parkville, MO, KC’s coolest little suburb.
3. Chiefs and Royals. Location, location, location.
4. One day Bill said that something called SB Nation wanted us to merge Mizzou Sanity with a blog operated by a 19 year old kid. Mildly mortified but mostly indifferent, I said "sure." Rest is history.
5. I’ve had drinks with Norm Stewart, so I win this category.
6. I love me some football, but I’m going to have to be at the hoops final so I can write the last and best chapter for the next edition of True Sons.

1. Parents were staff at MU. I went to UMR … not much sports to follow there. I grew up watching Mizzou football and basketball. Yes, I was at the 5th down game.
2. Centralia, MO … now in NC.
3. Oakland Raiders (just to piss off the KC Chief’s fans in my family). Chicago White Sox.
4. Internet search about Missouri sports. I check it out about everyday now.
5. Norm Stewart (with Corby Jones being a close second)
6. Football. Just soooo tired of MIZZOU seemingly being screwed over in football, it would just make it that much more enjoyable for MIZZOU to win a championship in that sport.

1. I am a current mechanical engineering student, set to graduate this May (2011).
2. Born and raised in STL. Live in CoMo for school and ATL for breaks (parents moved when I graduated HS).
3. The obvious Cards, Blues, Rams. K-State when we aren’t playing them (especially when they play kansas) cause my sister goes there.
4. Was on SLGT, the Blues SBNation blog, and made my way over.
5. Well, everyone else is saying Norm Stewart, so I’ll be a little different and go with Brad Smith. He was the first player I remember watching regularly.
6. I would probably say football, but how I would want to rub b-ball in kansas’ face.

What is your connection to the University of Missouri? Alum? Student? Raised as a fan? Randomly adopted Mizzou?
i attended mizzou from 91-95 and 96-99. even managed to accrue a couple of degrees in that time. i also used to work for campus rec for most of that time as an intramural ref/supervisor/grad asst/director. actually worked with the tailgate queen and bill c among other notable im luminaries. fun times

Where were you born and raised and where do you currently reside?
i lived in joplin thru high school. lived in colorado for the last 10 years, currently in centennial.

For what other teams have you developed a rooting interest and why?
my wife is a buckeye, so i have been co-opted into that crazy bunch. i grew up a cards fan, but now follow the rockies since i get to see them play every day. i always hope that mssu does well, like that ever happens.

How did you find and begin to read Rock M Nation?
probably saw a link on tigerboard some time during the 07 fb season

You’re given a chance to spend an evening over drinks with one figure from Mizzou athletics history. Who are you picking and why?
i’ve also had a beer with stormin norman and would do it again. very funny dude

In the same year, Missouri makes the national championship game in both football and basketball and you can only afford to attend one of the two. Which one are you picking?
football. then i’ll win the lottery before march. problem solved!

1) I’m a Mizzou alumni. Bachelor of Journalism, ‘07. But I’ve been a fan for just about as long as I can remember.
2) I was born in Shawnee Mission, KS (which I don’t like to admit readily). Raised in Independence, MO prior to the meth heyday and then the Parkville area in NKC for high school (Go Park Hill Trojans!). After graduating from Mizzou, I returned to the Parkville area and still call that home.
3) As a Kansas City boy, I’ve always been a huge Chiefs fan. I wasn’t really into baseball until my later years, but I’ve always rooted for the Royals (it hurts so good). Once I realized they were probably never going to win a Series in my lifetime, I chose the Red Sox for a backup because I dig curses (this was prior to their 2004 Series win).
4) I actually didn’t know about Rock M during my time enrolled at Mizzou, which saddens me. I really wish I had been around to read some of the articles that were posted during the ‘07 season! I can’t remember who exactly, but one of my fellow alums turned me on to it. Now I can’t get enough. I check the site at least 3-4 times a day.
5) I’d have to go with Norm Stewart. I’m more of a football fan, but his love for the University is unmatched, in my opinion. Even before I was a fan of Mizzou, I was a hater of kU and I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that Norm would refuse to spend a dime in the state of Kansas if he could help it. This is a tradition that I for one still try to follow.
6) I’d have to go with football, just because I prefer the sport. But really, I’d just be happy with the opportunity to choose. Can we make this happen, please? Perhaps someone out there has a magic genie lamp or some other way to make wishes? Maybe we could sacrifice some animals or drop $1 million worth of coinage in a fountain somewhere?

1. ’02 Mizzou grad (econ & poli sci)
2. Born & raised in Chicago (western suburbs), currently reside in Las Vegas
3. Cubs, Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks – Chicago childhood teams
     Minnesota Golden Gophers – law school
     San Diego Chargers – current regional adopted team
4. I don’t remember how I found RMN but I’m sure it was from a link on Tigerboard
5. Norm
6. Football

You’re the first blog to lure me from the shadows…

1. Mizzou alum
2. Born and raised in Blue Springs, MO., now living in Estacada (suburb of Portland), OR
3. Of course a fan of all KC teams but also a budding Oregon Ducks fan (don’t throw anything!). A buddy needed help with his Ducks season tickets two years ago, and well, I’m now a Ducks season ticket holder (but they’ll never replace my Tigers!).
4. Found RMN while trying to find more and better Mizzou info during the amazing 2007 football season.
5. Jon Sundvold. Great Mizzou star, Mizzou sports history expert, from my hometown, always went to see him at BSHS games with my Dad when I was a kid. He could hit from anywhere. Therefore, one of my childhood heroes.
6. Very, very tough choice. I’m thinking football, because the national gloating would be better (and KU hasn’t been there)!

1. Married into a local family, moved here in 2005 – now I cover the MU for my sports show (The Closers on KFRU)

2. Born – Ohio
Raised – Texas
Lived – Louisiana, Oregon and now Columbia, Missouri.

3. I also follow Ohio State football (Dad was in the band), Houston Astros, the Sleepy Floyds (my fantasy football team).

4. I found RMN when I was stumbling home from the MU/Nebraska game in 2007. I was walking along Stadium towards West Blvd. when I fell into a ditch close to the trail tunnel and banged my head on a rock. I woke up at dawn, reeking of deer urine and dried blood. I looked down at the rock on which I hit my head, and was overcome by the urge to see what was under it. I used a dead branch and a hubcap as a fulcrum to pry the rock from it’s muddy purchase. As the rock began to budge, a beam of dazzling white light shot across the glade, blinding several raccoons who had gathered for a morning meal. When, at last, I overturned the stone, I fell to my knees, weeping at the sight of the Rock M Nation. The rest, as they say, is history.

5. Thunder Matt Lawrence (The Grey Goose) – there is no need to explain the logic of this choice.

6. I think I would choose the Football Championship game.

1. Alumnus – Mechanical Engineering ‘92. Witnessed some forgettable football as a student, but the games were so freaking fun anyway. Many times said “if we ever again have a decent football team…” well now we do! Those years were outstanding for basketball, though. Doug Smith, Anthony Peeler, Nathan Buntin, etc. Man did we have some players.
2. Born & raised in Springfield (MO). Reside today in Lee’s Summit, MO.
3. StL Cardinals and KC Chiefs. Although since moving to KC after college I would have been and still would be ready to jump on board with the Royals. I would love to experience living in KC during a pennant run. My three kids have no idea what it’s like to follow winning baseball. Loved baseball from the beginning and the Cardinals get all the coverage in Springfield. The Chiefs were good when I moved to KC after college. Super game atmosphere and great tailgating, etc.
4. Don’t really remember how I came across RMN, but I do remember being very pleased with and bookmarked it right away. Have been reading RMN ever since. Love the perspective (rooting interest, but not complete homerism usually) and really appreciate the lack of the idiotic back-and-forth b.s. between rival posters.
5. Norm. I wish there could be a way to take a little bit of Norm’s fire and passion for Mizzou and feed it to every athlete upon enrolling at school. Seriously, if the athletic department doesn’t already have some kind of an informal “Mizzou Athletics 101” course that they make every incoming athlete take, they could start by replaying an interview w/ Norm. I would love to hear the unedited stories about his hatred for kU and his experiences as a student, player and coach.
6. Hmm. I would have to choose football. Seems like a bit more glory associated w/ football than basketball. Also, football games are about 3 hours long while basketball games are 2 hours (except for Big East games on Monday). I’ll take 3 hours of first-hand nat’l championship watching over 2 for sure.

I know I’m the first of something else!

What is your connection to the University of Missouri? Alum? Student? Raised as a fan? Randomly adopted Mizzou?
Married a Tiger fan who also did not attend Mizzou.
Where were you born and raised and where do you currently reside?
Born in KCMO, my formative years in Big D & came back to KC for school. Am here for life as we both own our own businesses.
For what other teams have you developed a rooting interest and why?
I grew up a Cowboys fan & was a fan during their Super Bowl years. When I moved to KC in ‘97, a friend of mine took me to a Chiefs game & I was done. Renounced Cowyboy fandom and became a Chiefs fan. Met my spouse at a tailgate and we are season ticket holders.
How did you find and begin to read Rock M Nation? 07 season & became an active member in during the 08-09 bball season. I have a bit of an addictive personality & this place is pretty much my go-to website.
You’re given a chance to spend an evening over drinks with one figure from Mizzou athletics history. Who are you picking and why? Mike Anderson because he’s awesome.
In the same year, Missouri makes the national championship game in both football and basketball and you can only afford to attend one of the two. Which one are you picking?
Umm – I would beg, borrow & steal to be at both. But probably football.

   1. I am an alum of 2005. Funny thing, my mom went to Nebraska-Omaha and when I was a child thought that gave me an allegiance to Nebraska (even though I lived in Missouri). So I was a huge Husker football fan, you could find me wearing red and white at Farout in 1997) but then I attended the University of Missouri and let’s just say it was all over from there. I always had a small interest in the Tigers but going there and becoming immersed in it. Let’s just say I don’t take fandom lightly and I’ve got all my chips in for all Mizzou athletics.
   2. Born in St. Louis, raised in Sedalia, now reside in Midland, TX
   3. Cardinals (see birthplace), Blues, and Miami Dolphins. Why the phins? My mom said I liked them as long as I have been picking out sports clothes for Christmas out of catalogs. No idea how it started.
   4. I’m pretty sure I found the National Rock of M in the summer/fall of 2006. I think I found a link on Tigerboard and visit multiple times every day from my work computer, home computer and phone. It’s my main source of all things Mizzou and gives me a lot of things to bring up in arguments (mostly against Tech fans)
   5. Norm, and I’ve actually sat here and tried to pick somebody else. But really, who else spans so many generations of Tigers and is as passionate about it as him.
   6. This is tough, I’m a much bigger college basketball fan, but this football stuff is starting to wear on me. Football seems like it would be a rarer occasion the way things with basketball seem to be headed, plus I go back to Armageddon in 07 and can’t think of anything that tops that atmosphere….but….I’d have to go with basketball…I think…but it’s really close. I think I get more attached to the basketball team because you can follow them all year and still have hope of a national championship. 1 loss in football and it’s pretty much lost for a school like Mizzou. So basketball…

1. Everyone in my family goes to Mizzou, thats just how it is.
2. Born and raised North of KC in Platte City
3. Cards, Chiefs, Toledo Rockets for no real reason
4. A google image search in ‘08 of Chase Daniel I think
5. Probably CMA or Rucker
6. Gotta be Football. I’ve gone to every home game since ’02

1) Student from 2003-2005
2) born and raised Southside of Chicago
3) Chicago Bears (season ticket holder), White Sox (parents met on a bus trip to opening day), Bulls (child of the 90s), Blackhawks (roenick, chelios, amonte), Cardinals (living in MO and hating Cubs)
4) fellow tiger told me about Rock M Nation
5) being a high school basketball coach i would love to pick Norm Stewart’s brain
6) Basketball is my first love

   1) Alum 05’ Biology/Environmental Studues
   2) Born North Carolina, Raised Iowa/Illinois, Currently live in Hawaii
   3) St. Louis Cardinals because of my 8 years in Missouri, US soccer (raised playing soccer), and Fulham (becasue they have Dempsey)
   4) SBNation- I read vivaelbirdos.com first and found my way over
   5) Don Faurot for historical reasons, Justin Gage, Sean Weatherspoon, or TJ Soyoye for entertainment value
   6) Wow. I’d love to say both, but I guess football wins by a nose.

1. PhD ’08 , but by way of wife, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, and grandmother-in-law (all alumns) it seems I was raised as a fan, as I get stories from a pretty big span of MU lore.

2. Born in Michigan (hence my undeniable love of fullbacks), lived in Florida, then eastern part of Washington state for most of my life. Went to undergrad in Montana, went to Mizzou, now live in Seattle for the last year and a half.

3. Pro-football, the Dolphins and the Chiefs. I grew up near the former and my wife is from KC hence the later. Highly dislike the Fight’in Carrols.

 NCAA; I have always rooted for the Wolverines, they are my dads team but Mizzou was the first college team that got me to become a sports fanatic.

 I had always been a fan of the Mariners (grew up in WA, see above) but due to the wife I now follow the Royals. Their similarities make it very easy to do this. May we all wish we had the grit of one Willie Bloomquist, the world would be better for it.

4. I got tired of always searching StLPD and KCstar by myself reading everything, and I think I saw something on RMN in the comments section of StLPD. It was the fall of ‘07, but I didn’t start posting until moving away from CoMo.

5. I know he’s been listed previously but that does not sway my choice. Dan Devine. He installed the power-I for a bowl game. Just decided to start it, you know, for fun. My inner-child-Wolverine-fan would probably shit-bricks.

6. Though my wife has really gotten me into Mizzou basketball and I am absolutely excited about what CMA has done at the school so far, I still would rather travel to a Football NC. I would wager that could end with tears in my eyes, win or lose.

/grownmencryingistotallyacceptableatsportingevents

1. 2005 Alum
2. Born and raised in Cape Girardeau, currently live in the same. My parents are SEMO alums, but I fell in love with Tiger basketball in the early 90s and always visited family friends in Columbia during football season. Knew from a young age I was headed there for school.
3. STL Cards. My dad’s from St. Louis and put a cards hat on me at age 1.
4. A friend introduced me to it after he found the SB Nation platform. Was hooked after spending hours trying to figure out Bill’s BTBS calculations. Still don’t know what the hell is going on.
5. Norm, without question.
6. Football. Despite college basketball being my favorite sport traditionally, Mizzou’s renaissance has me leaning more toward football these days. That and I think there is much more parity in basketball such that a trip to the football MNC game would be a much bigger “can’t miss” for me.

1. Raised as a fan by my dad, am currently a senior in the J-School.

2. Born and raised in StL, now live in Columbia, MO.

3. I don’t really follow the NBA but the Nuggets are my team because Linas Kleiza played there for a while, and they sort of just stuck. Other college teams – I like Utah, TCU for football and any underdog not named ku or duke in basketball.

4. Saw some posts on Tigerboard about Rock M, checked it out, and I’ve been reading for a while now. Never posted – yes, I was a gasp! lurker, but I have now crawled out of my cave.

5. I would have to go with Martin Rucker or Laurence Bowers. Those are my boys

6. Both. I’d split the cost with a hot girl, and then let her sit on my lap for both games. Hmm that was a little creepy for a first post, huh? Hopefully you all will still be my interwebz friendz..

1) Alum (J-School 2003)

2) Union, Missouri (now known for giving kU the nefarious Jordan Webb…) is where I grew up. I live in Chesterfield, MO now with my Tiger wife and future Tiger son.

3) St Louis Cardinals (I love them as much as I love breathing), St Louis Blues (damn you Bill Laurie), and, wait for it, the Philadelphia Eagles! The football Cardinals moved to Phoenix when I was 8 and it broke my heart. I adopted the Eagles as my favorite team because I liked Randall Cunningham.

4) I found out through the nerdiest avenue: the guy who founded SBNation is the brother of CliffyB, the creator of Gears of War.

5) This is easy: Anthony Peeler. Damn I love 44. Followed closely by Roger Wehrli.

6) The basketball teams of the 80’s are when I fell in love with Mizzou, so as much as I revel in the golden days of Mizzou Football that we are living through, nothing makes me happier than seeing the basketball team do well. My wife got her Master’s just so we could continue to get the all sports pass.

Xbox Live gamertag and PSN gamer id: jhevans51. Send me a friend request if you like shooters or sports games (I’m assuming most everyone here, lol).

1. I’m a Husker fan, and Mizzou has become one of our more serious rivals. I was raised to hate the Tigers for costing us half of a national title in 1997.

2. Born and raised in Minden, Nebraska. I’m currently a Junior at UNL, so naturally, I live in Lincoln.

3. I’m a Husker, through and through.

4. Through linkage on Corn Nation. You guys run an excellent blog, and I love some of the features you have on here. From the (extremely biased) wisdom of the fans prediction, to the very thorough statistical breakdowns RMN provides. I’ll still be reading this site after we move to the Big 10.

5. Chase Daniel. I’d spike his drink with some sort of diarrhetic. :P

6. Football. Even if it was the Tigers, if I had the tickets and happened to be in the right city, the environment of a national title game has to be wild.

1.) Born and Raised a University of Missouri Fan. Graduate of Missouri Southern State University.
2.) Born and Raised in Kansas City, MO and Currently reside in Bowling Green, KY (WKU Territory)
3.) Bears, Chiefs, Royals, Padres and Tampa Bay Rays.
Bears- Firts sports job was in Chicago and default position is to root on DA Bears
Chiefs- What’s not to love about growing up spending Sundays at Arrowhead?
Royals- Will always be a true blue fan.
Padres and Tampa bay Rays- Have worked or currently work for their minor league affiliates.
4.) Found Rock M Nation just playing on the interwebs one evening. Have been a loyal follower ever since.
5.) Truman the Tiger, I figured Norm would need a night off after dinner with over half the respondents.
6.) Football hands down. Basketball is more fun to watch from home.

1. BA ’93.
2. Born and raised at my house, now living in Seattle (which sucks and I hate all things Seattle. Screw coffee, the sports teams all suck especially UW, and I hate liberals).
3. Vikings because I got an old Vikings “letter jacket” as a kid, and the Twins because when it came time to piss my dad off and give up the Yankees, the Twins were the WORST team in baseball. It all worked out good.
4. I think I was looking for free inside info on recruiting. Google-fu, thank you!
5. Paul Christman, because he was a pimp long before there were pimps. And, I want to get his autograph.
6. Football, because we have a greater likelihood of going again in basketball, if they can just keep the damn coach here.

1. Graduated in December 2009, Finance and Econ dual emphasis

2. Born: Chicagoland
    Raised: Clevelandland
    Lived: St. Louisland and currently Topeka. Meh.

3. I’m a 3rd generation Cubs fan and know way too much about them. Other (much lesser) rooting interests include the Cavaliers, Chiefs, and I suppose Michigan State

4. I don’t even remember. I’m very, very glad I did find it though.

5. I’d like to discuss Walden Pond with Sheldon Richardson.

6. I think it has to be football. I love them both, but I think the atmosphere has to be a little better at a BCS bowl than at the Final Four.

   1. My parents met at Mizzou in the 60s, so obviously I was raised right. I didn’t do my undergrad here (Truman State FTW), but I just finished up my MPA and started law school in good old Columbia, MO.
   2. I was born and raised in Independence, Missouri, with a 4 year visit to Kirksville, and now I live in Columbia. This created the bizarre fact that I attended 3 successive schools named Truman (Truman High School, Truman State University, and the Truman School of Public Affairs at Mizzou)
   3. Being from KC, I’m obviously a Chiefs and Royals fan. I’ve recently adopted the New Orleans Saints (I needed a pro football team that didn’t suck, and of course Chase plays there now). I don’t follow much else. I do own an Arsenal jersey, but frankly I haven’t ever followed the EPL.
   4. I’m not sure. I think I got here via ZouDave’s videos, actually. When I was working a Congressional campaign in 2008, they were my 10 minute “shut myself in my office so I don’t murder someone” breaks.
   5. I’m really not sure, so I guess I’ll go with Norm or Devine by default.
   6. Football. I love watching Mizzou basketball, but this place will always be first and foremost about football for me.

Side note: Mizzou is absolutely a football school. We’ve been at it and had competitive streaks for a lot longer (basketball was a joke until Norm), and two of the greatest coaches in the history of the sport coached here. There aren’t Columbia traditions built around basketball games (goalposts to Harpo’s, for example).

1. I was raised a MIZZOU fan! I also graduated from MIZZOU in 2008 and 2010.
2. I was born and raised in the upper Northwestern corner of Missouri, around a bunch of lowly huskers and hawkeyes. I currently live in Columbia.
3. I root for the Chiefs and Royals b/c KC was closer than StL to my hometown. I’m starting to follow the Cardinals more though.
4. I’ve been following you guys even before Rock M Nation. I got on Mizzou Sanity and read your stuff, and then transitioned to RMN.
5. Don Faurot would be my choice. It would be interesting to learn about his time at MIZZOU.
6. I would definitely have to go with the Football game. The whole football game-day experience would be amazing!

1. I am currently a student at the University. I am studying atmospheric science. I work at KOMU once a week for the morning show in the weather department. Should be done in about 2 years.
2. I hail from Sedalia, MO but currently live in Columbia
3. I root for the Cardinals, Chiefs, Bulls and a few other teams. I root for them because those are the teams I fell in love with as a kid.
4. Being a member of Tiger’s Lair last year they sent out a weekly email and it included "Getting to know your Opponent"
5. CMA because he resurrected our basketball program.
6. CMA > Pinkel To see our team watching their One Shining Moment would be a special moment

   1. Came here for one thing and ended up with a grad degree in another field. Man United are the team of my birth (hence genetically wired in through some weird Lamarckian evolutionary thing), the Leafs were the team I moulded around in my early sports watching years, and I imprinted on the tigers when I came here and started watching college sports. So I pretty much acquire teams like moss on a rolling stone. Except I’m more of a “flown-around-on-airplanes stone”, even if it is less poetic). Not having being here as an undergrad, and not having cable teevee, RMN is actually pretty central to my tigers fandom .

   2. Where were you born and raised and where do you currently reside?
Manchester, Toronto, and now Columbia.

   3. For what other teams have you developed a rooting interest and why?
Man U, the Leafs, and I generally feel positively towards other Toronto sports in a passive sort of way.

   4. How did you find and begin to read Rock M Nation?
Exactly like ghtd36, except the chest I opened also had some spoons in it with suggestively shaped handles. My cave was apparently in a naughtier part of the world.

   5. You’re given a chance to spend an evening over drinks with one figure from Mizzou athletics history. Who are you picking and why?
Hoch. He sounds like a nice guy with some smarts to him.

   6. In the same year, Missouri makes the national championship game in both football and basketball and you can only afford to attend one of the two. Which one are you picking?
The Leafs Stanley cup final clinching game :)
eh… I guess I’m going with football because the crowds are much bigger and more likely to do something memorable like pull the goalposts down.

   1. Raised a fan, and hope to one day be a student.
   2. Born in Columbia, moved around a bit, but now I live in Blue Springs.
   3. Chiefs, Cardinals, and Iowa football. I just love BHGP
   4. After the KU basketball win in 08, ESPN did a Missouri link thing, of which Rock M Nation was one.
   5. Blaine Dalton. Uhh.. Kim English
   6. Definitely football

1. Became a fan as a student, class of 2000 (more or less)
2. Born and raised in SW CT (basically suburban NYC) and now live in St. Charles, MO
3. Mets in baseball, as my father was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan before becoming a Mets fan. Jets in football because of my father. New Jersey Devils in hockey because of Gary Thorne being their announcer in the 80’s (and also being the Mets radio guy) and pro basketball bores me. Raised a Penn State fan in football because of relatives who went there and was a UCONN fan in basketball.
4. Um…had some inside knowledge about where to find it
5. Brock Olivo, so we can catch up from over the past few years
6. Football, but I’d never have to make that choice.

1. Raised in the right way by my Mizzou alum parents.
2. Born in Overland Park, moved to Minnesota for undergrad, currently in Ames, Iowa for graduate school.
3. Long-suffering fan of the Royals and Chiefs.
4. Don’t even remember now, probably found it via Royals Review.
5. Mike Anderson, to thank him for bringing Missouri basketball back from the abyss.
6. Basketball, I love football but nothing beats the basketball national championship.

1. Raised as a fan, alum, work at MU (the J-school, in case the handle doesn’t give it away.
2. Born in Marshall, then raised in Nevada (Mo.), graduated high school in Blue Springs, went to Mizzou, went to North Carolina, now back in Columbia.
3. North Carolina, vaguely. Went to a Tar Heel game in 04 or 05 and watched them get spanked by Louisville. Of course the next week they upset Miami. Picked the wrong game. Otherwise … the Chiefs, to the extent I can stand pro football.
4. I don’t honestly remember. I think maybe Dave Matter linked to you once?
5. Norm. Because, Norm. And I’ve seen him get tipsy at a few TSF events.
6. Football.

1. raised as a fan (dad and sis both grads)
2. born in joplin, mo. raised in lamar, mo and currently reside here (always have)
3. also root for stl cards (MO team), gt yellow jackets (aunt used to teach in atl, took me to a game), and gb packers (no MO team other than the woeful stl cards growing up).
4. saw rmn mentioned on the pd mizzou forum (glad i did!).
5. kellen winslow. greatest mizzou fb player, imo.
6. football.

1. Alum ‘08
2. Originally: Springfield IL Now: DC
3. Bulls, Bears (sigh), Cards (yes I cheat), Fulham/Man Utd
4. Don’t remember, just stumbled upon it
5. Paul Christman (who didnt love the 1930s?)
6. Football due to the tailgate

1. Raised a fan by my grandparents, along with my best friends parents who always had a extra ticket for me.
2. Born in Des Moines, IA….lived and raised in Unionville, MO for 22 of my 23 years and currently living there but hopefully soon will be taking a transfer job at HyVee in Columbia.
3. Cardinals fan because I just like their style, Chiefs fan because of my grandparents, Bulls fan because of my dad, Blues because of my fraternity brothers, and Manchester United because I adopted them as my futbal team.
4. Believe I found it on TigerBoard….
5. Kimmie English is who I would like to spend a night out with….he’s just so smooth, we’d have the ladies eating out of our hands.
6. Basketball is my first love, so a National Championship game in bball it is….

1. Mizzou Student – Junior, Education Major
2. Born and raised in Saint Louis, South County area (Mehlville)
3. When I was ten years old I decided I loved college football, and picked a favorite team at that time. That was the Miami Hurricanes. It’s all about the U!! I was dead set on attending Miami until about freshman year of high school when I realized it was a $40,000 a year private school. I still follow the U daily, but not nearly as much as I follow Mizzou nowadays. Also a die hard Cardinals and Rams fan.
4. I had read a couple of articles but the “You never know” article from the morning of the Memphis game gave me the chills for at least a half hour. I love this site so much now that I get @RockMNation tweets sent directly to my phone via text messages.
5. Kim English. So I can tell him all about my man crush him. I’m kidding. But seriously…
6. I’d have to say football. I’ve been lucky enough to go to a Superbowl (’99 Rams) and a national title game (UNC v. Illinois in STL). As amazing as that basketball game was, I think that a football national championship game would be like an out of body experience for me.

1. My grandparents on my mother’s side were hardcore Mizzou fans and made sure that, despite the fact that I grew up on the other side of the Atlantic, I was decked out in black & gold from the day I was born. When I graduated high school back in ‘00, I didn’t apply to any other colleges. And now I’m back there again, currently pursuing a Master’s in Environmental Engineering.
2. That’s a tough question for me, actually… I was born in Amsterdam, went to preschool in Charlotte, NC, went to elementary school through junior high in Castricum, Noord-Holland, then went to high school (go Kewps!) and college in Columbia. After trying Omaha for less than six months, I moved back to CoMo and am still here.
3. I’m as much a 3rd generation St. Louis Cardinals fan as I’m a 3rd generation Tigers fan. For the NFL, it’s a toss-up between the Chiefs and Vikings. In International Soccer, it’s Oranje all the way (Spain can suck it). And, finally, I may not know all the words to either of my national anthems, but I sure as hell know all the words to this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khokx5p0-bQ
4. I might risk starting a flame-war here, but I actually found sbnation through a shout-out by one of it’s founders, Markos Moulitsas (of dKos fame). After reading a few of Bill C.‘s previews and discovering that sports-writing could be well-written, insightful, and math-obsessed, I was hooked.
5. As much as I enjoy the emotional highs and lows of sports, I’m not sure I’d ever get actually get along with anyone directly involved in it. So instead I’ll just have a drink with my friends and family, who are as big a part of Mizzou sports history for me as anyone.
6. Basketball, because THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

1 & 2. Grew up in Columbia and still live here.
3. Cardinals (loved listening to Jack Buck), Chiefs (they were the only Pro Football team around and they were good then), Blues (same answer as the Chiefs), and of course my Kewpies (if your not from around here, you won’t get the reference).
4. Found it though trolling on TigerBoard…been here more than there now!
5. I would pick Don Faurot. Just asking him the basics of his offense and why couldn’t he have stayed the Head Coach longer.
6. I will probably never be able to afford either so I’m throwing a curveball (pun intended) here and choose the Championship series (with Mizzou involved) at the College World series…It’s just too bad the they closed down Rosenblatt.

1. I am currently a junior at the University of Missouri. I applied to a multitude of schools around the country, and, after being rejected by my top choice, I chose Mizzou, thus beginning my Tiger athletic infatuation.

2. I was born and raised in Fort Worth, TX. I currently reside in Columbia, MO.

3. I grew up a hardcore UT fan. Me and my dad, a UT alum, used to travel to the UT bowl games.

4. I found this site linked on ESPN, after the kU Mizzou basketball game in 2009. I was a lurker for a while, and finally joined in on the fun last November.
5. Norm Stewart
6. Blahhh I dunno…basketball I suppose, just to see Kimmeh’s championship reaction live.

1. Born and raised a Tiger fan. Also, I graduated undergrad in 2006 and got my JD this past May.
2. I was born in Jefferson City, MO and just got a new job back here…so excited about that. I lived in Columbia for 6 of my 7 college years. I tried Oklahoma City for my first year of Law School but couldn’t stand it and missed Mizzou, so I transfered back for my last two years.
3. I have always been a St. Louis sports fan. The Cardinals and Tigers share my sports fan love. I really enjoy Blues hockey, and my family has had Rams season tickets since the day they moved to St. Louis even though I’m not a huge NFL fan. The last 5-10 years or so, I’ve followed the NBA more and just kind of chose to follow the Nuggets. I have a little bit of a soft spot for Notre Dame football, but it’s not even close to my Mizzou fandom.
4. I was an infrequent poster on Tigerboard looking for something better.
5. For the craziness: Quin, Kleiza, and their girlfriend
For a guy I respect and would like to know: Norm
6. That’s a really tough choice because I may like Mizzou basketball a fraction more, but I think a Football championship would mean so much more for the school. I’d have to go with football.

1. What is your connection to the University of Missouri? Alum? Student? Raised as a fan? Randomly adopted Mizzou?
I have no official ties to the University… but it never made sense to me for a native Missourian to pull for anyone other than Missouri. I recall very vividly my first ku-mocking purchase— a green T-shirt that I bought at a garage sale when I was like 8. And, inexplicably, I harbor an extreme dislike for kansas in general. There is no good reason for this, I don’t guess… but it is what it is.

Born in Smithville, MO— lived in the Great Free and Independent City of Kansas City (North of the River)… lived in MO my entire life save for 4 years during which I lived in northwest Arkansas.

3. For what other teams have you developed a rooting interest and why?
Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Wizards for obvious reasons— I was not as successful in keeping the Razorback out of my system during my time in AR… And for reasons surely tied to the fact that I was raised in early-80s Chiefs Fandom, the other teams that I have developed rooting interest in generally find themselves mired in long periods of mediocrity (at best). Heart of Midlothian FC, St. Louis Blues, among others. Also, Newcastle United — which I scientifically selected due to the fact that their shirt sponsor at the time I became aware of them was Newcastle Brown Ale.

4. How did you find and begin to read Rock M Nation?

RMN came highly recommended by a Tiger fan friend after I started getting into Tigerboard and lamented the general tenor… This would have been just after the Byron Eaton Lovefest Big XII Tournament 2009 edition. My first live thread experience hooked me, much to the chagrin of the community at large.

Just to toss another name out there— Kim Anderson… seeing as how he’s been the head coach at CMSU, and I’m still a Mules fan deep down inside from my college days… so it’s a two-birds-with-one-stone thing.

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1. Born and raised a Mizzou fan. Family is from STL and dad went to nearby Westminster.
2. Embarassed to be born in IL, quickly made it to STL and then ended up in KC. Currently living in Cincinnati and hoping the Bengals realize you don’t draft a Mizzou tight end to block.
3. The Cardinals are my first love, with Mizzou not far behind. The Rams when they’re bearable.
4. Started reading Viva El Birdos for the Cardinals and somehow made it over here a couple years ago. Reading (lurking) ever since.
5. Feel like Norm is the obvious answer, but you gotta think Clarence Gilbert would be an interesting night.
6. Really torn between the idea of tailgating / attending an event as huge as a football championship and watching CMA win a basketball championship a la the Memphis game two years ago. I’ll go with basketball. Too much debate when it comes to a football champion.

1. Proud Alum. Grew up hating Ku – still do (even though I’m married to a Jayhawk – please don’t hold that against me).

2. Born in Coffeyville, KS – home of the Red Ravens (who groomed many next-gen Tigers such as Damien Nash, R.I.P.). Raised in Liberty, MO – home of the next Jeremy Maclin (oh please don’t let me down Marcus). Live on the Kansas side in KC (somebody’s got to get behind enemy lines).

3. Homer – so it’s pretty much anything KC but dang that’s tough right now.

4. Jumped onboard after Rock M got some love a while back from the ESPN Big 12 blog (can’t remember how long ago that was).

5. Brad Smith (even though he doesn’t drink I think). I still say that guy turned Mizzou football around (sure sure GP did some stuff). But without Bradley’s highlight reel stuff who’s to say Chase comes onboard (we weren’t much to look at post Corby). Without Chase there’s probably no Maclin, Coffman, or 2007 hand-shakes. All goes back to Brad. Plus he’s just an all-around good guy.

6. Football. Unless it’s 2027 and there’s a playoff system in place – you’d have to have a lot of things go right to get into the footbal championship (thank you BCS scally-wags). Plus – I watched Duke-Baylor in Houston this year from Reliant but still saw more of the game on the video board than live-action. Basketball games in a football mega-stadium just ain’t natural.

Hello ladies,

Great idea with the roll call. This is my cue to sound off since I normally just lurk and laugh and occasionally share a link with buddies and call it good. Let me go down the list:

Graduated from Mizzou with a BS in health professions, raised as a fan. When I was born, I was brought home from the hospital in black and gold. I didn’t have a chance.

Born in Sedalia, currently fighting the good fight west of the state line, Overland Park to be exact. I rarely admit this, but at a young age I became a Pittsburgh Steelers fan because they were the only team in the NFL that had the same colors as Mizzou (like I said, never had a chance). Lately, I have a better excuse, as Ziggy is poised for a breakout year. Lifelong Cardinals fan, which gets me a lot of dirty looks around the KC metro area.

I found RockMNation after a buddy of mine suggested I check it out one night after I bitched about another Mizzou fansite that shall remain nameless. I’ve been fighting the mob mentality ever since. If I got to sit down with one figure in Mizzou history for booze, I’m going with Bill Wilkerson, which I know is out of left field. I always wanted to meet the guy who was the voice of my childhood team. I was fortunate enough to go to games growing up (parents and grandparents had season football tickets), and it never seemed to matter that we were getting beat 55-0. I still watched. And when we were getting beat on the road, I still listened. Bill was there, telling his buddy Mike how the guys were doing on the field.

For reasons listed above, I’m going to see Mizzou in the NC game on the gridiron if I had to choose between football and basketball. Mizzou football has been such a huge part of every stage of my life, I would stop at nothing to get there.

Great thread idea guys, keep up the good work. I’ll be lurking…

1. I am a freshmen now at mizzou majoring in engineering but have had many family members graduate from mizzou
2. Born in Jonesboro Arkansas and i currently live in columbia obviously
3. Love the cardinals and the packers because my dad was a fan of both so i just grew up watching their games
4. I dont really remember i think i was just looking up some missouri football articles
5. I would love to hear all of the stories a guy like Norm Stewart could tell about mizzou basketball and basically anything else
6. Thats a tough one but i think Im gonna have to go with basketball because theres nothing better than the ncaa tourney

…but I guess I’ll participate in your census.

1. Born and raised a Mizzou fan—both parents went there, and my grandpa was a professor there. I always figured I would go there too, but when I was 18 Wash U made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Still, the nice thing about going to a D-3 school is that you don’t really need to change your D-1 loyalties. I even converted my New York-born roommate to Mizzou fandom when we went to the ’98 KU game.

2. Born in Springfield. Currently live in Kansas City. Stops along the way in St. Louis, New Jersey, and Warrensburg.

3. Rutgers, where I earned my PhD. Missouri State, since I grew up in Springfield in the Winston Garland era. Still, I would definitely root for Mizzou against MSU, and probably against Rutgers as well (although that one would hurt—a lot). Pro-wise, I root for the Chiefs, Royals, and Cubs.

4. I honestly don’t remember. I probably saw a link to something on Tigerboard, read Rock M, and thought, “OMG, these guys aren’t flame-baiting retards!!! I never have to go to Tigerboard again!!!”

5. Norm. No need to explain.

6. Football. I’m a professor, so I’m on winter break in early January, whereas early April is the heart of my busy season.

1. grew up rooting for the home state team, just the way it is
2. born San Diego, CA, (Dad was in the Navy, he’s from Stotesbury, the Nevada folks MIGHT know where that is, he graduated from Hume), raised in Joplin, currently reside in Tucson, AZ, the last place the AF will send me
3. Chiefs, Kings (before they moved, don’t care now), used to be the Royals for baseball, when they quit trying latched on with the brand new Diamondbacks while living in Phoenix. A distant 2nd for CFB is the Arizona Wildcats (have a second cousin cheerleader, and season tix), although I only root for two basketball teams, the other one being whoever is playing ku. Other than MIZZOU, basketball bores me.
4. from tigerboard
5. my favorite KC Chief of all time….Henry Marshall
6. basketball is still the secondary sport, regardless…so the choice is FOOTBALL.

1. Grew up rooting for MU (got to rub in their beatings of ‘Bama to my relatives “down South” when I was little), and alum (c/o ’93)
2. Born/raised in Florissant; live in suburbs of Atlanta now
3. Baseball Cardinals, Rams, Blues (I’m a homer); also follow the Carolina Hurricanes (they moved to NC when I did, and won the Stanley Cup right before I moved away), and Atlanta teams since they’re here (like the Falcons, Thrashers, and Hawks; tolerate the Braves)
4. I think it started during the whole conference shifting from this summer
5. Harry Colon: he had the best name of any MU athlete when I was a student.
6. Football. I was at the 5th Down Game, and I could count to 5 then. :) I’ve seen one of my teams in the basketball Final 4 (Mississippi State went when I was in grad school).

What is your connection to the University of Missouri? Alum? Student? Raised as a fan? Randomly adopted Mizzou?
Attended Columbia College (95-99) and with my Philosophy degree in hand; set out to conquer the world. However, no one would hire me, so I got into the food & beverage industry in order to pay a couple months of rent. 11 years later… Still in Columbia. Still follow my Cougar sports, but I have adopted the Tigers as my sports-guy-trivia-bartender-passion.

Where were you born and raised and where do you currently reside?
Born: KC
Raised: Plano, Tx (rhymes with Drain-O)
High School: KC
College: Columbia
Reside: Sixth and Broadway

For what other teams have you developed a rooting interest and why?
UNC (and possibly Gonzaga) basketball. Boise State and Air Force. Chiefs and Bears. Royals. Devils. Wizards & Arsenal. Whichever team Sam Perkins is playing for (Oh, he retired? Crap.)

How did you find and begin to read Rock M Nation?
Huge Internet dork, here. Not sure how I ended up here, though I’m going to blame this one on Positivity1, who must have recommended it over the bar on a Saturday night.

You’re given a chance to spend an evening over drinks with one figure from Mizzou athletics history. Who are you picking and why?
Well, preparing car bombs for JT was fun…?

In the same year, Missouri makes the national championship game in both football and basketball and you can only afford to attend one of the two. Which one are you picking?
I’m sure that I will be squarely in the minority on this one, but I would choose basketball in a heartbeat.

1.What is your connection to the University of Missouri? Alum? Student? Raised as a fan? Randomly adopted Mizzou?
2.Where were you born and raised and where do you currently reside?
3.For what other teams have you developed a rooting interest and why?
4.How did you find and begin to read Rock M Nation?
5.You’re given a chance to spend an evening over drinks with one figure from Mizzou athletics history. Who are you picking and why?
6.In the same year, Missouri makes the national championship game in both football and basketball and you can only afford to attend one of the two. Which one are you picking?

1. I was born and raised in SW MO. My dad is a beaker who moved across the border for work. I never actually went to MU, but my wife and sister both did.
2. Born and raised in Nevada, MO- currently in Pittsburg, KS for school/work – kind of the opposite of my dad.
3. OU when they’re not on our schedule, because wife’s family is a diehard Sooner family. Plus, we both hate Nebraska. Also, I like whoever is playing Florida and Notre Dame. Professionally, I’m a diehard Royals, Vikings, and now OKC Thunder fan.
4. I believe it was linked in a Twitter post – sometime last year. On my bookmarks and the first thing I check every day now.
5. Brad Smith – seems like an awesome dude that’d just be a fun guy to hang out with and chill.
6. Football, definitely. More than likely, it would require that we beat OU, so I could rub it in my in-laws’ faces. Plus, football is where it’s at collegiately, and we’d have bragging rights over Kansas forever.

1. Born bleeding black & gold.
2. Born St. Peters, MO. Still live in St. Peters, MO
3. All Missouri teams, I was raised to support my state teams on all levels. peewee to pro
4. Joined RMN Oct 15, 2008, dam has it been that long….
5. Tough question. let me think on it for a day or two.
6. Right now I have to go with football. After seeing the 5th down in person & the kicked ball incident seeing the football program win the National Championship means more to me than a bball championship any day of the week. Any one care to guess what the odds are on that happening. I would go with 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 1. There is probably a better chance of me being Mizzou’s AD.

M-I-Z!

1) Current senior, majoring in physics and economics

2) Born and raised in Saint Louis general area, until college

3) All saint louis teams, liverpool fc, indiana hoosiers and the colts as a result of my grandpa.

4) started with sbn at vivaelbirdos, haven’t looked back since

5) kimmeh

6) basketball. i just enjoy the game more, although i’m not saying i wouldn’t pay out the wazoo for football championship tix

1. I briefly attended the university for a few years starting in 2005. I was always a casual fan of the home state team but didn’t fall in love until the Iowa State game. Specifically this moment.

2. Born in Pittsburgh, PA and raised mainly in St. Charles, MO with a quick stop in Houston, TX. Currently living in Wentzville, MO.

3. When you’re born in Pittsburgh, you’re born a Steelers fan. I’ve been bleeding black and gold for a long time. Aside from that I’m a fan of the Cardinals and the Blues (well, I would be if I cared about hockey). I used to be a fan of Pitt mainly because of basketball but that’s pretty much passed.

4. I’m pretty sure I followed a link here from Mizzourah! I honestly have no idea.

5. Andy Russell, definitely.

I met Chase Daniel once at Pickleman’s after a night where I was drinking and he was clearly drunk. Does that count for something?

6. Football. While a chance for a National Title in basketball in huge there is just something impossibly huge about football National Title for Mizzou that cannot be ignored.

1. Alum class of ‘07
2. KC boy but iI live in Brooklyn now as an actor
3. 4th mizzou grad in my family so its in my blood
4. fraternity brothers link RockM in emails all the time
5. I’d like to get bombed with Quinn Snyder because I have questions that need answering
6. Basketball my love for mizzou football didn’t arise until i stepped on campus but I have loved mizzou basketball my whole life

1. Alum (2004) and now staff.
2. Born in Peoria, IL. Raised in Oklahoma. Currently reside in Columbia.
3. OU because they rock!
4. My husband made me.
5. Anybody except Quin Synder.
6. Football, honestly not a fan of basketball. I find I like the full contact sports better, you know like soccer and hockey.

1. Alum (1974) as is my wife (1976) and son (BSCE 04, MSCE 06). Son was student-athlete (swimming: 2000-2004). Was at the final game in Brewer Fieldhouse and the first game in Hearnes, and my son was at the final game in Hearnes and first game in the Mizzou Arena……the tradition continues!!!!!

2. Born and raised 40 miles north of Columbia. Have lived in Oklahoma City for past 22 years.

3. Lifelong Cardinals fan from the “Stan the Man” days. Partime Royals fan having worked for the Royals Radio Network in a previous lifetime. OKC Thunder!!! (Obvious)

4. Following Beef’s classic “resignation” from another board, followed him, The Boy, and others…..Achmed, I’m talking about you….eventually ending up at RMN.

5. Houston “Hoot” Beatty. Went to my first Mizzou football game in 1960, and Hoot had the seat next to my parents. Bob Steuber, Harry Ice, and a host of others were in the seats around us also. For those of you who don’t know who Hoot was, go back to the late 30’s or early 40’s of Mizzou football hi