Mizzou Links, 8-31-10
by Bill C. on Aug 31, 2010 5:30 AM CDT
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PrintLet's see ... August 31 ... I think that means ... yes, yes it does ... it's almost September!!!!!!!!!
Jackson / Depth Chart Changes
- Jackson
KC Star: Jerrell Jackson expected to start for Mizzou against Illinois
The Missourian: Quick recovery has Jackson ready for Missouri opener vs. Illinois - KC Star (Campus Corner): Brinkley, Ebner, Washington not on MU depth chart
A Bad Few Weeks
- KC Star: MU's Pinkel embarrassed by off-field incidents
- Post-Dispatch: Pinkel 'embarrassed' by team's off-field problems
- PowerMizzou: Audio: Pinkel on Big XII conference call
- The Missourian: Pinkel discusses Missouri's disciplinary problems
- Post-Dispatch: Mizzou's Washington charged with felony sexual assault
- The Trib: Order of protection never served to Washington
- KC Star: Sexual assault charge against Washington latest hit for MU program
Other Mizzou Football Links
- MUtigers.com (OFFICIAL RELEASE!!1!!!!): Arch Rivalry Takes Final Bow Saturday Morning
BREAKING DOWN THE NORTH DIVISION
Digging deeper into the previous topic, a further look into the results of the past three seasons shows that Mizzou has been dominant in its most important games – those against its Big 12 North brethren. From 2007-09, Mizzou has gone 13-2 in North Division games (86.7%). Here’s a look at the comparisons…vs. North CU ISU KU KSU MU NU 2009 1-4 2-3 1-4 3-2 4-1 4-1 2008 2-3 0-5 4-1 1-4 4-1 4-1 2007 1-4 2-3 4-1 1-4 5-0 2-3 vs. North 4-11 4-11 9-6 5-10 13-2 10-5 Pct. 26.7% 26.7% 60.0% 33.3% 86.7% 66.7% - The Trib (Dave Matter): Tigers Meet the Press
Missouri’s defensive coaches have to play what D-coordinator Dave Steckel calls the "what-if" game this week when preparing for Illinois and its first-year offensive coordinator Paul Petrino, who has worked previously under his brother Bobby at Arkansas and Louisville. But that doesn’t necessarily mean he runs a carbon copy of Bobby’s Arkansas offense. I’ll touch on this later in the week. "Every single game we play we know there’s going to be a new wrinkle," Steckel said. "That’s the beauty of game-planning and trying to match their checkers with our checkers."
- KBIA Sports Extra: AUDIO: Blaine Gabbert discusses Illinois game, 2010 season
- KBIA Sports Extra: VIDEO: Gary Pinkel on Munir Prince's frightening injury
- PowerMizzou: Like father, unlike son: Opening week
- Post-Dispatch: Five keys to Mizzou's season
- Post-Dispatch: Tigers seeking 'a higher level'
The most humbling of times during the 30 years between Devine and Pinkel was the nine-year period under Woody Widenhofer (1985-88) and Bob Stull (1989-93), in which MU won a total of 27 games.
By contrast, Pinkel's teams have won 30 games the past three years and been to a school-record five straight bowl games.
While there are many more bowl games now and MU's prosperity has been helped by gobbling down nonconference cupcakes, it's also significant that only two Big 12 teams, Texas and Oklahoma, have won more conference games the past three years.
All of which has MU fans simply wanting more and soothes Pinkel … not much.
"What I always tell everybody is don't ever think the posse's not still back there behind you," he said, smiling but not really joking one day during camp.
- MUtigers.com: Mizzou-Oklahoma Tickets On Sale Wednesday
Big 12 links and more after the jump.
Big 12 (and Illinois) Football Links
- SB Nation: Big 12 Preview: A Breakdown Of All The Must-See Dates On Conference's Farewell Tour
SEPTEMBER 04: UCLA at Kansas State, Missouri v. Illinois (St. Louis)
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Missouri is a good bet to run their record against Illinois in this neutral-field series to 6-0, as junior QB Blaine Gabbert looks to take a big step forward after a promising debut last season. Despite a rough summer of offseason news, Tigers fans have reasons to be optimistic, and Missouri represents the best bet to disrupt Nebraska's plans to win the North Division for the second-straight year.
- PowerMizzou: Big XII Camp Review
- Scheduling
The Missourian: Big 12 coaches schedule easier opponents early in season
Daily Oklahoman: Bill Snyder wants softer nonconference schedule
Topeka Capital-Journal: Risky schedules lack rewards - Illinois
Decatur Herald-Review: Illini secondary a primary concern - Colorado
Denver Post Blog: CU's Hawkins: facing CSU not 'no-win' proposition - Kansas State
KC Star: Snyder, Wildcats have a lot riding on this season - Nebraska
Barking Carnival: Bo Pelini Has These Fangs and These Claws - Oklahoma
Tulsa World: OU's Ronnell Lewis likes to hit - Texas
TexasSports.com: Sam Acho Kickin' It with Erin Andrews
Burnt Orange Nation: We've Got Issues: Longhorns Preseason - Texas A&M
Dallas Morning News: Mike Sherman embraces Texas A&M traditions Dennis Franchione ignored
Houston Chronicle: A&M loses DL Stephen Barrera for season with hip injury - Texas Tech
Dallas Morning News: Tuberville on Sunday game: 'I want everybody to see what this program is about'
Other Mizzou Links
- Mizzou Soccer
MUtigers.com: Soccer Prepares for Chicago - Mizzou Volleyball
MUtigers.com: Kreklow Earns Big 12 Weekly Honor
KBIA Sports Extra: Quite a Debut: Kreklow earns Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors
The Missourian: Kreklow wins weekly Big 12 honor despite dislocated pinkie
Other
For those looking to hop on the Football Outsiders train this year, I thought I'd share this post from our dear leader, Aaron Schatz - FO Basics: Different Kinds of Stats. If nothing else, it's a fun read because of this line:
As I often say, intangibles are called intangibles because they are intangible. We don't do stats that measure leadership or team chemistry. That doesn't mean these things don't exist, just that we can't measure them. Leadership and chemistry can develop over time and will affect other teammates, and it is hard for us to guess how. "Heart," on the other hand, is just another element of a player's performance, no different from strength, speed, or ability to learn the playbook. Contrary to popular belief, there is a stat that measures heart. There are a lot of them, in fact. They are called "stats." Most of the guys who have "heart" also have pretty good stats. Fred Biletnikoff used to smoke a pack of cigarettes, throw up for 20 minutes, and then go out and shred every defense he faced. He had great numbers. Anquan Boldin literally took the field three weeks after a broken face. His numbers are pretty good too. But if badly-rated Player X has so much heart, why didn't he use it to maybe get a few more first downs last year?
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Jerrell Jackson
Holy shit, good news regarding our roster? Why I never…
Before I celebrate too much...
…I’m waiting to make sure he didn’t go out celebrating the news last night and get pulled over at 3:15 am.
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by Bill C. on Aug 31, 2010 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
That made me LOL...
I want a championship team in KC.
I'm a MU fan..And so is the guy in my picture in yellow w/his arms raised high while surrounded by all blue.
by 65 Toss Power Trap83 on Aug 31, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
some lovely bulletin board material
here from an ESPN B10 blog (shocking, said blogger loves to snipe at Mizzou)
‘"Traditionally, Missouri’s probably played if not their best, one of their best games of the year against us," Zook said. "That’s the one thing we’ve tried to stress to our guys. You look at Missouri in the first game of the year, you look at them in the end, and they’re not the same team. "
In other words, we are world beaters against poor ol’ Illinois, but then go downhill the rest of the season.
And he is ‘stressing’ this to his players? What, that ‘MU isn’t really that good, but still, they try hard against us, so look out!’? Huh?
You have to love the coaches that completely refuse to acknowledge that, perhaps, their teams may suck because of THEM, and continually find the fates conspiring cruelly against them…
Another reason to respect GP and love beating the snot out of the Zookers and Hawks of the world.
forgot this gem
‘After last year’s loss, Zook and his players lamented that something happened on the bus ride from Champaign to St. Louis. No one could pinpoint the problem, but it zapped Illinois’ mojo from a strong camp. ’
so evidently last year it was a combo of us ‘playing over our heads’ along with an ‘incident on the bus ride over’ that robbed a superior Illini team of their ‘mojo’ and hence their deserved victory.
Did somebody take a real smelly crap and no one could get over the smell? Bad rendition of ‘99 bottles of beer on the wall’? A heated dispute on whether Juice really did see a Hawaii license plate? Inquiring minds want to know….
I'm going to lean towards...
the Hawaii license plate scandal.
Dr. Ausgiano schools me in the classroom and on the field of battle
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 31, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
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From 2007-09, Mizzou has gone 13-2 in North Division games (86.7%).
By contrast, Pinkel’s teams have won 30 games the past three years and been to a school-record five straight bowl games.
While there are many more bowl games now and MU’s prosperity has been helped by gobbling down nonconference cupcakes, it’s also significant that only two Big 12 teams, Texas and Oklahoma, have won more conference games the past three years.
Which proves, according to ESPN, that Nebraska has been the only relevant team in the north. QED. PDQ. WTF.
The trib article by Matter . . .
. . . on the Washington situation sheds new light on the matter in my estimation. If DWash was never served the restraining order, it would appear to me T&C fan was correct early on in doubting whether there was a strong case against the man.
The woman’s accusation may be exactly what happened, but the police clearly did not respond as if there was a sexual deviant loose on the streets of Columbia. Although we cannot call unwanted digital penetration acceptable, our system still calls for “beyond a reasonable doubt” for criminal conviction, and the probable cause report filed by the local police does not contain a lot of hard evidence pointing toward a conviction.
Even if her story is dead-on accurate...
…there is absolutely no evidence one way or the other. It will entirely come down to “he said” vs “she said,” and I hate that. I wish lie detectors were 100% infallible…would make everything so much easier…where’s Sookie Stackhouse when you need her…
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I agree with that...
…sentiment, a “he said” vs “she said” situation is potentially the worst thing to happen especially considering the accusations.
I am wondering if there are tests that could be paired with a lie detector apparatus that could measure influxes of certain proteins or processes that could indicate a non-truth versus the components that a lie detector measures now.
(ie, sodium/potasium release of neurons in the hypothalamus, or amygdala regions that would differ from when a truth is told, or levels of endocrine proteins in the blood before it reaches and has affects on the heart rate and body temp. all of these would to some extent try and circumvent the approaches that people do to “trick” a lie detector)
I don’t know, that kind of technology is a few years out, then trying to correlate anything, then pair that with a lie detector to get a better picture…..I don’t know.
Just typing out loud here.
Dr. Ausgiano schools me in the classroom and on the field of battle
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 31, 2010 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions
If it's just "he said, she said" . . .
. . . I think the man plays football again. An experienced defense lawyer can be brutal when trying to impeach the testimony of an accuser in cases like this. And, unlike the accused, she cannot escape testifying.
The roommate’s testimony is still only circumstantial. Right or wrong, if there is no forensic evidence, this case will be very difficult to prove. I am not surprised they took so long to file charges.
Sooo...
Since Mitchell isn’t enrolled for classes this semester, is it much pretty safe to safe he won’t be partaking in basketball festivities this year…my question mark key is broken on my computer…but this is a question.
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