For as long as I can remember in my 18 years of living, my parents have raised me to love the black and gold and despise the crimson and blue. Also throughout my life, I've always been way more into Mizzou basketball than football, more than likely because of the fact that I'm way better at shooting an orange ball than trying to not get killed by a linebacker.
That said, up until yesterday I had been to around five football games and zero basketball games at MU. What's up with that? After pestering my dad more months, he finally broke down and got tickets to the Iowa State and Oklahoma games, along with a promise that we'll try to get seats for the KU game. After yesterday's game, I'm really glad that I'm so damn annoying.
Anyways, my dad has taken up amateur photography, and sent me a total of 35 shots from the pregame, halftime, and 2nd half of Mizzou dismantling of the Cyclones. I think he's pretty good at this photo-shooting hobby, so I'm sharing his photos with the friendly folks at Rock M.
So without further word rambling, a bunch of pictures after the jump.
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Dixon is probably the most frequent focal point in this thing. Probably because he played high school basketball right down the street from our residence.
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Chances I'm in the Zou Crew next year: 60%. Still have college visits and other things to do before I make my final decision, but Mizzou is definitely on the short list.
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My dad was beside himself with "Jesus Christ, I am old"-ness when (a) he saw Jason Sutherland, and (b) I told him that Fred Hoiberg was ISU's coach.
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My dad played high school basketball with his guy (already forgot his name, whoops). That also made him feel really old.
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I was going to yell "Denmoney!" at some point in the 2nd half (I did coin the nickname and whatnot), but it felt cheesy. Maybe I'll make a sign that says Denmoney for the next game.
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And that's it! There will probably be another one of these for the game against Oklahoma, and possibly, just possibly for the final home game of the season against KU.
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