Mizzou Links, 11-28-11

by Bill C. on Nov 28, 2011 5:45 AM CST in News

Aside from Hot Tub Griffin's scary concussion, Baylor-Tech. Was. Awesome.

Football links are forthcoming in a standalone post. Here is everything else from a busy weekend...

Mizzou Basketball Links

Mizzou > Binghamton
MUtigers.com: No. 21 Tigers Conquer Binghamton, 88-59
MUtigers.com: Postgame Notes - Binghamton
MUtigers.com: Postgame Quotes - Binghamton
The Trib: Kim English, Tigers shell Binghamton
The Missourian: English breaks career records in Missouri's victory against Binghamton
KC Star: English has career game as MU blows out Binghamton
Post-Dispatch: Mizzou smashes Binghamton
PowerMizzou: English lights it up, Tigers roll again
Fox Sports MW: English scores career-high 29, Mizzou defeats Binghamton
KBIA Sports Extra: With Phil Pressey dishing, Kim English serves up a career-high 29 points for Mizzou
KC Star: Missouri hoops team coming together quickly under Haith
The Trib (Steve Waltentik): Tigers to play in 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis

Mizzou Football Links

QB No. 16
NFL.com: Brad Smith's big, bad catch

SEC

The Missourian Unleashes Another Nice Series
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: A look at game day across the SEC
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: Auburn University
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: Louisiana State University
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: Mississippi State University
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: University of Alabama
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: University of Arkansas
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: University of Florida
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: University of Georgia
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: University of Kentucky
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: University of Mississippi
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: University of South Carolina
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: University of Tennessee
The Missourian: Tailgates, rituals and attire: Vanderbilt University

Other

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That Was a Tough Loss...

For A&M. If they complained that a bad personal foul call on the final drive gave Texas the game, I wouldn’t disagree.

by galactahack on Nov 28, 2011 6:02 AM CST via mobile reply actions

Bowl Games, SEC style

Trying to do the math here with the BcS rankings and SEC’s bowl assignments before I go to bed this morning….

1) We’d still be bowl-eligible if we were in the SEC East this year (let’s face it: the East was down and we would’ve/should’ve easily handled UF, UK, UT, Vandy, and would’ve had a tough fight with UGA & USCar; we already beat aTm and who knows who the other West team we would’ve had).
2) By the current BcS rankings, Mizzou is 6th in the SEC (and 6th in the Big Xii) being 25th overall.

Assuming LSU doesn’t screw up Saturday at the GA Dome and the BcS championship game ends up being LSU/Bama the next in line is Arkansas. Since the Sugar can’t take another SEC team (we’re all familiar with why not), Arky probably goes to the Capital One.

UGA & USCar are next, along with us: and the next three bowls on tap are Outback, Cotton, and Peach. Let’s say we lose to UGA and beat USCar (keeping Spurrier winless against Mizzou all-time). Dawgs go out for steaks and guess where we are: Cotton Bowl vs. OU (or oSu, whoever loses Bedlam).

Cocks & Peaches sounds like something out of American Pie, but that’s still a decent bowl against the #2 ACC team (loser of Va Tech/Clemson game). And THAT could still happen in reality: USCar & Clemson, part 2.

This will be an interesting read next summer from Bill when he does his “what if….” series on “what if Mizzou joined the SEC as the 13th team…in the summer of 2010?” :)

So, in reality, where do we end up?

Let’s face it: the Xii ain’t lookin’ out for its castaways. They didn’t last year for the Bugeaters, they ain’t doin’ it for us this year. Maybe the Pinstripe, maybe the Compass.

by tigerdog9396 on Nov 28, 2011 7:52 AM CST reply actions

Auburn is currently ranked 26 in BCS and 6th in the SEC (same position in your hypothetical)

And we are currently looking at the Chik-Fil-A bowl in ATL. Amusingly this is guessed to be against Clemson , who already owned us earlier in the year. Okay, maybe not so amusing… It’s going to be against an ACC team no matter what though.

Still, it’s a New Years Eve bowl game for a 7-5 team. Not too shabby.

by SEC Supremacist on Nov 28, 2011 8:58 AM CST up reply actions

Auburn to Cotton?

The Cotton Bowl’s preference is to take someone from the West that’s not going to a “higher-up” game, so it wouldn’t surprise me if that set of Tigers goes to the Cotton in reality or the hypothetical.

Next on the list is the Gator Bowl, which I believe we de-clawed a certain Bear from Tuscaloosa in once-upon-a-time.

Still not a bad bowl game for a 7-5 team.

by tigerdog9396 on Nov 28, 2011 4:42 PM CST up reply actions

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I thought there was a BCS loophole where if two teams from the same conference made the title game, that a third team from the same conference would then be eligible for one of the other BCS bowls.

by MUPete on Nov 28, 2011 8:33 AM CST via mobile reply actions

Only if that third team wins the SEC.

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by Bill C. on Nov 28, 2011 9:50 AM CST up reply actions

So hypothetically, Georgia wins the SEC championship game and three SEC teams make BCS bowls.

by MUPete on Nov 28, 2011 9:55 AM CST up reply actions

As long as LSU still makes the title game, yeah.

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by Bill C. on Nov 28, 2011 9:56 AM CST up reply actions

According to "experts", a loss to Georgia won't change that. Although I wondered if a Ok State beatdown of OU would.

by MUPete on Nov 28, 2011 10:48 AM CST up reply actions

Voters have shown in the past...

…that they are perfectly willing to cheat the system and manipulate their votes to a degree to try to get the matchup they want. It happened in both 2001 with Colorado/Nebraska and 2008 with Oklahoma/Texas. OSU really would have to win by 40, though, to get that manipulation…

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by Bill C. on Nov 28, 2011 11:34 AM CST up reply actions

As an aside: Iron Chef love but not Walking Dead love? What kind of nerds are yall?

by SEC Supremacist on Nov 28, 2011 9:21 AM CST reply actions

If nothing else...

…I’ve proven that I am a unique kind of nerd.

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by Bill C. on Nov 28, 2011 9:50 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs

The Preacher in Hell on Wheels was a Redleg.

GO GO FIGHTING METH AGGIES!

by Gaknar on Nov 28, 2011 10:21 AM CST up reply actions

Flips no look pass to Ricardo #7 on ESPN Top 10 this morning....

Niceee.

by EveryTrueSon on Nov 28, 2011 9:54 AM CST reply actions

great.

good thing athletes don’t watch sportscenter.

In love with the new Gaknar avatar.

by threadkiller on Nov 28, 2011 11:04 AM CST up reply actions

Nobody has cracked 60 against Haith's Tigers yet

I loved Mike Anderson—still do—but Haith’s defense so far has been everything Anderson’s defense purported itself to be. While those Mike Anderson teams were lighting up the scoreboard, so were their opponents. This year, the Tigers are getting their 80-90 points a game, but the opponents haven’t been able to crack 60 points once.

That disparity is even more impressive than any other defensive metric you can come up with.

by Bivouac77 on Nov 28, 2011 10:22 AM CST reply actions

Mercer and SEMO both cracked 60

63 and 68, respectively.

But the point still stands that the defense has been very good this year.

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by mizzou2396 on Nov 28, 2011 11:32 AM CST up reply actions

"We fly the flag of Quantrill in our locker room right now," Moe said. "It’s up. It’s my flag. I brought it."

"You’ve got rivalries who kind of developed over good football games. We’re talking about … we went over there and killed all their people and burnt their city down. OK?" Moe said. "So that’s what makes it. They hate us. We hate them, too."