Mizzou Links, 12-19-11
by Bill C. on Dec 19, 2011 5:52 AM CST
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PrintSo Mizzou named their new president last week, in case you missed it. Apparently he led Rock Bridge to a state football title and played with Tim Jamieson? Fun.
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So it appears Gary Pinkel isn't going with "someone with SEC ties of some sort" with the now-vacant safeties coach position -- he instead went with the guy he felt was the best coach. That said coach not only has no Southern ties, but is related to Pinkel as well, has caused certain portions of the Internet to completely (and predictably) melt down, of course. I wasn't knocked out by the hire by any means (and I really did expect him to look to the southeast with the pick), but it is obviously just a hair early to worry about it or judge the hire. First of all, we're talking about a safeties coach, not a defensive coordinator. Second ... freaking out about a hire when you know next to nothing about the guy hired seems kind of like a waste of energy to me.
Or to put it another way...
BUT ... NEPOTISM! FAVORITISM! MISSED OPPORTUNITY! PINKEL IS TOO STUBBORN AND LOYAL. WE'RE DOOMED!
Whatever you say, Internet.
Also: one has to enjoy the PowerMizzou interview of Ernest Payton below. First of all, I didn't realize he was playing cornerback. Mizzou hasn't had a CB that big since Darnell Terrell. Second, this kid has fun quotes.
- Congrats, Seniors
MUtigers.com: Football Celebrates December Graduates - Coach Grinch
The Trib: Staff turnover has been rare for Missouri football
The Trib: PInkel to hire nephew as new safeties coach
The Trib (Dave Matter): More on Pinkel's next assistant & Saturday practice update
The Trib (Dave Matter): Odom: It's very difficult to leaveGrinch isn’t the splashy hire that Josh Henson was three years ago, but his Texas recruiting has produced more than a dozen players for Wyoming, and the Cowboys’ pass defense has improved every season under his watch. He’s also well regarded around both Missouri and Wyoming’s programs and should fit in seamlessly under defensive coordinator Dave Steckel. Some might have expected a coach with ties to the Southeastern Conference, but Henson was the rare established SEC assistant looking to leave a good job when he left LSU for Missouri. Also, Grinch has a more thorough coaching résumé than Barry Odom had when Pinkel promoted him to coach safeties in 2009. Odom had never been a full-time college coach when he became an assistant under Pinkel; Grinch has seven years experience as a full-time assistant.
KC Star: Pinkel reportedly hires nephew to be MU's safeties coach - Practice Reports
The Missourian: Missouri returns to practice
The Missourian: Missouri defense prepares in earnest for North CarolinaThat dominating sound is reserve defensive end Michael Sam's laughter.
As the Missouri defensive line runs through the same figure-eight drill it's been doing since August, Sam is practically cackling. Sheldon Richardson is whooping loudly. Jacquies Smith takes his helmet off to make a comment to Dominique Hamilton.
Later, Richardson says to reporters while playing catch, "Y'all should write a story about how I need to go back to tight end."
Even though practice doesn't look like fun, the joy is evident on the players' faces. With the stress of finals week in the rearview mirror, the team is thrilled to trade textbooks for playbooks and study hall for film study.
PowerMizzou: PMTV-HD: Bowl Practice - QB No. 1
Fox Sports MW: James Franklin still growing as Tigers' signal caller - CB No. 31
Post-Dispatch: MU cornerback E.J. Gaines makes strides - Elvis
The Trib: All now bright for Elvis Fisher after devastating injury - Josey
Dr. Saturday: Superlatives: The most overachieving players of 2011RB Henry Josey, Missouri.
It took Josey about three weeks to make the leap from anonymous third-stringer to best tailback in the Big 12, and he spent the next two months solidifying the title: In the Tigers' first six conference games, he went for 145 yards against Oklahoma, 205 against Iowa State, 176 against Oklahoma State, 205 against Texas A&M and 143 against Baylor, on at least six yards per carry in every game. Josey was easily on pace to lead the league in rushing when he went down with a season-ending knee injury against Texas, and still came in for first-team All-Big 12 honors despite missing most of that game and all of Mizzou's last two. - Freshmen
PowerMizzou: Redshirt report: Shane Ray
PowerMizzou: Redshirt report: Cortland Browning
PowerMizzou: Redshirt report: Clarence Green
PowerMizzou: Redshirt report: Ernest PaytonPowerMizzou.com: You stand out on the field because you're a big cornerback. Was there any conversation about moving you to safety?
EP: Naw, I can still move like a feather. I'm still good. I still got a little moves in me.
(Elvis Fisher walks over, holding out his cell phone like a tape recorder:
Elvis Fisher: What did you think of practice today?
EP: Oh, practice was real good. Practice went well. [...]
Elvis Fisher: What do you think you've gotten better at this year?
EP: My pressing game. My pressing game has gotten ridiculous, and just catching the ball, that's getting better. I fly like a butterfly when I'm catching the ball, but I come down like a bull. - Recruiting
Rivals.com: AMP: Ryan Jackson NIKE clips - NFL
NFL.com: Kellen Clemens' Touchdown Pass to Danario Alexander
Jacksonville.com: Rout in Atlanta underscores the woes of Jaguars rookie QB Blaine Gabbert
CBS Sports: Dunta Robinson on Jaguars WRs: '[bleep]ing jokes'
AP (via Post-Dispatch): Blaine Gabbert hears, handles, criticism
Mizzou Basketball Links
I cannot tell you how much it made me smile to see Andrew Jones pump his fist after each of his made free throws.
- Post-Dispatch: From 'Frank Who?" to molding Mizzou
- Mizzou > William & Mary
MUtigers.com: Dixon's 30 Pushes No. 10 Tigers Past William & Mary 94-56
MUtigers.com: Post Game Notes
MUtigers.com: Post Game Quotes
The Trib: Defense, Dixon spark another MU rout
The Missourian: Michael Dixon scores 30 points in Missouri win
KC Star: MU smothers William & Mary 94-56
Post-Dispatch: Dixon scores career-high 30, MU romps
PowerMizzou: Game at a Glance: Dixon leads Mizzou
KBIA Sports Extra: Mizzou men win behind 30 from Dixon, are 11-0 as Illini loom ahead
Fox Sports MW: Fast-starting Missouri rolls William & Mary
Hank's Sports Blog: No. 8 Missouri improves to 11-0 for first time in 20 years - Hooray, Andrew!
KC Star: Andrew Jones nails his first free throws - The Missourian: For Missouri basketball, early season attendance remains the same
- KC Star: Missouri comes up big with center Steve Moore
- The Trib: Phil Pressey about more than points
- Recruiting
PowerMizzou: Shawn Smith says he will still sign
Other Mizzou Links
I realize Iowa State isn't any good anymore, but ... Mizzou Wrestling is looking really, really good right now.
- Mizzou Wrestling
MUtigers.com: No. 12 Tigers Blast Cyclones, 31-10
Other
- This Is ... Unique
SB Nation: VIDEO: Runaway Golf Cart Wreaks Havoc At Texas State Championship - SPOILER ALERT
Food Network Humor: And The Next Iron Chef Is...
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An AVERAGE of 1171 fans in attendance for women's bball home games?
Ouch. Almost highschool numbers there.
by McZou on Dec 19, 2011 6:51 AM CST via mobile reply actions
safeties coach is important though..
Their main job is to keep them focused which is extremely hard to do
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John Wooden
by lost..in the woods on Dec 19, 2011 8:19 AM CST reply actions
One of the greatest things about dropping my Powermizzou subscription
ignoring any comments on newspaper sites and abandoning tigerboard is the fact that I didn’t even know that people were freaking out about the Grinch hire.
Getting your Mizzou news from a place anchored in rationale is a glorious thing.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Dec 19, 2011 8:36 AM CST reply actions 9 recs
Rec.
This place is really good about that. Too many nuckel heads will show up in a live game thread every now and then but other than that…pretty level headed group here.
Level-headedness is the goal.
I don’t want this place to be seen as a bunch of rose-colored optimists, “apologists,” or anything else, but the avoidance of pointless freak-outs is certainly high on the priority list.
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i didn't either.
but now we know that pinkel settled for mediocrity (again) i plan on freaking the heck out. FIRE THE GRINCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That don't make no sense!
by threadkiller on Dec 19, 2011 8:44 AM CST up reply actions
who better to coach the safeties on how to take that ball away but the Grinch?
by M Krip on Dec 19, 2011 1:08 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I would at least interview a Hawk.
Never Forget Wolf Island, or pie. #AHAMF, it's vaguely sordid.
by Spider_Monkey on Dec 19, 2011 2:42 PM CST up reply actions
You've found a rational place to get college football news?
Where is this?
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 19, 2011 9:00 AM CST up reply actions
the Paul Finebaum show.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Dec 19, 2011 9:03 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I have a hard time figuring out what people are ticked about.
I can’t think of one terrible hire that Pinkel has made. Honestly the only knock I can see is that the guy seems good enough that he may move on in a couple years instead of staying. He was the recruiting coordinator at Wyoming and they definately got better while he was there. If you can recruit to Wyoming what can he do for us in the SEC.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
I made the mistake of reading the Star comments because I was also unaware of this freaking out.
I don’t know why I subject myself to such things.
I think we'll reconcile it by winning!
-Kim English
feel the same way about stopping going to Tigerboard
Had no idea there was a freakout.
by jschooltiger on Dec 19, 2011 9:45 AM CST up reply actions
Well said, 2396 . . .
. . . I can tell you from more than fifty years experience as a Mizzou fan, that there has never, to my knowledge, been anything available to Mizzou fans approaching the quality of this site.
If we had RMN during my days at Mizzou (1968-72) I would have played much less midnight football (and other un-named nonsense, including exploring the underground steam tunnels for more comfortable ways to get across campus on cold winter mornings), and would have surely escaped my semester on disciplinary probation.
I usually stay away from most of the banter, and just can’t seem to keep up with the live gameday action, but RMN has become a valuable addition to my life the past four years.
57-54-9 . . . get used to it, jaybirds; and let us know when you want us to make it worse. Go Mizzou!
You surprise me cc.
I wouldn’t have thought of you as a rabble rouser. Disciplinary probation? It was called social probation in my time in the late 70’s. The Head Resident of my dorm wanted to kick me out of college soooo bad.
"Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning; Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning." – Oliver Goldsmith
Got all that out of my system . . .
. . . before I reached 25, and fortunately survived to tell about it. The campus cop that picked me up was a kindly ol’ guy, but Dean Jack Matthews simply had no sense of humor and, unfortunately, I just was not impressed enough with his authority. Lesson learned in my first semester; I became much more impressed. :-)
57-54-9 . . . get used to it, jaybirds; and let us know when you want us to make it worse. Go Mizzou!
One man taken to the hospital with leg injury.
Too bad cause I had to giggle like a child when that golf cart plowed into a group of people. Never thought the hood of a golf cart was big enough for someone to slide on.
Yeah, it was simultaneously terrifying and hilarious.
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That tuck and roll was executed to perfection.
The reason? No one will ever know. But that was a solid tuck and roll to ditch that whip.
Did you notice how the end zone pylon was jammed under the dash to hold the "accelerator" down?
Is this a prank or how the heck did that happen?
They grabs the wheel turns it a couple times and then abandons ship. Weird decision there.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
I think the other guy told him to scram.
The guy running in from the left could see that the pylon on the accelerator was the problem. The guy lying on the hood steering couldn’t get to that, so the runner tells him to move out of the way, that way the runner can jump in and free the pedal.
There’s some head movement in the video that suggests that communication between those two.
by galactahack on Dec 19, 2011 12:53 PM CST up reply actions
Come on Bill
What’s terrifying about an ezgo golf cart? There is no flames on it, painted or real. And it’s not painted Christine red.
If you watch the wide view video
The guy who finally jumped in and stopped the cart is the same guy who began chasing the thing from the other end of the field. Actually, looks to me like he’s maybe the one who let it go in the first place.
http://www.SimmonsField.com
Tim Wolfe and Tim Jamieson are former teammates?
I gotta believe that connection cannot be bad for MU Baseball, even though their connection was on the football field.
http://www.SimmonsField.com
Just got my bowl tickets confirmation!!!!
Whos goin?
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
not fat, just luxurious.
#OccupyTheNorthPole
#CakeForLife
#IsThisSignatureLineLongEnough?
by BillSelfsToupee on Dec 19, 2011 9:28 AM CST reply actions
Oh, my.
From OKTC’S AWKWARD FAN PHOTO CONTEST: INTRODUCING BAMA FANS
(worth a click)
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Dec 19, 2011 9:44 AM CST reply actions 5 recs
My attention turns to
thinking about how its nice to see this couple enjoying a day outside together showing off their new future addition.
COME ON PAWL!
WE JUSS CELEBRATIN THE GIFT THA LAWD GAVE US IN THE BACK OF MY ‘87 F150! AFTER BEAR JR IS BORN AND CANDY GOES BACK TO WORK AT HOOTERS, IM GONNA MAKE AN HONEST WOMAN OUTTA HER! CUBIT ZIRCONIA DON’T GROW ON NO DADGUM TREES PAWL!
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 19, 2011 10:10 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
WHATCHA THINK A THAT PAWL!
I’MMA HANG UP AN’ LISSEN.
I think we'll reconcile it by winning!
-Kim English
Red high heels, sand and a belly baring pregnant woman all equals entertainment.
by McZou on Dec 19, 2011 10:38 AM CST via mobile reply actions
they told me they wouldn't use my real name in the report.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
So the real question is.
Are you the student or the master?
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
it depends
I currently have a master, but there was another master who when I left I was but the learner, now I am the master.
But only in relation to him. Because I also have another master.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
Reading this explains to me exactly why you attacked a Toys R Us
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
exactly, because they are pretending that lightsabres are toys.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
headline on the front of the joplin globe sports page:
“chiefs knock off unbeated packers”
That don't make no sense!
well they're beated now
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
by drewder on Dec 19, 2011 1:09 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
seriously? someone made that mistake around these parts a few days ago, I think.
on an MU press release or something.
SPOOKY.
"I try to shoot shots that I know are going to go in."
-Marcus Denmon
awwwwwwww yeah
TheRecruitScoop Alex Kline
Missouri has landed a commitment from Oregon transfer Jabari Brown, a freshman SG, per a source.!
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
not fat, just luxurious.
#OccupyTheNorthPole
#CakeForLife
#IsThisSignatureLineLongEnough?
by BillSelfsToupee on Dec 19, 2011 2:58 PM CST reply actions
Fake Dan Beebe is heating up
DanBeebe Fake Dan Beebe
Televised football without Craig James is like sex without AIDS.
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