Mizzou Links, 12-28-11
by Bill C. on Dec 28, 2011 5:29 AM CST
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Mizzou Football Links
- More From The Indy Bowl
The Trib: Tigers make the best of their situation in Shreveport
PowerMizzou: Independence Bowl GradesExtra credit goes to Missouri’s offensive line — Justin Britt, Jayson Palmgren, Travis Ruth, Austin Wuebbels and Dan Hoch — which was the most physical of the Pinkel era. Those guys paved the way for the first team in MU history to both rush and pass for more than 3,000 yards in a season. The line shrugged off season-ending injuries to standout left tackle Elvis Fisher and star tailback Henry Josey and kept churning out yards.
Tailback De’Vion Moore found the entire side of the line collapsed on option pitches and gained 59 yards on 10 carries. Tailback Kendial Lawrence accelerated through gaping holes and collected 108 yards on 16 rushes. And quarterback James Franklin was busiest of all, punishing tacklers for 142 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries.
Missouri offensive coordinator David Yost said he went through the entire year of North Carolina games and found only one play — in the Virginia Tech game — that was the same as MU’s version of the zone-read option.
"We really had no idea how they were going to defend it,"
KC Star: With bowl win, Missouri creates memories and momentum
Post-Dispatch: Bowl win sends Mizzou to SEC on a high note - L'DW
The Trib: Shreveport celebrates return of Missouri's L'Damian Washington - All Things Considered...
The Missourian: 2011 season a triumph for Missouri football - Recruiting
SB Nation (Bud Elliott): Missouri Football Recruiting: Can Tigers Compete For SEC Recruits? - Godzilla!
The Missourian: Former Missouri standout Justin Smith earns third Pro Bowl selection
Other Football Links
- This Year Kind Of Sucked
SI.com (Stewart Mandel): Penn State, Robert Griffin III among big 2011 college football stories - SB Nation (Self-Share): Ranking The Coaching Hires: Everybody But Penn State
- Dr. Saturday: Superlatives: The best comebacks of 2011
3a. Oklahoma State 30, Texas A&M 29.
3b. Arkansas 42, Texas A&M 38.
3c. Missouri 38, Texas A&M 31 (Overtime).
3d. Kansas State 53, Texas A&M 50 (Triple Overtime).
3e. Texas 27, Texas A&M 25.
Texas A&M lost six games this season, five of them coming by a combined 17 points, four of those five coming down to the last snap of the game. In all five, the Aggies held at least a two-score lead in the second half: By 17 points over Oklahoma State (20-3); by 18 points over Arkansas (35-17); by 11 points over Missouri (28-17); by 10 points over Kansas State (31-21); and by 9 points over Texas (16-7). In all five, they yielded at least 17 unanswered points en route to defeat.
Mizzou Basketball Links
- Rush the Court: The Transfer Effect: What the Statistics Say about Missouri and Iowa State's Recruiting Methods
Other Basketball Links
- Big 12
ESPN.com CBB Blog: Conference Power Rankings: Big 12
Rush the Court: Checking In On... the Big 12
Rush the Court: Big 12 Morning Five, 12-27-11 Edition
SEC
- Nice Audition
Fox Sports MW: Mizzou appears ready for SEC - Schedule Forthcoming
Macon.com: Update on 2012 SEC schedule - SEC! SEC! SEC!
Mr. SEC: The SEC Already 1-0 in Bowls (Sorta)
Other Mizzou Links
- Mizzou Volleyball
MUtigers.com: Brittany Brimmage Named COBRA All-National Third Team
Other
- SB Nation: The 25 Greatest Sportscasting Moments Of 2011
And just because...
Who says minor bowls don't matter?
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"We really had no idea how they were going to defend it,"
Neither did UNC.
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by RPT on Dec 28, 2011 5:45 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
A Rodney Dangerfield Moment
“No respect, I tell ya!”
Yeah, that line pretty much sums up how many of us feel about our Tigers. Yesterday I was riding the high of an impressive bowl win and today I’m already back to my low level annoyance with the media, which seems to be part of my normal state of being.
As usual, Mizzou’s successes are being down played by just about everyone. That bowl win we enjoyed? Well that was merely a mediocre Tiger team beating on a UNC team that didn’t bother getting off the bus because their interim coach is leaving and being replaced after the game. An 8-5 record in what is arguably the best conference in college football this year? Merely a sign that Mizzou is going to be even more mediocre next year in the SEC East where they are going to finish behind Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
I can console myself with the fact that most of the media doesn’t really dig too deeply into facts and stats but the “Mizzou isn’t going to compete in the SEC” line is getting old. Let’s face it, our Tigers didn’t have a banner season but we knew it was going to be a rebuilding year and that was before COTG brought forth the plauge of injuries. That 8-5 record isn’t impressive but maybe some credit should be given to the fact that the schedule was stout, most of those losses were close (let’s not discuss Okie State) and the Tigers showed real improvement as the season progressed. That last one is important since many would argue that its a sign of a successful rebuilding year.
I think what annoys me the most is simply the assumption that Mizzou won’t compete with the likes of the ‘Dawgs, the Gators and the Gamecocks. If we were talking LSU and ’Bama I might buy in but there isn’t one team in the SEC East that I think is head and shoulders above the Tigers right now. Will Mizzou run the table? Doubtful but somehow I don’t feel that this is some murderers’ row where Mizzou fans will be sobbing about the move.
Perhaps I should be thankful. Maybe, just maybe, I give SEC coaches too much credit and they’ll buy into this belief that the Tigers are entering a world they are ill-prepared to handle. If nothing else I can wait with anticipation for a situation where our Tigers might prove the naysayers wrong and I can laugh with glee as I watch the talking heads scramble to deny their current statements.
There I feel better now. Time to return to being a reasonable, rational RMNer.
Re: Mizzou and the SEC? Let them doubt.
Allow me to steal a line from Kim English:
“We’ll reconcile by winning.”
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by RPT on Dec 28, 2011 7:52 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
On the whole, I agree with you.
Since I’m old enough to remember the bad days I make all such comments more out of a sense of continued annoyance with the media (and not just sports media, I should note) than any real angst. The fact that seeminly everyone outside of the local media is explaining away an impressive bowl win by stating that UNC didn’t show up is what happened to set me off this morning.
Haters gonna hate and the uninformed are going to say stupid things. Lessons I should always keep in mind.
Don't Expect an Apology Either
I’m a little surprised by how sour Ubben in particular seems to have turned. I read where he decided MU and aTm would struggle mightly next year because we both have all new schools to break down, and the other SEC schools have only 1 (or 2). Valid point. but then he went on to say, basically, “look how hard it’s been on CU and NU!” Well, poor Colorado has been pittiful for about 7 years. And not to give Corn undue credit, but they had a pretty good debut year with the B1G. I’d say they were exactly as competitive as their recent Bevo 12 history—yet Ubben lumps them in as “failed” to match the likes of Colorado? The point: If MU goes 8-5 again next year (although NO ONE in the media thinks we’ll come anywhere close to that right now), we’ll still hear “See, we told you they don’t belong in the SEC!” Anything short of a national title will serve (for them) as proof the move was a bad idea. But they didn’t necessarily like us in the Bevo 12 either, so who cares what they say.
HCGP et al are up to this. Prediction: Learning curve, yes, but no drop off at all. And Year 2 will be stronger than Year 1.
"KU, you're nothing to me now. You're not a rival, you're not a friend. I don't want to know you or what you do."
Yeah, Nebraska finished almost precisely where we projected them to finish.
The new conference effect was basically nonexistent.
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It's also a dammning indictment of his "own" conference
When he projects two upper half teams to fail miserably in another conference.
by MizKC on Dec 28, 2011 8:24 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
An apology is the last thing I expect from anyone.
No, what I expect is one or two scenarios, assuming that Mizzou is as competitive as I think they will be:
1) The talking heads talk about how Mizzou has performed above expectations, implying that luck is involved.
2) The talking heads simply choose to forget the fact that they picked Mizzou to be lame ducks in the SEC.
Double-down on Option #2
"KU, you're nothing to me now. You're not a rival, you're not a friend. I don't want to know you or what you do."
When Mizzou does well, the Big ?? will take credit.
They will take pot shots that the SEC is not so tough if a mediocre Mizzou “struggled” in the Bevo 12 and then excels in the SEC. The spin will be fun to watch for years to come.
by McZou on Dec 28, 2011 9:18 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I have never been this excited
about a scheduling announcement.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Dec 28, 2011 8:04 AM CST reply actions
I don't know the rest of the schedule
but my money is on yall playing TN or Vandy the last game of the season. They’re the only ones in the east that don’t close with OOC games (UGA/GT, USC/Climpson, FL, FSU, KY/Louisville). That way other conferences won’t have their schedules messed with. You NEVER play interdivisional games as the last game of the regular season, as that could lead to a repeat the following week in ATL.
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 8:36 AM CST reply actions
Is the SEC Championship game
always in ATL?
by tigers and chiefs fan on Dec 28, 2011 8:39 AM CST up reply actions
Yes.
Although I’d like to see it alternate between ATL, KC, and maybe NOLA.
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 8:42 AM CST up reply actions
not KC, STL
You won’t get Floridians playing outside in Missouri in December. Sorry. Aint gonna happen.
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 8:42 AM CST up reply actions
it's bound to happen at some point.
just as a como roadie for them.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Dec 28, 2011 8:53 AM CST up reply actions
Not in December though.
As there are no regular season december games. Won’t even be late november. That’s always a patsy and then FSU.
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 8:54 AM CST up reply actions
"a patsy and then FSU"
isn’t this redundant?
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
Since they've lost to FSU the past 2 years
No
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 8:57 AM CST up reply actions
Where are the SEC offices located?
by tigers and chiefs fan on Dec 28, 2011 8:43 AM CST up reply actions
Birmingham.
The city keeps talking about building a dome, but the taxpayers won’t go for it. The only stadium they have is Legion Field which is falling apart (literally). It’s where the Iron Bowl used to be played, and where Alabama high school championships are held annually. You’ll also be safer in East St. Louis wearing red and blue at the same time than around Legion Field.
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 8:46 AM CST up reply actions
Legion Field is sadly decaying
However, while the neighborhood is a dump, I’ve never had any trouble there, whether at a HS football or national team soccer game.
The state championships are no longer held there. They rotate between Tuscaloosa and Auburn now. The hoops championships are still held in the Ham though.
Man, I remember my highschool winning the state championship there. It was fun enough back then (late 90s/early 2000s)
They really need to build that stadium. Stupid Larry Langford.
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 9:00 AM CST up reply actions
Watched my daughter's school win the state championship there too
Also watched them win one at the Hoover Met one year.
We're in the East for Now
But I bet we eventually settle into the West. If the conference ever moves to 16, they’ll probably add 2 to the east and move us over with Arky. I would love to be wrong about this..
"KU, you're nothing to me now. You're not a rival, you're not a friend. I don't want to know you or what you do."
UNC are are so far below SEC level
I mean, look at what poor, useless Missouri did to them!
They weren't ready for SEC speed
SEC! SEC!
"KU, you're nothing to me now. You're not a rival, you're not a friend. I don't want to know you or what you do."
Yeah, I really want VT.
UNC was the only geographical thing that made any sense without going to an already SEC state.
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 8:51 AM CST up reply actions
no, Jesus' team is undefeated
every year. although tebow’s running into hard times lately…..
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Dec 28, 2011 8:59 AM CST up reply actions
And Illinois beats Minnesota in 2OT
Notre Dame beats Pitt, and Nebraska basketball continues its tradition of excellence.
We are DAVIDSON City!
OK, it's 9:00 a.m.
I expect the announcement to be here already.
I think we'll reconcile it by winning!
-Kim English
here
#Mizzou schedule: Sep 8 vs UGA Sep 22 @ S. Carolina Oct 6 vs Vandy Oct 13 vs Bama Oct 27 vs Kentucky Nov 3 @ FLA Nov 10 @ Ten Nov 24 @ TAMU
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
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#Mizzou schedule: Sep 8 vs UGA Sep 22 @ S. Carolina Oct 6 vs Vandy Oct 13 vs Bama Oct 27 vs Kentucky Nov 3 @ FLA Nov 10 @ Ten Nov 24 @ TAMU
3 games on the road to end the season?
Yikes.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Dec 28, 2011 9:04 AM CST up reply actions
You may have a home game between TN and TAMU. There's a 2 week gap there.
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 9:05 AM CST up reply actions
that is the usual sec m.o., right?
a cupcake there as a tune-up/make sure you get a bowl game win.
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
not fat, just luxurious.
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#CakeForLife
#IsThisSignatureLineLongEnough?
by BillSelfsToupee on Dec 28, 2011 9:05 AM CST up reply actions
Pretty much.
A “recovery” week just before your big rival.
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 9:07 AM CST up reply actions
Open for ku to change their minds and take it like men
(Ha….I almost pathetically spit my coffee out writing that)
by McZou on Dec 28, 2011 9:29 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Wow. Just, wow.
I’m amazed they gave you TAMU to end the season. guess it was too much to change already set OOC games.
by SEC Supremacist on Dec 28, 2011 9:04 AM CST up reply actions
That SB Nation recruiting article annoyed me.
I mean, I get that Rivals ratings and such are the standard way of measuring recruiting success. But not even a mention of the plethora of 2- and 3-star recruits who came here and became stars? Mizzou’s one of the most successful football programs of the last 10 years, and we didn’t do it on the backs of 400 blue chip recruits.
We all understand what being a Mizzou fan is like. That’s no excuse for being a douche.
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