Mizzou Links, 4-28-11

by Bill C. on Apr 28, 2011 5:21 AM CDT in News

Jimmie Hunt hasn't broken free from veterans on the depth chart just yet. (Photo via Bill Carter.)

Draft Links

SB Nation: 2011 NFL Draft Choose Your Own Adventure: You're The Team Owner, Pick Wisely
New York Times: NFL Draft Boards Take on Lives of Their Own
Fox Sports MW: Transcript: Blaine Gabbert on Dan Patrick Show
Post-Dispatch: MU's Gabbert, Smith at dinner with president on eve of draft
STL Sports Minute: Aldon Smith Has His Suite, Waits To Get Drafted
The Sporting News: 2011 NFL Draft: Quarterbacks
NFL.com: Latest rumblings unfold in unpredictable quasi-mock draft
Bengals.com: Mock It: QB run lurks
Tennessee 247 Sports: Titans may be choosing between Locker, Dalton as QB of future
ESPN.com (Insider): Ranking 10 college football standouts who are sleepers for the 2012 NFL Draft

Mizzou Football Links

The Trib (Dave Matter): Answering the BTS Mailbox

Q: Kudos to veterans Gerau and McGaffie (and young vet Washington) for holding off their much-touted competition at WR so far. What did they do to hold their positions on the second team, and is time running out for Clark, Stricker, and especially Woodland? — arnezzi

A: Fans are concerned with the post-spring depth chart as to why the Class of 2010 receivers (Jimmie Hunt, Marcus Lucas, Bud Sasser) are still buried behind older players. After watching spring practices and talking with the coaches I'm not all that surprised. It's about consistency and doing your job on every snap. I remind those fans of this comment receivers coach Andy Hill made to me a few weeks ago regarding his receivers, young and old: "We really think our front-line guys are playing where it looks like it should look. They’re playing at a high level consistently every single day. They’re not making every single play, but for the most part they are. For the young guys it’s still kind of a jostle. There is a lot ability. And you see flashes of good things. And then you wonder what they’re thinking the next play. … The bottom line is we want guys who know what they’re doing and play hard every play. We’re working on their habits, their skills and just every single play making sure it counts." ...

This staff really likes the young receivers — but they're in a position where they have to earn playing time. And before they can catch starters like Wes Kemp and Jerrell Jackson, they have to outplay second-teamers like Brandon Gerau, Gahn McGaffie and L'Damian Washington. That didn't happen consistently in March and April. As for Rolandis Woodland, an ankle injury cost him two weeks of spring practice. I thought he was making some headway as far as catching the ball last season but not so much this spring. There's a lot of talent and depth at receiver on this team, maybe too much for him to earn anything more than a part-time role. Same goes for Stricker and Clark. They do have some hope in that MU wants to play at a faster tempo this season and sub in more receivers, like it did in the Insight Bowl.
PowerMizzou: 2011 Tiger Mailbag
We Are Mizzou: Mizzou Spring Team Bonding

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ok, I'll quit complaining about our mediocre fan support.

To be 4th in attendance (even though Iowa st was ahead of us) is better then Texas A&M, who had a decent year, Nebraska and Oklahoma. I still hope to have, see and feel the energy of a packed house at home more often.

by McZou on Apr 28, 2011 9:12 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

What stood out to me about those numbers is how the North teams' fans

show up so much better than the South’s. UT showed up this year b/c they were good. Put a bad team there, and they’re down where OU is.

by CBonerfied on Apr 28, 2011 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Wow, that EDSBS post was awful.

Painfully unfunny, and the photo of Spurrier didn’t help matters.

by MU9296 on Apr 28, 2011 10:11 AM CDT reply actions

Gold Pants!

Gold Jersey!
We just need the Gold Helmet.

by mizzou2396 on Apr 28, 2011 11:53 AM CDT reply actions

Love gold pants, and the gold jerseys are fine (except for the memories of ku '08), but the gold helmet mockup was hideous.

On the other hand, throwbacks for the 100th anniversary of Homecoming would be awesome. I have always wanted the uniform/pants stripes to match the helmet.

Something along the lines of this…

by jooooooooones! on Apr 28, 2011 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions

There almost HAS to be some special uni's for the HC game this year

by DnrW on Apr 28, 2011 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions

all gold or nothing.

it’s time to break out all gold during a gold rush and paint the field gold.

by mizzou2396 on Apr 28, 2011 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I support this for the pure insanity of it.

Make it happen, Coach.

by DnrW on Apr 28, 2011 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions

it would be amazing

the best part would be that none of the golds were the same gold color. Old gold (pants), maize (field), bright yellow (jersey), goldish (helmets), mustard yellow (fans).

by mizzou2396 on Apr 28, 2011 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe we could get Iowa State to wear their golds too.

We’ve come this far, might as well.

by DnrW on Apr 28, 2011 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions

hey now, let's keep it realistic.

I do think it would be awesome to paint the field like a tiger with stripes. Not for a game because it would be gimmicky and kind of lame, but I think it would be a sweet looking photo. Maybe a photoshop job or something because painting the field for a photo is probably excessive.

by mizzou2396 on Apr 28, 2011 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Tiger Stripes with a giant "M" in the middle maybe?

I wish I had photoshop just to see who ridiculous it would look. I’m sure Nike would be more than willing to stamp their logo on a new product (or field) for us though.

by DnrW on Apr 28, 2011 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions

yup

it would look cool (for a moment) and someone would pay to have it done (more than likely) but it would make us gimmicky and that doesn’t bode well. Plus, there is no way a fullback would play on a field like that.

by mizzou2396 on Apr 28, 2011 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions