Mizzou Links, 8-23-11
by Bill C. on Aug 23, 2011 5:02 AM CDT
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PrintThe process of compiling links is funny. Sometimes it produces 50+ links on a random Wednesday ... and sometimes, like today, it produces eight. Nine if you include some tweet from some dude.
Mizzou Football Links
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Missouri is a better football team when Brad Madison, Jacquies Smith, Kenji Jackson, Matt White, Will Ebner, Jerrell Jackson and Travis Ruth are involved, eh? I know that may be controversial, but I just know I'm right on this one.
- The Missourian: Missouri nears end of preseason practice
Last week, Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel said he hoped to have many of the injured starters back by Tuesday’s practice. These include defensive ends Brad Madison and Jacquies Smith, safeties Kenji Jackson and Matt White, linebacker Will Ebner and wide receiver Jerrell Jackson.
One of the most important is center Travis Ruth, who suffered a strained right Achilles’ tendon in the team'steam's first scrimmage on Aug. 13. The offensive line already lost left tackle Elvis Fisher, who had started 40 games for the Tigers, for the season with a knee injury. Fisher’s injury sent backup left guard Justin Britt to left tackle, and Ruth’s sent starting left guard Jayson Palmgren to center. Backup right guard Jack Meiners stepped into Palmgren's spot.
The team is not concerned Ruth will miss any games, but his return would give the overwhelmed line a sense of normalcy and a sense it is moving forward.
"I mean, it’s bad what has happened to us, but I think we’ll pull through," Palmgren said.
- The Wiz of Odds: Missouri poster
- Linebackers
We Are Mizzou: Mizzou Linebackers - Como Represent
MUtigers.com: Hometown Tigers
Haithshapirogate
The quote below is a bit enlightening. If the alleged bag man for the supposed money exchange is at least relatively safe, then we may be underestimating the chances of Frank Haith keeping his job here. I know why Missouri hasn't made a similar statement yet, and I'm happy they're taking time to investigate and/or work with the NCAA to figure out their real course of action instead of just throwing out a PR statement that is worthless in 24 hours ... but I'm at least beginning to believe that Haith could survive this.
- Post-Dispatch: Internal probe at Miami could impact Missouri's Haith
Unlike MU, another outpost seemingly connected to the Haith-Jones issue, Western Kentucky, has indicated it expects no fallout.
Former Haith assistant Jake Morton, alleged by Shapiro to have given the $10,000 to Jones, now is an assistant coach at Western Kentucky.
But school president Gary Ransdell last week was quoted saying the allegations of scandal at Miami have "no implications for us."
Ransdell, according to the school paper, the Herald, said the school will cooperate with the NCAA but added: "Jake denies that he had anything to do with what that guy in prison is saying took place. The NCAA will sort that out, but that's a University of Miami problem that doesn't involve us."
MIZZOUEXPANSIONAPALOOZA™ 2011
Getting shaky because it's been, like, a full week since the last MIZZOUEXPANSIONAPALOOZA™ 2011 post? Fear not!
A&M about ready to get this started. Expect announcement within the next two days. Wed at latest. Hoping for SEC vote by Friday. #gigemless than a minute ago via HootSuite 
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We've heard plenty of chatter about this over the last month, but when you're expecting this news, then you're more likely to believe it, right?
Mizzou Basketball Links
- MUtigers.com: Denmon, Team USA Finish Fifth At World University Games
Other Mizzou Links
I have no idea if Sarah Shire is a good teacher by any means, but ... I think Mizzou could have done worse than to bring the All-American aboard as an assistant. (By the way ... has anybody noticed how many well-accomplished assistants Mizzou has been hiring lately? I'm talking mostly about gymnastics and track. It's a nice thing to see.)
- MUtigers.com: Athletics Leads Outreach Delegation to SW Missouri
- Mizzou Gymnastics
MUtigers.com: Sarah Shire Joins Gymnastics Staff
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Your links post wouldn't crack the two-deep
At A&M.
by jschooltiger on Aug 23, 2011 6:37 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
and if they did
it would only be because our inferior servers somehow didnt go down in monsoon and theres did by freak happenstance.
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Aug 23, 2011 7:23 AM CDT up reply actions
In case you missed it, Bill...
http://twitter.com/SoonerSportscom/status/105857420802277377
Congratulations to James Winchester and Trent Ratterree. Coach Stoops announced scholarships for the two after practice. #Sooners
HaithShapirogate
It’s interesting—and I mean that in the most ambiguous way possible—that as far as we know the NCAA has not (as of yet, as far as we know) asked to speak to Morton, who was specifically implicated by Shapiro as the literal “bag” (of money) man. And further, the NCAA has asked Missouri to essentially take no action until they complete their own investigation. (Translation: don’t fire him yet.) Then there is the puzzling detail of Haith allegedly returning the money (as if to potentially create an audit trail where none had previously existed).
Given what we know, and it may turned out to be as much as we ever know, this case is really really odd.
I hope that:
1. Haith is clean (obviously),
2. he pulls through this, and
3. Missouri continues to show discretion rather the preemptive “just in case” firing so many (less at RMN than other places) are advocating.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
This does seem to get stranger as the days go on
I feel like most of the time when stuff like this comes up its just more and more negative info that lead to an eventual firing. This time however there really hasnt been any other negative info come up about haith since the initial artical.
Im concerned about B-ball recruiting with the program in somewhat of a limbo, but I suppose its better than the alternative.
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Aug 23, 2011 8:58 AM CDT up reply actions
It is strange.
Especially since the allegation was so “Oh and by the way I gave money to a basketball player with consent from the head coach.” Almost every other part was football. Then again. Basketball at Miami is really an “oh and by the way we have basketball” sport.
"The power of the force has stopped you, you hosers."
SOURCES
According to the Miami Sun-Sentinel
Miami athletics is desperate for money. Shapiro pretended to have money. And so the folks making policy inside the university made the kind of decision that ultimately gets players in trouble in this strange world of college athletics.
They decided to let Shapiro keep playing inside the toy chest.
That’s what will come out eventually if the truth is the goal here. NCAA investigators are directing their aim at former basketball coach Frank Haith and former football recruiting coordinator Clint Hurtt, according to a source.
Hey, theyve got sources!
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Aug 23, 2011 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions
It almost seems like Miami is willing to use Haith as a fall guy
since he is gone now. If he was still the figurehead of the second most important athletic program in a major D-I university (well, maybe baseball for the U, but nonetheless), guarantee they’d be trying to protect him more.
It’s way too convenient that after 72 frickin’ allegations—71 of them on the football team—the investigators are going after the one allegation against the guy who is gone. That’s just sad.
Those were my thoughts exactly
The reporter in that article seemed to take quite a few liberties and didnt really give us many answers.
twitter handle: @asstastic_o1
just because im over 300 pounds doesnt meant I dont have a great ass.
by BillSelfsToupee on Aug 23, 2011 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Unless that focus is based on the timeline that Mizzou needs to get off the dime on a decision.
We need Haith to be first in line so Mizzou can find out what is going on. If Haith is fired, the sooner the better. If Haith is clean, the sooner the better as we have players to recruit.
In a twisted way, this is good news.
ku loves Missouri as every parasite has to have a host.
damn...is that THE Mack Jones
I still have my Riverside Shakespeare….he WAS a good lecturer
The only measure of true success in the NFL is the Vince Lombardi trophy. Anything less is a rationalization.
This is really sad, but this part of the article was strange
An officer smelled a chemical odor
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas
Not sure what to think about that, other than there could have been something arching and creating Ozone in a part of the house and then the fire department picked up high levels of CO. Or another chemical was leaking along with some other source of CO.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 23, 2011 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Disregared the ozone part
I am an idiot, that is a different molecular reaction with different starting molecules. Though, I guess it could happen if the O=C bond would break similarly to the CO2 bonds. Not sure.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 23, 2011 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Been exchanging emails with some Miami fans/observers
One is a guy I used to work with who graduated from UM and follows the basketball team (he said, yes, there are about 17 of us), another is a guy I don’t know whom I ran into online who’s a grad/fan, and the third is a Mizzou grad who did a good job in writing the definitive Shapiro profile.
It was interesting that these three people, independent of one another, all came to the same two conclusions about Haith. 1. He’s a lousy coach. 2. They were shocked to see him included in the Miami allegations because there had not been a hint of him operating in that way.
Here’s a link to the profile I referred to (it’s very long). If you read it, you’ll think even less of Shapiro than you do now if that’s possible.
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-12-16/news/nevin-shapiro-miami-s-caligula/
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