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by Bill C. on Jan 23, 2012 5:46 AM CST
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There are approximately 9.5 days until the DGB sweepstakes come to an end at Springfield Hillcrest High School next Wednesday afternoon. Arkansas had their say this weekend, as he left a basketball tournament in St. Louis to head down for his official visit in Fayetteville. Evidently, Bobby Petrino has his in-home visit this week, as well. Mizzou will get the final word, however, when, barring any future changes of plans, DGB visits Columbia this coming weekend. I assume the "MIZ-DGB" chant will be pretty loud at the Texas Tech game on Saturday, huh?
Early indications are that DGB very much enjoyed his trip to Fayetteville, but ... of course he did. Recruits almost always enjoy visits, and when you are lavished with as much attention and love as he probably was (and will be next weekend), all the better. As long as we don't suddenly find out today that he committed (and we almost certainly won't), then you have to feel at least cautiously optimistic about Missouri's chances. I don't know if they'll land him, but I have absolutely loved the way Mizzou has recruited him to date, and I'll almost certainly be saying the same thing after next weekend. Cross your fingers. Well, not yet. Crossing your fingers for 9.5 straight days would probably start to hurt after a while. And it would be hard to type.
- DGB
KSDK.com: Dorial Green-Beckham sits down with Frank Cusumano
Post-Dispatch: Top recruit turns from hoops to Arkansas football visit
Post-Dispatch (Bryan Burwell): Mizzou fans greet prized recruitI came here for a very good reason. My columnist instincts said this was a situation ripe for potential commentary about the process of the recruitment of gifted 18-year-old student-athletes. I had no idea what to expect, but I had my suspicions that it would be one of two scenarios:
1. I would walk into a gymnasium full of screaming, fanatical idiots who would embarrass themselves with some sort of outlandish over-the-top display of everything that is wrong with the recruiting process.
2. Or I would see a gymnasium full of curious, but well-behaved adults.
I have to admit that I wasn't sure which scene I was hoping for, because either one would provide me with ample ammunition. But allow young Mr. Green-Beckham to end the suspense with how the evening transpired.
"I'd say they all acted like adults," he said, smiling. "It was all pretty cool."
Thank you Mizzou fans for restoring my faith in the sanity of sports fans. […]
"I kind of like that they didn't get too fired up," Green-Beckham said. "They weren't trying to distract me from what I had to do in the game. Wherever they came from, whether it was Columbia or St. Louis or back home, I thought they did pretty good. That gives me comfort in knowing, ‘OK, they're cool. They're not going to bother me while I'm in a game, trying make me float out mentally from what I should be doing to pay attention to what they're doing.'" - Other Recruiting
PowerMizzou: Missouri moves ahead for Onuoha
PowerMizzou: Update on Damien Lawry
We Are Mizzou: Wide Receiver Darius White Joins the Mizzou Family - Dom
The Draft Season: Dominique Hamilton Shrine Game Photo Album - Gabs
USA Today: Hangin' with MJD: The NFL playoffs, fantasy sports and more
CBS Sports (Rapid Reports): Bratkowski: Blaine Gabbert's pocket presence is coachable
CBS Sports (Rapid Reports): Olson will be key in Gabbert development
CBS Sports (Rapid Reports): Development of Gabbert up to ... Gabbert
Meanwhile ... though the Giants won last night, we still have this.
As RPT said last night, Eli Manning and Carson Coffman now have something in common.
Other Football Links
- A Couple More Paterno Links
SB Nation (Bomani Jones): Joe Paterno's Death Leaves LaVar Arrington And Others With Lots Left To Say
Smart Football: Joe Paterno's Penn State Defense
Mizzou Basketball Links
- Mizzou Still Won!
The Missourian: Win over Baylor big boost for MissouriMissouri also grabbed six more rebounds than Baylor, a pleasant surprise for a Tigers squad that regularly uses only two players taller than 6-6.
"We understand we are vertically challenged; we’re not a tall team," Missouri coach Frank Haith said. "We do have quickness and guys who can run down loose balls. This team has learned to not watch the ball when shots go up. ... We know that if we aren’t in the ballpark from a rebounding standpoint, we are going to struggle."
Even Missouri's two smallest players contributed. At 5-10, Phil Pressey had five rebounds, and 6-1 Michael Dixon collected four. The Tigers had 10 offensive rebounds in the first half and scored 14 second-chance points in the opening 20 minutes.
Other Basketball Links
- KU > Texas
Rock Chalk Talk: Kansas Fends Off A Pesky Texas Team In Austin
KC Star: No. 7 KU survives scare from Texas 69-66
Lawrence Journal-World: Emotional rescue: KU, Thomas Robinson hold it together, edge Texas
Austin American-Statesman: Kansas men beat Texas, 69-66
ESPN.com: In a rare tight game, KU holds on in Austin - KSU > OSU
KC Star: Kansas State ends skid at Oklahoma State with 66-58 win
Daily Oklahoman: Cowboys coach Travis Ford says K-State 'allowed to just whip us' - A&M > Oklahoma
Crimson & Cream Machine: OU snatches defeat from the jaws of victory on the road against Texas A&M - ISU > Tech
Dallas Morning News: Texas Tech falls to 0-6 in Big 12 with 76-52 loss to ISU
SEC (And Big 12)
- SEC Scheduling
Mr. SEC: The SEC's Mr. Transition Talks Scheduling
Senator Blutarsky: There's only one meaningful tradition in today's SEC - Dallas Morning News: A&M getting closer to settlement with Big 12
- Next Year's Big 12
Big East Coast Bias: Lawyers Expect The Big East And West Virginia To Settle
Dallas Morning News: Texas Tech president is optimistic W. Virginia will be in Big 12 for 2012 football season
Daily Oklahoman (Berry Tramel): The Big 12 is wide open next season
Other Mizzou Links
So ... our incredibly young gymnastics team might be awfully good.
- Mizzou Gymnastics
MUtigers.com: Tigers Upset No. 16 Denver at Pink Out
The Trib: Tigers keep cool on difficult night
The Missourian: 'Super fan' brought his spirit to Missouri gymnastics meet
The Missourian: PHOTO GALLERY: Missouri competes against University of Denver
KBIA Sports Extra: Pingeton disappointed with Mizzou's sixth loss - Mizzou Women's Basketball
MUtigers.com: Tigers Drop Close Battle to Oklahoma State, 62-58
The Trib: MU women fall flat in disheartening defeat
The Missourian: Oklahoma State tries to move on after tragedy
The Missourian: Best friends reunited in Missouri loss to Oklahoma State
The Missourian: PHOTO GALLERY: Missouri falls to Oklahoma State - Mizzou Tennis
MUtigers.com: Mizzou Falls Against No. 20 Notre Dame - Mizzou Track & Field
MUtigers.com: Tigers Wrap Up Illini Classic - Mizzou Soccer
MUtigers.com: Tigers Begin Offseason Helping the Community
Other
- The Balotelliest Game That Ever Balotelli'd
Dirty Tackle: Mario Balotelli's eventful half hour against Spurs - Oh, Ed Hochuli
Joe Posnanski: Hochuli in Verse
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Just for fun I set up a Twitter column for #DGB to see what people were saying
My initial fear was very similar to Burwell’s with regards to overzealous fans trying to personally recruit with crazy stunts. From what I’ve seen its been fairly tame on the Mizzou side with an outburst of WoooPigSooie chatter out of his visit this weekend. I’m glad to be so far to be wrong.
From his quote: ""I kind of like that they didn’t get too fired up," (among others) I get the sense that this kid is incredibly down to earth and hard working and really just views sports as a road through life. Where ever he goes I think he is going to have the commitment and mentality to become a Calvin Johnson like phenom.
All that being said, don’t think I won’t be one of those fans on Saturday returning the M-I-Z call with a D-G-B!
You either die a Tiger, or you live long enough to see yourself become a Jayhawk.
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When I was a kid I thought that the "WoooPigSooie" thing was something you ate for dinner.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
Also Bill link to the Missourian's
Gymnastic Photo Gallery doesn’t work.
Yeah guys, I clicked, big deal!
You either die a Tiger, or you live long enough to see yourself become a Jayhawk.
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Interesting. Should work now.
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Don't judge me I always click all the links!
I'm totally not protesting too much!
You either die a Tiger, or you live long enough to see yourself become a Jayhawk.
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Dgb is the only reason I got on twitter.
Don’t freak out I just follow. But I must say it gets a lil addictive after a while
by dp2 on Jan 23, 2012 7:36 AM CST via mobile reply actions
i did too, recently.
but i don’t follow high schoolers….because i’m not a CREEPER. ;-)
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 8:23 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
So I read a statistic that Justin "Godzilla" Smith
Played ALL 93 snaps of yesterdays game. Impressive to say the least.
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He's a beast.
And then Kyle Williams… smh Twice?
by u2nspenserfan on Jan 23, 2012 8:59 AM CST up reply actions
Just got a text from a buddy who is on a flight right now with Dave Yost to Columbis, OH
Possibly going to check in on Mauk, and talk strategy for next weekend.
damn shame for Coach Yost
with all that hair, you know he’s got to check a bag. Can’t get that kinda style in travel size.
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agree
he’s magnificently au natural.
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My buddy went up and talked to Yost, per my prodding, to tell him to get this DGB thing done.
Yost said they were working on it and expect DGB news by Wed, but who knows if he meant this Wed or the following. DGB’s dad also texted Yost while my buddy was there and asked Yost if it violated NCAA regulations to sell media rights to his signing.
Huh...
I had to look at a map, but I suppose that is “South” Providence. I always though the dividing line between North and South Providence was Stadium, but it’s Broadway. Learn something new every day.
by Damnatio Memoriae on Jan 23, 2012 10:55 AM CST up reply actions
I lived in columbia for most of my life (well over 30 years) until a couple years ago.
Sometimes I forget that most of the people here have only spent a few years there and may not know that.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
Haha, that's the problem
I lived there for 7 years, from 6th grade until I finished high school. My dad still lives there, and my wife is there for law school right now. Shows how much attention I pay…
by Damnatio Memoriae on Jan 23, 2012 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
I think that Broadway is the dividing line for all streets designated with North or South.
I do know what you mean though. I still don’t know my way around very well once I get North of 70 and East of Providence.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
Either your buddy has great eyes and knack for looking over a shoulder
Or he should be a reporter as Yost opened up fairly quickly with that tidbit. Seeing that he is a friend of yours, I’ll choose the latter.
by McZou on Jan 23, 2012 11:34 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Meeting David Yost
As MUPETE stated, I recognized David Yost as he boarded my flight from STL to Columbus, OH. Since my Southwest flight had wifi, I emailed MUPETE to see what the protocol was when you run into a celebrity and if he thought it would be too forward if I waited for Mr. Yost to deplane and then told him how appreciative of his staff and his work, I was. After MUPETE assured me that I wouldn’t be a stalker if I kept it simple like that, he suggested I should tell Yost to make sure MU signed DGB. Upon deplaning I waited outside of the gate to see if he was getting off in Columbus, or if he was continuing on to Orlando. When he deplaned we had the following exchange. Granted, most of this is paraphrased, since as you may suspect, I’m not a reporter and I was a little overwhelmed at actually getting to say more than just the 2 sentences I had prepared during our final approach to CMH.
I waited for him to get off of the plane. Apologized for interrupting his music. (He had a head set on. Then again maybe he was getting play calls from Pinkel) Told him I recognized him on the plane and just wanted to thank him for the great work he and his staff have done in bringing MU back to prominence. He seemed genuinely flattered that I recognized him and appreciated the program. We started walking towards baggage claim and he asked about my job. When we finished talking about that I told him that I didn’t mean to pry, but that I had heard that MU was THE front runner for DGB and that it was a very exciting time to be a Tiger. He agreed that it was exciting, and that they expected to hear from DGB Wednesday (though he didn’t specify that it was this Wednesday) He then said that DGB’s father had just texted him, almost like I had just reminded him of something he had forgotten, then showed me his iPhone with a text exchange between him and a person I’m assuming was DGB’s father. The contents of the text message in which DGB’s father asked whether or not it was against NCAA regulations to sell the rights to his son’s signing day. He asked where I was from. (STL) Where I went to HS at. (CBC) Then asked if I knew Chris Crosby. (I do.) He said Chris was in their first draft class. To which I replied that I remembered that because I thought it was pretty astounding that I was going to know a WR on the MU football team. About that time we ended up at baggage claim, he had checked a bag and I hadn’t. I asked if he wouldn’t mind me getting a picture with him because my friends would never believe me if I didn’t have proof that I had met him, and we had another passerby take our picture. Overall he was amazingly low key and seemed genuinely flattered that I recognized him and appreciated the work he had done. So I shook his hand, and told him thank you again for the great work and good luck with the upcoming season. He said thanks and that it was going to be a great season and I walked away wishing that at least one of my friends was unemployed so I could call and talk this out. Instead I had to text it to MUPETE while driving my rental car to my client’s office.
by SqueezePlay on Jan 23, 2012 12:50 PM CST up reply actions 11 recs
Rec'd
Well done SzueezePlay! I assume that Yost meant Wed, Feb 1st (national signing day). The fact that DGB’s dad texted Yost with that question kinda makes a big ball of hope well up in me!
Proud resident of Kansas City MO
Yep, "if" he asks Mizzou that and not Arkansas
I can only see that as a good sign as far as our chances are concerned. I just hope he doesn’t go full blown Cecil, but if he was that kind of man Oklahoma, Auburn and Bama types would still be in the running.
I am gonna assume that he only texted Yost with that question...
which seems to say to me that if DGB hasn’t yet fully decided on MU then MU is the front runner.
I also like Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA” and I just got done reading “Pride and Prejudice” and “Sense and Sensibility” on my Kindle app for iPad.
/karmathread’d
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Ohhh Miley!
RockM has a sad about your departure from the spotlight.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Jan 23, 2012 3:35 PM CST up reply actions
The Rivals folks seem to think he's headed to Arkanasas.
Let’s just say the fanbase is counting unhatched chickens as well…
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=880&CID=1322138
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Rocky Balboa once told me, "Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are."
Don't give Yost a big head, you fool!
He’s gonna go become a head coach somewhere now!!! ;)
Great story, Squeeze! You handled it well!
Why didn't you ask him why he refused to run the ball
where the full back was, if he was aware that there are apparently a TON of people who could do his job better than him and if he was aware that his job is all but gone.
Great story, rec’d.
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by mizzou2396 on Jan 23, 2012 2:17 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
It never fails:
“Where are you from?”
-St. Louis
“Oh, what high school did you go to?”
typical greatness from posnanski.
reminded me of the holy hand grenade scene.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
This is one time I wish I was into exercise physiology
and kinesiology. I would do a study on the correlation of height and weight to reach. ie: does Perry Jones III, at 6’11" have a consistent higher vertical leap, both standing and in motion, than Kim English, at 6’6"? Or, does length of calf correlate to vertical leap (and in turn, amount and density of muscle).
Gatorade would fund that, I think.
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Oddly enough, studies here at Mizzou have found
That a person’s speed and vertical leap are directly correlated with their body’s proportion, as measured from the belly button. Dr. Maruniak, my former biology professor, found that the reason most African Americans are more “athletic” (loosely used) than many other races is their natural proportion as measured from the belly button gives them a slight advantage. If I had more sources and info on the matter I’d share them but it’s been a while since we talked about it… But anyway, I think a lot of it has to do with the proportion of someone’s build, not necessarily just their size.
I can see that
my point was going to towards PJ’3 chicken legs.
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"most African-Americans are more athletic"????
If you say something that declamatory and racist sounding without citing any actual data, well then, you sound like racist moron. Most African-Americans are “more athletic?” What the fuck is wrong with you?
by Bivouac77 on Jan 23, 2012 10:20 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Easy...
That’s why I said it was used loosely, in the general use of the word… I was attempting to contribute by giving Aus a piece of information passed down to me by a biology professor. It wasn’t my study… Sorry if I somehow offended you, I tried to choose my words carefully but apparently I need some work.
Loosely, you're an idiot.
Don’t choose any words next time you feel the need to talk about which races are more athletic.
You people are unreal.
what do you mean
“you people”?
/obligatory
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 10:56 AM CST up reply actions 8 recs
Are we supposed to put our hands over the hands on their shirt?
Is that the Miami greeting? I’ll take one for the team and greet these ladies first. Sit down boys.
by SEC Supremacist on Jan 23, 2012 11:58 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
According to Nevin Shapiro it is.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
Your posts on this topic read like you were skimming the comments, found an objectionable phrase
and then freaked the f out.
In all seriousness, you’re coming off like a lunatic who did not read carefully.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Jan 23, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions 6 recs
Or is just outraged to be outraged.
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well, how's this
there is a growing body of evidence that there are variations in athletic ability in response to ethnic background. Some of that is due to evolution of those ethnicities over time. Two fine examples are individuals of West African descent (which make up most of Americans with African ancestry) are found to have greater number of fast twitch muscles, which allows them to excel in sports such as basketball, football, and sprinting. However, look at the winners of major marathons, and they are mostly East Africans. Different make up in muscle groups, along with significant change in altitude.
Those it is certainly not correct to pigeon-hole a person in sports based on the extant of melanin in their skin, but the facts show that there are propensities for evolution and sports.
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by Ausgiano on Jan 23, 2012 11:03 AM CST up reply actions 9 recs
You take your facts and get out of his/her hate thread.
They have no place here.
by Babbalynski on Jan 23, 2012 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
Look, the guy comes out with this little gem
Fucking ban me if you don’t like it, you inbred goat-fucking racist morons.
and you are going to try to reason with him?
Good luck.
he forgot "meth-addicted".
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 11:48 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I would hope if one is having relations with a goat
one is also under the influence of something
by jschooltiger on Jan 23, 2012 11:53 AM CST up reply actions
It was there, I saw it
Otherwise, we’re all suffering a mass hallucination.
by Damnatio Memoriae on Jan 23, 2012 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
i had a comment deleted, too.
bad boys, whatcha gonna do?
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 12:17 PM CST up reply actions
so you almost got banned?!?!
I guess that and the #2 ranking would have been too much joy in one day.
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i think your delight
is the only reason i haven’t been banned from here. bill hates you more than i.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 2:42 PM CST up reply actions
did he tell you that?
I always thought it was true. Now . . . I know. A statistical analysis of my happiness factor (adjusted, of course) shows that it has dropped 7.5% more than the usage rate of Kadeem Green, in 2011.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
I can't speak from experience . . .
. . . but I’ve heard tell that sheep are far more docile than goats! :-)
57-54-9 . . . get used to it, jaybirds; and let us know when you want us to make it worse. Go Mizzou!
by countrycal on Jan 23, 2012 4:26 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
you are the Marcus Denmon of posters
very patient, let the posts come to you and then knock it down with an icy cold efficiency. Well done.
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by mizzou2396 on Jan 23, 2012 4:28 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Thanx . . .
. . . but I think you give me too much credit.
I am just so old that it takes me that long to get something typed in.
57-54-9 . . . get used to it, jaybirds; and let us know when you want us to make it worse. Go Mizzou!
by countrycal on Jan 23, 2012 4:38 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
the end of a fir should never have to be humble.
they’re firends for a reason, after all.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 6:13 PM CST up reply actions
When I made my post about the girls gymnastic photos
I had no idea it would be the least contentious thing on the page.
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But enough about College Station.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
by Gaknar on Jan 23, 2012 5:08 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
i don't like him talking about our home away from home like that.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 6:44 PM CST up reply actions
True.
So the field is ok, there is a Mizzou flag planted in the middle of it. It’s everywhere outside….
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 23, 2012 7:08 PM CST up reply actions
Beebe put it best
“I MEAN TEXAS A&M STUDENTS ARE THE KIND OF WEIRD WHERE YOU DON’T LEAVE THEM IN THE SAME ROOM AS HOUSE PETS UNATTENDED.”
This is honestly the concept I was trying to get at.
Thank you for providing a more in depth explanation.
you hear that folks...
I PROVIDE DEPTH!!
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OK, you need to switch to decaf.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
I'm seriously trying to understand what about this has you so torqued?
There are exceptional athletes of every ethnic group… but I’d hazard to guess that the percentage of football and basketball players belonging to the African American ethnic group is significantly higher. And that doesn’t even include studies about fast twitch muscle fibers or other biological studies that would seem to support his statements. My Racism Detector is typically pretty finely tuned and it didn’t even blip there.
The real question for me is: Are you African American? Or are you just outraged on principle?
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Especially when you consider
the percentage of African-Americans playing high level D-1 football or basketball to the total African-American population in the United States, and put that side by side with the percentage of Caucasian and other ethnic groups playing those sports vs. their total population footprint. I bet that would be a hugely illuminating study.
I've often wanted to do a study...
On where certain athletes in certain sports playing certain positions originate from around the country. I’m sure what you’re referring to would play a big role in that.
There is a long history of demonizing African Americans for their greater physical prowess
with much of racist iconograhy playing up their bestial or physical nature. Even presenting the facts in a neutral or approving manner is bound to raise some hackles. It’s doubtful that the original posting was motivated by conscious, malicious racism (incidentally, why is it that people have to assume that racism enters into it every time someone criticised something like this? ust because we’re trying to educate you about the history of certain words or rhetorical tactics doesn’t mean we think you’ll unleash the water hoses), but even if true, the original poster would do well to tread more carefully when peddling in tropes and stereotypes utilized by racists.
In fairness
The response explicitly called the OP racist and all but accused him of unleashing the water hoses.
The presumption of good faith ought to work in both directions; in this case, only the response was sufficient to rebut it.
I got nervous when the OP brought up the topic.
But it was handled in a scientific enough way that I was put at ease. And then somebody went nuts anyway.
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did "somebody" get banned?
Have you ever banned somebody before?
Obviously you don’t have to answer those questions, just curious.
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No, and yes.
Nobody got banned for this (yet), but yes, people have been banned before.
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Jimmy the Greek, for example.
"When among evil companions, try to fit in." - Wild Bill Donovan
Rocky Balboa once told me, "Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are."
I was worried too, even given the tone.
There’s always someone who has their sensitivity turned up to 11 online, but this was an extreme case, even for the internet.
yeah
maybe I’ve spent too much time moderating newspaper comments but I saw that coming like a train.
by jschooltiger on Jan 23, 2012 3:53 PM CST up reply actions
Lol I definitely won't be bringing it back up...
But yes it was a scientific study done right here at Mizzou by Joel Maruniak and others. I definitely am NOT anything near a malicious, hate-mongering racist, but I am slightly disappointed it had to turn into this just because I referenced a completely relevant study involving different racial biological differences. I’m definitely just going to avoid the topic altogether in the future, considering the response it garnered.
that's what all the malicious, hate-mongering racists say.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 6:45 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ya for real, I just read through all of that
I’ve seen Bivuac comment so much around here, I was shocked. But it really did hearten me that no one attacked him back, it really shows the awesome sense of community around here. I’m just sad he/she reacted that way, hopefully they will look back and see no harm was meant or done. If we were racist at all, I very much doubt we would be as high on our football and basketball teams as we all are. Hopefully extenuating circumstances just caused him/her to have this one outburst
you leave for a deposition and come back and we have a full out race war going on
complete with accusations of bestiality.
Crazy.
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
no it wasn't.
that was the problem i had with it!
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 2:44 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I assume that meth usage is implied with every post on this board.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
well, obviously
you can’t just be “sometimes addicted to meth.”
Busting Bill C since September 19, 2011 10:19 CST, 8:19 PDT.
by mizzou2396 on Jan 23, 2012 2:47 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
"I'd say they all acted like adults," he said, smiling. "It was all pretty cool."
MIZZOU FANS SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY!
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
tee hee
GabeDeArmond Gabe DeArmond
Of the replies and retweets of my Ratliffe Big 12 POW tweet, all but one are from Kansas fans. WHY?
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
Hey now,
at least they don’t hate us more than they love themselves…
or something like that.
"...I'm not trying to act giddy but the guy is a stud.'' - Terry McDonough, Director of Player Personnel, Jacksonville Jaguars
They are still running schedule junk on us at RCT
Never mind the fact that we just beat the same team on the road that they were crowing about beating at home last Monday.
Well, it's not really that hard.
A little snark when pointing out a mathematics failure, hurt Andre Clark’s feelings, and voila!
It's amazing how even the best teams become total suck after Mizzou beats them
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
I've been thinking the same thing all weekend
Remember that time….
Our first big test was against Notre Dame? (and then we discovered they are actually the worst team to ever play basketball in the history of ever even though they are the ONLY team to beat #1 Syracuse)
And then when we were going to get exposed by playing a top-20 Cal team? (only to find out that no one on the west coast can even identify a basketball and the PAC 12 plays at a pre-k level)
And then that time that Illinois would almost certainly savage us (turns out they are terrible as well)
And then that time that there’s no way we could handle playing even a down Nova team under the bright lights of MSG and so far from home and we would certainly be exposed for what we really are (turns out Nova barely even has a basketball team)..
And that one time that we had to play the #3 team in the country ON THE ROAD (turns out they were overrated, played weak in every aspect of the game, their star player was slowed by injury etc). And it actually turns out the Mizzou was the one getting exposed because we only beat that #3 team (did i meantion ON THE ROAD) by 1 pt.
GOD we suck this year. Is it football time yet? (well…we all know how THAT is going to turn out since the ONLY SEC game we have any chance of even staying in is vs Vandy, and we’ll almost certainly go 1-37 this fall). Its such a crappy time to be a Tiger.
by DC_Tiger on Jan 23, 2012 10:44 AM CST up reply actions 8 recs
I agree with your points but I like being underated and sneaking up on people.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
Oh I'm totally fine with the sneaky underrated thing
Just pointing out how flawless beaker logic is.
The common theme here is all those teams that suck...
Suddenly suck when they play a certain team… Hell, if that trend continues all year for us I’ll take lick over skill all the way through the final four!
I can't wait to hear from Kansas fans how overrated Kansas is if we beat them
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
by Gaknar on Jan 23, 2012 11:11 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
It is 2012 and the Mayans said this is when the world ends.
So I guess it’s possible they could say that.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
yep
it will be exactly what we’ve heard from Nebraska fans for the last decade.
“Yeah, congrats on beating us in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008…those were EASILY the worst 4 teams we’ve ever had ever.”
(except that they won 10 games in 2003 and I think only lost 1 game after losing to us in 2008)
(and also…apparently all of those Mizzou teams they beat for 24 straight years were actually world-beaters, and not the worst run of football teams Mizzou has ever had).
by ZouDave on Jan 23, 2012 3:33 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I'd still take it.
If it meant getting to hear kansas fans admitting that any of their basketball programs were even average.
I’m known as a bit of a dreamer!
The thing I always hated about Nebraska talking about their worst teams in decades
and how we beat them, don’t they realize they padded their win column against us on quite a few really bad teams of ours as well? How they can even be slightly flustered at our wins this past decade when they’ve constantly reminded us at how great they were while pounding some of those mid 80’s to late 90’s teams of ours? Even their teams we have beaten would have dominated Tiger teams through some of our worst years in our history.
They keep saying that but I don't it means what they think it means.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
Going to be very funny in five years when their football team is in the same boat they are in now.
Also going to be fun when we get a 1 seat and they lose to VCU or northern Illinois again.
by dp2 on Jan 23, 2012 10:58 AM CST via mobile reply actions
You mean Northern Iowa?
FAHRUKMANESH!!! Iranian for “Bird-killer”.
2012 Chiefs Draft Picks by Falcon58: G DeCastro 1st round, NT Ta'amu 2nd round or OT Adcock 2nd/3rd round, TE Egnew 3rd round, RB Ganaway 5th/6th, QB Case Keenum 5th/6th. Resign: Carr, Bowe, Orton, McClain, Gordon(in that order). Trade Dorsey for picks, promote Gordon to DT/DE.
I'm taking more note of how my time is spent
and I have a special category just for the Tigers. I know my behavior will change a bit now that I am timing it but it will be interesting to see how much time I spend at RockM.
I think for the work week, that it will have to be over eight hours.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Jan 23, 2012 11:16 AM CST reply actions
per hour.
that’s right; 8 hours per hour.
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 11:20 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Too much 5 Hour Energy drink TK!
by tigers and chiefs fan on Jan 23, 2012 11:21 AM CST up reply actions
but it's so convenient, t&c.
who can help it?
What do you have against the ring-tailed lemur?
by threadkiller on Jan 23, 2012 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
Can you bend space-time?
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jan 23, 2012 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
Woo!
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by Gaknar on Jan 23, 2012 3:45 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
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