Mizzou Loses At Kansas State By ... Some Score. SATURDAY AFTERNOON LIVE THREAD.

Just wants to hug the ball.

…I am glad that Mizzou was not on here in Big D.

Most here did not expect him to go to OSU. Didn’t think he wanted to try to live up to the hype and expectations. Dad was/is a LEGEND. Jr., regardless of how good he is, could never match that, and would be the scapegoat more than the hero.

Who you rooting for in the NCG? Alabama or LSU?

Magruder: C’mere ball – I’ll make it all better.

Mizzou losses to Kansas State in Manhattan by 16.

Exactly two months later, they are tied with battling UConn for a spot in the Final Four. It is NOT time to panic.

Texans vs. Bengals?
Saints vs. Lions?

Really funny show.

When Flip had more assists than points, more side to side action, being patient, not forcing bad shots, things were flying. It seems like Mizzou is playing like last year right now.

Scheduled to fly Albuquerque-Dallas-KC today, but mechanical issues delayed the flight to Dallas enough to make me miss the connection. OK, I can just get the next Dallas-KC flight, right?

Oh yeah, there are a million K-State fans flying from Dallas to KC today.

Because of them, I am now stuck in Phoenix for another hour instead of flying home. DAMN YOU K-STATE!

after my daughter’s bath in half an hour…

Go vodka.

This is mainly to put my thoughts in writing, and is in no way meant to make it sound like I know what I’m talking about:

1. MU, kU, and kSU have the best home court advantages in the league. Each of these teams plays especially well at home, even in seasons when they are not that good of a team. We ran into the same buzzsaw today that OU ran into last week. I still think kSU has a solid team, but I don’t expect the same result when they come to Columbia.

2. If we worked the drive-and-dish to open shooters today, I think the outcome would have been a lot different. Maybe not a win, but at least a better showing. When our guards drove, it felt like 1 of 2 things happened. Either they threw poor passes that did not hit shooters in rhythm, or the ball ended up out of bounds. Or we drove too far, and the long kSU arms blocked a shot or deflected a pass. I figured our guards had enough experience to feel this out early on, and then make adjustments. But it looked like a broken record all game.

3. Our strength is ball handling. But the majority of the time our guards were starting the offense 40+ feet from the basket, and not making the effort to drive past a taller, slower defender. No way kSU plays good enough perimeter defense on a regular basis to knock us off our game. But their interior defense is tough.

4. Frank Martin is scary. If anyone else saw him at about the 17 minute mark in the second half. He grabbed a bottle of water, sat down on the bench, and then randomly screamed “aaaaaaaah!” I will have nightmares about that for at least a month.

PUT IN CHANCE DANIELSON!!!

schadjoe Joe Schad
OSU coach Mike Gundy 8 years, $30 million, new deal, sources say

Should be we have another Karma thread? The last one…Legendary.

will be fighting on Showtime here in the next few minutes. Showtime is actually running a free preview weekend as well. Woodley is one of FOUR currently undefeated Mizzou wrestling alums and seems to be in line to get a shot at the Strikeforce Welterweight title at some point this year.

but Darren Sproles is really just fun and impressive to watch in the NFL.

Mein is only 22, extensive record of 23-7 already however from Canada. Woodley is 9-0 and has actually been able to open his own gym already (good for him). Mein is more of a striker (puncher), while Woodley is more of a grappler (no kidding) and looks for submissions. Mein is a good deal taller, but the reach is the same.

Both fighters throwing jabs early with no connecting. Woodley with a body kick that scores. Woodley kick to the leg hits as well. Goes for the head kick and misses. Woodley goes in for takedown but Mein is blocking it along the fence. Woodley looking for the single-leg finish and uses some knees to score while pressed along the cage. 2 minutes through the 5 minute round.

Ref breaks the hold and re-centers them. Woodley ducks a hay-maker and then goes back in for another takedown attempt which he eventually closes with a trip. Woodley on top with 2 minutes to go. Woodley not scoring much damage right now, but is controlling the action. Mein tries to get up and out, but Woodley brings him back to the mat. Woodley scoring a little more, but is just keeping Mein close and not allowing him to get anything going. 1 minute to go

Woodley not really working any sort of submission, but scores with an elbow. Mein is flat on this back and Woodley scores again and lets him to his feet. Low kick hits the shin for Woodley. Knee from Woodley looks good. Buzzer sounds and I have to go with Woodley 10-9. Mein did very little aside from an early uppercut.

Mein comes out and as he did in the first, tries to move forward and back Woodley up, which he does a bit. Big right from Woodley lands hard on Mein. Woodley going for another takedown along the cage and scores it. Woodley once again in tight to Mein along the cage, giving Mein no space to move. Woodley pounding a bit to the body. Woodley’s wife can be heard yelling, “the boys are watching”…funny stuff. 2 minutes through the round.

Woodley still on top, still landing here and there, but just controlling the fight. Mein trying to land some elbows to Woodley’s head, but Woodley just has him planted on his back. Mein is landing elbows but it does not seem to bother Woodley, and they are close to the back of Woodley’s head (potentially illegal). Woodley may need to get busy here or risk the ref standing them up because Woodley is not terribly active on top. Crowd starting to get a little restless with 1 to go in the round.

Woodley scoring some body shots and still just controlling Mein, who continues to land the elbows to the top of Woodley’s head at times. Mein is probably hurting himself a bit because the elbows wont score enough (likely) for Mein to win the round, but it is keeping the ref from standing the two fighters up, which is the only way Mein is going to get up. Woodley keeps him down to ride out the period. I would go 10-9 again for Woodley.

Woodley catches a potential knee from Mein and takes him down inside the first 20 seconds of the period. Woodley moves him on the ground over to the side of the cage, and here is where Woodley will want to keep Main for as long as possible. Mein trying to get away from the cage as Woodley continues to score some to the body while Mein still lands the occasional elbow to his head. Woodley posturing up a little bit, but comes back down and resticks himself to Mein. 2 minutes in

Woodley not really trying to finish the fight with a potential submission, and seems perfectly content to control the action. Mein has landed a pretty significant number of elbow, but none really with any sort of real velocity or danger. Ref telling him to stay busy.. Fans getting a little bored as well. Action picking up a little bit as Mein is starting to get a little desperate from the bottom. 90 seconds to go.

Ref does stand them up and Mein goes for head kick and slips. Last chance for Mein here. Woodley goes for takedown and misses it, but Woodley locks up Mein’s body while standing, landing some knees to the body. 40 seconds to go and they are pushed up against the cage. Woodley landing inside knees here and there. They both fall to the ground and get back up in unison, still locked up. The match will end with them locked. the crowd wont like it, but it should be 30-27 Woodley and not really close.

Woodley’s wife is shown and nervous.

Decision comes back split…wow

29-28 Mein
29-28 Woodley
30-27 Woodley

WTH YOU DOIN’ PAWWWLLLL???? IMMA HANG UP AN’ LISSEN.