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by Bill C. on Feb 4, 2012 7:28 AM CST
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Great crowd here this morning
and yes, the “Digga Please” sign has been confiscated.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Feb 4, 2012 8:14 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
They are only allowed on the North side of the arena.
the upper deck is starting to fill up.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
I also saw this sign:
REASONS
FOR STAYING
IN THE BIG 12
*
*
*
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Feb 4, 2012 8:16 AM CST reply actions 8 recs
haha
I love the picture of kimmeh holding up the sign. and how could they both confiscate the “digga please” sign………….digga please.
by SECspeeeeed on Feb 4, 2012 8:40 AM CST via Android app reply actions
whoops
both wasn’t suppose to be in there
by SECspeeeeed on Feb 4, 2012 8:54 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
Digger just said to the crowd -
“Tonight, Kansas goes down!”
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
does anyone else hate it when all of the analysts pick us to win?
I don’t like when they pick us to win, because then im always expecting something bad to happen.
by SECspeeeeed on Feb 4, 2012 8:49 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
you guys. YOU GUYS
I woke up so excited my head is gonna explode and I don’t know what I’m gonna do with myself for the next 11 hours.
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 8:49 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
Same here. I tried to sleep in until exactly 9:00, but I woke up at 7:00.
I feel like a little kid on Christmas morning.
I think we'll reconcile it by winning!
-Kim English
10 man Blackburn looking like a bunch kids playing at Stankowski field.
Arsenal having its way.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
why do they have stoppage in a blow out?
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 8:55 AM CST up reply actions
Soccer doesn't stop the clock like other sports.
so if they got rid of stoppage it would be like the high school basketball running clock rule if there was a blowout.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
That might make me watch more
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 8:58 AM CST up reply actions
The only thing that would make you watch more is if the used a jayhawk instead of a ball.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
Yeah, this went from enjoyable to embarrassing pretty quickly.
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1at 6 goals scored in 63 minutes.
That’s almost baseball like.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
#EPL4Stankowski
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 8:57 AM CST up reply actions
Good crowd this morning.
I’m sitting about five seats down from where the Digga Please sign was. Great atmosphere in the building.
MIZ
I’m known as a bit of a dreamer!
by MizzouRah04 on Feb 4, 2012 8:51 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
I hope everyone has a chance to get a good nap in this afternoon.
this level of energy is un-sustainable for the next 14 hours.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
That or alot of 5he's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 8:54 AM CST up reply actions
Not making it to this game
The wife has to work this weekend. Were coming down for St Pat’s
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 8:57 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I had an invite to go to the game
But it was not a good idea for me to go to a game like that without supervision
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:00 AM CST up reply actions
yeah I feel the same way about leaving my 10 yr old son at home alon for an hour.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
Just imagine if he were twice his current size and drunk
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:01 AM CST up reply actions
so who are you going to fight with tonight?
Lamentations 3:22-23
by threadkiller on Feb 4, 2012 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
the wife guaranteed
and probably any other beakers around me
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 11:03 AM CST up reply actions
i thought you meant actual fistfight
from an earlier thread. color me disappointed.
Lamentations 3:22-23
by threadkiller on Feb 4, 2012 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
I wish he would be there, that man made this rivalry
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 8:54 AM CST up reply actions
I hear he might be in town for the game tonight.
no confirmation….
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
He HAS to be.
I’d be more surprised if he isn’t.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 8:57 AM CST up reply actions
I'm already up and had some breakfast.
Had to start the morning off strong so that I can keep up this pace all day. Also, my littler brother pulled a BST last night, passed out in a Waldo bar, passed out in the cab on the way home and couldnt figure out how to get in the house at 2 am.
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
#respect
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 9:50 AM CST up reply actions
Time traveling is fun.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 4, 2012 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
I think the Misspuri Waltz is Digger's new favorite sing!
He’s requested it four times now.
I’m known as a bit of a dreamer!
by MizzouRah04 on Feb 4, 2012 8:57 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
its the best darned song ever written!
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 8:59 AM CST up reply actions
I love watching the Antlers beat the hell out of each other at the end
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
(As long as you don't use the original lyrics...)
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:08 AM CST up reply actions
We danced to it at our wedding.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 4, 2012 10:41 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
This is quality.
We were introduced at the reception to Every True Son!
I’m known as a bit of a dreamer!
by MizzouRah04 on Feb 4, 2012 12:58 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
You can call that arena whatever you want
But damn, we do look good in it at 9 a.m.!
by Funngunner on Feb 4, 2012 9:01 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
The arena looks great in HD this morning
Crowd sounds awesome too
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:04 AM CST up reply actions
What were they chanting right there?
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Yup
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:07 AM CST up reply actions
KU took it on the chin
in that exchange. Consensus on GameDay was they ought to play us.
by MU'97 on Feb 4, 2012 9:09 AM CST up reply actions 7 recs
Kansas often takes it on the chin
Between that and rug burns on the knee, it’s tough being a Kansas student
I’m guessing, I’ve never met a Kansas student
by Funngunner on Feb 4, 2012 9:11 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Someone didn't give Bilas the memo from Lawrence
YOU CANT HAVE OUT OF CONFERENCE RIVALRIES!
earlier
Komu found the only 4 beakers in the crowd and interviewed them
I’m known as a bit of a dreamer!
by MizzouRah04 on Feb 4, 2012 9:11 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
KOMU wouldnt do that, theyre the same thing as the LHN
We own them, its a recruiting violation!
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:12 AM CST up reply actions
Twitter just said fans are passing signs so that the KU fans can be blocked in the crowd
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:14 AM CST up reply actions
Can someone...
… upload that entire commentary re: the end of the rivalry to YouTube?
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is there any streaming options for gameday?
I don’t have cable and it’s not showing up on ESPN3
Dish Network doesn't carry ESPNU in HD
this sucks in regular def. Can’t read the signs unless they zoom in on them.
by B_W on Feb 4, 2012 9:22 AM CST up reply actions
Nice to do list!
Join SEC
Sign DGB
Beat kU.
That’s gotta be one of the biggest years in Mizzou history!
*beat KU 3 times
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:21 AM CST up reply actions
i'll take that as well
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:22 AM CST up reply actions
That would likely require them making another Final Four
I prefer their pre-Final Four fizzles myself.
1 in FB
2 reg season hoops + B12 tourney
Rational Mizzou Talk, whether you like us or not.
by Andy--01 on Feb 4, 2012 12:20 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
I'll be there.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 9:26 AM CST up reply actions
Make sure to find me and introduce yourself.
I love putting names to faces.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 9:38 AM CST up reply actions
I've yet to meet anyone from RMN
Looking forward meeting you guys
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 9:41 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
I'll be in my newly purchased
Phil Pressey gold jersey
by CBonerfied on Feb 4, 2012 9:42 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, at a child rearing class
Ill be there. May need to do a podcast or something with the metro folk
Upholding fine Mizzou traditions in Maryland.
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by Ausgiano on Feb 4, 2012 11:15 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
hmmmmm...
mortal kombat reference???
by SECspeeeeed on Feb 4, 2012 9:29 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
What's mortal kombat?
Just thought Frank was so hot, he must be on fire.
by B_W on Feb 4, 2012 9:30 AM CST up reply actions
oh, well, it's a game
and they use that exact line but instead of frank haith, it was fire. but nvm
by SECspeeeeed on Feb 4, 2012 9:38 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
That's the line I borrowed but it's been around a lot longer than
Mortal Kombat. I knew it was a game…don’t play them though.
by B_W on Feb 4, 2012 9:45 AM CST up reply actions
Ok
At some point in my life, I am going to come out of a tunnel with smoke billowing and thousands of fans cheering for me
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
It sounded like...
… you could have been convinced you did that a week ago.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 9:28 AM CST up reply actions
Probly
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:29 AM CST up reply actions
Wow!
Having been on campus in the 80’s, watching basketball at Hearnes was always amazing. Watching Gameday at Mizzou Arena makes me an even prouder alumnus. Can’t wait for gametime!
Roast the beakers!!
M-I-Z!
by FLMizzouGrad on Feb 4, 2012 9:31 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
We are f*cked.
Quit picking us to win stuff.
Not just to win, now theyre talking about final 4's and what not
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:37 AM CST up reply actions
You have to believe you can do it
or you never will. We’ve got to change perception.
by B_W on Feb 4, 2012 9:38 AM CST up reply actions
I agree
I just dont want to talk about that until the tourny gets here
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:39 AM CST up reply actions
Digger, Hubbert, Bilas all three
just said “Mizzou can win the national championship, yeah, no problem.”
Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:37 AM CST up reply actions
x
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 9:38 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Haith is just a much better an interview
Than that damn “you better help the bear” predecessor of his.
I love it, “it’s black and gold, Haith!”
That was a funny story
he is very polished in front of the camera and mic. If you were referencing CMA, yes CFH wins hands down.
by B_W on Feb 4, 2012 9:42 AM CST up reply actions
Folk's I know some people hate being talked up and everything
but this is just more national press for us. We are making the SEC look like geniuses instead of idiots for getting us.
by #74forthewin on Feb 4, 2012 9:41 AM CST reply actions 8 recs
Good call
I make bad decisions and people think my roller skating is hot.
#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:43 AM CST up reply actions
great observation, and rec'd
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
anybody know a good mizzou-friendly place to catch the game in the northwest burbs of chicago?
visiting family in palatine this weekend.
"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be."
Sedgwicks is a Mizzou bar closer to the city.
http://www.sedgwickschicago.com/mizzou.html
I’m in Hoffman Estates myself, but I’ll just be watching ESPN3 at my place.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 9:45 AM CST up reply actions
not anymore. New bar unveiled tonight
It’s called the Irish Oak. They wanted to get a live tiger for the game.
Finn McCool's in Schaumburg
hosts the alumni association, I think
FAVORITE sign so far
‘beat ALL the jayhawks’ with hyperbole meme
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 9:46 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
Basking in the glow of all this Gameday love we just received
Got to respond with a W tonight.
Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to see that this is all confusion.
One of the confiscated signs
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
by SleepyFloyd7 on Feb 4, 2012 9:50 AM CST reply actions 6 recs
This is my sign!
Me and a couple of my friends made this sign. Its a play on words with the Marshawn Lynch Determination youtube video. (if you haven’t seen it, google and watch right now). I got through the gate but they took it later, but Spencer Kane tweeted a pic of Mikey D holding the sign which made it totally worth it!
He doesn't know!
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Digger, I hope you realize that
if T-Rob is guarding Ratliffe, that means that Withey is on English. And that would be hilarious.
Thats one of my favorites
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#CakeForLife
by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 9:53 AM CST up reply actions
ONE OF THE CONFISCATED SIGNS
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 9:52 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
That's a bit steep
Does that fine apply to football too?
this
Is a lame rule. SEC does seem a bit controlling in their policies.
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:00 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
otoh,
the sec has an image to uphold as the best (football) conference in the nation. act like you’ve been there before and all that. which i like.
Lamentations 3:22-23
by threadkiller on Feb 4, 2012 10:49 AM CST up reply actions
In that case
There should a donor fund for upsets. If we take down Bama, maybe Alden can just hand them the check.
ESPN website...
“Alex English shares a Rudyard Kipling poem with special inspiration …”
Um, guys, it’s spelled Kim
Yep although although Alex had a pretty solid NBA career.
That's right Ice Man. I am dangerous
Pie Forever!
Oh my
I could watch Diggers old body run out all day
by KCTiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:02 AM CST via mobile reply actions
It'd starting to terrify me
How confident I’m feeling about this game.
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:02 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
This
Except I want them to just play right now
it's SO far away
Seriously I shouldn’t be this amped up right now. I’ll probably end up at the bar by mid afternoon
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:07 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
9?
Goddamit, that makes it 3am my time. Don’t think I can stay up for that. RAWR AFTERNOON GAMES ARE BETTER!
Remembering that Paul Rudd is a ku alumnus
I would like the mods to remove this post.
I would also ask that no references to anything Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, or Rob Riggle be made today. Only David Koechner, Jon Hamm, and Brad Pitt are acceptable today.
Worst. Food. Ever.
"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."
Honestly
the deal with English food is just that it has enormous variance. I’ve had food here that’s as good as you’ll ever find anywhere else. The ceiling is just as high. But dear god, the floor is horrible.
I had boiled bacon there on my Honeymoon
I never recovered.
"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."
To be fair, I really liked the Indian food
I just take my bacon prep way too personally. Ha!
"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."
I really liked
the potato pubs that we went to when I visited back in 1990. I was born in Oxford when my dad was stationed at Oxford RAF in the 70’s
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
"Dat pass"
lol
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
The crowd was so much more active on ESPNU
To quote Tobias Funke: “I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run and ended up with a bit of a mess on my hands.”
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 10:05 AM CST reply actions 7 recs
Wow, that is an amazing AD quote
I wish I had more than one rec to give
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:07 AM CST up reply actions
Sounds like it was similar to the football gameday
By hour 2 of the ESPN coverage there were a lot of token cheers.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:08 AM CST up reply actions
Come on kids, it's like drinking...
Puke and RALLY
by Funngunner on Feb 4, 2012 10:10 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
So...
the Godlen Girls’ teeth are a little creepy behind Digger… fun with lighting and apertures!
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 10:05 AM CST reply actions
wow, I still get goosebumps watching that Zaire shot
my favorite words are goodbye and my favorite color is red
Why did they show all the big MU wins in the last 30 years
and none of the ku wins? Love the disrespect.
We are SEC now...
That means we get the hype. If Kansas wants some love, they’ll have to leave that mid-major conference they are in.
They would have done the opposite in Lawrence.
And this thread would have exploded.
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I changed my FB profile pic just for today
was going to use the Mo Battle flag, but it has ku colors.
So I went with the Quantrill flag.
eh
I wish people would drop the Quantrill thing. Dude was the opposite of a role model. There’ve got to be other ways to express the kansas hate.
THE JAYHAWKERS
WERE JUST AS BAD!! AND IT IS THEIR MASCOT!!
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
We are the Tigers because of the small volunteer militia
that protected Columbia from both the soul less Jayhawkers and the rapscalian Bushwakers, ‘fought like caged tigers.’
Qantril killed a good number of Missouri people, and that John Brown guy (the one Jayhawkers love) killed as many Kansas residents as Missouri.
Both were tawt-waffles.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 4, 2012 12:05 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
They actually did not fight at all
Word got out that the city was well defended and everyone avoided it.
Learn to love rooting for the bad guy, only against kU. It makes it more fun
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Oh, I agree to an extent.
….however, using more up to date diggs and being smarter about it is usually the why I like to go.
Change the reaction, maybe at some point they’ll stop being douchers….oh wait they’re Jayhawks. Clearly an indication of mental problems.
Continue.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 4, 2012 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
Yep
Best part about our nickname: good historical relevance.
by CBonerfied on Feb 4, 2012 12:28 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
John Brown (not from Kansas, just did some fighting there) was, as you say, like Quantrill, a domestic terrorist who killed a lot of innocent people in cold blood. He did it in the utter conviction that it was the lords work to end the evils of slavery, which is at least a sympathetic notion, making me rather conflicted about him.
Not to go all godwinny here, but you can be german and get a good old sports hate-on for England going without waving little “H” flags. Same thing with mr. Q.
I agree mostly
I think MU fans do it at this point in response to the revisionist ‘slaver’ nonsense.
no, it doesn't
when someone calls me a slaver it has no basis in reality.
Mizzouri WAS a slave state back in the day. It was only a small band of MO which actually did the slave owning (unfortunately one that included columbia), and Kansas wasn’t. It was no foregone conclusion that Kansas would be a free state or not – that was the whole reason for the bleeding Kansas thing, it was both sides carrying essentially ethnic cleansing to make sure the state ended up coming down on their side… and the anti-slavery forces one that battle of out vicious-bastarding the pro-slavery side… but that IS what happened.
Germany is extremely admirable in the way it has faced up to its history of facism and not tried to white wash it. Japan has gone shamefully in the opposite direction, and systematically hidden from its population the horrible things it did… and to an extent so have the allies in WWII. Missouri officially did some really bad things a hundred and odd years ago. Trying to pretend that we didn’t is stupid. How can you judge the rest of the world unless you can be realistic about your own sins of the past?
by Wan Ihite on Feb 4, 2012 1:26 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
yes, but all of our ancestors were slave owners if you go back far enough
and beyond that, what does that have to do with me? my family isn’t even from Missouri.
but Mizzou is the polity that you’ve chosen to pull for in this contest. I mean, I wasn’t in Missouri when Norm Stewart played, so it has nothing to do with me, right? No, when you sports-ally yourself you take the good with the bad.
I’m not saying anyone has to be self-hating about this kind of thing. Not at all. I’m just against the self-serving view where I take all the good stuff and get angry when anyone brings up the bag stuff. I’m more for celebrating the good stuff, and being self-aware about the bad.
I disagree about as strongly as I'm allowed to express on this site
First, I became a Missouri fan when I was a child and completely unaware of all this. Second, Missouri was a border state, a state at war with itself over slavery. Third, the University of Missouri as an institution is not Missouri the state so even if we as Missourians have some latent culpability for slavery passed down from our forefathers, the University is a distinct entity whose mascot is named after a group of abolitionists.
To call me or any Missouri Tiger fan a slaver is the worst kind of crossing the line there is in sports fandom. It’s incredibly offensive, it’s based on lies and half-truths, and it completely ignores the fact that I am no more the descendant of slave owners than the most self-righteous of Jayhawk fans.
It's very conflicting being a Missouri fan.
We adopt the Burning Lawrence thing because it’s fun, but when we do it, we open ourselves up to the Slaver thing … even though the “Missouri Tigers” protected Columbia from the “slaver” forces.
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I think that's exactly right
So we really shouldn’t adopt the Burning Lawrence thing as part of the rivalry. At the very least,we shouldn’t lionize Quantrill, who in addition to being a terrorist, doesn’t even have the justification of being a terrorist in service of the subjugation of his fellow man. The Jayhawkers were on the right side of history and the right side of morality. Bringing the whole thing up is like reminiscing about that one time the Jayhawks obliterated us by 40 on our home court. To be a Mizzou sports fan you don’t have to be proud of when the team has lost, and in order to be a proud Missourian, you don’t have to whitewash the mistakes the state has made, and foremost among those was being a slave state for as long as we were,and that a good number of our citizens fought in defense of the institution.
At least we’ve got secession on the rest of our conference-mates in the SEC. Though I did notice a disappointing number of Mizzou fans flying the flag of betrayal at Border War tailgates earlier this year. That Missouri was not willing to commit treason in order to defend that pernicious institution is one of our state’s proudest moments, and we should be able to hang it over the head of every stars-and-bars waving fan in the SEC.
"The Jayhawkers were on the right side of history and the right side of morality."
The Jayhawkers were murderers who used a noble cause as an excuse to pillage and plunder. Don’t ever try and make them out to be more than they were.
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by Gaknar on Feb 4, 2012 6:09 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
both the jayhawkers and the Anderson/Quantrill group
would be considered what we call these days as ‘unlawful combatants’.
Anything outside of regular Union Army and regular Confederate Army would be considered these days as was crimes.
They were not legally nor morally superior.
by MIZZOUfaninAZ on Feb 4, 2012 6:34 PM CST up reply actions
The violent activities of both sides were horrible
Some Germans resisted the Nazi’s at great personal hazard, some profiteered, some were ideologically really bad. Germany’s history doesn’t make the German people evil, they’re mostly all just regular people. But they acknowledge the collective evil that gripped their state for a while, in the past.
In exactly the same way, some Missourians fought slavery, some perpetrated it, some profiteered (taking advantage of the chaos to grab free land) and this has no implications for the current moral status of the residents of Missouri. But that doesn’t change that for a while this was the official policy of the state.
To say that any of us, personally, are slavers is like saying that any random German alive now is a Nazi. It’s pretty offensive. But that doesn’t mean that a German person now should go around waving swastikas, no matter HOW big the sports rival they are up against, and how badly the Nazi’s had beaten up on that country.
Quantrill is that kind of figure. It’s fun to say “ra ra we burned down your town”… but when you forefront the name of the guy who did it, you bring up the fact that he took out every male he could find between 16 and 90 in the town and shot them. And he did it in the cause of winning Kansas for the side of slavery. That’s just not kosher.
In the same way
That calling every Kansan a Westboro Baptist Cretationist loon has a grounding in reality.
Both are ridiculous.
actually I quite like that one :)
Also abusing them for their schoolboards attempts to rule out the teaching of evolution is fair game.
And never forget that it was Brown v. the TOPEKA Board of Education
Plenty of disgrace nationwide about segregation, but there’s your test case.
They killed part of my family first
The least I can do is remind them that someone got them back
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Funny isn’t it how in these chains of grievances, everyone always thinks that it was the other side who did the bad things first, and that they themselves were just responding to level the score. The Balkans are a terrible role model in all of this.
Except I'm not massacring anyone
It’s just sports hate. I actually get to play kU in rugby, and honestly, they are really nice guys, we ordered pizza and had beer after our last game. I just like defending my family history, which has had its roots in Missouri since before 1820, and part of it is the hate between kansas and Missouri. There haven’t been many (any that I know of, hopefully none) murders over this sports rivalry. Just trying to keep it in perspective
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
I’m totally all for great sports rivalries, and some mildly revisionist history to paint the other guys as jerks. All for it. In England the chant at soccer games when playing the Germans is “two world wars and one world cup.” All good stuff. I just think waving Quantrill flags is in pretty poor taste, because there really wasn’t anything redeeming about what he did. He didn’t have any real battlefield successes, he wasn’t any kind of war hero, he didn’t make any memorable speeches… literally his ONLY claim to fame is that he did the kind of thing that should put you in prison for a very very long time.
Mine is Burn Lawrence
So Quantrill works. M-I-Z
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by tigerinredland on Feb 4, 2012 1:39 PM CST up reply actions
english and dixon i beleive
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
If we win today, your all getting edible arrangements from me for Valentines Day!
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:17 AM CST reply actions
z
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
wait. you know there are a lot of us right?
This isn’t some two bit SBN site. This isn’t RCT. This will cost you some $$$
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:22 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Should we be concerned with your definition of edible arrangements?
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 10:23 AM CST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
heres the one i'll be ordering
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:30 AM CST up reply actions
looks like it would make a great
PIE.
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by threadkiller on Feb 4, 2012 10:52 AM CST up reply actions
Nope
If youve been watching GameDay, they’ve had more than few commercials on.
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:25 AM CST up reply actions
Ah, apparently the KC metro area is full of lovers
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:28 AM CST up reply actions
I was hooking up my poor man's smart tv in the man cave last night
Otherwise known as the Roku and was happy to see the SEC was the only conference to have it’s own channel dedicated to smart tv’s that I could find. Nice to see they look ahead and flow with the up and coming trends.
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 10:21 AM CST via mobile reply actions
They also have the SEC Digital network available through PS3
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
how do you like the roku so far?
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
Did you have cable before?
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:25 AM CST up reply actions
yes
We had Direct. We liked it but dropping the $70+ a month bill for a bajillion unwatchable channels was nice. Direct was good to us, just not logical
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 10:28 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Awesome, thanks for the info.
The wife really wants to drop cable tv, so Im looking into all the options
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:29 AM CST up reply actions
After a brief demonstration, I can honestly say we have convinced atleast 20 people to buy a Roku
And we have not had it very long.
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 10:31 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Educate me...
You dropped Direct TV for Roku? Just checked them out on wiki and the service doesn’t look very similar. What do watch all the games on? looks like the sports options are weak.
Just wrote reply and decided to erase it due to length
We watch the games through streaming on our computer, phones, or local bar. We like watching the shows we like when we want to and discovering ones that were lost due to cable/personal scheduling conflicts. We are not tv addicts, so waiting a short time for a new episode is not a big deal. It “The Office” comes out on Tuesday on cable but we have to wait a day or two in order to watch it on our schedule, so be it. (Damn, this still turned out lengthy)
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 11:07 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
You did good. Thank you for taking the time.
I love my dvr for the same reasons you mention you like roku but I’m old enough that I’m still attached to certain things on broadcast and other shows that I’m sure roku would not be a good fit for me. Our viewing styles are basically on opposite sides of the moon. My satellite bill is just stupid but I pay it to see what I want.
About that
I read that one of the reasons Community is on the verge of cancellation is the amount of people that watch it online. Hurts their ratings.
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by Ausgiano on Feb 4, 2012 11:28 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
you'd think that if viewers were choosing online
then the ad dollars to support streaming it online would follow.
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The current media landscape would be completely different.
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I was under the impression that Hulu Plus was actually a product of a Fox and NBC love child.
With all these “smart” tv’s coming out with Hulu Plus, Netflix and other networks pre-installed, one would think the monetary incentives would be there
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 11:56 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
no, online ads pay a fraction of the revenue of TV ads. If that weren’t the case then newspapers would be in great shape now.
Well
if newspaper articles got the same number of clicks as the recent episode of family guy, then newspapers would be in great shape.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 12:51 PM CST up reply actions
I watched an episode of "HOUSE" last night on Hulu Plus
It was brought to us by Verizon. It still had commercial interruptions but shorter intermissions with less ads. I noticed House was eating an “edible arrangement”. Hello, product placement. They still have many ways to make money. The greed is astounding. Hence why reality tv is such a push. Cheaper to produce then bigger production shows (like Community). If a network can argue about not making money on a popular show in order to make way for a lower budgeted show and make more profit, ya betcha bottom dollar they will. They are making money on these shows.
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 1:13 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I got the Roku last week
I’m loving it.
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 10:30 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
I've really considered the switch to Roku.
But I’m very worried about not getting things like Rangers games (I live in Dallas, by the by).
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Ahh yeah
Living on the east coast, I no longer live in the market of my teams. So it works for me.
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 10:33 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
I was advised to add a digital HD antenna
Haven’t done it yet though. Really bummed that firstrowsports is done. Now I will just have to find the most reliable pay site and still end up saving a ton of cash.
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 10:38 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Just FYI...
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lol, some serious pandering in this draft segment
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:25 AM CST reply actions
I'll take any homer pandering I can get
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by BillSelfsToupee on Feb 4, 2012 10:26 AM CST up reply actions
No kidding ... still fun, though
Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to see that this is all confusion.
by SiberianKhatru on Feb 4, 2012 10:26 AM CST up reply actions
Four Tigers drafted!
Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to see that this is all confusion.
Hubert Davis did the double-shakeweight.
LOL.
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Do they really have a mostly eaten pizza as a prop?
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:28 AM CST reply actions
ESPN does a lot of things wrong.
“Prop Development” isn’t among them.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
The real question:
Which local establishment provided the pizza/box?
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Going to a watch party tonight in Atlanta with my soon-to-be 9 year old.
He’s not liking kansas for some reason. :)
Did I mention I just got a Mizzou SEC shirt from my brother back in MO yesterday?!
Hope this is in the ballpark of the ‘90 game at Hearnes: my first in person (freshman year). Doesn’t matter how good a game it is, as long as it’s a win.
by tigerdog9396 on Feb 4, 2012 10:32 AM CST via mobile reply actions
The Fiancee (a Kappa) just dry-heaved at the G-Phis.
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by ghtd36 on Feb 4, 2012 10:33 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
I haven't told my wife yet..
She’s an Alpha Chi, can’t imagine what she’ll say.
I missed this...what happened?
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
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G-phi had some segment with one of the announcers
Nothing much, but you know how those houses are competitive…
As a Theta this IS upsetting.
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Haith describing the potential crowd as "vibrant"
Maybe not the word I would use.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:34 AM CST reply actions
I think it could fit the situation.
vi·brant
adjective
1.moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
2.vibrating so as to produce sound, as a string.
3.(of sounds) characterized by perceptible vibration; resonant; resounding.
4.pulsating with vigor and energy: the vibrant life of a large city.
5.vigorous; energetic; vital: a vibrant personality.
was the crowd chanting ar-kansas?
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It always seems odd to me that Jay Bilas, a guy who has focused so much on the economics of college sports (as a huge proponent of compensating players)...
…chooses to focus instead on “tradition” and “rivalry” when it comes to Mizzou-KU.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Well...in fairness he did also acknowledge that economics were the factor...
…he just didn’t see anything wrong with it.
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I am buying a Quantrill Flag.
Where can I get one
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cosigned
I would also like this information
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Looks like there's a couple sites
as well as some cheap ebay auctions if you wanted to go that route.
https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=buy+quantrill+flag
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
haha I was about to post a link to google
but you went ahead and searched for them!
Bill:
The Fiancee may or may not be plotting to steal your adorable child.
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Thanks for the heads-up. No more tailgates for Baby C.
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Babies in sports gear is perhaps her greatest weakness.
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Bill's Rally Baby has done so much for Rock M Nation
are you saying it’s time for Rock M Nation to rally to protect Bill’s baby?
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Power Mizzou
has a Free Photo Gallery of GameDay this morning.
The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.
Loved Phlip
in the little vignette about MU/kU and what it means:
I feel like even if we lost every other game and still beat kU, it would be a successful season
Head on correctly.
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 10:41 AM CST reply actions
Oh man, this sign is STRONG
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:42 AM CST reply actions 12 recs
YES
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
LHN is run by ESPN.
GameDay is run by ESPN.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
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With the power vested in me,
I hereby make this comment green.
Fight, Tigers, Fight for 'ol Mizzou!
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by McNabb2Maclin4Philly on Feb 4, 2012 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
DC guys:
Did you order the Beat kU shirts from the Alumni assn? Can’t freakin wait to get mine tonight
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:49 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
God you guys are orginized
that’s great.
Seattle alumni doesn’t seem so…but we’ll see tonight.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 4, 2012 12:07 PM CST up reply actions
You guys meet up at Jillian's right?
How many people usually show up?
(As an aside, I hate the location of that bar. Poor parking, heavy traffic.)
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This is so awesome
Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to see that this is all confusion.
Mike Dixon is GREAT at this game.
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 10:51 AM CST up reply actions
This is fun.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
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Dixon absolutely killed that segment
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:51 AM CST reply actions
Kim English trending on Twitter now
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There's no way they didn't cheat, right?
Not that I’m upset; made for a great segment.
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I dunno if I'll ever love another Mizzou player
as much as I love Kimmeh. He represents us SO well. I can’t even begin to put into words what he’s meant for our program.
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:54 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions 1 recs
He's not a true Mizzou fan
HE’S FROM OUT OF STATE.
/RMN haters
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 10:55 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
maybe if you suited up
and were in line for all b12 honors, you wouldn’t get such a hard time.
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by threadkiller on Feb 4, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
I'm laughing
Just the inverse of the fans here who are native Missourians who went to school elsewhere
x
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 10:55 AM CST reply actions 9 recs
That was fabulous.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
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...
speechless
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by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 10:56 AM CST up reply actions
Can you give me some context here please?
I am not watching.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 4, 2012 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
They were doing a newlyweds game thing
They asked Mike what Kim thought the first word that comes to mind for Mizzou fans when talking about Kansas.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
Playing "Know Your Teammate"
Category was “Word you would use to describe Kansas”
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Now I always liked Kevin Rutland
but he is the thing that is not like the other here.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 10:55 AM CST reply actions
How is that?
Kevin Rutland appeared in four more NFL games this season than Nario with only one fewer start.
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I believe the last time Tri-Delt was referenced by bball team,
Carmento Floyd was telling Ricky Clemons to hang with the Delta Sigma Theta’s instead.
by AdamInDallas on Feb 4, 2012 10:55 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
hmmmm
don’t know about that strategy there
my favorite words are goodbye and my favorite color is red
Yeah...
…shooting from off-center seems to give you one more variable to consider.
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you haven't been a mizzou fan long enough, i guess
the answer is always ‘scared’
Thomas Robinson
scares me. He is a monster. The rest of kansas, meh.
my favorite words are goodbye and my favorite color is red
They're good
If Bad Plankn shows up for ku, that’s our best chance for this game to get out of hand.
I am going with
Optimistically terrified
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 11:10 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions 2 recs
Someone was asking for the blogger who is obsessed with overrating Tejas in his bracket
Here’s the site: http://basketballpredictions.blogspot.com/
Be sure to read his write-up on our Monday game with them.
Thank you!
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/facepalm
So Texas now sits at 3-6 in Big 12 play, and at risk of missing the NCAA Tournament. But if they get into the Tournament they’ll have a great shot to reach the Sweet 16 and will be a dark horse Final Four contender.
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by Gaknar on Feb 4, 2012 11:10 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
HAHA!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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I think I just figured out his dirty secret
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Wow, that's a bit much.
I think Texas is a bit better than the general consensus, but he makes it seem like they’re a No. 1 seed that’s just been unlucky.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
I was tipped off to his bracket about a month ago
After reading his diatribes, it’s starting to strike me as him justifying his opinion while it’s being proven wrong in reality. I love numbers and all, but at some point, it’s ridiculous to project big things for a team that has lost 9 games before the end of January.
I was one of the guys who challenged him a couple weeks ago about projecting Texas above Mizzou, using the numbers that he claims to like. He just continued to project his alternate reality.
Just ordered my Quantrill flag
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Ok so I have a question
What are your thoughts on Napoleon?
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
the french general? Er… you’re aware I was born, and currently live in England, right? Not exactly a national hero here.
Oh.
Knew you lived over there, didn’t know you were a limey for real. (Marmite sucks by the way)
Never mind. My point was, that worse men have been looked favorably upon. Not saying he was right or good, but it is fun to root for the bad guy from time to time
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Marmite is teh awesome.
Anyway I get that people love a badass, but if your main claim to fame is shooting a whole lot of unarmed civilians then you don’t qualify as badass.
Hows about we just stick to the general property damage claim (burning their damn town down), and let the war crimes angle stay a sad party of an ugly ugly time.
He did get Pedro elected..
"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."
That was a really fun show
Great showing, future Mizzou alumni.
I know that it’s not the football version, and I am in the minority, but I may actually like the four personalities on basketball better than the football version.
love football gameday, watch it every week
rarely watch the basketball one, but i enjoyed today.
Fowler and Davis are equals in my eyes
and among the better ESPN studio folks out there (with John Anderson, of course).
Corso > Digger, but not by an exorbitant amount.
Hubert > Desmond Howard by far
and (for me) Bilas >>>>>>>>>> Herbstreit. It’s not even close. Herbstreit has little personality, and Bilas has proven to have tons of it.
I agree
The hosts of both shows do an incredible job. And the only place it is close is Corso and Digger. I actually like Herbstriet but Bilas runs circles around him when it comes to breaking down film and what these players go through as student-athletes
By the by:
I wrote this blog post about soccer, and what’s keeping me from getting into it.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
I enjoy the calendar...
…mostly because I almost ALWAYS have a game to watch on Saturday mornings, now that I get up embarrassingly early even on weekends…
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See, I'd totally enjoy that.
I just don’t get it.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
I love soccer, but I can empathize with your second point
I don’t really have a rooting allegiance aside from the US National Team, which combined with the lack of coverage that other lesser leagues like the NFL and NBA get, make it difficult to get into on a daily/weekly basis.
I really wish that my local MLS team was closer than an hour drive.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
That second part is clumsily worded
To clarify, I only have marginal rooting interests in the NFL and NBA, but because they get such coverage(and those around me are big fans) it’s easier to be immersed in a season.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
But like I said...
…I’m totally open to adopting a team. Just can’t be a frontrunner.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Bill Simmons did a lengthy bit on choosing his EPL team
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060719
It’s probably pretty dated, but the underlying info about the fanbases, and whether the teams are haves or have nots, remains true.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 11:23 AM CST up reply actions
I am a Spurs fan myself, but did not go through this methodology of selecting them.
They resemble Mizzou in a lot of ways. Some great success in the past, but usually just on the cusp of being really good with a few standout seasons, and one hell of a hated rival.
by AdamInDallas on Feb 4, 2012 11:26 AM CST up reply actions
Reading
As a Kansas City Royals fan I chose the Reading Royals as my EPL team. They have been generally hopeless, and their home colors are royal blue & white, too. That was also the year they were so bad they were relegated to the Championship, so the symmetry with the KC Royals was just too perfect.
I just can't fabricate an interest in a team
If I lived in England, it would be easy. Being born and raised in St. Louis, you all likely know who my favorite pro teams are. Same goes for Mizzou; from there, went there, etc. I’m having real trouble choosing which DC teams I want to follow, since we’re here for the long haul. There’s no connection to any of them. I mean, I enjoy the Nationals, but most games I go to are when the Cards are in town.
I can’t arbitrarily choose my teams. I need some kind of attachment. And I’m not British, so there it is.
/end second rant
I can help you choose which DC teams to follow.
/shameless
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I try
but listening to Skins fans on sports radio is more effective torture than water boarding and fingernail pulling combined. Shanahan’s smugness and inflexibility are horrible traits for the face of an organization (and what a bright face it is).
If they draft RGIII somehow, though…and get a couple playmakers…it might become more tolerable.
Heh...
I try
but listening to Skins fans on sports radio is more effective torture than water boarding and fingernail pulling combined.
Try living in Dallas (as RPT can also attest).
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
What's so bad about D.C.
is they say what a great sports town they are and how they support basketball.
Georgetown is a fantastic college bball program… and they never get talked about.
What did I hear this morning getting ready to go to work? Something on the Super Bowl? The Caps? College basketball?
NO
A retrospective of the last Redskins Super Bowl win 20 years ago.
ARRRRGH
Proud Meth Aggie since 2011.
Yep
It is pretty sad.
And now, we interrupt this discussion of off-season Redskins talk with Wizards, Capitals, and Hoyas talk. You know, the sports that are actually PLAYING right now.
I've heard some Wizards and Caps talk
but nothing on G’town for a long, long time.
Proud Meth Aggie since 2011.
I got off your lawn
a while ago
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Thank goodness
I hope you put some clothes on too, the nudity was throwing off the neighborhood, weirdo
Ill be back to pick to the beer cans later
Promise
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
I think you just have to watch a lot and see who you get attached to...
…pretty much the only way to avoid it being forced.
That, or just pick Everton or Bolton because they have the most Americans.
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??
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 11:31 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah I would just watch a lot.
That’s what I did. But you can’t go wrong with Stuart Holden and Bolton.
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What about Fulham?
The first Team America in England and home of the best American player, Clint Dempsey.
Another good one.
I will say, though, that while I don’t even slightly root for them, the team I enjoy watching the most is Arsenal because they are so comically unstable. Either they look fantastic, or they are a fascinatingly hot mess, and it’s always watchable.
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I have great respect for Arsenal, the way they play and the way Wenger develops talent
If they spent like Manchester United/City or Chelsea they wouldn’t be in such a trophy drought. The young kid Oxlade-Chamberlain has made an amazing start and is going to be a special player. Unfortunately Van Persie gets injured too often and he is such a big part of their team.
He's done better this year at not getting injured.
I’m thrilled Arsenal doesn’t spend like everyone else despite the pressure. Eventually the irresponsible spending is going to come back to bite them and Arsenal is going to be in good shape…at least that’s what I tell myself. And The Ox is great…
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I attached to Ipswich Town back in the 70s
when ABC WWoS used to show the CG.
Paul Mariner, Rock-n-Roll, Ipswich…still dislike Arsenal to this day, even though Ipswich won!!!
However, hard times have befallen my one chosen team.
by MIZZOUfaninAZ on Feb 4, 2012 1:34 PM CST up reply actions
Let me help:
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 11:25 AM CST up reply actions
Supporting arguments:
1) This from the 96-97 PL season:
A brilliant start to the season, mainly down to new signings Les Ferdinand and David Ginola, saw Newcastle establish themselves as favourites for the title. As late on as January, they were still 12 points ahead at the top.
But their nearest rivals Manchester United were getting increasingly better by the time March was in sight, and the gap was narrowed to a single point in early March when an Eric Cantona goal saw the Mancunians grab all the points at St James’ Park. While Alex Ferguson’s side won virtually every remaining game, Newcastle dropped a few vital points and any chances they might have had of making a last-gasp recovery were killed on the final day of the season when they failed to beat Tottenham. Even a win would not have been enough, as Manchester United also won their final game of the campaign.
2) Despite having won the FA Cup 6 times, none have happened in the last half-century
3) We have a very interesting relationship with our current owner…
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
eh... quote fail, but you get the point
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
I love soccer.
But I can see your points. I like the calendar because I can always count on it to be on basically. And I see your point about frontrunning because I hate it too. I still chose one of the big four (Arsenal) after watching a lot of games and deciding I liked their style the best. And this year rooting for Arsenal is hardly frontrunning so I still win! But I do wish I could watch other leagues more. I have some Spanish channels through the UVerse sports package but I would rather listen to commentary in English although I still enjoy the games.
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Take the best of both worlds.
Pick a big 4 team and a middling team that has to fight for survival every year. Makes every weekend fun.
My first team is Arsenal.
But I also sort of follow Bolton because of Stuart Holden (he’s a Clemson guy). As long as they’re not playing Arsenal I want them to win.
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To clarify:
I WANT to get past these things. I just need guidance.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
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Norwich City!!!!
On the ball, City!!! Why WOULDN’T you want to follow a team with a Canary as a mascot!
Bet me!
by TigerBartender on Feb 4, 2012 1:26 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
At least that bird is ornithologically accurate.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 1:34 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Excellent post
I think one of the beauties of the sport, at least played overseas, is the promotion/relegation aspect. Fewer things are more exciting than watching two lousy teams fighting for survival and millions of dollars on the last day of the season. I scoff when people say every game matters in college football. If you look at the elite leagues in Europe, every win, every tie, and even every goal will matter on the last day of the league.
Oh yeah.
LOVE the relegation rule. Adore it.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
I like international soccer a lot
for national pride.
When it comes to the EPL, it boils down to the smugness of American EPL fans, like they’ve stumbled onto this gold mine, Utopia, beautiful sporting existence. I have one friend who grew up on American sports and just up and swore them off a few years ago to go full bore into the EPL.
That league is more financially f***ed up than ANY American pro league, and more than any league on the planet. It is so much further from competitive and stable than the MLB. Literally 12 of the 20 teams in the league absolutely know that they have zero chance at winning before the season starts.
/end rant, for now
The EPL is actually the most financially egalitarian of any of the big eurpoean soccer leagues.
This is mostly a statement about how unbelievably bad the others are.
Read up on the Bundesliga
The healthiest soccer league in the world.
I’ve considered out-hipstering the hipsters and becoming a Bundesliga fan.
by CBonerfied on Feb 4, 2012 12:25 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
You could do far worse
I like the brand of soccer they play, and they get a good bit of coverage so you aren’t hunting all over the internet to find out what happened. Not on the EPL scale, but no worse than others.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 12:54 PM CST up reply actions
That’s the Germans for you though isn’t it. If you even do soccer in a properly ordered and efficient fashion you’ve taken a good thing too far.
I'd rather err on that side than the romance language alternative, personally.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 12:58 PM CST up reply actions
I'm a 1FCK fan.
2 years in Kaiserslautern will do that to you.
Cheering on MIZZOU from all around the world.
I've gotten way into soccer in the last year or so
I’ve always enjoyed watching the game, but I was always held off by point #2. But I’d moved to KC a couple years ago, and suddenly Sporting KC is a ton of fun to watch (it’s absolutely the most entertaining fan experience in KC—Arrowhead for the Chiefs isn’t close, possibly because I’m not worried about unwittingly getting sucked into a drunk redneck brawl at a soccer game—I love the Chiefs, but the crowd keeps me from ever going to games). Really, the SKC game experience is in some ways much more like a college game than a pro game, which is awesome.
And then this fall I just decided to pick an EPL team, basically by watching a bunch of games and seeing who I liked. Ended up picking Chelsea, because Juan Mata is a ton of fun to watch, and I figured I’d pick a London team so that if I’m ever in England I won’t have to travel out to the provinces if I want to see my team play. And, frankly, after years of rooting for the Royals and Mizzou, I felt like I had earned the right to select a team with absolutely unlimited resources. And it’s been fun watching—it turns out that Chelsea is kind of in half-rebuilding/turnover mode this season, so it’s kind of a cool moment where you can see the team they used to be but also the early stages of them becoming whatever team they’re going to be. Granted, tomorrow that means they’ll probably get annihilated by Man U, but oh well.
by Professor Chaos on Feb 4, 2012 2:31 PM CST up reply actions
As far asaprimer goes, it depends on where you want to start following
(on that note, most soccer fans are fans of one particular league, Americans tending to follow MLS and one of the big European leagues consecutively. Almost no one has the time to follow EVERYTHING goingon in the world of soccer at once)
I’ll give a rundown of the American game,since that’s what I’m most familiar with. There are four trophies that MLS teams play for- US Open Cup, Supporter’s Shield, MLS Cup, and CONCACAF Champions League, in ascending order of importance.
US Open Cup is a nice achievement, but a lot of teams play backup in their matches until they get into the semis and finals. It’s a single-elimination cup tournament that any team in the country can enter- even amateurs! MLS teams obviously get byes into the later rounds of the tournament. It’s got a lot of history, being the oldest continually awarded trophy in American sport, but still the least important of the trophies.
The Supporter’s Shield is given to the best regular season team in MLS. It has considerably more cachet than, say, the President’s Trophy primarily because in Europe, that’s how all champions are decided, and also because the league used to follow abalanced schedule, meaning that the playing field was even. Now that they’ve abandoned the balanced schedule, its taken a hit in prestige, but it’s still a goal to strive for.
The MLS Cup is pretty much what you’d expect from American sports. 10 of the MLS teams qualify into a knockout playoff tournament, with the top 6 getting a bye.
CONCACAF Champion’s League is in my opinion the most important trophy MLS clubs can win, though there’ssome debate on that measure. It’s acompetition that draws from all over North America, with Mexico and the US/Canada obviously being the giants in the region. Each team plays a mini-season of6 games (home and away) against the other 3 teams in their group, and the top2 in each groupadvance to the knockout rounds. An American team hasn’t won the competition in its current incarnation, and if we ever can, it’ll be a great sign of our progress against our more experienced southern rivals.
As for advice on a team to support, if you’re a Missourian, Sporting Kansas City isagreat club to follow. They’ve put an entertaining product on the field, the stadium is great, the fan experience is awesome. They’re good, but not so good that you’ll be bandwaggoning them
Judging by the post, though, I’m guessing that you’re in Dallas? If so, there’s always FC Dallas. The fanbase there isn’t as passionate or interesting as others in the league,and the atmosphere at Pizza Hut Park can leave something to be desired, but there’s nothing like following a local team. The local fan culture is absolutely the best way to get into the sport. Buy a ticket in the Supporter’s Section for opening day, head out to The Inferno’s pre-game tailgates (http://www.the-inferno.net/), meet some people, and chant your lungs out.
Oh yes, as far as media to consume
You’re better off going the new media route. Around the League is the best soccer podcast around, bar none, if you want to get into MLS. Soccerbyives.net is one of the best blogs around. Anddepending on the team, SBNation’s stuff can be great. Sounder at Heart is, for example,a pretty solid rival to Rock M Nation for one of the best blogs on the network.
Toronto FC has a RABID fan base, but have put an ongoing collection of suck onto the field for a long time now. One of my good friends follows them somewhat closely, and he’s amused that one of their announcers is a Brit who’s used to covering the premier league, and is always trying to pick his way around being polite about what’s happening on the field (it’s like going from commenting on the NHL to the British hockey league – I’ve looked it up, there is one, with about 12 teams). :)
I don't think that's a fair comparison
It’s more like going from commentating on the pro game to commentating on the college game.
so tonight at mizzou arena is "wear gold" right?
cuz i just went and dropped some coin on a new gold mizzou shirt.
Lamentations 3:22-23
Yes sir!
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
I would love to get a new gold shirt.
However, I just can’t bring myself to wear anything other than one of the two combinations I have worn to every home game.
So, threadkiller, is this your first home game?
oh, no.
even though i’ve never attended mizzou, i’ve been to numerous games. even to quite a few at hearnes back in the day. yourself?
Lamentations 3:22-23
Lucky me lives in CoMo. I get to go to all home games.
My concern was you were tempting fate by wearing something other than your “winning shirt” :)
born and raised in MO.
dad has his degree from there and took me to games when i was a kid. the rest is history, though i just wasn’t the college type. that’s a big reason why i love this blog and community so much, is it doesn’t matter that i didn’t attend there, i get treated the same as everyone else. that means a lot. i’m not saying i love the school as much as a graduate since there’s no way of me knowing that, but it is in my blood somehow. i love mizzou!!
Lamentations 3:22-23
by threadkiller on Feb 4, 2012 1:47 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Right there with ya!
Always loved Mizzou, but had to stay local (read ‘cheap’) for school (MO State). Now I’ve relocated to TX and I fly my MO flag VERY high. My Texas-born son is about as Mizzou crazed as it gets. No, I’m not an alum, but I’m very ready to catch a burnt-orange spear on behalf of the black and gold!
MIZ!
"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."
DFW
"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."
I was just up in
Grapevine for a convention for work the weekend of the Baylor game. The convention was over on Saturday and I was stoked at the possibility of stopping in Waco on my way back to a-town to go to the game, then when I got my itinerary I realized that the last event I had to attend didn’t end until tip time.
/sadleeaustexwassad
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is it sad
That I recorded Gameday and just started watching it again?
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 11:20 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
That'll kill two more hours
that you may have spent at the bar, sounds like a win to me. Wish I recorded it as well.
I tried to read this...
…but couldn’t focus since I was booing the whole time.
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2012/feb/04/ryan-robertson-i-will-miss-rivalry/
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Meanwhile...
…as far as I can tell, the meaning of this one is “Basketball stats aren’t very useful because Phil Pressey isn’t a good shooter.”
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2012/feb/04/mu-proof-numbers-mislead/
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Things like this really make me irrationally angry
A Moneyballer might argue that a player who leads the league in outfield assists has a really strong arm.
NO THEY WOULDN’T YOU SMALL MINDED LOON, BECAUSE THEY USE THEIR HEADS AND INTERPRET DATA PROPERLY INSTEAD OF MAKING HACKNEYED CONCLUSIONS
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 11:30 AM CST up reply actions
How about the title
MU proof numbers mislead
Someone needs to write a story about ku, proof cheating can win Championships
I read it as
without Flip Pressey, we’re not shooting this well because of the impact he makes in finding the open man and running the offense.
My response: Duh.
This is possibly one of the worst articles I've ever read,
what a half assed argument.
He conveniently forgot to mention that
WE WON THE ALL TIME FOOTBALL RECORD
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Woops, stray pinkie finger.
Reply fail on the Ryan Robertson bog…he stated Norm Stewart wouldn’t shake his hand for 3-1/2 years after he picked ku over MU. Good for Norm, a true son you are not Ryan.
Is anyone taping Gameday?
Or can I watch a reply on 3? Have to learn about babies today.
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by Ausgiano on Feb 4, 2012 11:37 AM CST via mobile reply actions
it mystifies me
How anyone could be talking about soccer right now.
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 11:39 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
I'm cuurently watching the Arsenal game from this morning right now.
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how did that end?
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by Ausgiano on Feb 4, 2012 11:48 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Well Arsenal won..
I’m still not sure what the final score will be…it’s 6-1 now.
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It's sad that Josh Hamilton's relapse is dominating sports news right now
That should be left to him, his family, his teammates, and his organization only. This is the ugliest part of the 24 hour news culture—every athlete’s personal business is not personal any longer. It’s unfair to him. Thoughts?
I can't say I'm surprised.
But I hate stories like that because it really isn’t my business or anyone else’s business.
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Hey, listen, I'm the biggest Rangers fan you know (likely).
But Josh Hamilton has made a not-insignificant amount of money off of his sobriety/journey/story, so to me, he has a responsibility to be honest about it. I’m glad he did, and I’m glad he handled it with so much candor and openness, but I also feel like it would’ve been hypocritical for him NOT to make it an issue.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Has he written a book about his journey?
Acknowledging that you know more about him and his situation than I do, has he tangibly profited from the story? Otherwise, I’m pretty sure it’s his baseball ability that has made him the money. Just curious.
Yep.
Plus, many, many speaking engagements, though I’m not sure if he profits from that.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
It is, by the way, a very good read.
His story’s incredible.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
I agree with your assessment then
He has accountability to those who’ve drawn inspiration from him.
Not dissimilar to the fact that politicians’ personal lives are a different story.
i could not agree with this more.
wait, did i just agree with greg? dammit.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 1:45 PM CST up reply actions
I woke up this morning and saw the sunrise which reminded me of an old saying.
Red sky in morning Jayhawks take warning.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 4, 2012 11:52 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
Red Sky at Night
Jayhawks take flight
"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."
by blackfin on Feb 4, 2012 1:52 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I read this comment and I realized I can't remember the last time I saw a sunrise
5 days a week I’m in a windowless office well before sun is up, and the other 2 I’ll be damned if I’m getting up early enough to see it.
by Damnatio Memoriae on Feb 4, 2012 3:44 PM CST up reply actions
sitting at baby training with two Aggies
What should I say to them.
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by Ausgiano on Feb 4, 2012 11:56 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
Say "Giggle"
and when they respond with “You mean, Gig ’Em?”, you say, “Nope, Giggle”
by CBonerfied on Feb 4, 2012 11:58 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Saw em off!
Then
0-3 at home sure sounds like a fun streak to me
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Oh my Doc.
I hope your baby measures up – what with all that talent in the room.
I kid.
Enjoy our new conference-mates.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 4, 2012 11:59 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
SEC baby
Irish provenance of the schwa pronunciation of vowels in weakly stressed syllables -> Missoura
Your baby wouldn't even be talented enough to spend a month in an Aggie womb
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by Gaknar on Feb 4, 2012 12:01 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
How do you like Mizzous' new field?
I think it starts with Kyle or some such.
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 4, 2012 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
So we decided on G&D Steak & Pizza
Yes?
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 4, 2012 12:01 PM CST reply actions
Primo choice
Is George’s still around down on the business loop?
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I have no idea.
This is probably the seventh or eighth time I have been to Como.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 4, 2012 12:04 PM CST up reply actions
Bill weeps approving tears of joy for pizza from G&D.
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Hubs wants to know
steak or pizza or other?
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 4, 2012 12:05 PM CST up reply actions
Wiseguys
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
I still regret
never buying one of their “Lots of Beer in America” t-shirts (I think I recall that correctly, been a really long time since I’ve been there)
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
Just watched a car
With a beaker bumper sticker crash into a row of shopping carts in a parking lot. The carts won, going by the damage.
It’s an omen.
HAHAHA
LOLkAnsas
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Good Morning from the west coast
Question, do I wear the gold nike polo or the black polo embroidered with MIZ FKU today?
Cheering on MIZZOU from all around the world.
FKU
Not even a question
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
Gold Polo
Everyone is supposed to wear gold tonight.
Reading comprehension is important.
Of course, since you aren’t going to the game FKU is a very valid option as well.
I'm wearing
My gold CKs, M-I-Z-Beat-K-U t shirt under my lucky grey Mizzou hoodie today/tonight.
We can only win when I wear the exact right combination of clothing.
/superstitious
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 12:23 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
I wear my hey Oklahoma shirt
that has Truman flipping the bird under something at every game I go to. After last year’s homecoming, I can’t afford not to
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
never ever take that shirt off
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 12:27 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
I knew it was lucky right off the bat
When it was the last one they had, and I just happened to ask.
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
You're welcome!
- AEPi
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
by elpjuly4 on Feb 4, 2012 1:12 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Wear which ever is the lucky one.
Lucky hat? check
Lucky coaches polo? check
Lucky CJ’s undershirt? check
Tiger blood? check
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Feb 4, 2012 12:25 PM CST up reply actions
Going with
Cotton bowl gold shirt with fku polo…debating on a hat and the black and gold Mizzou lounge pants.
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I watched the MU-OU homecoming game from Germany
Make the sacrifice. The team needs you.
Cheering on MIZZOU from all around the world.
wearing
My grey MIZZOU Tigers undershirt, Gold (unwashed since the Notre Dame beat down) pullover hoodie and my black w/ gold under-bill fitted MIZZOU hat.
The baby on the other hand will be wearing his MIZZOU Basketball jammies, his MIZZOU shoes and his Truman head hood Hoodie.
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
Kansas is going home
straight making copies.
by mizzousundevil on Feb 4, 2012 12:58 PM CST up reply actions
I wish I had a Truman head hoodie
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 12:53 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
yeah, me too
Unfortunately they are only made for the little tikes…
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by leeaustex on Feb 4, 2012 12:57 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
zomg I want that
(the hoodie, not your baby. I’m not in the baby stealing business like some other RMNers who will remain nameless…)
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 1:00 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
My mother in law
brought it down last time she visited from CoMo. She’s coming again next weekend and hopefully she’ll have a bunch of new MIZZOU baby gear because this kid is growing like a weed and he’ll need something fresh for the tourney…
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
When we win
Do we rush the court? Chase them right out of the arena?
"I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches" -Josey Wales
No.
We are the higher ranked team.
No upset, no reason to.
by MIZZOUfaninAZ on Feb 4, 2012 1:27 PM CST up reply actions
A MIZZOU
fan buddy of mine here in Austin sent me this link this morning. May have already made th rounds but I think it is hilarious.
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
by leeaustex on Feb 4, 2012 12:34 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
my excitement for this game is overwhelming
Look at the crowd at Mizzou Arena this morning. Look at our conversation this morning and leading up to today. Even look at RCT and other kansas media and discussion boards.
Those of us on both sides of the border are so fuc*** excited about this, and this is something we don’t get playing anyone else. We could have a #1 vs #2 game against UK or FL, and it’s not going to feel like this. This kind of hate (and subsequent excitement) takes a century to foster. And in 100 years, we probably won’t feel this way about UK or anyone else, because it’s not just a century of hate. It’s hate born in the freaking civil war. This rivalry was born from our ancestors literally murdering each other and burning entire towns to the ground.
We can say that we’re moving on to a better place (and I think we are too), and that we’ll develop new rivalries (which we will) but we will never, and I repeat never, have another rivalry like we do with those terrible people to the west.
And it is absolutely selfish and short-sighted that administration folks are taking that away from the fans.
Ok, rant over. Cracking open the first beer and getting back to Hate Day excitement!!!!
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 1:14 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions 1 recs
So for those not going
to the game, but are watching at home, What’s everyone having for game snacks/food?
We’re having Beer Brats (cooked with Bully unfiltered), chips & queso and guac and whatever my guests bring to add…
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
going to a friends house for his wife's birthday
making buffalo wing dip, buffalo caramel corn, (trend developing) girlfriend is making a chocolate cake
I'm tell ya like the bath tub told the toilet stool, " I get as much ass as you but I don't have to take all that shit!"
-Dolemite
Going to watch the game at a bar
I will be the crazy guy yelling at the TV and jumping up and down.
Cheering on MIZZOU from all around the world.
I'm watching OK State v. Baylor
just seeing Page easing the hate needle closer to the red
I'm tell ya like the bath tub told the toilet stool, " I get as much ass as you but I don't have to take all that shit!"
-Dolemite
also Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
and Marquette are losing to ND on CBS
I'm tell ya like the bath tub told the toilet stool, " I get as much ass as you but I don't have to take all that shit!"
-Dolemite
Notre Dame is getting dangerously close to 2nd place in the Big East
also, they absolutely cannot miss a shot right now.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 1:47 PM CST up reply actions
And they just keep upsetting top teams
and making our SOS look so much better.
I’m known as a bit of a dreamer!
For those in the KC area...
Any recommendations on good Mizzou bars to watch the game at tonight? I’m relatively new to the area and am looking for somewhere downtown or in the Lee’s Summit/Blue Springs area to watch with a friend from out of town.
Clancy's In Blue Springs.
Just off I-70, 7 hwy exit. Go south one block, turn right on outer road. It’s on the left.
Cheering on MIZZOU from all around the world.
If you're wanting to stay in the city
Harpo’s in Westport is the obvious choice—any bar will have the game on, but Harpo’s is going to be the least likely to have KU fans.
by Professor Chaos on Feb 4, 2012 2:35 PM CST up reply actions
There usually aren't many on the Lee's Summit side.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
The Well or Lews in
Waldo are both MU bars.
Willys in downtown KC.
by tigers and chiefs fan on Feb 4, 2012 4:43 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
My husband just announced he was turning off the travel chanel.
That’s his second favorite chanel – first being the food network. He says “They are talking about tailgating in Texas. I refuse to listen to that.”
man has to stand for something
I'm tell ya like the bath tub told the toilet stool, " I get as much ass as you but I don't have to take all that shit!"
-Dolemite
Notre Dame keeps making us look better
I hope they hold out for the win in these final minutes
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 1:48 PM CST via mobile reply actions
i think we beat notre dame if we played them tomorrow.
but it would be by a hell of a lot less than 35.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
TOTALLY OT
but on the BBC now they’re giving us weather travel warnings. Don’t drive if you don’t have to, and if you do take water and a fully charged cell phone. Because we might get up to 3 inches of snow tonight.
[hangs head]
by Wan Ihite on Feb 4, 2012 1:55 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Received 8.5" since 10pm local last night
And more on the way.
by MIZZOUfaninAZ on Feb 4, 2012 1:56 PM CST up reply actions
nope.
moved last May to Omaha metro….just haven’t had screen name changed
by MIZZOUfaninAZ on Feb 4, 2012 1:59 PM CST up reply actions
oh got you.
what do you think? i’ve been to omaha twice and enjoyed both visits but i hear people make fun of the town all the time.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
Bellevue is a nice, quiet community
really like the neighborhood I am in.
Driving, compared to Tucson, is a big difference.
Haven’t really seen enough to make a comment, have been spending my time getting into the new job, haven’t socialized all that much.
If I do anything, it’s getting back down to SW Mo/SE Ks to see family and life long friends.
I don’t have any complaints, except for the snow…lol
by MIZZOUfaninAZ on Feb 4, 2012 2:21 PM CST up reply actions
fair enough.
i don’t think it’d ever be a place i’d settle down for good in, but i could see myself there for 5-7 years post-college or something.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 2:22 PM CST up reply actions
I wouldn't have chosen it specifically
the company had two openings, I didn’t get the Oklahoma City job, which I would have preferred, but sometimes, you go where the job takes you.
And since it’s 3:45 from my Dad, and 4:30 from my Mom, I get to see family all important holidays and special events, rather than once every two-five years.
Now I can reasonably attend Seneca and Ft Scott sporting events at reasonable intervals.
Perfect scenario for me would be the guy at Whiteman retiring, and me getting the transfer, but that might be a few years. :)
by MIZZOUfaninAZ on Feb 4, 2012 2:28 PM CST up reply actions
making real life decisions honestly scares me.
i’m 21, but sometimes feel like i’m still not quite ready to make decisions on like where i’m going to live and what i’m going to do exactly. in the end i guess it’s all about where i get the best job.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 2:31 PM CST up reply actions
It always is.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 2:32 PM CST up reply actions
About what?
I wouldn’t what I do for any other job in the world. But I also knew that where I ended up was going to be totally out of my control.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
I wouldn't trade*
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
fair enough.
i was just curious if going to a town that you know nobody in is as scary as it sounds.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
Doesn't matter much when you work 80+ hours a week.
The other parts of the year, it is what it is.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 2:49 PM CST up reply actions
punching the clock after 25 years of salary
and doing whatever it took to keep Uncle Sam’s fighters flying is a BIG, BIG change…still not used to going home at quitting time whether the task at hand is finished or not is a big adjustment.
by MIZZOUfaninAZ on Feb 4, 2012 3:05 PM CST up reply actions
we send prayers your way
I'm tell ya like the bath tub told the toilet stool, " I get as much ass as you but I don't have to take all that shit!"
-Dolemite
that sounds
a lot like Austin. I had to close my office for 3 days one year because they couldn’t get 1/2 inch of ice off the roads…
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
it’s the little details that get me. “take water with you”. Because god forbid you get stuck in a snow drift and they have to send the dogs to sniff out where they need to start digging to find you. Aie karumba.
yeah
So in Austin, if there’s snow or ice the city pretty much completely shuts down, which I can understand to a degree because we don’t have any equipment to clear/de-ice the roads. But another thing about Austin is we get so little rain here that just a really good down pour makes the natives freak out and start driving like absolute maniacs.
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
well, i'm off to the son's bball game, then leaving for mizzou arena.
only bad thing is it robs me of 4 hours of rmn time. MIZ-ZOU!!!!!!
Lamentations 3:22-23
WHERE DID EVERYONE GO?!
these five hours aren’t going to pass themselves, people!
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 2:32 PM CST reply actions
it doesn't help that the undercard sucks today.
best game is osu-wiscy and even that’s just a “boring” big ten game. i’ve got gameday DVR’d and ready to go once this set of games ends since i slept through it this morning.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
just got to COMO behind some idiot
Passing EVERYONE on the shoulder with troopers in tow. They had him pinned up against the guard rail @ Booneville.
by B_W on Feb 4, 2012 3:35 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
wowzers.
i can imagine the troopers are all over the place today on 70.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 3:52 PM CST up reply actions
I wonder if Chuck Neinas thinks WVU is being selfish for canning the game with FSU?
Being this late in the game? FSU is going to have to scramble to find a replacement.
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 2:37 PM CST via mobile reply actions
It doesn't matter.
It was Mizzou’s selfishness that forced them to be selfish, so it’s okay when they do it.
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That was a very selfish comment.
"You have to remember, basketball to the University of Miami is like football to the University of Kansas." - Kim English
anyone else
getting an increasingly intense knot in their stomach?
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 2:47 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions
I plan on having Gumby's for dinner tonight for good luck.
…albeit in another state. The intense knot in my stomach will only get worse after that.
Opinions on optimal time to head to the Arena?
I am thinking 6-6:15
I would, but i am kind of handcuffed to people that aren't as Mizzou crazy as I am.
I almost stayed to wait for the 9 hours, but alas starvation and illegal parking prevented that
Le'Bryan Nash in the three games since Mizzou:
13-for-34 (38%) overall, 1-for-8 (13%) on 3-pointers.
Don’t know why I felt the need to do that to myself, but I did.
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Well he still has the return trip to Columbia yet to come
gotta save those made jumpers up.
by Transmogrified Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 2:57 PM CST up reply actions
so you're saying he made 1 fewer shot against us in 16 fewer attempts
sounds about right. What a fluky loss. We’d beat that team 9/10 times on their court.
Atleast OSU gave Baylor a run for their money.
Too bad the pokes lost
by McZou on Feb 4, 2012 3:00 PM CST via mobile reply actions
but they are the worst team that has ever played basketball
And any other team in the country could beat them by 35 points on any given day.
/beakerlogic
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 3:21 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
-3 at most places in Vegas.
Can get -2.5 at a few.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 3:30 PM CST up reply actions
DC Watch Party people...
Looking like I may be hanging back. The work on the Orange line between Courthouse and Foggy Bottom ups my travel time to somewhere in the 2-2.5 hour range.
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Yea I saw that about an hour ago as well.
Definitely not driving/parking downtown or taking a cab. Metro does an excellent job of being broken when you need to rely on it the most.
I've always been able to find parking.
Not right outside, but I eventually find some.
Proud Meth Aggie since 2011.
My response is the same response I give to anything D.C.-related:
Just go to Fado instead.
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Seeing as how...
… my issue is getting into DC rather than what I do when I’m there, I may have you re-holster that suggestion.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 3:45 PM CST up reply actions
I stand by my point.
It doesn’t have to make sense.
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Here's the real dagger:
I’m almost out of bourbon.
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by RPT on Feb 4, 2012 3:54 PM CST up reply actions
We should do a watch party in Baltimore!
"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 4:11 PM CST up reply actions
There is a watch party in Baltimore ...
Its at Della Roses in Canton. We’ve gotten together for every football game and nearly every basketball game.
by TigersStewart on Feb 4, 2012 5:35 PM CST up reply actions
Oooh, I'll have to try to make it down there sometime!
Is there a good group? I live about an hour north of Baltimore.
"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 5:39 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah
you should definitely try and make it. We have a Facebook group and the gamewatches are usually also posted on the DC Alumni page. We’d love to have another Tiger cheering from Baltimore!
by TigersStewart on Feb 4, 2012 6:34 PM CST up reply actions
That's exciting!
I’m new out here, so I was wondering where the closest watch group might be. If I’m free the next Saturday game (that doesn’t start at 9pm, haha…) I’ll totally try to come down.
"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 6:41 PM CST up reply actions
Just found out about that
I’m not making it into the city either. That’s too much. Hope to catch up with everyone next time.
by CBonerfied on Feb 4, 2012 6:11 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
one ticket left on stubhub...
in the very upper corner of the arena for $255
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 4:00 PM CST reply actions
I'm decked out in my Mizzou gear
complete with temp tattoo on my face. I got a few looks here in Pennsylvania, but I’m educating the good people of this state about the evil of kU.
"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."
twitter @sirensofsilence
Heck yeah
I forgot I had a temp. tattoo in my junk drawer. The question is I guess, do I put it on myself or on my son. He’s too young to really appreciate it… but then I’m an adult, um… what a dilemma…
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
I'm an adult and I have one on my face
sooooo…yeah. Not really seeing anything wrong with it.
"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 5:12 PM CST up reply actions
you've totally convinvced me then
I think my wife is going to probably make fun of me though.
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
It's okay
my husband made fun of me, but he just doesn’t know what’s up.
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 5:27 PM CST up reply actions
It's still 4 hours away
Late games on the weekend SUCK.
Late games suck in general.
"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 4:06 PM CST up reply actions
THIS COLLEGE STUDENT DISAGREES
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 4:09 PM CST up reply actions
WELL THIS WORKING OLD PERSON
SAYS YOU’RE WRONG AND GET OFF MY LAWN.
"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 4:10 PM CST up reply actions
actually, the 8 game kind of sucks.
7 would be much better.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, see, that 8pm game?
It’s 9pm here. Way too late.
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
So, The Replacements is on some random channel.
It only goes to highlight the embarrassing lack of Marky Mark’s “Good Vibrations” in today’s cinema.
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There is thunder-snow in London right now
The last time that happend Mizzou killed kU*
*Maybe not factually accurate.
Watching old Mizzou hoops videos on the YouTube
Fun reliving Zaire Taylor playing “watch me end this game” 3 times vs. KU, Texas, and Iowa State…
I'm pretty sure
that I could watch Denmon hit that 3 quarter court shot against Memphis a couple years ago on youtube all day!
I'm at U Street
So hopefully no issues with the green/yellow tonight. We’re going about 3 hours early anyway. I want to be at least 2 pitchers in by game time.
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 5:32 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
2.5 hours...
i’m really close to just going out to dinner for the mere fact it would kill 90 minutes or so.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 5:36 PM CST reply actions
Yep, eating to kill time
That accounts for almost all of my obesity
by Damnatio Memoriae on Feb 4, 2012 5:37 PM CST up reply actions
well you gotta eat at some point.
eating due to boredom is awful though. you are correct.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 5:38 PM CST up reply actions
Tip off
please get here now. The waiting is killing me. My company arrives in 1:20 until then I’m making Brats, wings, toquitos, queso and trying very hard not to open a bottle of the Boulevard Tank 7 farmhouse that’s chilling ever so nicely in the fridge.
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
I would do just about anything
To have some Boulevard while I’m watching this game.
by DC_Tiger on Feb 4, 2012 5:46 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions
I just
put a lengthy reply about when they first started distributing it in Austin and it went into reply limbo or something. Short version, lots of CoMo people in this neighborhood of AUstin and we sold the store out of their first delivery in a matter of 2-3 hours.
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
Yeah
We need to get Boulevard out east.
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by sirensofsilence on Feb 4, 2012 6:36 PM CST up reply actions
UK's Anthony Davis has a ferocious near-unibrow.
It makes handlebar mustaches jealous.
"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've been enjoying some trash talk with my brother in law
who tells me that Mizzou doesn’t know what they are getting into in the SEC…..he goes to..::gulp:: OleMiss.
His story has turned from in 2010, “Mizzou would get killed in the SEC”….to in 2011 “Mizzou doesn’t have to play in the West”….to 2012..“Mizzou only had an average recruiting class”
Seems like a slippery slope, eh?
He seems to be making his way back UP the slope alright.
I hope you’re running the recent two-game thrashing of Ole Miss into the ground, though.
"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."
well....
i think he feels he can justify his school’s joke of an athletics program by just saying, “we play in the SEC…..” So just because they play three football games a year against top 25 teams (we played…..um…five), his 2-10 season gives him room to talk trash.
Pathetic…..
I told him that I needed to go and get back to watching College Gameday…..it’s at…Mizzou…of all places!
someone tried to tell me yesterday mizzou is going 2-6 in the SEC
and finishing in fifth. he finished by saying vandy would come into como and beat the tigers.
M-I-Z-D-G-B
by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 4, 2012 7:19 PM CST up reply actions
off topic
but appropriate, and I’m killing some time, but, true story here.
One evening about a month and a half ago, despite my no solicitors, sign there is a knock at my door. It is a young man with AT&T selling U-verse. My normal response when people don’t respect my sign is to be very unpleasant and shut the door, but, I was currently having serious issues with Time Warner and was actually considering a switch to U-Verse anyway, so I went through his spiel and he had a good deal to offer. I start looking into the sports channels that I would get in various packages. I’m wearing my MIZZOU hat mind you, so when i ask about the sports channels the salesman says, “so are you a Mizzou fan then?” And I declare, “yes, I am”. To which he replies, “Phil and Matt Pressey are my cousins.” I look at the guy and indeed he bears a resemblance. Then he tells me they have another cousin that plays for the NM Lobos.
So, I don’t think he was BSing me because even the most dedicated salesman is probably not going to remember names of star players on every sports team to claim that he is somehow related in order to help swing a sale AND I’d already decided to switch, so I was already sold.
So, was it BS or not? To you all I pose the question.
Proud kanscist
#teamchilipie
seems plausible to me
Paul Pressey might be the Kevin Bacon of the basketball world.
by parliamentlite on Feb 4, 2012 6:52 PM CST up reply actions
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