Mizzou History
PRESENTING: The 2010s at Mizzou
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be looking back at the decade in Mizzou sports, picking our favorite moments and profiling the best athletes
Reviving the Border War is Cuonzo Martin’s biggest victory yet
The head coach is still searching for signature wins on the floor, but Monday’s announcement could be the best moment of his Missouri career.
Sean Weatherspoon knows who would win in a game between the 2007 and 2013 Tigers
Sometimes you ask questions on the internet, you never know who might decide to answer.
Melvin Booker named for next group of SEC Legends
One of my favorite players gets a cool honor.
My 5 favorite Mizzou seasons of the last 20 years
Not every season has been good. But the best ones have been amazing.
My 5 favorite Mizzou plays of the last 20 years
God, this was a fun list to put together.
My 5 favorite Mizzou defensive ends of the last 20 years
This could have been a top-15 list.
My 5 favorite unsung Missouri Tigers of the last 20 years
The keys to making this list, apparently: making huge, timely plays and being from Oklahoma.
My 5 favorite Mizzou running backs of the last 20 years
Once again, No. 1 is probably obvious.
My 5 favorite Mizzou linebackers of the last 20 years
From Sean Weatherspoon to its current head coach, Mizzou has had some tremendous linebackers through the years.
My 5 favorite Mizzou road performances of the last 20 years
From Lubbock to Athens.
My 5 favorite Mizzou tight ends of the last 20 years
A lot of Mizzou’s best seasons were defined by tight end play.
My 5 favorite Faurot Field crowds of the last 20 years
Was this just an excuse to mine YouTube for clips that make my eyes well up a bit? MAYBE.
My 5 favorite Mizzou quarterbacks of the last 20 years
You won’t BELIEVE who’s No. 1 on the list! (You’ll totally believe it.)
Mizzou’s 2016-17 financials were subpar. But I guess we knew that.
Here are today’s Mizzou Links.
Placing Drew Lock in Mizzou QB history
How does Lock rank when compared to a Daniel, Smith, Gabbert or Franklin? What can he do to improve his standing?
1984, part 2: Mizzou was damned if it fired Warren Powers, damned if it didn’t
Close losses and awful special teams cost Powers his job, but Mizzou was becoming a job in which you had to be a great coach just to field a good team.
1984, part 1: Glen Mason Territory and Mizzou
Part one of a look back at one of Missouri’s most consequential seasons. What happens when everybody — players, coaches, and administrators — make the wrong call at the wrong time?
Mizzou YouTube classics: Tigers 38, Colorado 14 (1998)
Scouring the YouTubes for forgotten classics.
Missouri vs. Kentucky: a history
Mostly gross, with brief, encouraging flashes (and Jabari Brown dunks).
Rivalry Check: Mizzou’s now 7-3 vs. Arkansas & Tennessee since joining the SEC
It’s sometimes fun to step back and take in the 20,000-foot view.
20 years ago right now, the Flea Kicker game kicked off
Maybe the best, most dramatic sporting event a Missouri team has ever been a part of.
Q&A: Gary Pinkel on writing book, installing Don James software
I spoke with Gary Pinkel this week about his new book, The 100-Yard Journey.
Let’s relive the 2008 Cotton Bowl
In the 2008 Cotton Bowl, Arkansas and wind shut down the Mizzou pass. So the Tigers ran instead.
Missouri’s No. 1 ranking lasted just one week
Mizzou made it to No. 1 in the polls in 2007 but fell after just one week thanks to a Big 12 title game loss to Oklahoma.
The one game Mizzou absolutely, positively had to win
Missouri and Kansas played for the No. 1 ranking in 2007. You know who prevailed.
“Beat KU! Beat KU! Beat KU!”
Missouri’s 2007 win over KSU was defined by Jeremy Maclin and the game on the horizon
Deja vu against A&M
Before Mizzou could beat Kansas with a sack and safety in 2007, it had to do the same to Texas A&M
Let’s relive Chase Coffman’s coming-out party
Colorado’s defense announced it would shut Mizzou down in 2007. It did not.