For the uninitiated, college football is getting more Twitter friendly this weekend. As shown in the picture above, Mississippi State is hashtagging its endzones for Saturday's game against Ole Miss. Per SBNation.com:

If you want to keep up, the best idea might be to follow along on Twitter. If only there were an easy way to organize the thoughts of various sports fans into HEY LOOK

How will the division formerly known as the Big 12 South follow suit? See after the jump.

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No one does promotions quite like minor league baseball.

The Lake Elsinore Storm made a name for themselves earlier in the year with their Sheenco de Mayo celebration. This entrepreneurial spirit is echoed around the country, as evidenced by Akron Aero's Ship Out Lebron Night, the Arkansas Travelers' Jose Canseco Pre-game Boxing Match, and the Savannah Sand Gnats lighting someone on fire for a trot around the bases.

So, why shouldn't Mizzou steal these concepts and hop aboard the promotional gravy train? Here are just a couple of ideas to kick things off for 2011-12:

NAMELESS EX-COACH NIGHT -- Have every student in Mizzou Arena tell reporters they plan on finishing their academic careers at Mizzou and then watch them leave for Arkansas a week later.

J.T. TILLER DRINKING GAME FOR HEALTH NIGHT -- Tiller's career is now over, so no more taking one drink every time he hits the floor or two drinks every time he causes someone else to hit the floor. Instead, pick one player prone to similar kamikaze levels and donate $1 or $2 to University Hospital for every such instance.

THE PARTYSTARTER -- Every Laurence Bowers dunk earns Tiger fans $1 off their next purchase at It's A Party.

PREGAME BOXING -- It may not be Canseco, but what if we gave Ricky Clemons a pair of giant inflatable boxing gloves and make him square off with Kalen Grimes and an inflatable shotgun?

LARRY EUSTACHY NIGHT -- All Tri-Delts receive access to the opposing team's coaching office. All other fans can receive $5 off by bringing a case of empty Natty Lights to recycle.

"SERIOUSLY, BLAINE" NIGHT -- Tickets buyers with a receipt for a haircut dated within the last month receive half off.

JASPER SIMMONS NIGHT -- Every ticket purchased comes with a coupon for Trops.

DAVE STECKEL HEADBUTT NIGHT -- Don't ask. DON'T ASK.

T.J. MOE SHRINE NIGHT -- Mizzou fans will host a worship service two hours prior to kickoff. 

TODD REESING NIGHT -- Missouri Department of Public Safety thanks the former quarterback for doing more to raise safety awareness than anyone else in history.

QUIT SETTLING FOR MEDIOCRITY NIGHT -- Psych... all you're getting is five percent off an appetizer at Applebee's AND THAT'S ALL YOU'LL EVER GET.

WELCOME TO MIZZOU FANDOM NIGHT -- Male Tiger fans can trade in their used, beaten and worn protective cups for new ones at the gate.

JAY NIXON NIGHTS -- For all athletic events against Texas Tech and Oklahoma State, corporate sponsors will hand out shirts that say either "Mizzou vs. Wisconsin" or "Mizzou vs. Northwestern" with the date of that game.

CHELSEA THOMAS OPPONENT MEMORIAL NIGHT -- Given the current charitable strength of the Mizzou fan base, now we turn our attention to the victims of Chelsea Thomas' path of destruction. Enlist your young children to write adorable "Get Well Soon" cards to all the hitters she mired in shame.

STUBBLES VS. SPECTACLES WEEKEND -- On a weekend when both baseball and softball are in town, Mizzou fans receive fake glasses in honor of Tim Jamieson and comical fake beards in honor of Ehren Earleywine. 

ROCK M NATION NIGHT -- Bill C. will be there from 4-6 a.m., Beef will provide the food, RPT will be nowhere to be found for months at a time, and everyone will start calling D-Sing "ghtd36" just for fun. 

It's not much of a secret that many of us here at Rock M Nation are avid fans of EA Sports' NCAA Football franchise. It is for that exact reason that this article from IGN has us quite excited for NCAA Football 12, especially the following feature:

When you setup a Dynasty, you have control like never before -- you can make and break conferences.

Now, sure, you could customize conferences in NCAA Football 11, but that was really just a swap. You could switch a team out of a given conference, but you had to put another in its place. This year, you can do whatever the hell you want. You can take the Big 12 and drop it down to four teams or go nuts and crank it up to 16. You can set it so that your conference only plays weekday games, name the divisions, and even mess with who gets to go to which bowl. NCAA Football 12 gives you the keys and lets you drive the game wherever you want it to go.

Since the game doesn't drop until July 12, that leaves us quite a bit of time to start brainstorming a number of quirky conference ideas that might resonate in the Columbia/Jefferson City media market. How about we give it a test run, Missouri fans?

THE BEVO 10 CONFERENCE

Set-up: Two divisions, with the champions of each playing in a title game held at "neutral" sites in either Arlington, Houston, or San Antonio. If there are venue conflicts, the game can always be held in Austin, too.

Texas Division: Texas
Not-Texas Division: Baylor, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State

THE "ONLY 16 TEAMS WITH BETTER WINNING PERCENTAGES THAN MIZZOU SINCE 2006" SUPER CONFERENCE

Set-up: Four 4-team divisions, with the winners of each advancing to a two-round conference playoff. Semi-finals to be played at the home-field of the higher seeded team and the title game to be played at a venue dead in the center of the country (hey Lebanon, Kansas -- start building a 100,000-seat facility).

THE "SELECTED TEAMS WITH LOWER WINNING PERCENTAGES THAN MIZZOU IN THAT SAME TIME FRAME" CONFERENCE

Set-up: Two divisions, with the champions playing a title game at the original Orange Bowl, the Seattle Kingdome or Texas Stadium. If none of these venues are available for some odd reason, see which field the producers of Antiques Roadshow prefer.

Titles Since 1995 Division: Bama, Miami, Florida State, Tennessee, Nebraska, Michigan
Otherwise of Note Division: Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Pitt

THE BIG JAY NIXON CONFERENCE

Set-up: The teams can play a best-of-seven or something. At the end, Gov. Nixon will award the winner a trophy resembling a box of crayons.

Not Wisconsin Division: Texas Tech
Not Northwestern Division: Oklahoma State

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Since I really don't think Mizzou fans are in a place to handle an April Fools joke this year (okay, fine, I couldn't come up with a good idea ... though who knows if RPT and ghtd36 have something in mind...), I felt I would just give the others at both Rock M Nation and Rock Chalk Talk another pat on the back for a job well done.  Last year's April Fools joke was pretty great.  To me, at least.  Let's recap.  Also: SPREADBONE!!

• 5:24am - Rock M Nation: Mizzou Links (setting the table with a well-timed Cole Aldrich compliment)
• 6:00am - Rock Chalk Talk: Depth: Who Coaches It Well
• 8:30am - Rock M Nation: Why the Flexbone would work for Mizzou
• 8:45am - Rock Chalk Talk: RCT Staff Announcement: Myself
• 10:15am - Rock M Nation: The Rafters, Class of 2010 - Cole Aldrich
• 11:50am - Rock M Nation: Quin vs Norm
• 12:15pm - Rock Chalk Talk: Did Someone Say April Fools?
• 12:35pm - Rock M Nation: Aaaaaaaaaaaand ... scene.

Bill has been doing a tremendous job covering the candidates for Mizzou basketball's coaching search, but there's one very important candidate he left out. 

Ron Prince, Respected Maker of Magic

Career Record: 17-20 (That's 17 more wins as a head coach than Quin had). 0-3 record against Kansas = BOO. 2-0 record against Texas = HOORAY!

Accomplishments: Noted businessman whose financial acumen led him to become the principal figure in the sweetest buyout in sports history. In only three years in Manhattan, matched the number of bowl appearances made by Kansas State from 1892 to 1982. Credited with coming up with creative ways to "get rid of the old man smell" in his office.

Before He Was a Head Coach: He bounced around from town-to-town distraught that Bell Biv Devoe wouldn't consider the VHS audition tape he sent them.

Ties to the Midwest: Ties TO the Midwest? Please. Ron Prince IS the Midwest. Born in Omaha. Raised in Junc City. He eats corn-fed beef and secretes American pride.

Ties to Missouri: Ron Prince loves the state of Missouri so much that he actively looks for any excuse not to leave. He loves the state so much that he'll stand outside in the pouring rain or in the freezing cold and call as many timeouts as possible while down 27 points in the final minutes just so he doesn't have to depart. If he's that committed to the Show Me State in bad weather, imagine what he could do in climate controlled Mizzou Arena!

Does He See Mizzou As a Destination Job? Only until he's offered a chance to reprise his role on the smash hit television program, Ron Prince TV Show. 

Can He Recruit?  YOU BET HE CAN (Disclaimer: High school athletes need not apply). Under Prince, Mizzou's roster will feature the best 11 JuCos he can find. Prince has got JuCos like they've got that B-Roll.

This Year's Recruits (i.e. Players Who Might or Might Not Come With Him): If you want size, Prince can bring it with him from his current gig as assistant OL coach for the Indianapolis Colts. Jeff Saturday still needs some work on his post moves and Ryan Diem can't hit free throws to save his life, but that'll come with practice.

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Today, we're thrilled to present a submission from our guest poster, Ron Swanson. Take it away, Ron.

Hello, my name is Ron Swanson, and you may recognize me as the burly gentleman from the NBC documentary on the Parks Department in the town of Pawnee, Indiana. Most recently, you may have seen me coaching in a youth basketball league and instilling the lessons of the Swanson Pyramid of Greatness in America's next generation.

Recently, I was approached by the fine young gentlemen (and Bill) of this here weblog and asked to create a Pyramid of Greatness particular to your institution of higher learning. And in my effort to minimize the amount of work I do for the city of Pawnee, I was happy to oblige. Below, I present to you, the Swanson Pyramid of Mizzou Greatness. Thank you, and God Bless America.

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Two of the more entertaining pieces in the SB Nation blogosphere during the last few months have been Lookout Landing's First Half In Review: Mariners As Things In Or Near My Apartment and Burnt Orange Nation's Texas Longhorns as Things From My House. In the spirit of stealing content ideas sharing, I now blatantly steal emulate and honor their posts by previewing Mizzou basketball as things around my apartment.

Kim English -- Mr. Boh shirt

I got it from Baltimore, and even though it draws a lot of attention to itself, I love it to death.

Steve Moore -- Rugby 2004

It doesn't see all that much playing time, but even though no one is quite sure what to do when it's playing, it's fun to experiment. That is, until you get pissed and yank it out of the system in favor of games you know a lot better.

Laurence Bowers -- Wild Turkey

My favorite Party Starter.

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This is the sixth installment of the "Sooner Disrespect Chronicles." For background, please read the previous installments.

PART ONE: ‘The Sooners Have a Gift Exchange'
PART TWO: ‘The Sooners Ride an Airplane'
PART THREE: ‘The Sooners Have a Chat'
PART FOUR: ‘The Sooners Go to the Hospital'
PART FIVE: ‘The Sooners Take a Team Photo'

SCENE: The Sooners are gathering in the Red Room at the Barry Switzer Center, located south of Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

LANDRY JONES: Hamburgers, do I love the annual football program costume party! Halloween is just my favorite time of year. Don't you think this is fun, Trent?



TRENT RATTEREE: I sure do, Landry! It's just boatloads of fun, and the punch sure is tasty!

JONES: Um...Trent? Did you forget your costume?

RATTERREE: No, dude. I'm in costume. I'm going as Taylor Hanson. You know...MMMBop?

JONES: Oh. My mistake.

RATTERREE: Well hey, look at Frank! He's probably got the costume of the night!

FRANK ALEXANDER: (Shoveling candy corn in his mouth) I WAS INSPIRED BY BREAKFAST.

JONES: You sure were, bud. Well, the lights are on. All the players are here. I guess all we're waiting on ...

/door flies open

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