Mizzou Links, 4-11-11

By Bill Connelly@SBN_BillC Apr 11, 2011, 5:06am CDT

Apparently this guy has gotten even better this offseason. (Photo via Bill Carter)

I've come up with a solution to my general writing-and-time-management issues. Since we can't use our go-to pesticide to kill all the ants currently taking up residence in our kitchen and pantry ("don't use if pregnant"), I'm going to feed them and teach them to type. I figure I'll still have to do a little copy editing, but once I've trained them, the world is my oyster. Hail ants!

Mizzou Football Links

Scrimmage
MUtigers.com: Defense Takes Saturday Scrimmage, 18-12
The Trib (Dave Matter): Scrimmage Report: QB race too close to call

Tyler Gabbert had been the more accurate, efficient and productive of the three QBs of late, but on Saturday, James Franklin might have narrowed the gap. I asked Franklin if he felt like Gabbert had become the candidate to beat or if it was still an even race between the two.

"It's even," he said. "He earned the spot coming up because when Blaine" Gabbert "left, I was just there initially. It's not like I beat anyone out for it. But competing with Tyler, that's really helped me kick it up a notch. It's not really him I need to beat out. But whatever offense I go with make sure I'm able to lead drives."

Franklin believes the competition will go on through the summer and well into preseason camp.

"Oh, definitely, yes sir," he said. "Tyler's a good quarterback. He's making it tough on me. I'm just trying to make plays and do all these things because he can do a lot naturally. There's things I need to work on just so I can be on his level."

PowerMizzou: The home stretch

Talking with other reporters, many of us came to the same conclusion: In the last few years, we haven't seen a single defensive player have a spring like Brad Madison is having -- and that includes Aldon Smith a year ago. Madison had two sacks on Saturday and broke up a pass out of the endzone. It doesn't matter which offensive unit Madison goes up against. Even the first-team tackles have a tough time keeping him out of the backfield. Madison had a breakout year in 2010, but he's on the right track for an even bigger follow-up performance.

PowerMizzou: PMTV: Pinkel on the scrimmage
PowerMizzou: PMTV: Scrimmage highlights
PowerMizzou: The Sideline View
KC Star: James Franklin stakes claim; MU defense lays down the law
Post-Dispatch: Will Gabbert Era continue at QB for Mizzou?
PowerMizzou: Kendial Lawrence: Making a move
PowerMizzou: Corners lead the way
Post-Dispatch (Bernie): Mizzou made right move with extension for Pinkel
Lost Lettermen: Oklahoma, Missouri Recruit Dorial Green-Beckham Born To Play Wide Receiver
We Are Mizzou: Mizzou Football: High School Coaches Clinic

And by the way ... check out Jaron Baston on the Cleveland Gladiators' roster and Jason Simpson on the Chicago Rush roster.

Mizzou Links, 4-11-11

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