Mizzou Links, 4-26-12

So we're headed to Oklahoma City this evening for a couple days of seeing family, taking Rally Baby to the Zoo (and perhaps the Oklahoma Foodie Arts Festival). Hopefully I can get some actual content cranked out between now and departure time, but Live Thread Central is still a reason for you to visit 50 times a day, right? RIGHT?

Mizzou Football Links

• The Draft Is This Weekend!
  The Missourian: Missouri football players await NFL Draft
• Georgia (And Everybody Else)
  The Trib: Tigers, SEC foes will get familiar in the offseason
  UGA Sports: Georgia on Mizzou's mind
• Elvis
  ESPN.com (SEC): VIDEO: Missouri OL Elvis Fisher
• Cool
  We Are Mizzou: Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Other Football Links

So it does appear that this playoff thing is going to happen. It will almost certainly be a Plus One format, and it will likely be as confusing/silly as possible (this is college football, after all), but it will stretch the number of teams eligible for the national title, and that is a good thing.

• PLAYoff? Playoff!
  SI.com (Andy Staples): BCS meetings setting course for college football postseason change
  Solid Verbal: Playoffs!
  SB Nation: Why Off-Campus Games Would Be A Waste Of Space
  SB Nation: Fiesta Bowl Would Like More Money, Less Fiesta

Mizzou Basketball Links

Congrats to Tim Fuller for earning a promotion to Associate Head Coach. It's a shame Fuller isn't a little younger, actually; if the best-case scenario unfolds, and Frank Haith undergoes a long, successful tenure as Mizzou head coach, Fuller would certainly make for a lovely head-coach-in-waiting type. But if Haith is indeed really successful here, Fuller will get snatched up long before Haith is ready to retire. Hazards of success, eh?

• Fuller
  MUtigers.com: Tim Fuller Promoted to Associate Head Coach
  The Trib: Fuller promoted to MU's associate head coach
  KC Star (Campus Corner): Hard work pays off for Fuller
  Post-Dispatch: Haith promotes Fuller to associate head coach

Other Basketball Links

• Recruiting
  The Trib (Steve Walentik): Winning in April doesn't guarantee success in March

Other Mizzou Links

So Mizzou Baseball has to get super hot to give themselves a chance at an NCAA Regional bid. They followed up on last weekend's sweep of K-State with a nice, midweek win at SMS Missouri State last night. Now let's see if they can fare better against Texas Tech than the softball team did...

• Joplin
  The Missourian: Missouri Tigers to participate in Governor's Joplin Habitat Challenge
• Mizzou Baseball
  MUtigers.com: Plackis' Sacrifice Fly in the 11th Gets Mizzou Past Missouri State
  MUtigers.com: Mizzou Takes Win Streak to Texas Tech
• Mizzou Softball
  MUtigers.com: Softball Faces Iowa State in the Final Big 12 Road Series
• Mizzou Track & Field
  MUtigers.com: Drake Relays Week Starts With Another Record
• Mizzou Soccer
  MUtigers.com: ROTC Training Garners Media Attention
• Mizzou Golf
  MUtigers.com: Men's Golf Set for Big 12 Championship
  MUtigers.com: Women's Golf Ready for Big 12 Championship
  The Missourian: Missouri men's golfers optimistic entering Big 12 championship

Other

• This ... Is ... Amazing
  CraigsList (Seattle): 1995 Pontiac Grand Am GT