Mizzou Links, 5-25-12

Mizzou Softball Links

If you read only one of the links below (and by all means, you should read them all!!), make it the Missourian piece on Corrin Genovese below. Great stuff.

• Super Regional Starts Tomorrow
  MUtigers.com: No. 9 Tigers Eye Fourth Straight WCWS Bid
  MUtigers.com: FAN PRIMER - NCAA SUPER REGIONALS
  The Missourian: Genovese's talent almost got away from Missouri
  Post-Dispatch: Marston's move to catcher helps propel Mizzou softball
  KC Star: Injuries changed Missouri's Muller, but her spirit is unaffected
  Mizzou Network: 1 on 1 with Ehren Earleywine
• NERRRRRRRDS
  MUtigers.com: Three Crowned Academic All-Americans

Mizzou Baseball Links

• One Win From The Finals
  MUtigers.com: Mizzou Advances to Big 12 Semifinal with 5-3 Win Over Texas A&M
  Big 12 Sports: Missouri Upends Texas A&M, 5-3
  The Trib: Missouri advances at Big 12 baseball tournament
  KC Star: Mizzou moves into bracket final at Big 12 baseball tournament
• Other
  SimmonsField.com: HI NOTES: Postseason for former Tigers; SEC Tourney

Mizzou Football Links

• Atlanta = Dallas
  ESPN.com (SEC): Missouri is ready to recruit the southeast

  Pinkel said the main areas of importance outside of the Tigers' home state are Dallas and Atlanta. The good thing for Pinkel and his staff is that it's only about an hour longer drive to Atlanta compared to Dallas. It still accounts for 10-plus hours on the road, but if you're going to take the time to head to Dallas, you might as well make it out to the hub of the South.

  And for Pinkel, it's well worth it.

  "If you look at statistics and analysis of BCS players, they come out of the metroplex around Dallas and then you look at the greater Atlanta area," he said. "The parallels are staggering between those two cities. They produce a lot of athletes."

  Currently, Missouri has just six players from SEC states -- three from Florida, two from Arkansas and one from Louisiana. Mizzou increased that number by two after signing two players from Florida in its 2012 class.

• Gabs
  Big Cat Country: Blaine Gabbert's Footwork Already Improving
  ESPN.com (AFC South): Why the Jags expect better pass protection
• You're A Mean One, Mr. Gr ... Oh, Nevermind
  We Are Mizzou: Alex Grinch

Mizzou Basketball Links

So this is an interesting tidbit. The good folks at PowerMizzou think Mizzou has a good shot at Stevie Clark, a junior point guard from OKC Douglass. Only ... his coach just left, he's not pleased about it, and he's trying to figure out if he can graduate in 2012 instead. If he does so ... then that probably means Missouri is not a player (because of that whole "we have no scholarships left to give" thing).

• 2013 Recruiting?
  ESPN.com (Insider): PG Stevie Clark might graduate early

SEC

Excellent interview, though I'd like to know more about what Alden called the "30-month transition" at the end.

• Alden Speaks
  Mizzou Network: Alden on Stadium, Softball and Conference Realignment

EXPANSIONAPALOOZA™ 2012

• The Train, It Keeps Rolling
  SB Nation: John Swofford Confident ACC Schools Are Trustworthy, Uninterested In Big 12
  SB Nation: Clemson BOT Chairman Says School "Would Listen" To Other Conferences
  Shakin' In The Southland: Wilkins comments following BOT meeting
  Saturday Blitz: Flashback Friday: Conference Moves of Yesteryear
  Black Shoe Diaries: Delany Goes Corleone

Other Mizzou Links

• Mizzou Wrestling
  MUtigers.com: Wrestling Announces Coaching Staff Additions

Other

• USMNT
  SB Nation: USA Vs. Scotland: Jurgen Klinsmann's Squad Begins "Five Match Tournament"