Mizzou Links, Memorial Day Edition

First things first: we seem to have quite a few members of military families on this site, I want to wish everybody a happy, somber Memorial Day. We tend to use the word "ultimate" too much these days, but we don't use it enough in talking about the ultimate sacrifices made by those for whom Memorial Day was created.

Mizzou Baseball Links

As mentioned in comments last night, though Mizzou Softball is done, we should all think about transferring some of our prop bets (or making new ones) to account for the brilliant run Mizzou Baseball made this past weekend, and the one they might continue to make next weekend. Mizzou Baseball loves children too!

And what a well-timed run this was. The Big 12 Tournament has just taunted Tim Jamieson through the years, as Mizzou has lost dramatically in the finals multiple times, including last year, when the Tigers built a similarly large lead (6-0 last year, 7-2 this year) and lost it. Oklahoma evened things up at 7-7 late, but Mizzou prevailed anyway. Great to see. Welcome back to the NCAAs, Coach.

• Big 12 Tournament Champions
  MUtigers.com: Tigers Win Big 12 Baseball Championship
  Big12Sports.com: Mizzou Wins Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship
  Big12Sports.com: Missouri vs. Oklahoma Highlights
  The Trib: Tigers win Big 12 baseball championship
  The Missourian: First Big 12 baseball title special for Missouri's Jamieson
  KC Star: Mizzou takes Big 12 baseball title
  Post-Dispatch: Tigers win Big 12 baseball crown
  Fox Sports MW: Mizzou tops Oklahoma to win first Big 12 title
  Daily Oklahoman: Missouri beats Oklahoma to win Big 12 Tournament
  Daily Oklahoman: Coach Tim Jamieson, Missouri baseball leave conference on top
• Trripleplay's Posting Parade
  SimmonsField.com: We are the champions !!!
  SimmonsField.com: Big 12 Tournament Championship Photos: Celebration
  SimmonsField.com: Big 12 Tournament Championship Photos: Congratulations
  SimmonsField.com: Big 12 Tournament Championship Photos: Dogpile
  SimmonsField.com: Big 12 Tournament Championship Photos: Award Ceremony
  SimmonsField.com: Big 12 Tournament Championship Photos: Trophy
  SimmonsField.com: Big 12 Tournament Championship Photos: The Ultimate Honor
  SimmonsField.com: HI NOTES: Big 12 Champs move on to NCAA Regionals

  The Big 12 win awards the Tigers an automatic berth in the NCAA Regionals. The at-large teams, top-eight national seeds, first-round regional pairings and site assignments will be announced at noon ET, Monday, May 28. The one-hour program will be shown live on ESPNU.

Mizzou Softball Links

• LSU Hates Children
  MUtigers.com: Missouri's Season Ends at Hands of LSU
  The Trib: Same ole same ole -- lack of an offense does in Tigers
  The Missourian: Defeat in home super regional tough end for Missouri
  KC Star: LSU keeps MU softball team out of World Series
  KC Star: MU softball falls short of College World Series
  Post-Dispatch: Mizzou runs out of gas

Mizzou Football Links

• Upgrades
  Mizzou Network: Building The New Faurot
• The Move™
  Post-Dispatch: Mizzou returns to school
• Mailbag!
  The Trib (Dave Matter): The New Nameless Twitter Mailbag Blog

  @novakmchris: What offensive and what defensive player on the team do you think is poised to have a breakout season this year?

  Offense: Marcus Lucas. As a sophomore last year, his production was erratic. Game-winning TD catches against Texas A&M and Texas Tech. Zero catches against Oklahoma, Kansas State, Texas and North Carolina. As far as talent goes, no reason why he can’t be one of the top outside receivers in the SEC this year.

  Defense: Kony Ealy. He has all the tools to be an impact player on the edge.

• Posters
  We Are Mizzou: Football Poster Photo Shoot

SEC

• Scheduling
  Birmingham Times: Meet the SEC schedule guru fitting square pegs in round holes
  SB Nation: SEC Confirms '6-1-1' Scheduling For Future Conference Games
• Recruiting & Development
  Mr. SEC: A School-By-School Comparison Of The SEC's NFL Pipelines

EXPANSIONAPALOOZA™ 2012

• Catching Up
  Bring On The Cats: Conference Realignment: Why Is This Happening? (Post 1)

Other

• USMNT
  Dirty Tackle: Donovan hat-trick powers hooped Yanks over Scotland in friendly
  Pro Soccer Talk: The Big Three: trio of talkers in U.S. romp over Scotland