Mizzou Links, 5-3-12

Mizzou Football Links

• Injuries
  Post-Dispatch: Franklin still on schedule but Josey likely out
• Hello, Clay Rhodes
  PowerMizzou: 'Eight Magic Words'
  KC Star (Campus Corner): The Art of War: Mizzou goes into Kansas, pulls top '13 o-lineman
  The Trib: Kansas lineman tweets that he's a Tiger
• The Future
  PowerMizzou: Tiger Mailbag

  mexicojoe: Five years from now, what do you envision as the most noticeable changes in the MU athletic facilities?

  GD: Ten to fifteen thousand more seats at a revamped Memorial Stadium.

I've got to disagree with Gabe on this one. Ten years? Sure. But the first round of expansion is probably not going to be done for a couple of years, and I just don't see them getting to further expansion by 2017. (Though I could obviously be quite wrong about that.) And honestly, that's perfectly fine. Mizzou still has a ways to go in working to prove it needs 10K-15K extra seats. Let's pack the place for a few years before we worry about building a bigger house. Stadium expansion has been an obsession of Missouri fans for years, and that's fine; we just still have some work to do in earning it.

Other Football Links

• PLAYoff?
  SB Nation: Top-6 Conference Champs Rule Suggested
  Land-Grant Holy Land: What The Conference-Champions-In-The-Top-6 Playoff Model Would've Looked Like
  Greensboro News-Record: Swofford: Playoff proponents should be 'cautiously optimistic' after BCS meetings
• Football Porn
  Smart Football: Purdue (Joe Tiller, Ed Zaunbrecher, Curtis Painter era) Quick Passing Game Cut-ups

Mizzou Basketball Links

• A Little More On Zach Coleman
  The Trib: Tigers land basketball pledge

EXPANSIONAPALOOZA™ 2012

• RIP, WAC
  SB Nation: Remember The WAC: A History Of Dead College Football Conferences
  SI.com (Holly Anderson): Realignment Diary: Papa is weak, we are hungry, and the WAC is no more
• A10PALOOZA
  The Dagger: Butler can thrive in Atlantic 10 despite step up in competition
  Rush the Court: Why the Atlantic 10 and Butler Both Benefit From Bulldogs' Addition
  The Trib (Steve Walentik): Butler outgrew the Horizon, but it might miss it

Mizzou Diamond Sports Links

• Mizzou Softball
  MUtigers.com: No. 9 Tigers Split with Murray State
  Mizzou Network: Tigers Split with Racers
  Mizzou Network: 1 on 1 with Ehren Earleywine
  The Missourian: Experimenting cost Missouri softball team one game during doubleheader
  KBIA Sports Extra: Too much drama for Missouri softball in Murray State doubleheader
• Mizzou Baseball
  MUtigers.com: Mizzou Drops Series Finale at No. 18 Arkansas, 2-0
• Mizzou-Texas
  MUtigers.com: Promotions Aplenty For Mizzou Baseball Series with Texas
  SimmonsField.com: The Longhorn Weekend

Other Mizzou Links

• Joplin
  Mizzou Network: Fundraiser For Joplin
• More ROARS
  Mizzou Network: ROARS Red Carpet Report
  Mizzou Network: Cailin Wins Love of the Game Award

Other

• Kobe Ruins Everything
  Harvard Sports Analysis Collective: Shaq Attack: The Rise of Babies Named 'Shaquille'
• USMNT
  Pro Soccer Talk: Jurgen Klinsmann: seeking deeper connections with Yanks abroad
  Yahoo!: Jozy Altidore exits AZ match in 34th minute with head injury