Mizzou Links, 4-8-13

It's a good, old-fashioned Monday monster link dump ... and with quite a few happy links, no less! (Just ignore the softball section.)

Mizzou Football Links

Scrimmage links and thoughts coming soon ... for now,

• J-Mac
  The Trib: Maclin's clinic draws kids to learn from pros
  The Trib: Former Tiger stars reunite for weekend
  The Missourian: Jeremy Maclin's Mizzou Legends softball game ends charity weekend
• 2014 Recruiting
  PowerMizzou: Markel Smith regrouping after de-commitment
  PowerMizzou: Mizzou a positive trip for [TN LB Connor] Wise
  PowerMizzou: [Lee's Summit DB Logan] Cheadle chasing Nebraska offer
  PowerMizzou: [IN LB Brandon] Lee surprised by Mizzou visit

Mizzou Basketball Links

• NORRRRRM
  KC Star: Former Missouri coach Norm Stewart's war on cancer reaches milestone
• Alden
  Post-Dispatch: Mike Alden sounds off on SEC, NCAA, KU and ... SLU

  In the wake of Oklahoma athletics director Joe Castiglione’s recent remark that his basketball staff and MU’s had been in contact about future scheduling, Alden said he anticipates the possibility of Mizzou resuming some competition with its former Big 12 brethren.

  “We have relationships with all of those people” in the Big 12, he said. “So I think once the dust settles on the move — it is settling; it hasn’t settled yet — I think there’s going to be more opportunity for us to schedule one another.

  “I also think the relationship with the SEC and the Big 12, whether it has to do with the bowl game (the leagues have formed) or whether it has to do with a basketball challenge that we’re working on right now, those types of things are also going to help that.”

  Texas A&M-Texas and Missouri-Kansas, he acknowledged, are in a different category, one in which Alden knows there remain tensions to be eased in the view of those left behind.

  But he reiterated that Mizzou still has its hand extended with a standing offer to resume the historic rivalry with KU. [...]

  “The immediacy of leaving the league is, ‘We’re ticked,’ but the long-term play is this is a generational opponent and why wouldn’t you want two great institutions … to be able to compete against each other? And hopefully that will happen somewhere down the line.”

Mizzou Softball Links

• Alabama 4, Mizzou 1
  MUtigers.com: No. 7 Mizzou Drops Series Opener at No. 4 Alabama, 4-1
  The Missourian: Missouri loses series opener to Alabama
  Al.com: No. 4 Alabama scores early, holds off No. 7 Missouri in series-opening victory
  Al.com: PHOTOS: Alabama wins first game of weekend set over Missouri
• Mizzou 9, Alabama 4
  MUtigers.com: No. 7 Mizzou Hammers No. 4 Alabama to Even Series, 9-4
  The Missourian: Missouri bats come alive as Tigers beat Alabama
  Al.com: Alabama's rally too little, too late in loss to No. 7 Missouri
  Al.com: PHOTOS: Alabama vs. Missouri Saturday
• Alabama 14, Mizzou 6
  MUtigers.com: No. 7 Mizzou Falls at No. 4 Alabama, 14-6
  The Missourian: Missouri loses series finale to Alabama
  The Trib: Alabama takes series from MU softball
  Al.com: Alabama hits Missouri early, often in series-clinching rout
  Al.com: PHOTOS: Alabama takes series from Missouri

Mizzou Baseball Links

Great, great read on Max Scherzer. And a great weekend for the baseball team.

• Mizzou 4, Georgia 0
  MUtigers.com: Zastryzny Dazzles in Complete Game Shutout Win at UGA
• Georgia 6, Mizzou 5
  MUtigers.com: Mizzou Falls at Georgia, 6-5
  The Missourian: Missouri drops game at Georgia after late rally falls short
• Mizzou 8, Georgia 5
  MUtigers.com: Opel's 3-Run Triple in the Ninth Clinches Series at UGA
  The Missourian: Missouri takes two of three from Georgia
  SimmonsField.com: HI NOTES: MU Wins 1st SEC Series, MU Recruit Throws Heat
• The Pros
  SimmonsField.com: Mizzou Baseball in the Minors 2013
• Max
  ESPN.com: Max Scherzer: A brother's passage

Other Mizzou Links

• Mizzou Tennis
  MUtigers.com: Mizzou Falls to No. 7 Alabama, 4-0
  MUtigers.com: No. 23 Auburn Defeats Mizzou, 4-1
• Mizzou Golf
  MUtigers.com: Tiger Women Earn Top Ten Finish at M&F Bank Rebel Intercollegiate
  The Trib: Zech is key part of improving golf team at MU
• Mizzou Track & Field
  MUtigers.com: Tigers Continue Breaking into National Rankings
• Mizzou Gymnastics
  MUtigers.com: Updike Finishes Season at Norman Regional
  The Missourian: Rachel Updike concludes Missouri season at NCAA regionals
• Mizzou Swimming & Diving
  The Trib: MU swimming is ahead of schedule
• Mizzou ... Table Tennis?
  The Missourian: Mizzou Table Tennis Club headed to national championship