Albert O is fast... and other Combine & #NewZou notes

(more on our Queen, Karissa Schweizer, later)

First, a wholly accurate depiction of Albert O’s speed.

Albert O is wicked fast, if you didn’t already know. So fast, in fact, that he ran the fourth fastest (unofficial) 40 time of the NFL Combine since... 2003?! And the second fastest 40 of someone his size in that timeframe? Damn.

Here’s the actual footage of him running.

KB also is quite fast, but not Albert levels of fast.

In other KB news, his arm looks good.

Yasir Durant- 21 reps on the bench. Blackjack!

YaYa and Trystan Colon-Castillo are both up today at the Combine.

Cale Garrett- surely the best smile of the Combine. So happy he’s getting healthy, and hoping someone gives him a shot— he deserves it.

To the links!

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Yesterday at Rock M

• Nate the Great introduced us to Coach Curtis Luper, who brings a ton of experience to the NewZou.
• Fearless Leader Sam published his famous Study Hall piece from Wednesday’s game. As my mom said, “It’s a great article by Sam, as you would expect from Sam.” If that’s not reason enough to read it, y’all aren’t even hoops fans.

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More Links:

Football

• College Football Home’s Stadium of the Morning looks... familiar? Though the capacity with the South End Zone complex is something like 60k, right?

• PowerMizzou: Mitchell Forde’s Spring Football Preview began with dissecting the quarterbacks.
• PowerMizzou/Rivals ($$): Sean Williams took at closer look at the Defensive Tackle targets in the 2021 recruiting class.
• KC Star: Souichi wrote about Cale Garrett’s NFL dream, and other Mizzou players in Indy this week.
• Dennis Dodd Of CBS Sports had a lengthy and altogether entertaining piece on Coach Drinkwitz, talking about how, even though he did not top Mizzou’s list, he may just be the perfect fit for the Tigers with his energy, passion, and personality. Everyone should read it. Drink seems like a fun guy and uses some colorful language, which I’m a big fan of.

Men’s Hoops

• KC Star: Souichi wrote about the impact of Tilmon & Mark Smith in the wake of the Tigers’ recent hot streak.
• SEC Sports.com: A refresher on tie-breaker stuff when it comes to the SEC Tourney, which may be helpful information for Mizzou fans with the pecking order all sorts of congested.
• Eric Bossi, National Recruiting Analyst for Rivals, talked with 2022 5-star Bishop Miege forward Mark Mitchell about Mizzou (along with that school out west).
• Columbia Missourian: Briar Napier penned a cool story about the curious case of Reed Nikko, looking at how he’s raised his game.
• Couple of late entrances to Vandy game stories: Wilson Moore (The Maneater). Thomas Huitt-Johnson (Trumans Tales).
• Friend of the Site, Blake Lovell (Locked on SEC Podcast, among his many endeavors), shared the newest NET rankings. Here’s basketball savant Matthew J Harris’ take on it:

• Love to see it! Next up on the schedule— home vs Mississippi State, tomorrow at 2:30pm. I’m liking our chances now that we are back to full strength.

Women’s Hoops

• The Tigers took on Auburn in their final game at Mizzou Arena on Thursday evening and lost 95-82. Missouri has one game remaining in the regular season— Sunday at Alabama.
• Despite the loss, a couple of cool stats popped up: Amber Smith is now in the Top 10 in 3-Pointers. Aijha Blackwell had ANOTHER double-double, her 5th in the last 6 games. Her stat line? 27 points on 9-14 FG and 4-7 from behind the arc. She also had 11 rebounds and 7 assists. Damn.
• PowerMizzou (free): Eli Lederman wrote a recap of the Auburn game while also taking time out to mention the attendance despite Mizzou’s difficult season. (Editor’s note: I wish I made it to more games this season- I was only at the first one)
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Christina Long wrote about Jordan Roundtree, who’s made the most of her senior season.
• The team celebrated the life of former coach, Willie Cox, at halftime. A lovely tribute.

• Love to see it.

Other Mizzou Sports & News

• PowerMizzou’s Gabe & Mitchell were back with some new predictions in their Blowing Smoke, Presented by Weston Tobacco post, where they talked weekend hoops, possible # 1 NCAAT seeds, Mizzou baseball, Tiger Woods, and draft predictions.
• Tiger Gymnastics is facing off against # 11 Minnesota, Ohio State, and Lindenwood tonight, and it’s Senior Night! You can watch ‘em doing cool flips n stuff on the SEC Network at 7pm. Mizzou currently ranks # 20 in the RoadtoNationals.com national rankings, which is computed by the top 6 overall team scores. The Tigers also rank 15th nationally on vault (49.100), beam (49.115) and floor (49.250) and 21st on bars (49.035). Here’s a preview from MUTigers.com. Tributes to the seniors are available on their twitter account.

• Women’s golf is in Panama City, FL this weekend at the Florida State Match Up. Preview from MUTigers.com

• Baseball closes a 10 game road trip this weekend at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Cheaters... I mean Astros. Here’s a preview from MUTigers.com. Melanie Rau of the Missourian wrote about their desire to close out the road trip on a positive note.

Here is what’s on tap, schedule-wise:

MUTigers.com

• Softball has their home-opener this weekend, facing off against Nebraska and Wichita State. The Tigers are tied for seventh in the nation with 22 home runs on the year, and their per game average of 1.44 ranks in the top 20 nationally. Preview from MUTigers.com

• The SEC Championships await the Track & Field teams in College Station this weekend. Streaming coverage begins on SEC+ at 4:30pm today. Among performers to watch: Redshirt junior Ja’Mari Ward is set to pursue his third SEC Championship in the long jump, where he currently ranks seventh nationally and fifth in the SEC. Redshirt senior Thomas George (Gloucester, England) will look to continue his dominant season after setting school records in two of the three races he has competed in individually this season. A preview from MUTigers.com

• The Missourian Staff’s Local News Briefs covered Tennis taking on their first conference opponents of the season— Mississippi State and LSU, Track’s SEC Championships preparation, and Softball’s first home stand.

Mizzou in the Pros — AKA Karissa Schweizer is a BAD ASS and that’s all that matters

• Woah, KARISSA!!!! ‘Atta girl! Running down the leader in the final 100 meters to BREAK AN AMERICAN RECORD! Hell yes. (The race is available to watch on FloTrack, but it’s subscriber only)

• Story about Schweizer’s feat from Andy Kimball of the Columbia Missourian
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