Mizzourah! - A Missouri Tigers Blog
Just when you think we have enough quarterbacks, Gary Pinkel shows up to Tyler Gabbert's game in a helicopter. Of course, you don't blow this opportunity on one recruit, so let's GET TO DA CHOPPA.
It cuts through the clouds east of the stadium, circles clockwise over the field once, then twice, just in case anybody missed it.
As the first half expires, the PA announcer says: “Don't forget ladies and gentlemen, a great halftime show ahead.”
On a vacant green space over the hill, the chopper lands.
Out walks Gary Pinkel.
Oh, don't worry. When you show up in a damn helicopter, there's more to the story.
no commentsPinkel's first helicopter barnstorming tour is part of the full-court press.
A friend owns a chopper and Pinkel rode it Friday to recruit prospects in the Bootheel, then Illinois. He returned to Columbia for football practice, then flew to St. Louis, where he planned to stop at four games.
“Little too much Hollywood for me,” Pinkel said. “My mom (who is deceased) would come down and smack me in the head.”
Pinkel makes the grand entrance, but Yost spends more time close to the Gabberts.
On the concourse, where the Gabbert crew stands to watch the game, Mizzou's shaggy-blond coordinator keeps an eye on his phone — the Cardinals are winning — as he hobnobs with Blaine and family friends.
At one point, Yost stands immediately to the left of Blaine; Chuck Gabbert immediately to the right.
Yost is careful not to say too much to Mom or Dad. NCAA recruiting rules dictate that a coach this time of year can evaluate a prospect, but “cannot have any in-person conversations” with a prospect or his parents.
Pinkel also acts with caution. He greets Bev Gabbert at halftime not as Tyler's mom, but as “my starting quarterback's mom.”
“It's kind of weird,” Chuck said.
As for big brother, he tries to stay out of the recruiting process, Tyler said. Blaine's advice: Do what's best for you.
I swear I was sober(ish) while doing this. Starting to drink the Bama Kool-Aid, it was time to jumble this thing up.
Thoughts?
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| 1 | Alabama |  1 |
| 2 | Florida |  1 |
| 3 | Texas | |
| 4 | Southern Cal | |
| 5 | Boise State | |
| 6 | Ohio State | 1 |
| 7 | LSU | 1 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 1 |
| 9 | TCU | 1 |
| 10 | Penn State | 2 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 2 |
| 13 | Mississippi | 2 |
| 14 | Brigham Young | 2 |
| 15 | Oklahoma | 9 |
| 16 | Kansas | 1 |
| 17 | Missouri | 1 |
| 18 | Nebraska | 1 |
| 19 | Auburn | |
| 20 | Miami (Florida) | |
| 21 | Oregon | 1 |
| 22 | Iowa | 2 |
| 23 | Stanford | |
| 24 | Wisconsin | |
| 25 | Georgia Tech | 1 |
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Good to see the big man still taking an active interest in the Tigers. Via Gabe DeArmond's Twitter:
Just got confirmation from Sheldon Richardson that he will visit for #Mizzou game against Nebraska on Thursday
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Ran across this a couple weeks ago and thought this would be a good week to post it. Here we have a Nebraska fan breaking down the '07 Tigers and Huskers in July of '07. Crazy how we're hearing a lot of the same arguments. Via Breakdown:
Oh wow
Lay off the crackpipe dude.
QB-Keller easily. Bigger, stronger, better arm, faced better competition.
RB-NU is deeper and more talented. You guys have Tony "toilet tissue" Temple and that's it.
OL-Nebraska has at least three players named on preseason all-conference lists. You have a C and then a bunch of stooges up front. WR-Even
TE-Missouri
DL-Not even close. When you get a "superstar" up front, let me know. Nebraska has two of them.
LB-not close (laughable to even suggest otherwise)
DB-not close (Darnell Terrell would be 3rd string at NU-maybe)
Nebraska is a superior team because we have better players on defense and we have more depth. The dropoff from your 1st to your 2nd teamers is huge. Nebraska has recruited lights out so its not the case.
no commentsOn suspicion of a DWI. Via the LJWorld.com. How about Brady's off-season? First you had his name being dropped in those kU football-basketball civil war stories, which raised a few eyebrows and now this. This has to be a calculated attempt by him to raise his street cred, no?
And I give this one three minutes before our kU readers flood the comments section of this post with reasons why there isn't a discipline issue at kU and why no public disciplinary action needs to be taken. Despite all evidence to the contrary.
Update @1:01 p.m.: And props to the University of kansas police for looking into that kU basketball-football Royal Rumble. I'm not saying anyone needs to be arrested or anything without personally knowing the facts, but if any normal group of people were involved in three incidents like this is less then 24 hours in the middle of a fucking college campus don't you think the police would be filing some sort of charge?
Update @9:38 a.m., Oct. 4: Bill Self has suspended Morningstar for kU's first semester games. This was the right move by Billy. I generally don't have a problem with coaches handling discipline matters privately. Nothing's worse than a coach who throws his kids under the bus. But at some point the public deserves to know how a coach is handling this stuff when this many issues emerge.
no commentsLight week on the B12 docket. Several teams have the weekend off, but there are some interesting OOC match-ups. Let's do this.
Iowa State 28 Kansas State 17
In the aptly titled 'Farmageddon', it's hard to believe anyone would put this game at Arrowhead. kU/Mizzou: Yes. This cripple fight: No. Even with that said, this will be the most talent on a home team in Arrowhead until late November (CHIEFS JOKE!). If Brandon Banks can repeat what he did last week, K-State's got a shot at winning this thing. This is Iowa State's to lose. Just a guess, ISU is favored by 2 points, so when was the last time they were favored in any B12 conference game? Maybe 2006? I stand by the prediction that ISU will win 2-3 B12 games. This will be one.
Texas Tech 48 New Mexico 10
I'll be the first to admit that TT is better than what I thought they'd be. Taylor Potts has played pretty strong, and Mike Leach and his long john silver played pretty good last week in Austin. Mike Locksley going all Brock Lesnar on his assistants, and may be out of a gig before he gets into conference season. New Mexico doesn't have a puncher's chance. TT wants to take out some punishment from last weekend, just like in 'A Christmas Story: The Unreleased Footage', where Ralphie kicks the shit out of his whiny brother after his first encounter with Scott Scut Farkus. New Mexico, don't be a whiny bitch.
Baylor 24 Kent State 10
It sucks to say this, but this will be a test for Baylor. It's amazing how after RGIII's injury, I revert back to Baylor being, well, Baylor. Still, with a good D, Baylor will win. Blyzzle Syzzle is the new Bears QB. Sic 'em Wacko!
Arkansas 32 Texas A&M 28
Arky got prison pounded by Alabama. ATM has been a surprising team so far this year. This could be a better game than Oklahoma/Miami if things go right. It's in Walmartland, so the edge has to go to Arky. Ryan Mallett has looked pretty good so far, and I'll take Arky in a close one, but trust me, ATM should put up a good fight.
Oklahoma 48 Miami 14
The game of the week shouldn't be a game to remember. Oklahoma, still minus Ryan Reynolds look-alike Sam Bradford, has a pretty good backup plan in Landry 'stache Jones. If Jones doesn't molest a kid or five in his candy van (can't put anything past that mustache), Oklahoma should win. Miami looked horrid against VTech, and the 'OMG! Miami is back! It's like 1987 again!' talk will die off when they are 2-2. So much for that top 25 ranking, right?
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no commentsIt's hard to believe Pinkel's Office got the green light, especially after the pilot episode. I've heard the creator is a total dick toboggan to work with. In this episode, Turner Gill shows up in Gary Pinkel's office, and has some news that he may want to hear.
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