Mizzourah! - A Missouri Tigers Blog
You know that play where Blaine Gabbert threw a screen pass to Danario Alexander who then threw a real pretty ball forty yards down field to a wide open Jared Perry for six? Yeah, it has probably the greatest name for a play ever. As Dave Matter lets us know, it's called Colt 45, and it works every time. no comments
According to Dave Matter's Twitter page, Jared Perry let it slip what the MODE in Beast MODE stands for after the 52-12 Missouri shellacking of 1-AA Furman (yes, I know it's FCS, I don't care).
Beast MODE = Motivation Opporutnity Desire Enthusiasm
Oh, and sorry for me dropping off the face of the Earth this past week, I was down in Texas and just drove back yesterday. Yes, I drove back, I am dumb.
no commentsIt's been a while since I've gushed about my man-crush on Kim English. With football season beginning and all I guess I've gotten sidetracked. I hope he doesn't take the lack of attention personally because this is definitely long overdue.
Be sure to check out Kimmie's performance at Poetry at the Park at Peace Park Thursday night. Some great lines in there. And if that's not enough for you check out his most recent Facebook status update: "My thought process this weekend...every college bball player just had a hard week of wrk outs, conditioning, weights and pick up.. So did I.. BUT every college bball plyr is prob gonna chill Friday night and enjoy a football game on Saturday.. So I'm gonna be diff.. Have a fun relaxing weekend, (I'm in the LAB) go to the first half of the fb game, then back in the lab..(greatness is obtainable)"
And in case you don't regularly Facebook/Twitter stalk Kimmie like I do, the lab is the gym. This is my kind of poetry, Kimmie.
Update: Our boy RPT over at Rock M has put together an incredible montage to go with Kimmie's poem and has also added the music from the NBA-Where-Amazing-Happens commercials. Is it me or do Kim's words sound 10Xs more poetic with that music playing behind him? Also, is it possible to incorporate this into Mizzou's pre-game intro video? At least parts?
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Can Furman run with and possibly defeat another FBS opponent on the road? Will Mizzou look more like they did against Illinois or more like Bowling Green? Let's keep this short and sweet.
Furman gives 1-A teams major runs for their money. They trailed Virginia Tech just 3-0 at halftime last year (before falling, 24-7). They outgained Clemson, 384-377, in Death Valley in 2007 (losing, 38-10, but still). They led North Carolina by four in the fourth quarter in 2006 (eventually losing, 45-42). They took Big East champion-to-be Pittsburgh to overtime in 2004 (before losing, 41-38). If Missouri doesn't play well, Furman can give them a serious scare.
Needless to say, Faurot Field won't scare them.
RMN will have a live thread going, and you can listen to the game HERE. Victory Whiskey for all.
Meatheads and douchebags UNITE! The new Mizzou 'Black Out' shirt has been released for the Iowa State game 11/21, and it only looks a wee-bit like the normal garb that pricks wear out and about when they crush Jagerbombs or want to act like they can fight. Damn you Affliction shirts! The only thing is, the Mizzou shirts come in only real sizes, not the "I wear this thing two sizes too small and cut a V-neck in it to show off my shaved chest.". Mah the protein!
You can buy your shirt HERE, and we'll take the 'MizzouRah' down the middle as a personal shout to us.
Props to Dave for the email.
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Via MLB Trade Rumors and ESPN.
The Royals are on the verge of an agreement with first-round pick Aaron Crow, according to ESPN's Buster Olney. Olney says Crow's deal will pay between $3MM and $4.5MM.
The Nationals drafted Crow ninth overall in 2008, but GM Jim Bowden couldn't get a deal done with Crow's agents. The gap was reportedly $900K, with Bowden stopping at $3.5MM and the Hendricks brothers coming down to $4.4MM. Crow then pitched independent ball for the Fort Worth Cats and re-entered the 2009 draft. The Royals picked him 12th overall, and the August 17th signing deadline did not apply. The extra year will probably cost Crow in the long-term; other '08 draft picks such as Brian Matusz, Buster Posey, Gordon Beckham, Ryan Perry, and Daniel Schlereth have already accrued Major League service time.
Ok, now back to football.
no commentsLet's just say it's nice to be back from the flu. This damn thing has killed me for the past five days, so I have some pent up rage that the B12 genie will let out of it's den. I'm not sure if it's a Fuck Lion coming out of that den. Ok, to the games.
Kansas 38 Duke 14
When Lew Perkins signed this game to kU's schedule, he believed it was for the hardwood. Duke is getting better at this new game played with a pair of funnelled pig's guts glued together, but those nerds still are nowhere close. Todd Reesing's Heisman campaign gets another boost.
Oklahoma 62 Tulsa 10
The Landry Jones 'stache You'd Expect on Dateline NBC Tour '09 continues this week, back where most predators live anyway, Oklahoma. Tulsa can throw points in the board like Lawrence Phillips can throw girls down stairs. Shame is, both are going to get ravaged in the balloon knot in foreign cities this weekend, and both by guys named Landry.
Virginia Tech 35 Nebraska 21
Holy crap! Not a Sun Belt team for BoBo this week? I mean seriously, did VTech switch to the Sun Belt? [------looking-----] Wow, nope. So the Huskers only have three Sun Belt teams on their schedule this year? Yeah, the worst conference in all of the FBS. Only three? Oh, ok, just confirming that 3/4's of their out-of-conference scheduling was out of the Sun Belt Conference, again, the worst in all of the FBS. VTech has looked pretty good in their two games, one against Marshall (not in the Sun Belt) and fellow 2009 BCS'er Alabama in a shoot-out that they fell in. So by not playing patsy opponents, the Hokies actually know how their '09 team is going to play. The Huskers have had two sixty minute walkthroughs. Oh, and this one is in Blacksburg. Done. Is this the week Tim Griffin finally takes his head out of Zac Lee's lap?
Colorado 27 Wyoming 17
I'd hate to be Colorado in this one. You're supposed to absolutely pillage and burn Wyoming to the ground, yet your team sucks worse than a lukewarm Landshark beer. Wyoming isn't a good team, but neither is Colorado, so in theory, Colorado could totally shit the bed in this one. Dave Christensen has hung points on Colorado over the past few years, and Wyoming was playing Tejas tough last week for awhile. Colorado, you're no Texas, so you better have your A game to beat the Cowboys. This one is on upset alert already.
Baylor 28 UConn 7
Get ready for this bold statement: watching this game last year in Storrs on ESPN (maybe it was the Deuce or Ocho) on a weeknight, Robert Griffin fell thisshort of a big upset. The kid was pissed. No, seriously, PISSED. Baylor was supposed to lose. On the road. Tough opponent. True Freshman QB. Pissed. Statement time: That was the most influential game Baylor has played in for the past 5-10yrs. That was the point of Baylor isn't here to dick around anymore. A year later, Baylor is more improved than Fresh Prince was after they got rid of the original Aunt Viv. This time it's in WacKo, and UConn is missing several pieces. Night night UConn.
Oklahoma State 52 Rice 7
Yeah, no upset this week. Sorry Owls! Just think, you got yourselves a nice fat check for that whoopin'.
Texas A&M 28 Utah State 14
Eh, I don't see this being a problem for the Aggies...crap, they're both Aggies. ATM has a lot more talent, but we've seen them totally trip themselves up too. I don't see how they do it against Ute State, but I've also seen a chick with three boobs like the girl from Total Recall, so I don't know what to think. Again, Aggies win. Dammit. ATM.
Kent State 21 Iowa State 17
If ISU is to ever win a road game, this is their best possibility. Kent State got smoked by Boston College last week, but won over Coastal Carolina the week before. I don't know if ISU is even close to BC's level (doubtful), but this one is in Kent City...wait, jeez, what am I thinking? City's name is Flashville, right? Oh, and Kent State is in the MAC, which means they are decent because THEY AREN'T IN THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE. Sadly, I'm rolling with the Golden Flashes, and hope I'm wrong.
Texas 49 Texas Tech 17
This was a cool game last year. A lot has changed for TT, and not in a good way. I think Taylor Potts will be a solid QB, but he's still trying to get his feet under him, and there's no Michael Crabtree to catch the game winner then think he should get paid off mock drafts instead of the real draft. This is a revenge game for the Horns. Remember, this game knocked them out of the BCS Championship Game last year. For some reason, this is the Saturday night game instead of Nubs/VTech, so nice job on that B12 TV contract Mouse Network.
(To our Husker friends- is there a reason why VTech isn't the night game?)
UCLA 21 K-State 7
UCLA just suspended damn near half their team to make this thing even close to being a game. Oh, and their QB might not play. No, they aren't going to move a TE to QB, so it's still in the Bruins favor. The long season for Billy continues.
Got this from Dave Matter's twitter. If I see a Furman fan wearing this hat I'm giving them a high-five. I don't care if Mizzou's playing them or not.
If you weren't aware, the MU athletic department changed its student seating policy this season to change student seating from reserve seating to general admission. And in case you weren't there for Saturday's opener, this has caused mass chaos for just about everyone involved. The Tribune's Joe Walljasper has a great article that gives the breakdown of the whole situation. I would encourage you to read it so you understand all the issues involved in making the decision.
I'm amazed that the athletic department didn't realize this was going to cause one giant clusterfuck. You could've talked to literally any student that has experience going to Mizzou home games and they could have told you this wasn't going to end well. I'm going to summarize what the situation is real quickly.
In the past students have signed up for reserved group seating when they purchased season tickets which guaranteed them a seat in the GA bleacher section. According to Walljasper's article, in the past 10,000 bleacher seats were allotted for students and that worked fine until the team blew up in '07. That led to over 12,000 student season ticket sales in '08 and forced the athletic department to sell discounted hill tickets to many students who were squeezed out and they of course felt left out.
This off-season the university decided to give more students the chance to sit in the student section by changing the seating to general admission and by reducing the amount of space allotted for each student from 18 inches to 14 inches. This created an additional 2,500 student seats and hypothetically gave all student season ticket holders an equal shot at every seat in the student section.
But it also generated enormous lines to get into the stadium because ushers were forced to check student IDs and put wristbands on each student's wrist so they could get into the student section. This caused many fans to miss kickoff despite getting to the stadium with plenty of time left before the start of the game. It also cuts down on the time you have to tailgate.
And students weren't the only ones who had to deal with this problem. There are actually reserved seats in the GA section, which the students and ushers failed to realize. So students filed into those seats and long-time season ticket holders were squeezed out of their seats that they paid good money for.
So as you can see, it's a messy situation. I don't know why the university thought this was going to be a good system to switch to. Here's my opinion: Next season they need to switch to the old way of doing things. I understand the need to adapt and make changes to accommodate rising attendance numbers. Maybe they can go ahead and decrease the space given to each student if that adds more seating and doesn't negatively impact reserved seat season ticket holders like the ones quoted in Walljasper's piece.
Switching back to the old system would push some students up onto the hill, but honestly I don't care. Send out a mass e-mail to the students telling them that bleacher space is going to be limited and if they want to guarantee themselves a seat then they need to get their group seating forms filled out early. If they fail to respond then tough look, enjoy the rock M. It's not like they're totally missing out on a chance to go to the game. But priority needs to be given to those who fill out the forms on time and pay good money for their seats.
Instead we have a system that makes everyone's gameday experience less enjoyable.
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