Some game at Camerohead has tickets go on sale Monday morning at 10a central. Not sure who the hell wants to go. Didn't they cancel the football season according to Phil Steele? Either way, maybe you'll see Sod partying it up in the P&L District with some of kU's finest the night before.

Ticketmaster has them, or call up 800-735-8000. No, that's an 800 number, not the 900 number you use to call your girlfriend.

Offensive tackle Nick Demien, the top ranked player in Missouri for 2010, says he will wear the Black and Gold. Via Dave Matter. Demien is rated by Rivals as the seventh best offensive tackle in the country and the No. 61 overall recruit.

As Matter points out, this would be third straight year that Gary Pinkel has nabbed the top recruit in the Show-Me state. You cannot overstate how critical that is to maintaining a successful program. I also love the fact that he's a big hogmolly (6-6 295). How stacked is the Tigers' O-line going to be the next several years? If the Tigers can get Chris Freeman on campus they'll have Demien, Freeman (6-8 350), Elvis Fisher (6-5 300,  current sophomore), Dan Hoch (6-7 320, current sophomore) and Austin Wuebbels (6-4 305, current RS sophomore) anchoring their line. Me likey. Seriously, I dare anyone to try to penetrate that. They'll probably have about as much luck as Hat did with that broad he met at Harpo's last weekend.

OH SHIT Y'ALL WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A GOOD OLD FASHION TWITTER FIGHT!

All-American Linebacker Sean Weatherspoon and True Son man-crush object Kimmie English are battling it out to see who can be the first to 2,000 followers. They both have quite a way to go as Spoon has a 141 follower lead at 1,229 followers to Kimmie's 1,088.

Follow 'em!

@SeanWSpoon12

@Englishscope

According to Dave Matter's Thursday Practice Report, Blaine Gabbert is looking pretty damn good.

In a day otherwise ruled by the defense, Blaine Gabbert delivered a beauty to Danario Alexander between an oncoming trio of defenders. I can’t recall the last time I saw a Gabbert pass that wasn’t on target. I asked him after practice if he had a choice between being the country’s most accurate quarterback or owning the strongest arm, he didn’t flinch: “You’ve got to be accurate to win. That’s what I’m working on right now.” (I’ll say this much about the young QB: He doesn’t say much that will light your notepad on fire, but he says what he’s supposed to.)

Not asking for a mutiny against us seeing how everyone has their eyes on football, but Monday is the last day for most MLB Draft picks to sign. I say 'most' because it doesn't apply to ex-Tiger Aaron Crow since he was drafted out of Indy League ball instead of high school or college. Either way, Crow is becoming a pain in the ass to the Royals according to ESPN's Keith Law (via MLBTradeRumors.com).

ESPN.com's Keith Law hears that the Royals offered top pick Aaron Crow $3MM only to hear that it will take a better offer. The two sides have more time than most to work out a deal, since Crow played independent ball this year and isn't subject to Monday's deadline for signing picks.

Law doesn't see any reason for the Royals to boost their offer, which he calls "more than generous." Last year the Nats drafted Crow and failed to sign him; it`s hard to imagine anyone putting off his pro debut for two years, especially if there`s a $3MM offer available.

I'm not here to say how much Crow is worth, but considering he skipped out on signing with the ever-dysfunctional Washington Nationals last year, and now holding off another year on signing with the Royals, the guy is losing leverage every day. He can go up to a week before the '10 MLB Draft before signing with the Royals before the Royals lose his rights.

Twins 1st rounder, Kyle Gibson, on the other hand, is close to a deal. Rumor has it the Twins are having Gibby throw for them to make sure his arm is ok after it was fractured right before the draft. Gibson has more leverage than Crow since he could head back to Mizzou, hence, Gibson and the Twins must sign-off  on a deal by Monday.

Some 'Joey' Maclin guy will be making his NFL Preseason debut tonight against the Pats. (Seriously, come on Philly writers. "Joey"? If you're going to be on SportsCenter or even the Deuce, it's Jeremy. Corso was closer with "Jerry McClain" last year.)

If you want to watch some live action, ESPN will have Ziggy Hood dominating some Cardinals scrubs at 7p Central. You can also click HERE if you have never heard of this new technology called 'cable' or 'satellite' to watch the game online.

Chase Daniel is also playing tonight against Baltimore. See if Grandpa Todd Collins does anything, or if Colt Brennan and Chase Daniel light up the Ravens. You can watch that game HERE as well.

Via FromKCtoCoMO

Bengals TE coach Jon Hayes to Chase Coffman during HBO's Hard Knocks last night

I know you didn't do this at Missouri, but you're gonna have to learn to play man's football

OH NO HE DIDN'T!

. . .

*coughs* Sorry about that. I get what he's saying, I really do. Chase wasn't asked to block at Mizzou because that's just not the offense Christensen ran and all he's asking for Chase to do is block. Holy crap though, what a way to say it, though. I'm offended on two levels of fandom, one as a Mizzou fan in that he's implying that the Tigers do not play "man's football," and two as a Steelers fan because the Bengals haven't played "man's football" since the 80s. 2005 was a fluke, everybody knows it. Oh snap.

Maybe he's just trying to get into Chase's head but I'm going to go ahead and go with a "fuck that guy" stance on this issue. Which is pretty easy to do because I hate the Bengals and they're a shitty team anyway. Face it Bengals, you're just a copy of the Browns except you suck even harder.

My apologies for a little impromptu vacation time. Sleezy showed up (with family) on my doorstep a week early and wanted to go to Dollywood. Me being a little kid inside of course said 'yes'. Then we drank. A lot.

Either way, I'm back. So...what happened since Monday?

Not a whole helluva lot. What you need to know:

-Zavier Gooden is a little banged up.
-Our friend, Marvin Foster, is also beat to hell.
-Sounds like Ashton Glaser has taken over that 3rd QB spot. The Glaser/Dalton battle will be insteresting for the next few years.
-Speaking of young QBs, Blaine Gabbert is looking solid. Kid's been throwing TD passes left and right according to our boy, Dave Matter. God I'm excited.
-Ty Phillips is ineligible, but you knew that. Sounds like some freakish stuff happened on his HS curriculum. According to Matter, here's whats up with our guys that didn't get in this year:

Defensive lineman Ty Phillips, of East St. Louis, Ill., did not qualify academically and is expected to spend the upcoming semester taking night classes to raise his core GPA. He is not expected to enroll at a junior college to play football. Best-case scenario, I’m told, is Phillips will be eligible to re-sign with Missouri in December and enroll for the 2010 winter semester. Other schools will be able to recruit him also. Phillips originally attended Belleville East, Ill., High School, but when he transferred to East St. Louis, some of his courses from the first school were not counted with his transcript from the second school. (Redshirt freshman defensive end Aldon Smith had a similar issue when he transferred from an Iowa high school to Raytown.)

As for fellow freshman offensive tackle Chris Freeman, Missouri is still waiting on word from the NCAA Eligibility Center. The NCAA works on its own schedule with these matters, so there’s no telling when the case will be settled. Essentially, MU is taking a "hope for the best, expect the worst" perspective. Neither player's situation, though, came by surprise for the MU staff.

And as for Sheldon Richardson, the defensive lineman from St. Louis, he is enrolled at College of the Sequoias in Visalia, Calif., and the plan is in place for him to redshirt this upcoming season, play at COS in 2010 and enroll at Missouri in 2011 with three years to play three seasons. Some have wondered why Richardson enrolled at a California school when there are plenty in Kansas to attend, but I’m told it was the family’s decision in light of his older brother’s experience. Shaun Richardson failed to qualify after signing with Purdue, attended Joliet, Ill., Junior College but then came up short in qualifying at Purdue the second time around. Richardson and the COS head coach have both pledged that Richardson will eventually be a Tiger, but the MU coaches know they’re nowhere near done recruiting the prized prospect.

So, now you know.