You can say Mizzou got shafted by having to play in the Texas Bowl. I beg to differ- Houston recruits show up for bowl practices, 15 Texas high school coaches showed up for a clinic (hmm, I wonder if they might point recruits towards GP now), and it's a nationally shown, basic cable game on ESPN. WIN. Now for the hard part: beating Navy.

-Keep this name on the tip of your tongue: Ricky Dobbs. He is a poor man's Ricky Dobbs. I'm talking like 'Living in Detroit' kind of poor. He is a rusher and barely throws.

-Sure, Navy's offense is stuck in 1940. Mizzou still hasn't seen it in years, if ever. By the time many of these players started in high school, schools had flipped to the spread, and away from the option. The fact that Dave Steckel had extra time to get this D prepped is heavy.

-Mizzou's rushing D is stout. Navy doesn't pass. I can't see how this is a loss.

-Navy, being an independent, would have figured to have played a team similar to Mizzou; a pass first, spread offense. Nope. The Tiger O is going to be as foreign to Navy's D as Navy's O is to the Tiger's D. The only thing you might be able to compare it from the Midshipmen's schedule would be LaTech or Hawaii, but even then, the talent factor is a huge gap. 

-Against passing offenses, Navy gives up yards. A lot of them. It could be a late Christmas for Blaine Gabbert.

-Navy has one, good sized corner (Kevin Edwards, 6-2). Watch for DaNario to be matched up with Edwards.

-Mizzou can't make mistakes. Navy definitely won't.

As long as Spoon and the LBs keep Ricky Dobbs in check, this 6.5 point spread should be obliterated. Navy is a good team, don't get me wrong. Their players don't make mistakes, but the talent just isn't there to go up against a better B12 team. Blaine Gabbert should have a hey-day going to DaNario, Jerrell Jackson, and Wes Kemp, and it'll be fun to see Jared Perry get out there again. The Midshipmen are built strong up front on the defensive side of the ball, but in the secondary...not so much. I'm going with a 42-17 Mizzou victory.

And one final chugging of a glass of Victory Whiskey.

We are less than 24hrs from kickoff in the Texas Bowl, which means only one thing: Jessica Biel's ass as a celebration.

I'll let you go with the entire published story on KMBC, but by the above photo and this snippit, it's not good.

The woman told police that Temple started throwing items in her house and grabbed her by the throat. The woman said she tried to call police from a cell phone, but Temple grabbed the phone.

This might explain why he's selling his ride on Craigslist as well.

Some dickbag Cowboys fans will tell you Texas and Cowboys Stadiums are open up so God can watch, you know, like he'd actually be a Cowboys fan. Via Mizzou's Twitter page, it looks like Reliant will be open.

It is projected that the roof will be open for the 2009 Texas Bowl at Reliant Stadium

Via Mizzou Athletics' Twitter page.

Pinkel: WR Jared Perry (leg) has been cleared to play in the @TexasBowl by the team's medical staff.

Via Craigslist. I hear it runs really well on New Year's Day.

Tony Temple Charger 22in Rims (Kansas City MO)

Former Missouri Running back Tony Temple Cotton Bowl MVP and Missouri's only back to back 1000 yard rusher. Is selling his Dodge charger With 22inch white and chrome rims.(factory wheels included) tinted windows, black interoir, is in excellent condition with no recondition or visable defects. Only 50,000 miles. Ride in style for a great deal. Also upon purchase recieve an autograph Mizzou poster! TAKING OFFERS!!!!!!!!!

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Found this video over at Rock M Nation. Even with the awesomeness of watching it on YouTube, it was 10x better walking in with steaks off the grill and a Golden Wheat in the other hand...but who did that (ME!).

Las Vegas sees Mizzou across the bar, and wants to buy them a drink.

The Vegas books still have the Tigers favored by 6.5 over Navy in the Texas Bowl. It hasn't varied more than half a point since the spread was announced.

Well, here it is.

No joke.

We are done.

Mizzourah is going to shut the virtual interwebz doors on January 3rd. We've had a great run, and honestly, this place wouldn't be the same without you, be it a Mizzou fan, Illannoy fan, Nebraska, kU, whoever...we've had fun, and we don't want to run this thing into the ground. We're going out on a high note after 2 1/2 years in the blogfrica, which translated, is about 2,560 years in the real world. True Son just took a new gig at a newspaper, I'm looking at a couple of possible moves on the radio/TV side, and Hat is just a busy dude. It is time.

No, this isn't our last post. I'd be full of shit if I didn't roll this thing through the bowl game, so let's Thelma and Louise this bitch off the cliff this week, but first, we have to get to the top of the cliff this week...no holds barred, son!

We will have some reflection posts from us three, and if you'd like to get your Mizzourah thoughts/haiku's in, toss them over to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Let's do this.