Flag jacket-Fuck yeah. Backwards Bud visor- Fuck Yeah. Drunk on the ground- Fuck Yeah. Weird friend- Fuck Yeah. Blue hats- Fuck Yeah. Jorts- Fuck Yeah. Thumbs up- Fuck Yeah. Flannel shirt- Fuck Yeah.

Of course, you can peep more of the elf at ToddReesingForHeisman.com. Props to Mary for the email.

I'm not saying Gary Pinkel's an elite coach. I think he's solid. He has his strengths. He has his weaknesses. But the guy is a class act. Considering all the shit that's going down in beakerland it's great to see pics like this of our coach.

I'll have my Post-game Thoughts post up in the next couple days. But real quick I just wanted to thank our seniors. We've had some good times with these guys. With Spoon, 'Nario, Perry, Gregory and Baston graduating that leaves only one key contributor (Carl Gettis) from the magical '07 team. It's been fun, fellas. Thank you.

Update: Here's a couple more fantastic shots from the Columbia Tribune:

Yeah, I know, game time is in a few hours. Blah blah blah. I have no excuses.

• Blaine Gabbert has been on fire lately. No doubt about it. He's probably the best B12N QB going. I know that's not saying much, but the talent level between him and every other QB is widening...and he's started 11 games. Dude is just flat out tits.
  
• DaNario Alexander will be a huge test for the Iowa State secondary. He is a huge receiver, and ISU has Keebler Elves back in the secondary. This will be a great match-up for the Tigers, and look for BG to exploit this, big time. DA can break Jeremy Maclin's '07 records in this game.
  
• Missing Jared Perry could be big if Jerrell Jackson doesn't step up. JJ had a big game last week, and with Perry gone, look for Gabbert to split looks at JJ and Wes Kemp more often, maybe even throwing to Andrew Jones or Beau Brinkley more at TE. I know, novel concept, right?
  
• It's the last game at 'The Zou'. If I read/heard this correctly, with a win today, this set of seniors will break last year's set in total wins at Mizzou. To say it's been a nice run is an understatement.
  
• Iowa State is drastically better than the ISU we've come to remember lately. Paul Rhodes has the 'Clones going. To be honest, they are the only team that has improved that much from the past year.
  
• In my mind, Rhodes is the B12 coach of the year over Bill Snyder. You know, that whole "being bowl eligible" thing should count towards Rhodes' campaign. Grandpa Bill could be headed home for the year after today. ISU isn't.
  
• ISU has cooled off a bit, but they are winning the games they are supposed to win. They can count Colorado, Nebraska (on the road), Army, Kent State, and NDSU as victims. Good thing for Mizzou? They aren't supposed to win this one.
  
• Mizzou has lost three straight at home after a pretty long winning streak. These seniors don't want to end their career at Faurot with four straight losses.
  
• Iowa State's D is hot from last week. They gave up three points in four goal line stands against Colorado. Of course, Mizzou's redzone ability hasn't been great to begin with, but the Tigers are a hell of a lot better than the Buffs on O. Mizzou scores long TDs, and ISU likes to give up big chunks of yards.
  
• Iowa State is a lot like K-State: solid running back, questionable QB and wideouts, and an ok defense. Look for Yost and Stec to continue their gameplans from last week against Iowa State.
  
• Mizzou is now 15 point favorites, up from 13 earlier this week.

Get your Victory Whiskey ready again. This Tiger team is as potant as that 3/4 whiskey drink you usually make (puss, drink it straight!). Too many weapons and too many good matchups for Mizzou to piss this away. Of course, Gabbert can't make mistakes, and he hasn't here lately. I'll go 38-17 Tigers, with DaNario Alexander going off today.

Of course, RockMNation will be live threaddin' it, you can listen to the game HERE.

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Thoughts?

Oklahoma State 48 Colorado 13
So this is another Colorado national TV game? The Thursday nighter at that! This Buffs team quit weeks ago on Hawk, and I just don't see how the university can keep a coach where the team basically hasn't shown they've wanted to keep him. Okie State hasn't lived up to expectations, but still has some sort of a shot at winning the B12S, and an outside chance at a BCS game. Even without Dez and Kendall Hunter, Mike Gundy has coached his ass off this year. Okie State has too much to play for to lay a turd at home.

Texas Tech 28 Oklahoma 17
It's pretty pathetic that this game may be the marquee game of the weekend. Landry Jones hasn't lit it up on the road, and this one is in Lubbock. The Sooners D is missing more pieces than the buffet at Cici's Pizza. TT has their share of problems as well, mainly at QB. Who the hell is it going to be? All three guys can throw up Xbox stats. I'll go upset here, just for the sake of at least having a good game to watch.

Texas A&M 32 Baylor 17
A battle for a bowl. Yep, you read that correctly. Both teams have played better than what anyone thought, figuring that Baylor lost RG3. Jerrod Johnson is the most underrated QB in the conference. Could be a fun one to watch. The Sherminator has recruited well, and of course, I have a man-crush on Art Briles. Both teams are coming off of woodshedding curb stomps. ATM is at home, and that has to be the only reason to go with them right now.

Nebraska 17 Kansas State 6
Yeah, THIS is your North championship. With a loss, K-State doesn't even go bowling. That is how your B12N has been; a total cluster. K-State has looked fairly decent, but got destroyed last week against Mizzou. The Huskers don't have the offense that the Tigers have, but the Huskers do have better D-tackles, and that's where K-State likes to run, which is their only piece of offense. Just looking at it straight up- the Huskers have a strong D that should kill off K-State's O, and K-State's D is questionable, and the Huskers offense is, well, offensive. Nebraska should throw a few points on the board, and that should be enough.

Texas 52 kU 14
Is Mangino going to be in Austin Saturday? Maybe. Is your team collapsing all around you distracting? Yep. Is arguably the #1 team in the nation the team you want to dick around with on the road when you have all of this happening? Yeah, no. kU has shown nothing since being 5-0, and there is a chance they don't go bowling. Texas has too much talent to lay an egg.

We couldn't have more go wrong with this week's podcast. Hat couldn't make it, True Son had something come up, and my phone podcast equipment cut the hell out. Yeah, eff that. All of that comes on top of a large announcement by Mizzourah. No worries, we'll knock out a podcast next week.

Now for that surprise.

Martin Rucker is going to be Mizzourah's bowl analyst. Yes, this Martin Rucker.

Martin Rucker, one of the most popular Tigers in recent history, is going to answer Mizzourah's questions about this '09 squad, how bowl season and practice works, how this Mizzou squad stacks up against their bowl opponent, and will make his picks on each bowl. To say we are excited about it is an understatement. We need your questions. It would be boring as hell just to read our questions to T, so shoot your questions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

We'll get T on to Mizzourah a couple days after the bowl announcements, so you've got from now until then to get your questions in.

Points are climbing, via BetUS.com.