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Missouri owes all their success to Texas

Not really. But yeah they do. Sort of.
Kirk Bohls wrote about Missouri’s ‘permanence’ on the college football map in today’s Statesman.
This quote caught my eye:
“The Big 12’s tougher entrance requirements (that) Texas insisted upon really helped Missouri because they leveled the playing field with the other schools, especially Nebraska,” said MU grad Steve Richardson, who […]

What Missouri needs to do to win

Scipio has taken a look at what Texas needs to do to win on Saturday. So I’m going to take a look at what Missouri needs to do to win.
1. Protect Chase Daniel
If Texas is able to get pressure on Daniel with just their front four, Missouri will lose. Force them to commit more […]

Big 12 Football Wrap Up

The Wrap saw some great games and several more that were unlikely to make the cut for oral tradition around campfires.
Kansas - 34
South Florida - 37
I picked South Florida to win a close one in a game dominated by both QBs. I also said that despite USF winning, KU would cover the 3.5 […]

Burn Baby Burn

Editors Note: Phenomenal Smith of the soon to be re-launched Atomic Teeth blog sent us a few notes about callow Mizzou signal caller Blaine Gabbert’s redshirt getting torched and the gnashing of teeth by the Tiger faithful. - SR
Like a copy of Slaughterhouse-Five in Wasilla, Blaine Gabbert’s redshirt went up in smoke Saturday. Gabbert, […]

Golf Pricks Dominate Top of Latest BC Poll

The Golf Prick rankings for this week haven’t been as high since Steve Spurrier was wrecking shit in the golf course mecca of Florida. Be sure to check the weekly blogpoll.
1.  Bob Stoops - takes the top spot with a #2 team ranking
2.  Gary Pinkel - making a strong appearance at #3
3.  Urban Meyer […]

Best and worst coaching moves in Big 12

The Kansas City Star has a list of the worst fires and best hires in the Big 12 since the conference formed.
Worst Firings
1. R.C. Slocum, Texas A&M, 2002
Probably. Blame Mack Brown for taking over the recruiting rackets, but the writing was on the wall since Texas won in College Station in ‘95. The Aggies […]

How Kansas and Mizzou rose from the ashes

The Kansas City Star, a once venerable newspaper that like all others has had trouble adapting to the internet age, ran a great piece today about Kansas and Missouri’s trek to the Preseason Top 15.

Mark Mangino, Oklahoma assistant and Kansas coaching candidate, had to be convinced when he met the Jayhawks job interview contingent led […]

2008 Missouri Football Preview - State of the Union

When Gary Pinkel arrived at Missouri, he shook up the Big 12 North by being the only head coach to wear a visor in December. The resulting brain freeze explained his 13-17 record at Missouri in games played after November 1st. It’s cold up there, Gary. He turned the corner against Kansas by slicing open […]

College Football Title Belt Update

I had previous entry about the idea of a college football title belt. Usually when the belt falls into the hands of the SEC it stays there for a while because the SEC teams 1) are pretty good and win a fair share of their bowl games and 2) like to schedule patsies for […]

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