Barking Carnival

BARKING CARNIVAL PRESENTS: Gary & The Gift of Gab A Columbia, MO Pictures Film. (It's like Usual Suspects meets Time Bandits meets Rudy.) LOGLINE: You're about to learn things about Gary Pinkel that Gary Pinkel doesn't even know about. VOICEOVER: 14 starters gone. Six to the NFL. The largest exodus of talent ever from Missouri’s un-storied football program. A coaching family broken: Spread maestro Dave Christensen gone to Wyoming. After 15 years together, it seems like they have never

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 has authored a new book on the Tigers called, "Then Pinkel said to Smith." Ok, that's the worst book

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 players. Get your left tackle some help with Brian Orakpo. Chip him with a back, double him with a

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 point spread. I'm sort of in awe of myself right now. Now I will pay Mephistopheles

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, an Elite 11 alum and arguably the top recruit in the Pinkel years, played much like you’d expect a true

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 - he rolls without the visor, but all the other pieces are there 4. Steve Spurrier - the Don,

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 never lost less than 3 games in a season after that. 2. Frank Solich, Nebraska, 2003 Yes. You don't fire a

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 by then-athletic director Al Bohl in a conference room at an Oklahoma City airport hotel. Bohl, who

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 Mark Mangino like a tauntaun and climbing inside his ample abdomen to stay warm. It worked. They won the North,

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 the regular season nonconference games. The order of importance of those two indisputable facts can be argued. But fortunately

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