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First game checkup: Re-assessing the season

The beautiful part about football is anticipation. Foreigners rarely appreciate that. They complain about the short action with the long pauses...
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Arizona St: 5 keys to the game

A trip to the desert is in store on Friday. ASU is a team that could be really good or fairly mediocre. But one thing is for certain, this will not be an easy game. About the only...
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Previewing Arizona State

Arizona State is the biggest enigma in the country heading into the season. Coming off a 6-6 season, they've managed to garner significant press, and are ranked #23 by the coaches...
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Hawkeyes LaLanne’d in Hospital

This is just weird. AP report: Iowa football players hospitalized (AP) – 17 hours ago IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa says 12 football players have...
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Aldon Smith is going pro

Aldon Smith is leaving Mizzou for the NFL. Bummer. I wish him well. This hurts Mizzou's 2011 run for glory. Many of us have been pointing to 2011 as THE YEAR it all comes...
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Blaine Gabbert is going pro

The KC Star is reporting that Blaine Gabbert will forgo his senior season at Mizzou. Must mean he's slated to be a first round selection. Todd McShay has Gabbert going #5 overall to...
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Insight Post Mortem: The Yellow Pants Bowl

What was with all the yellow pants? I think we now know the real reason Pinkel and Alden backed out of the Mizzou/Iowa series last decade. Pinkel...
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Happy Insight Day

Happy Insight Day everyone. I just decorated the Insight tree, carved the Insight pumpkin, and am preparing to shoot off the Insight fireworks. All is well. It's Mizzou bowl day. A...
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Blaine Gabbert and the NFL

As we learned last week, Blaine Gabbert and other Tigers have asked the NFL to weigh in on their draft prospects. This should not be interpreted as Gabbert wanting to leave college....
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Early Bird 2011 Rankings – Mizzou #8

Since spring 2009 Missouri fans have been pointing to 2011 as the BIG year. This optimism was largely based on Blaine Gabbert being a senior and a...
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Justin Wilcox – new Texas DC

Not this guy: My sources tell me Mack Brown is preparing to offer the keys to his defense to Justin Wilcox, currently UT's (the SEC UT) defensive coordinator. Barking Carnival...
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Lines We Care About (Bowl Edition)

Welome to the final Lines post of the year. It was a very good season for our Tigers as they exceeded most people's expectations by going 10-2 (JR...
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Missouri Offense – Yo Gabbert Gabbert

Last year it was like this: Scoring Offense - 6th in the nation. Total Offense - 8th in the nation. Passing Offense - 4th in the...
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2009 Tiger Defensive Preview

Conventional Wisdom says that last year the greatest collection of offensive weapons ever assembled by the Missouri Tigers was squandered by a miserably incompetent defense that gave...
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Like I Said, Bitches

This is the part when I gloat, extolling my superior brain power and analytical abilities. I will remind you that I see things that you just don't, and think things you simply...
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Mizzou/Illinois Post-Mortem – The Reloading

The first game of the '09 season served to put the rest of the nation on notice that Mizzou isn't bothering with a rebuilding year. As AT has...
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Battlefield Recon – A Survey of the Tigers’ Remaining Opponents after Week 1

From now to the end of the season, we will take a regular look at Mizzou’s remaining opponents to see what’s poppin’ with the squads still...
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Bowling Green Preview

September 1, 2000. Gary Pinkel's first game as head football coach at Missouri. Famously, there was not much talent in the cupboard when he arrived (I remember him saying how shocked...
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Eye of the Tiger on the Bowling Green Pedagogues

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles – Sun Tzu Both of these teams are feeling good...
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Pretty In Black and Gold

His Name is Blaine? Andie: You know you're talking like that just because I'm going out with Blaine. Duckie: His name is Blaine? Oh! That's a major appliance, that's not a...
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Mizzou/Bowling Green Post-Mortem: The Rebuilding

All young, inexperienced teams losing six players to the NFL draft and breaking in new players all over the field experience bumps in the road. ...
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Life of Blaine

I have a pretty vivid mental image of the Gabbert dorm this morning. He's happy feeting around, trying to force a balled up towel into a double covered hamper, muttering "I am not...
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Furman’s Celebrity Safety

When the Tigers announced it had scheduled Furman this year, chills raced down my spine. Could it be true? A real celebrity would be coming to the Zou? Not since Sheryl Crow performed...
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Tigers/Big 12 in the NFL

The League will never be the same. Two Sundays in and the Tigers have announced their presence with authority in the NFL. The five offensive Tigers combined for 11 receptions for...
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Battlefield Recon/ Patrick Swayze Tribute

Our Tigers survived quite a scare in week 2. Hopefully, they learned some valuable lessons, toughened up mentally, and gained confidence in the late...
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Eye on the Opponent – Furman Horse Thingies

It is pretty difficult to get real hyped up about this week's game when you have nasty blood feuds being fought on the same day between Texas -...
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PredictaBig12

Continuing our long line of "Predicta....s" we are please to present our readers with PreictaBig12. PaB12 is an interactive model which allows you to determine the Big 12 North...
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Mizzou/Furman Post-Mortem: The Bullying

Nothing surprising about that. Guaranteed paycheck for Furman, a guaranteed win for the Tigers. Mizzou played the role of Scott Farkas bullying...
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Depth Chart for Nevada Game

Hot off the presses and with a couple surprises. First, Jasper Simmons is now listed as an "OR" with Hardy Ricks. We all saw this coming. Jasper has played a ton, Hardy's been a...
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Eye on the Opponent – Nevada Wolf Pack

This game makes me very nervous. Nevada has a talented team that has played horrific football in its first two games and now comes home with its...
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The End of Tight End University?

It has been quite the week for the tight end position for current and former MU players. Martin Rucker was released by a team that might be one of the worst in the NFL. Chase...
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Battlefield Recon – A Look at the Tigers’ Remaining Opponents

NEVADA 2009 Record: 0-2 Last week: L 35-20 @ Colorado State (3-0) This week: Mizzou Nevada’s woes continued in Fort Collins...
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Nevada Preview

To paraphrase Dennis Green, Nevada is not who we thought they were, it seems. Before the season, I was just as worried about this game as I was the Illinois game. Last year, the...
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KU ATHLETES – MY NEW TEMPORARY FRIENDS?

If it is true that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then I face a dilemma. I really don’t like the University of Kansas. I can’t stand...
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Nevada Recap: Spreading the Love

If you clicked this link expecting some rain on the Tiger parade, I'm going to disappoint you. There's certainly some clouds in the forecast, but there is plenty of time to look at...
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Mizzou/Nevada Post-Mortem: The Sweeping

You play four non-conference games every year. You win four non-conference games every year. That's how Mizzou rolls. It's been a long time since...
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Chet’s Chart

I like Gary Pinkel. A lot. He’s built Missouri’s football program from an irrelevant mess to, if not an elite, a more than respectable level. An interesting exercise is to...
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Where Can My Hate Go?

I have always had a list of teams (outside the big 8/XII) that I just couldn’t like or root for and eventually I grew to hate them. The list has slightly adjusted over the years...
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Phil Steele’s HAL

Phil Steele has a fancy computer and he's not afraid to use it. This is not news, of course. Phil and his computer crunched the numbers and picked the Tigers to finish 5th in the Big...
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CU/West Virginia Thoughts

This was the third time this year I watched a Colorado game. I guess the CU AD's scheme worked - the Buffs are exposed. That's not always good as some things you want to keep under...
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Tiger/Big 12 in the UFL

I'm excited about the new professional football league. You know that. Well, you probably don't, but I've tried to tell you that before. You just weren't listening. I'm also...
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Gabbert’s Goodness

I do not believe in jinxes, so I can freely discuss how awesome Blaine Yo Gabbert Gabbert has been in his first four starts. Openly discussing his lack of INTs, his lofty passing...
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What will the Huskers do?

There seems to be two almost equally held schools of thought on how the Huskers might defend the Tigers this Thursday. They could try to take away the running game and try to make...
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The Myth of the Rebirth of the Blackshirts

To read Nebraska message boards, and even Nebraska media, you would believe that Superman has been furiously circling the Earth, turning the clocks...
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Eye on the The Rattlesnake Boys

This is the game I look forward to the most. Kansas is more of a basketball rivalry to me. I just don't have ill feelings for their football team. Nebraska, on the other hand,...
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Mizzou/Nebraska Post-Mortem: The Soaking

What happened? That was easily the strangest game I've ever had the ... displeasure ... of attending. The rain was constant. The power outage...
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Lines We Care About (Week 7)

A full week of Big 12 chicanery is in the books, and what a week it was. Nebraska takes a stranglehold on the North, contenders KU and UT surprisingly struggle against North cellar...
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Tigers voted 7th in Pre Season Big XII Poll

So what. Remember that team that made it to the Elite Eight last year, and probably should have beaten U Conn? Well they were pre season 7th as...
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Okie State Preview

If I were Chip Caray, I would spend this post continually making references to this being a "revenge game". (Well that and saying "fisted" every fifth word.) Thankfully, I'm not, so...
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Mizzou/Okie State Post-Mortem: The Limping

Interesting day in the Big 12 North. To recap, here are your winners: Kansas State, Iowa State, Colorado. Here are your losers: Missouri,...
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Muschamp v. Steckel in Stats that Matter

Last year the King of Texas, Will Muschamp, spoke of four stats that he considers most important for the defense. Barking Carnival and Atomic Teeth...
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Davis v. Yost in Stats that Matter

Earlier I posted a little something on Muschamp's proclaimed Stats that Matter. I will now apply those stats to the Tiger and Longhorn offenses...
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Texas Preview

You know what? They're good. Really good. As Phenom has pointed out in both versions of Stats That Matter, even though Texas has struggled offensively (if you want to read more on...
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Tigers / Horns: An Upset Waiting to Happen?

Before you go any farther, read Scipio's at Barking Carnival preview of the game here. His usual brilliant self. Because I have a few...
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Mizzou/Texas Post-Mortem: The Obvious

Seriously, how bad is Illinois? That was familiar, huh? Instead of writing anything, I should just direct you to last year's review of this...
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Colorado Preview

Dan Hawkins has been a pretty big whipping boy around these parts. Basically, all across the internet. (I like Dr. Saturday, myself.) But the fact that ol' Ten Wins is on the other...
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Who Wants to Win the North?

We do, of course. I've recently become aware that there is a segment of fans, those who claim to love the lovable Missouri Tigers, that do not want to win the North. I am shocked,...
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Mizzou/CU Post-Mortem: The Righting

That was good. Not a perfect game, not a game without frustrations, but the Tigers displayed their superior talent and put the game away quickly. ...
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Predict-a-North – 4 Games to Go

With 4 games to go (unless you are an ISU or KSU fan--they have 3 games left) the division is wide open. All 6 teams still have a chance to win the North but only two teams--Kansas...
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Predict-a-North for Dummies

Not really for dummies, just a simplied version of the probability based Predict-a-North. This version simply requires you to pick the winner or loser of each game and it will let you...
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Baylor Preview

I can't help but be completely bummed about the fact that Robert Griffin III will not be on the field tomorrow. Bummed enough that it is hard to write a preview. Theoretically,...
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Mizzou/Baylor Post-Mortem: The Kocking, Part II

So, that's how it is. A miserable performance at home. I told you The Zou was a lame name. Not even Baylor is intimidated by The Zou. The...
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Stat: Telling or Anomaly?

That is the question. That is the game. Let's play. I have mocked Mizzou's inability to intercept passes this season. It seems odd that the Tigers have gotten good pressure on...
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Kansas State Preview

Who the hell knows what's going to happen tomorrow? I consulted my special Big 12 North prediction crew, but I just had poo flung at me in response. They possibly mistook me for the...
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Mizzou/KSU Post-Mortem: Alexander the Great

A performance like that calls for a cheesy, trite headline because there is simply nothing clever enough to do Danario justice. Please take a...
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Belichick: Savant or just idiot? You make the call!

For those of you insulated from the world of cookie cutter NFL football, let me set the stage. Patriots winning by 6 points, fourth and 2 from their...
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Mangino in Trouble?

Any time you lose five straight in the conference, there's going to be rumors about your job, but according to Jack Harry, it sounds like the Fat Man is in some deep doo-doo.
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Mizzou v. Cyclones – STMP

Yesterday I compared the '08 and '09 Cyclones and concluded that this game was not the slam dunk it was last year for the Tigers. The Cyclones are better - it's not just smoke and...
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Mizzou/ISU Post-Mortem: The Halftime Adjustment!

A week after beating KSU 21-6 in the second half, Mizzou outscored ISU 24-7 in the second half. After the first five conference games with nary a...
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The Disciplinarians: Pinkel and Mangino

Being a disciplinarian is nothing new for college coaches. Neither is being a bully. It's a fine line. This line is difficult to discern for some...
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Mizzou recruiting: Help in the trenches

As the Tigers near completion of their 2010 football recruiting class, I thought I'd take a look at the current verbal commitments and remaining...
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Mizzou/KU Post Mortem: The Sweetest Victory of All

I love this team. After coming to terms with the fact that demolishing Illinois did not a ten win team make, I learned to enjoy what this team is -...
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All Big 12 Honors; Congrats to Aldon, et al

The coaches have spoken and Aldon Smith was named the Big XII Defensive Freshman of the Year. He also tied the Mizzou record for sacks in a single...
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Commodores Post Mortem-Brickhouse

If Kimmie English shoots 5-17 from the field, this team is not going to beat good teams. Too many bricks from you best shooter is never a good...
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Championship Saturday Post Mortem

Tebow cries, Colt nearly dumps on his career, and Brian Kelly improves his resume. Oh, and Georgia Tech won, but I know nothing about that. A...
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‘Tis the Season for Coach Shopping

KU finds itself in the fortunate position of looking for a head coach in a year where very few BCS schools are doing the same. The fortuitousness...
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Danario Alexander and the NFL Draft: The Sound of Silence

I doubt that there been a BCS skill position player with a lower ratio of draft chatter to performance in the modern era. Hell, even BJ Symons...
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Turner Gill and Recruiting

"...we were looking for somebody that knows the Big 12, and somebody who can recruit Texas and Oklahoma and all of the places that we want to recruit. But also the fact that he can...
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The Ones that Got Away….

After a couple successful recruting weekends where it appears Pinkel has gotten commitments from all his primary targets, it makes sense to look back at the 2009 dog-eat-dog...
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Navy’s Offense, or watch your knees, boys

As we've all seen and heard by now, Navy runs the ball. They're fourth in the nation in rushing this year, and are consistently in the top five...
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Navy Defense.

Head coach Ken Niumatalolo has called the Navy defense "the strength of our team" on many occasions this season. Niumatalolo has backed up those words by electing to kick off and...
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Texas Bowl Post-Mortem: The Tailhooking

Where to begin? I could start by saying it's crow eating time for Mizzou, the program that whined about being put in the lowest of the low Big 12...
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Hey now you’re an all star….

It's the time of year for painfully boring all-star games for the high school and college elite. And now there are so many of each, "elite" is not exactly accurate. Still, if a...
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KSU Preview

So much for an easy conference opener. Here comes Frank Martin and his #10 Wildcats (13-1), and if you think they are overrated, you are smoking crack. This team is big, physcial,...
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Thoughts on the KSU win

That was fun, in a "I like to cut myself" sort of way. I turned the channel at least 14 times, introduced my children to several hypothetical creative new ways for referees to...
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NFL Combine Invites – Big 12

It's that time of year when the NFL makes public those who have been invited to prance and pose their way around a bunch of middle-aged men with beer bellies and too-tight nylon...
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Big 12 Coaches’ New Year’s Resolutions

New Year's Resolutions for Big 12 Football Coaches
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Reesing, Daniel, and the Shriners

Yes, this is a Mizzou blog. We write about Tigers. Still, I have not hidden my respect for one Todd Reesing, Jayhawk QB. He's gutsy, tough, and...
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Kansas Preview: Shock the World

Okay we know they are good. In the dump that is Allen Fieldhouse they are really good. Xavier Henry and Cole Aldrich are likely lottery picks. When he is not fat Sherron Collins...
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OSU Pokes Preview: FU Travis

I hate Travis Ford. I mean really hate him. I know we were going on probation. I know Rick Pitino and his home state school came a calling. I get all that blah, blah, blah. Doesn’t...
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Live Tiger?

As opposed to a dead one, of course. Missouri Student Association President Tim Noce is lobbying for an actual tiger to be present on the sidelines for Mizzou football games. He's...
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This team belongs to Miguel Paul

Really. Miguel Paul is the face of this team. WAIT. Wait, don't go away. Hear me out. This article isn't really even about Miguel Paul. It's about the character of this team....
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Big XII Bye – Probabilities

Gene Claude and I predicted probabilities for all the upcoming games and determined the following probabilities for our Big 12 tourney seed: 2 seed 17% 3 seed 26% 4...
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Mizzou Combiners

Four Tigers were invited to the Combine and three of them participated in drills. As we all know, Danario Alexander's journey to the NFL hit another bump when he needed yet another...
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KU Preview: Senior Day

There really is not a whole to preview at this point in the season. Everyone pretty much knows the drill now as we have exhausted the probabilities of how we can get a first round bye...
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One Day ’til “kickoff”

It's not a real kickoff, but finally, my favorite sports team will be chucking footballs around, lining up, wearing numbers, etc. Thank goodness. March 9 marks the beginning of...
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Leftwich continues to dazzle

Wesley Leftwich, Mizzou commit for 2011, attended the Nike combine in Chicago and showed why Rivals is likely to give him four stars. He's a camp star, that's for sure. Hopefully...
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Joining the Big 10 – the Pros

I am beginning to feel the air of inevitability surrounding Mizzou's move to the Big 10. It seems to be more of a question of when it will go down, as opposed to if. I am sort of...
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Joining the Big 10 – the Cons

A super-secret trial balloon offer may have been made this week to Mizzou to join the Big 10. The denial from the Big 10 is couched in a "no offer was extended," which makes sense...
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Crushing Disappointment – NU over Mizzou

So, I go on vacation. A week in sunny Florida, on the beach, no crude oil in sight, only a handful of fat hairy men in banana hammocks (good to see...
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Big 12 Saved, Looks to Expand

(AT) Austin, Texas. Sources close to the situation say the Big 12 will not be disbanded by a mass exodus to the Pac 10. The new conference commissioner, DeLoss Dodds, will hold a...
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Mizzou Back to Being a Bit$h

I'm not celebrating. While today's decision to keep the remaining members of the Big "12" intact does relieve Tiger fans of the potential disaster that would be joining the Mountain...
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Mizzou TV

Mike DeArmond penned an article about something I'd been meaning to write about. The Mizzou Network. Mizzou 24/7. All Mizzou, all the time. Why the hell not? First, it's not...
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Dorial Green-Beckham – Future Tiger?

And we thought there was a lot of noise about Sheldon Richardson. We thought it was a big deal to pull Jeremy Maclin from the jaws of Stoops and...
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Tigers in the NFL for now… Part Two

NFL camps have opened, Cincinnati was one year early on its Hard Knocks show, Sam Bradford is safely in the fold in St. Louis, and a bunch of Tigers...
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We Are Mizzou! … and we’re #37

The first preseason poll that matters was released today with the coaches weighing in. Mizzou clocks in at 37, which is about what I expected. I think the team has a chance to be...
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Post Scrimmage Depth Chart

Mizzou has released its depth chart showing the progress the team has made during the fall camp. Well, I don't know about progress, but it's something. It's the first depth chart...
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Nebraska: National Championship Contenders

If the polls are to be believed, Nebraska is a top 10 team, and darkhorse national championship contender. Sure, and Hannah Montana deserves a...
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We’re Number 33!

The writers have spoken and Mizzou begins the season ranked 33rd in the AP Poll. This feels about right to me - after the Navy loss, Mizzou just isn't going to get that much...
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AT Soothsayer…. Predicting the Season – Nonconference

The ten Toofers have banded together to make sweeping composite predictions of the season. Each member predicted the result and score of the twelve...
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Mizzou Offense 2010 – Yo Gabbert Gabbert, Take 2

There are a couple misconeptions, held by national media and board denizens alike, about the 2009 Missouri Tiger offense. One, in general, that...
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Lines We Care About (Week 1)

Yes! It's finally here. Football actually starts this week and if we can make it through five entire work days - not sure that's possible - then we'll be rewarded with Tiger...
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AT Soothsayer…. Oklahoma and Nebraska

After a disappointing loss to A&M, Mizzou limps back home to take on the Sooners. Toofers are NOT optimistic. Considering the repeated...
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Can Steckel figure it out? The 2010 Mizzou defensive preview

This time last year, I dipped my lil’ piggies in the universally popular “Preseason Preview” pool, creating this giant pile of optimistic...
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Mizzou/Illinois Post-Mortem – What was that?

First game is in the books and I'm not sure what to think. Last year after Illinois I knew exactly what to think, but then Bowling Green happened....
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Mizzou/McNeese State Post Mortem: The Freshmen

As expected an easy win over the Cajun Cowboys. I guess with the four D1AA schools who’ve managed upsets over D1A teams we should feel a little...
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SDSU v. MU: What we can learn Saturday

First thing first: I'm going to assume the Tigers will defeat SDSU on Saturday. You want to read about ways we might lose? Go somewhere...
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Miami unveils 1-1-9 defense

Gene Claude has an excellent article on the challenges San Diego State could pose, one of which is that they play a defense that's vulnerable to a good downhill running attack. After...
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Mizzou/San Diego State Post-Mortem: Survive and Advance

That was something. The team with no YAC comes up with a 68 yard TD - 60 yards of so after the catch - to win the freaking game. It was exciting....
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Early season checkup: MU and the North

Three games into the young season, we know a lot more about the Tigers and the North competition. Things seems to be taking shape much as expected,...
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Mizzou/Miami (Oh) Post Mortem: The Insult

Football is a funny game. A week after narrowly beating a mid-tier team, the Tigers turned in the best Big 12 performance on the day. That, however,...
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AT’s BlogPoll Entry – Week 5

No complaints from me this week … what an exciting weekend of college football. Alabama rallies to beat the feisty Razorbacks, Oklahoma escapes Cincinnati with a win, Boise State...
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Comparing Noncon ’10 with Noncon ’09

Nothing like a provocative title, huh? After four games, what are the Tigers? Are they better than last year? I don't really know. Before looking...
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Noncon ’09 v. noncon ’10: Riffing off Phenom

Excellent idea by the Phenom to compare the Tigers' nonconference offensive and defensive production to last year's. I think it is especially...
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Bye Week Post Mortem

Just some random musings on the Tigers' gameless week. -A&M is beatable, but I expect a battle come October 16 in College Station. I mused this in a comment on Friday, but will...
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My Take on the Fifth Down Game

A lot has been written about that infamous October 6, 1990 game. Much of that writing does the topic more justice than I could ever do, but I've got some things to say. My memory of...
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Mizzou/Colorado Post Mortem: So Long, Hawk

We are certainly going to miss Dan Hawkins. There is something very special about the Hawkins/Pinkel matchup. Special as in I expect Pinkel to pants...
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Sizing up Nebraska

Now I know what you're thinking. This IS a Mizzou site, right? I mean, what is this obsession with the Huskers anyway? But I've got a few reasons for laying into the Huskers...
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Tigers/Big 12 in the NFL – 2010 Edition

I pretty much follow the NFL only to the extent former Mizzou players are involved. Needless to say, historically, my Sundays have been basically...
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Mizzou/A&M Post Mortem: Legitimized

I did not see that coming. I had put Mizzou's chances of victory at roughly 59.4%, so winning didn't surprise me. I thought Mizzou's defense would...
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Deja Vu 2007? 10 Reasons Why Mizzou is Headed for Another #1 Ranking

Missouri Tiger fans once again find themselves whipped up into delirious frenzy as their team appears poised to explode onto the national scene in...
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A tale of two Sooners

And so we arrive again at that annual opportunity to take a swing at the champ. And once again get not only the Big 12 favorite but a national title contender. I'm not sure how we...
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Eye on the Opponent – Oklahoma Sooners

This game scares the daylights out of me. This is the obstacle we have not been able to overcome - winning the huge game against a higher...
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Mizzou, Oklahoma and the Rest of the Big 12 – Who are You Today?

After a raucous night of celebrating Mizzou's historic victory over Oklahoma there are scores of Tiger fans who are happily nursing themselves...
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Mizzou/Oklahoma Post Mortem: The Mountaintop

JR Slim wrote of the mountaintop and Saturday night Mizzou, in fact, reached it. The mountaintop - a holy place. The victory - one of biblical...
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Eye on the Opponent – Nebraska Cornhuskers

0 Nebraska is 0-4 under Pelini against AP Top 10 teams. The Huskers have lost 12 straight games against top 10 opponents. The Tigers...
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Statcruncher: Nebraska edition

The Statcruncher 5001 has been running the numbers on NU this week, and I have decided that it's broken. See, it keeps predicting an NU win, and that just can't be right. As you...
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Atomic Teeth Secures Freedom for “Faurot 30”

BREAKING NEWS REPORT – Atomic Teeth has the exclusive story of how the “Faurot 30” won their release earlier today in a dramatic turn of...
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Nostradumbass Predicts the Tigers – Cornhuskers Game

“For centuries, people have turned to one man for the answer to life’s greatest mysteries. That man is...
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2010-11 Basketball Preview: Ranked and Loaded

Within the next two years, the Missouri Tigers are going to play in a Final Four. Mark that shit down. It's going to happen. If it doesn't...
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Mizzou/Nebraska Post Mortem: The Onslaught

It's difficult for me to write post-mortems for games we lose on the road and which I attend. First, I need a full day to recover from my excesses...
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Don’t Jump! 7 Reasons Tiger Fans Should Not Feel Suicidal

The Nebraska loss was horrifying in many respects. Thoughts of a Big 12 title and even more were starting to dance in our heads. However, it...
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Mizzou/Texas Tech Post Mortem: Time to Jump

For the third year in a row Mizzou follows up its first loss of the season with another loss in an extremely poor showing. In 2008 after the...
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Does Losing Beget Losing for Pinkel?

In my Texas Tech post mortem I commented on how for the last three seasons the Tigers have followed up their first loss of the season with another...
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Mizzou/K-State Post Mortem: Good to be Home

After playing like chumps on the road for two weeks, the Tigers were happy to be home. And, let's face it, the Tigers' two road losses were...
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Lane Kiffin?

How does he do it? Lane Kiffin has had very little success in his head coaching career yet he steals top recruits and gets plum job offers. Why? He up and stole Mizzou's best...
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Are You Afraid of the Cyclones? 2010

Way back in 2008 - the Chase and J Mac Era - I asked this question. The answer in 2008 was, "yeah, sort of." And, recall, 2008 was the year of...
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Mizzou/Iowa State Post-Mortem: So You’re Saying There’s a Chance.

The Tigers Big 12 North dreams are alive. Maybe not alive and well, but alive. That's about all we can ask for after that Texas Tech lost. 9-2...
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Thanksgiving Week Cornucopia – TVZ, KU, Cancun Conference Rooms, and more!

A virtual cornucopia without the pumpkins, winter squash, half-eaten corn cobs, potpourri, and little rubbery fruit. It's better this way. Read...
In Football

Mizzou/Kansas Post Mortem: Co-Champs!

The Kansas Jayhawks are not good. Of that, there is no doubt. We knew that going in and confirmation was quick and thorough. But, hey, the...
In Football

Sheldon Richardson’s Thanksgiving

Like most college students, Sheldon Richardson spent his Thanksgiving break with his family. Unlike most college students, Sheldon is faced with a...
In Basketball

Tigers v. Hoyas: A kick to the groin

You would think after over 20 years of intense fanship I would know bettter than to turn to a friend with a minute left in any Tiger game and say...
In Basketball

A Ducky post-mortem

I wonder how many hands on hips, wry smiles Mike Anderson has directed towards Mizzou's scheduler? I suspect that guy is going to find himself at the end of the bench in warmups and...
In Football

Insight Incites Insights

A year after being passed over by the sucky Insight Bowl so that the Arizonans could get their grubby hands on the 6-6 Cyclones, Mizzou graciously accepts an invitation to play in...
In Basketball

Post Mortem: Vandy Lucky

That was one of the stranger basketball games that I have attended in a long time. I am still trying to figure out exactly how we won because I felt like we lost. The entire game I...
In Football

Coaching Carousel and the Big 12

This year no Big 12 coaches got the axe (I'm not counting Dan Hawkins, even though, technically, he was a Big 12 coach who got the axe). Of the three teams (again, CU is a Pac 12...
In Football

Ranking the Big 12 Bowls – Phenom Style

The Big 12 landed eight teams in bowl games this year - a testament to desperate bowl providers and our society's need to reward mediocrity. ...
In Football

Randy Shannon new HCIW at Texas

Or so says Luke Skyywalker. After just getting burned by a head coach in waiting, it's not likely Mack Brown, et al., hurried out and ordered themselves up another. It's also not...
In Football

Sheldon Richardson a Tiger!

For real this time. A signed LOI is safely in the hands of the Missouri athletic administration. This confirmation is a long time coming. Apparently Sheldon is an AT reader and has...

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The beautiful part about football is anticipation. Foreigners rarely appreciate that. They complain about the short action with the long pauses between. But just like any good story, you have to build up to the moment. The space between plays. The long week between games.

A trip to the desert is in store on Friday. ASU is a team that could be really good or fairly mediocre. But one thing is for certain, this will not be an easy game. About the only thing we can guarantee is that it won’t be a

Arizona State is the biggest enigma in the country heading into the season. Coming off a 6-6 season, they’ve managed to garner significant press, and are ranked #23 by the coaches (#26 by AP) despite their only game being against FCS UC-Davis. So why all the fuss?

Talent.

The KC Star is reporting that Tony Mitchell, erstwhile Mizzou recruit and commit, is enrolling this week at the University of North Texas. Apparently, UNT takes partial academic qualifiers while the Big 12 does not.

I’ve got to tell you – this is not how I saw this saga

This is just weird. AP report:

Iowa football players hospitalized

(AP) – 17 hours ago

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa says 12 football players have been hospitalized for symptoms likely related to offseason workouts.

The school has declined to release the names of the players being treated. It said

Back before the bowl game, I linked National Champs’ Early Bird Special rankings that had Mizzou as the 2011 preseason #8 team in the nation. Since then Mizzou lost to Iowa, lost its starting QB, and lost a starting defensive end. Not exactly a string of events

Aldon Smith is leaving Mizzou for the NFL. Bummer. I wish him well.

This hurts Mizzou’s 2011 run for glory. Many of us have been pointing to 2011 as THE YEAR it all comes together. However, losing the QB1 and one of the top DEs in

Andrew Luck is returning to Stanford for his junior year. Todd McShay, I guess, now has Gabbert as the number one available QB in the 2011 NFL draft. Great for Blaine. It’s been a long time since Mizzou has had a player invited to New York

The KC Star is reporting that Blaine Gabbert will forgo his senior season at Mizzou. Must mean he’s slated to be a first round selection. Todd McShay has Gabbert going #5 overall to the Arizona Cardinals…. Crazy days, indeed.

Gabbert said:

“This is definitely a bittersweet day for

What was with all the yellow pants? I think we now know the real reason Pinkel and Alden backed out of the Mizzou/Iowa series last decade. Pinkel must have known that if everyone wears the same pants, you risk your quarterback making the tremendously bad decision to throw