Mizzourah 2.0

As we mentioned last week, we've packed up this piece of crap site, and shined it up over at Mizzourahblog.com.

As of 8:15a this morning, you will now not need to do the bullyforoldmizzou.blogspot.com. Instead, change your bookmarks to either Mizzourah.net or Mizzourahblog.com. Both will take you to our new digs. We are looking forward to having your Calvin pissing on a Jayhawk stickered truck parked in our newly paved driveway.

For the RSS subscribers, you can click HERE to follow the new Mizzourah.

Big 12 Hoops schedule released

Mike Anderson's boys will have a school record nine games televised nationally. Not bad. Here's the schedule via MUTigers:

Saturday, January 9 Kansas State 1 p.m. ESPN2

Wednesday January 13 at Texas Tech 8 p.m. ESPNU

Saturday January 16 at Oklahoma 12/1 p.m. ESPN/2

Saturday January 23 Nebraska 5 p.m. Big 12

**Monday January 25 at Kansas 8 p.m. ESPN

Saturday January 30 Oklahoma State 1 p.m. ESPN2

Wednesday February 3 Texas A&M 8 p.m. ESPNU

Saturday February 6 at Colorado 3 p.m. Big 12 Network

Wednesday February 10 Iowa State TBA TBA

Saturday February 13 at Baylor 12:30 p.m. Big 12

Wednesday February 17 Texas 8 p.m. ESPN2

Saturday February 20 at Nebraska 5 p.m. Big 12

Wednesday February 24 Colorado TBA TBA

Saturday February 27 at Kansas State 7 p.m. ESPNU

Tuesday March 2 at Iowa State TBA TBA

Saturday March 6 Kansas 1 p.m. CBS

**Editor's Note: The Big 12 Network was formerly ESPN+

Not Hyped for the Illannoy Game?

Apparently the Tigers already are.

Stealin' Another Commitment

Props to JP from Show Me Sports for the report. Edmond Oklahoma d-back Xavier Smith has committed to Mizzou. JP's got the story.

"I committed" was a text that Xavier Smith sent me a few minutes ago.

Smith made an unofficial visit to Missouri yesterday and I wrote an artcile detailing his thoughts on the visit. This morning he had realized he knew what he wanted to do.

"This morning I just knew I had to commit. It just felt like home." said Smith after alerting me that he had indeed committed to the Missouri Tigers. "If I didn't commit it felt like I would be missing out on the best opportunity I could ask for. They really have it all."

The 5`11' 175lbs Smith earned a scholarship offer after having a great camp in Kansas City at the Tigers one day camp. On that day he ran a 4.47 forty and vertical jumped 37" while also displaying great agility,athleticism and defensive back skills.

Smith turned down several offers, including interest from Okie State and Oklahoma.

Big Body Headed to CoMo

We told you about 6'6" 280lb buffet killer Anthony Gatti a few weeks back, and like a good Italian paisano, he's heading to CoMO. The Parkway North lineman picks Mizzou over Ole Miss, kU, and Wisconsin.

Sean Weatherspoon: Juiceman Juicer

Via Spoon's Twitter.

just finished a stellar workout, hit 475 on the bench easy, almost hit 500, gotta get it soon! 50 days until I squeeze the pulp out of Juice

11:16 AM Jul 20th from web

Tigerboard Comment of the Day

No idea how reputable this is so take it with a grain of salt. Via bluesox7:

Keith DeWitt to Moberly Juco. 

Bank on it, with Jay Spoonhour the new coach, and that kid that signed with Okie State going there. 

Got some inside information here in town, and Dewitt will be a greyhound first before he is a tiger.

For all you hardcore gamblers

We got some college football odds straight from Sin City. From VegasInsider.com:

• Odds of Mizzou winning the Big 12: 20 to 1.
• Odds of Mizzou winning the National Championship: 100 to 1.
• Opening line on total number of Tiger victories: 6.5

Here's how Vegas lists the chances of the rest of the teams in the Big 12 of winning the conference:

• Texas: 13 to 10
• Oklahoma: 8 to 5
• Kansas: 5 to 1
• Nebraska: 5 to 1
• Oklahoma State: 8 to 1
• Colorado: 20 to 1
• Texas Tech: 20 to 1
• Kansas State: 40 to 1
• Baylor: 40 to 1
• Texas A&M: 40 to 1
• Iowa State: 75 to 1

I'd like to put $5 on Mizzou winning the Big 12 and $100 on them winning more than 6.5 games. Oh, and I'd like to slap the shit out of whoever puts a single dollar on that Nebraska line. 

Props to CU for this promo

Found this on Dave Matter's Twitter. Sweetest season ticket promo I've probably ever seen. 

NCAA 10 rosters are out

Few football video games in recent memory have provoked the kind of mixed reaction as NCAA Football '10 has evoked. One contingent of gamers swears the game is as strong as ever and lauds the new Season Showdown and Teambuilder features. But the other side argues the game has only marginally improved (if that) from the last several versions of the game. They say the game has grown stale and are waiting for the release of Madden to get their virtual football fix. 

I'm still in the undecided camp. And I need your help to decide which game to go with this season. Understand that NCAA has been my game for damn near close to a decade. I've never been a huge Madden fan. In fact, I've always thought the game was fairly overrated. But I played the NCAA 10 demo and was definitely not a fan. And I like what I've read about Madden. I have absolutely no idea what to do. 

So please vote in the poll to your right. Is NCAA 10 worth buying or should I wait for the release of Madden? You decide. 

And in case you're not as conflicted as I am and are already rolling with NCAA 10, Lanteri87 has the rosters finished for the XBox 360 version. I can't vouch for them but they've gotten positive reviews over at Operation Sports. And buckeye02 has the rosters for PS3. Both rosters only have updated names, the ratings have been left as EA Sports originally had them. 

And I'll go ahead and include this since it's what comes up on a google image search for "NCAA 10." 

Another kU arrest

But seriously, there's not a discipline problem on this team and no one should worry about potential chemistry issues. Everything's cool. Via kusports.com:

Rodriguez brothers arrested

A former Kansas University football starter and his brother, a current KU player, were arrested after an early morning bar fight Saturday.

Cesar Rodriguez, 24, and Jose Rodriguez, 21, were arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery.

A little before 2 a.m. the Lawrence Police Department was called to the Cadillac Ranch, 2515 W 6th St., about a fight.

The Rodriguez brothers, who were doormen at the bar, had forcibly removed a patron from the bar, police said. The patron was later transported by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Cesar Rodriguez was a four-year starter at offensive tackle for KU from 2004-2007.

Jose Rodriguez, a senior, is a reserve offensive lineman for the Jayhawks.

Tigerboard Comment of the Day

Via TigerinKansas:

Missouri to play Texas Pan American 

In my ongoing effort to reveal the entire Mizzou non-con before Mizzou releases the schedule, I have discovered that the Tigers will face Texas Pan Amercan in one of the two early round games in Columbia for the South Padre Island Invitational. 

I discovered this when I found out through a google lookup that Tex. Pan. Am. was in the tournament, and remembered both ODU and Richmond had already revealed their two "early round" games against the four non-hosts. Because TPA wasn't an opponent of either, they have to be one of ours (as well as Miss State).

The other, by the way, will be against Longwood or Bethune Cookman -- haven't figured that out yet. It is NOT a bracketed deal in Columbia, again. Once either school or Miss State releases their schedule, I'll be able to figure it out.

As noted before, once we get to South Padre, we will play Old Dominion and then either Miss State or Richmond. 

So, our non-con schedule as now:

1. Texas Pan American (in Columbia)*
2. Longwood or Bethune Cookman (in Columbia)*
3. Old Dominion (at South Padre Island)*
4. Miss State/Richmond (at South Padre Island)*
5. Oregon**
6. Georgia
7. The Citadel
8. at Oral Roberts
9. Illinois in St. Louis

*South Padre Island Invitational
**Big 12/Pac 10 Challenge

9 down, 6 more to go!!

Jimmy McKinney works out for the Cardinals

A few weeks ago we linked to Bryan Burwell's column about former Mizzou basketball player Jimmy McKinney getting offered a tryout with the St. Louis Cardinals by Tony La Russa. Over the weekend McKinney worked out with the team at Busch Stadium and it sounds like he did fairly well. 

Burwell again summarizes what happened over the weekend. Sounds like the worst thing going against Jimmy is the fact that he's already 25 and hasn't played baseball in close to a decade. But whether he makes it or not it's a pretty cool story. And man is it weird seeing him in Cards' gear. 

Mizzou player practice session with St.Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium (July 16,2009)

Some links and an adorable interview from lil' Joey Ganz

Ran across a few links this weekend that I found worthy of passing along. If you only read one thing from this post please skip to the final bullet about Joe Ganz. Hysterical stuff there at the end.

• First, one I found over at Rock M. The Joplin Globe has a pretty decent story on Kim English and Laurence Bowers teaming up with kU's Mario Little and Elijah Johnson to help out at a basketball camp it Pittsburgh, Kan. Pretty cool other than the fact that they were helping out at the Jeff Boschee Basketball Clinic. I can only assume Jeff teaches kids at his camps how to play with oversized T-shirts underneath their jerseys and how to completely shave their heads. There is no amount of money I wouldn't pay to see Kimmeh punch this little shit in the mouth. He could actually be a nice guy for all I know but I despised this kid when he was a beaker.
  

And am I the only one who takes issue with this quote from Little? "They accomplished their goal by making it to the Elite 8. We didn't accomplish our goal. We won the Big 12 but we weren't satisfied." Umm...pretty sure Kimmeh has been pretty clear about what this team's goal is. Mario obviously isn't following Kim on Twitter. No word on if Mario even knows what Twitter is.

• ESPN's Ron Franklin is "98.5 percent" sure that he is retiring after 2009-10 college football and basketball seasons. First off, that's a really percentage to tell someone. But I will really miss Ron. It's going to be weird hearing Fran Fraschilla constantly repeating some other broadcast partner's name throughout the telecast.

• MUtigers.com has a pretty cool football ticket advertising that you get when you first enter their site.

• And finally, the reason I hope you're still reading this post. Last Thursday former Nebraska QB Joe Ganz was interviewed on an Omaha sports radio show called "Unsportsmanlike Conduct with Kevin and Mike'L." The show broadcasts 1620 AM in Omaha. You can listen to the clip in its entirety here. It's from the July 16th show and it's segment 9. If you don't want to listen to the entire clip (I wouldn't recommend it) I have the humorous part transcribed below.

After being asked if he like his odds of making the Buffalo Bills roster Ganz replied, "Yeah I mean I do, it's just uhh, you know it just comes down to it's pretty political. So a numbers thing and it kind of has to be the right situation and the right time. And you never really know what they're thinking because I thought I had a great shot at Washington but it just came down to a numbers thing. You know after I saw how Chase was doing I thought there's now way that they're going to release me and keep him, but they already signed him to a deal and all that kinda worked out so you never really know. It's tough because it's not just about football. There's a lot of other things that go into it but it's as good a shot as any so..."

One of the hosts of the show (not sure if it was Kevin or Mike'L) thought that cheap shot at Chase was pretty clever and proceeded to tell Ganz as much, "What I do like is how you took the shot at Chase. That was good. That was a well placed Missouri shot. Thank you."

Ganz admitted that he has to find some place to take shots at Mizzou since he obviously wasn't ever able to do it on the football field. "You know, we gotta start taking our shots sometime," Ganz said.

The host of the show assured Ganz that Nebraska's time to knock Missouri off its Big 12 North throne has come because, as anyone who knows a Husker fan can attest to, NEBRASKA'S BACK!!! BO PELINI IS JESUS CHRIST! BIG RED!!! SDJFAKLJFALK$#Q$!@JKLJSAFDJLK!!!!!!!!!!!

"That'll happen this year. That'll happen this year, Joey. There's no doubt in my mind that Missouri's going to receive several shots this year."

It's seriously been a long time since I laughed as hard as I laughed after listening to that five minute segment. Everything about it. Ganz taking shot at the Tigers despite being embarrassed by a combined score of 93-23 over the last two seasons. The radio hosts providing even more bulletin board material for Pinkel & Co (and in a typically arrogant Husker fan fashion). This was pure gold.

Chase would probably provide a retort to Joey's comments but I'm assuming he's already forgotten who the hell Joe Ganz is.

I also understand the segment with Ganz would have lasted longer if he hadn't had to leave early to work the early shift at the local Hy-Vee.

Twitter Tues. . . Saturday

From Sean Weatherspoon's Twitter: 

My momma just said, " if u don't get that quarterback from Texas then I'm gonna get u!" my moms be on it

I don't think she's messing around Sean, you better do what she says.

Tristan Holt Now a Tiger

According to Power Mizzou, Texas' Tristan Holt (#3) flipped his commitment from Baylor to Mizzou. Usually, I wouldn't be too thrilled with a former Baylor commit, but hell, Art Briles has those guys turned around, so I'll take it. He's a 6'0" 185lb corner.

TigerBoard Comment of the Day

Via jschooltiger

Nice point from Dave Matter

Teams the NY Times blog ranked higher than Mizzou: Stanford, Arkansas Nevada, Northwestern. MU squeaked out a 69-17 win over Nevada in '08

New Digs

Cue up a cover of The Jefferson's and pass that roll of packing tape. It's been a long time coming: Mizzourah is on the move. This move won't come into effect until next Thursday, but here is a look at the new digs, complete with a new domain name: Mizzourahblog.com. Here are the details:

-First the important stuff; if you've been coming to Mizzourah via our domain name of Mizzourah.net, you won't need to change anything. We own that domain name, and will flip the .net over to the new site when we make the move, tentatively scheduled for Thursday morning.

-If you've been coming to Mizzourah via the bullyforoldmizzou.blogspot.com, save your wrist for your typical rainy Saturday afternoon "activity", and beginning when we flip, you'll have to come to the site via Mizzourah.net or Mizzourahblog.com. Don't worry, we'll let you know that we flipped over.

-We will continue to post here until we make the flip over. You will see some random crap go up on the new site throughout the next week until launch, just trying to figure out why the hell someone left us the keys to this Bentley unsupervised.

-I'd love for everyone to sign up for a Bloguin username for commenting, but lets be honest, if we couldn't get Danny from Lawrence to do it after two years, we don't have a shot. It is free, of course. If you're already a Bloguin blog commenter, you're already a step ahead. Please, just sign up. We're glad you did here on blogspot, and it's always easier to respond to a commenter with a name than just as "that asshole Anon".

-Speaking of commenting, one of the cool features of Bloguin that I haven't seen anywhere else is that we're moving all archives over, including every single comment made on Mizzourah. The fact that we were able to do this was one of the huge reasons to make this move. It really doesn't seem like a move, more just shining up this rusty pile of garbage. See, you've already contributed to a site that you didn't know existed until now.

-We are learning this new formatting the same time as you are reading it. If you notice anything going awry, let us know in the comments section or with a quick email. I know I'll eff some several things up. That's part of the reason we aren't officially launching until Thursday, just to get that new blog smell out of the joint. Oh, and figure it out.

There are a shitload of bells and whistles to go along with the new site, including automatically posting to Facebook and whatnot, so feel free to play around. If you'd like to see a final build on what we'll look like in the next few weeks, check out In The Bleacher's new site, another Bloguin site.

Bloguin is excited to have Mizzourah come aboard, and in all honesty, very little of it has to do with us three pricks writing the site. Instead, it has to do with all of the commenters. We are looking forward to it, and you should be as well. Commenting is a hell of a lot better than what we've dealt with, especially if you're HTML retarded like I am.

If you have any questions, drop us an email at bullyforoldmizzou@gmail.com. We will do our best to answer your questions, and if we don't have the answer (likely), we'll escalate it to Mr. Bloguin. We have the red phone right here, and aren't afraid to use it.

And with that said, beginning Saturday, I'm blowing some vacation time, and will be back Wednesday. The 'rents are in town, so if you're a God fearing human, pray for me...a lot. Either way, taking a couple of days off gives me a reason to post Jessica Biel's ass in my honor.
That "Saturday Night Activity" can move up a day, right?

Pop, Lock & Drop It

In response to Big Head's ridonkulous post yesterday I give you this video. Check out the 0:31 second mark. And sorry I wasn't able to embed the video directly on here. Apparently the poster of the video has requested that embedding be disabled. Didn't know you could do that...But anyways, the 0:31 second mark, really cool.

Facebook Friday

For the second consecutive week Facebook Friday is turning into Happy Birthday Friday. This week we're celebrating Matty Lawrence's big Two-Two. Looking through Matty Ice's facebook pics it really started to dawn on me how much I'm going to miss this kid next year. In his sophomore and senior years Matt put together two of the most efficient seasons I've ever seen from a Mizzou b-baller. 

Anyways, here's to you, Matt. Hope you get some more of this on your big day:

Maclin And Coffman Appearance In St. Peters

Jeremy Maclin and Chase Coffman will be in my backyard this Saturday (July 18) as they're going to be signing autographs at the new Tiger Town Store in Mid Rivers Mall at 2:30. So if you're in the area drop whatever it is you're doing and meet up with two of the best offensive weapons Mizzou has ever seen.

The rumor that will never die

As we all know the Mizzou to the Big 10 (11) rumors have been around since T-Rex's roamed the earth. I got sick of hearing the rumors around the same time that I turned 11 years old. For the record, I don't want the Tigers in the Big 10 (11) and I don't think they'll ever be in the Big 10 (11). 

But that said, this video from Big 10 (11) Network analyst and Mizzou alumnus Mike Hall is fairly entertaining. And as Greg Stipanovich says in the video, Mizzou was in the Big 8 and now they're in the Big 12. Twelve plus eight equals 20, which divided by two is 10. So it only makes sense for the Tigers to join up with the Big 10 (11).  

Tigers, Beakers slated for Big Monday in Larryville

ESPN's Big Monday schedule has been released and the Tigers' will be squaring off with kU in Lawrence on Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. in a game that will be featured on ESPN's Big Monday. It will be the 18th consecutive season the Tigers' have made at least one appearance on Big Monday but it will be their lone appearance next season. 

Also, this is the fourth image that comes up on a Google image search of "Big Monday":

And this is the 14th:

Make An Indian Cry Ticket Info

Illannoy tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday, 8/1 at 10a (central time I believe) via Ticketmaster. Props to Ticketmaster for spilling the info.

Corn Nation: Husker arrogance at it's finest.

A lot of Mizzou fans despise everything about the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Lincoln, Neb. Their team, their fans, their city, their hookers, etc. I can't totally disassociate myself from that group because no matter how many years pass and no matter how many times we quadruple the Huskers' score in football, the kicked ball game will always be somewhat of an open wound. 

But at the same time I've been to watch Mizzou play in Lincoln twice ('06 and last year) and both times had a helluva time. What's more is I really kinda enjoyed the city (wouldn't want to live there, but it was a nice change of pace) and the majority of their fans were really cool to me. But nonetheless, occasionally I will read or hear about something that a Husker fan has said or written and the pure, unadulterated hate of all things Cornhusker that I grew up with will be resurrected. 

Last Friday was one of those times. I ran across a link over on Rock M to a post on the Cornhusker blog Corn Nation. Now before I delve to far into all the reasons the post was an idiotic one to make let me give our ear pickin' enemies some credit. Corn Nation is a fantastic blog if you want an intelligent take on Cornhusker sports. Unfortunately, this wasn't necessarily a good example of that. 

The post was in response to a survey that was being taken about college teams and their biggest rivals. All in all it wasn't a bad post. If it hadn't been for one 33 word blurb. One of the questions on the survey was "In 100 words or less, best describe your team's fan base." Here was part of the response in which the author tried to explain why Nebraska fans are the greatest in college football. He ended up coming closer to proving why Nebraska fans are the most illogical in college football. 

"Nebraskans are generally football geeks. We tend to be more knowledgeable about the actual game of football than most other fans, which is why you don't see massive amounts of tailgating at Husker games."

Anyone care to explain the logic behind that statement? You don't tailgate and have a good time before the game actually starts because you know more about football than most fans that are tailgating? Umm.......whhhhhaaaaaaaaatttt? 

If I had one complaint about my experience in Lincoln it would have been that the tailgating atmosphere left a bit to be desired. In fact, if I remember correctly from my trip to Lincoln last season (and I'm not certain because I had already had a decent number of brewskies at the time) most of the tailgaters were Mizzou fans. I wasn't sure why that was at the time. I honestly had no idea that the reason for that was because I was less knowledgeable about football than those football lovin' Husker fans. 

Donktastic Return

Props from Gingerballs from Friend of the Family OreadBoomKings for the email, and like herpes, this donktacular ride makes its return, and now it can be had. It was in the Huey video. THE EFFIN' HUEY VIDEO!!! Let's Pop, Lock, & Drop It over to another Craigslist classic.

1984 Mizzou-ri Oldsmobile Cutlass Custom Everything - $1 (St. charles / St. Louis)

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Date: 2009-07-13, 6:43PM CDT

Make us a legit offer!!! This car was in Hueys "Pop lock and drop it" video as well as a few others.

Not Mizzou related but still cool

This really isn't Mizzou related but for some reason I haven't seen too many headlines about it, which is strange considering I live in the city that it concerns. Kansas City will get the 2012 MLB All-Star Game. It should be really cool for Royals fans to get to see Zack Greinke pitching back at the K...in a Yankee uniform. (Low blow, I know. Totally uncalled for.)

Update @7:45 a.m. My buddy Andrew has informed me that Greinke is actually signed with the Royals through 2012. But with that being the final year of his contract there is a good chance that will have either been traded or at least on the block at that point. 

And Fastidious Hat pointed out that this is a Mizzou related post because Ian Kinsler will be starting a 2B, Aaron Crow and Max Scherzer will be starting and Kyle Gibson and Nick Tepesch will be the first pitchers coming out of the bullpen. 

Mizzou Rap

Save yourself the first 2:20 of this video, and enjoy this autotunetacular, grill filled video.

Maclin Meets Madden

Then I jizzed in my pants.

Speaking of ex-Tigers in Madden '10, if you preordered from Gamestop, go back to the store and nab your demo code and roll through those panzee ass Cardinals with Ziggy Hood and the Steelers.

Larryville Does The Opposite of Blowing

Congrats to this TB'er for capturing this classic.

Mizzou Beer Pong, errr "Party Table"

A triangle at both ends? A 2x8ft dimension? A passed out sorority girl smelling of Natty Light? I'm most definitely interested in this kind of "party table".
FS Mizzou party table - $10 (Holts Summit)

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Date: 2009-07-02, 11:29AM CDT

PPU by Wed will remove when table is gone FS Mizzou party table it is aprox 2 ft wide by 8 ft long with a 3 inch holes at each end for placing trash can to collect beverage cans.

contact thru craigslist or 501-733-8241

Thanks

Chase Daniel @ Independence Center

If your life-long dream (or at least for the past four years) has been to meet Chase Daniel, your dream can come true tomorrow at Independence Center from 7-9p. I'd appreciate some signed schwag, but I can always just look at my Color Me Badd poster and tell everyone I have some rare Chase memorabilia.

NCAA '10 Holiday

As many of you enjoy your "sick day" today due to the cramping of your wrist (no, it's not from the same activity Hat usually schedules at Thursday afternoon), your Xbox 360 or PS3 may already be getting a little warm from beating the hell out of Florida International with Mizzou in NCAA '10. For the first time since this thing was Bill Walsh Football, I'm skipping out on NCAA for the year. Mainly, I played the demo and thought I was going to have a seizure. Oh, and the thing reminded me of playing NFL Gameday back in high school and college...not in a good way. I realize your loyalty, so I won't bitch, but instead I'll try to help you out rather than saying "Wait for Madden".

1). Yeah, Faurot Field IS STILL called "Ferret Field". Total bullshit. Again.
2). Gold unis are in the game. Pretty sweet, and needed.
3). Illannoy/Mizzou still isn't being played at the Dome. The B12 title game is still at Camerohead, when it's supposed to be in the Cowboys' new digs in Arlington.
4). I realize that I'm a nerd. I'm a guy in his later-20s that still throws down some Xbox, but I don't live in my mom's basement AND I've touched a real life woman (I know, hard to believe), but even I think this Teambuilder thing is for the nerds. Go ahead and spend hours creating your historical/high school teams. I'll be with your girlfriend.
5). Here's your friends that you'll need to use to grab your new rosters:

PS3 - EA_CS
Xbox 360 - EASCncaa10

So there you have it. Color me not impressed, and I'll save my 60 bones for Madden and NHL '10, but if you're going with NCAA '10, enjoy your 2019 dynasty by Friday.

Don't forget to abide by the NCAA laws.

Al Davis Should Really Go Ahead And Retire

For some unfathomable reason, the Raiders have decided to cut sixth-round draft pick Stryker Sulak before the rookie training camp.

The formal designation was "waived/unsigned."

So, basically, the Raiders have cut Sulak before his rookie training camp. Said the source, "I've never seen that happen before."

This really sucks and if it was any other team other than the Raiders I'd be surprised. I'm now hoping Sulak gets picked up by a team in the AFC West, I don't care which, and makes Davis' life absolutely miserable by sacking the shit out of JaMarcus Russell for years to come.

Getcha Tickets Ready

Got this in an email from the University.

Single game tickets for Mizzou Football home games will go on sale to the general public beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15. Initially, only the Bowling Green, Furman, Baylor and Iowa State games will be available for advance purchase.

Single game tickets for the Nebraska and Texas games will not be available until Sept. 1. The only way to guarantee your seats for those two games is to purchase a season ticket. Season Tickets are currently available for as low as $199.

Tickets to the four designated home games will be available for order online beginning at 6 p.m. on July 15 only at mutigers.com. Tickets will open up to phone and in-person orders at the Mizzou Arena ticket office beginning at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 16.

As always, fans can order by calling 1-800-CAT PAWS (884-PAWS in mid-Missouri) or online at mutigers.com.

About Gabbert's Leadership, Chase As QB Coach

If you don't hit up RockMNations's morning link dump, do yourself a favor...you can always find some goodies, including this YouTube raw video of Pinkel, Mizzou's resident badass Sean Weatherspoon, and they guy filling your new jersey purchase, Blaine Gabbert. Pretty good look at Gabbert's leadership, and Pinkel basically says Chase will be a QB coach when he's done with the NFL.

KIMMIE'S BACK ON TWITTER

Good news everybody! Kimmie English is back on Twitter!

http://twitter.com/Englishscope

Knew he couldn't keep away.

Tommy Saunders, Brock Christopher updates

This news is a couple of weeks old now but I just now read about it so I figured I'd pass it along. On June 26 the Detroit Lions released Tommy Saunders. And after being released by the Atlanta Falcons in early June Brock Christopher has signed a free agent contract with the New York Jets. 

Happy B-Day, GB85!

Today we want to wish a very happy birthday to an all-time Mizzourah favorite, the true Ochocinco, the incomparable Greg Bracey. GB85 is without a doubt one of the coolest dudes to every put on a Tiger uniform. Happy b-day, GB. I hope you celebrate by having a Bud with your boy Marcus Woods and watching some old school Eddie Murphy Raw. (Inside joke.)

And just because:

Facebook Friday

Earlier this week Big Head posted a pic of Sod Reesing celebrating the Fourth of July by wearing cutoff jorts and a plaid visor while evidently violating a poor innocent puppy. Some might even go as far to say Sod looked like a "douche" in said pic. Beaker fans argued that Sod is just a down to earth guy and that he was just doing what normal guys do on the 4th. In all honesty, I understood the point they were making but still pointed out that Mizzou has had its own share of down to earth athletes over the last few years and that they have never been caught looking like that. 

Specifically, I mentioned Martin Rucker as a guy who was well known for being incredibly approachable and pound for pound one of the coolest cats you'll ever meet. And it just so happens that we have some pics from his 4th of July get together. It should be noted that none of these pics involve jorts or plaid visors in any way, shape or form.

Mizzou sees you, Phil Steele

“Fifth in the Big 12 North,” tailback Derrick Washington said the sign reads, no doubt a nod to Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, which among other things projects the Tigers finishing ahead of only Iowa State in the North Division. “Everybody looks at that everyday.”

Steele’s is the only major publication predicting such a drastic decline for the Tigers. MU is picked to finish third by the three other prominent magazines, Lindy’s, Athlon and Sporting News. Among those four, Kansas and Nebraska were each picked by two to win the division.

“We want to go out there and gain some respect,” MU linebacker Sean Weatherspoon said. “We don’t want anybody to just give it to us. I understand what’s going on with people picking us fifth. When you get six draft picks, a lot of people obviously think you’re going to take a few steps back. But it’s rebuild or reload. We choose to reload. We’re excited about this.”

Others were less diplomatic.

“Fifth in the North, that’s totally disrespectful,” wide receiver Danario Alexander chimed in. “We’re using that as our motive right now to get ready for the season.”

“If we win the Big 12 North two years in a row and then we get pushed back because we lose some great talent, it’s like a slap in the face,” added nose tackle Jaron Baston. “It’s like, ‘Well, Mizzou had their run. They’re done for now.’ That’s not us. We’re still moving forward.”

Courtesy of Dave Matter. It's so good to have his daily updates back in my life. 

TigerBoard Comment of the Day

Via McKinneyTiger

FYI on Nebraska tickets sales

Just talked to 1-800-catpaws. Nebraska tickets will go on sale Sept. 1st at 6PM on mutigers.com and by phone Sept 2nd. Likely to have a 4 ticket limit.

Let's buy 'em up!

Leo Lyons Summer League Update

In his first appearance with the Indiana Pacers Summer League team Leo Lyons scored seven points in seven minutes in a 91-88 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The scoring you have to be pleased with but it's a little concerning that he didn't pull down any rebounds in his limited PT. This is on the heels of a DNP-coach's decision. Hopefully Jim O'Brien (or whoever coaches the summer league team) starts giving Leo some better burn. 

Update Via Dave MacD: Leo played nine minutes today against the Utah Jazz and scored nine points. And again grabbed 0 rebounds. That makes 16 points in 16 minutes. And 0 rebounds. If you're still not sure what Leo's strengths and weaknesses are then stop reading this blog. Immediately. 

Your '09 Football Poster

Surprise! The greatest Mizzou linebacker is on the 2009 football poster. Of course, the same thing is available for a free wallpaper download to let those prick kU co-workers know what's up.

Todd Reesing Really Loves Some Puppies

Major props to this Tigerboarder for throwing this picture up. Last week we had Sod crushing some old tail down in the P&L District in Kansas City, and now, he somehow made it to the cutting room floor of the "America, Fuck Yeah" video. Puppy! Fuck Yeah! 'Mericah Shirt! Fuck Yeah? Jorts! Fuck Yeah?

GOLD JERSEYS! They're In The Game

From the new NCAA 10 game. You can throw some gold pants (!) and gold jerseys (!!) on Gabbert & Co. Your TV screen will thank EA for not having the gold jersey and gold pant combo. If you see Oregon's unis, you'll know why they had to add the seizure schpiel.

Mizzou vs Kentucky?

WWL's Tim Griffin is wasting the summer days with the mythical "B12/SEC Challenge", matching "equal" teams up. And by saying "equal", Tim picked Mizzou eighth (8th!!!) in the B12, BEHIND COLORADO! Really Tim?

Missouri (Big 12 No. 8) vs. Kentucky (SEC No. 8)

Missouri's record against the SEC: 4-1
Kentucky's record against the Big 12: 0-0
Previous series: Kentucky leads, 2-0
Most recent meeting: Kentucky, 12-6, at Lexington in 1968.
Distance between them (according to How Far Is It): 431 miles.
Where they should play: Paducah, Ky. (237 miles from Lexington, 240 miles from Columbia)

Who wins: Missouri.

Why: Both teams are coming off recent runs that have been the most successful in recent history. Missouri has made back-to-back appearances in the Big 12 title game. And Kentucky has made three straight bowl appearances for the first time since 1950-52 under coach Rich Brooks.

In this mythical matchup, Missouri will send a rebuilding offense keyed by quarterback Blaine Gabbert against a salty Kentucky defense unit led by cornerback Trevard Lindley. The key, like most games for Missouri this season, will be consistent production from its running game led by Derrick Washington and De'Vion Moore.

Missouri returns only four starters on defense, but Gary Pinkel has been raving about the increased athleticism at defensive end and at cornerback. Streaky Kentucky quarterback Mike Hartline hasn't shown much consistency in his career and likely would struggle against the Tigers' defense, particularly linebacker Sean Weatherspoon.

In the end, I think Missouri grinds out a victory because of the running game and with Gabbert making just enough plays to let them win

TigerBoard Comment of the Day

Via MoArk

One reason why KU must be concerned

Their projected starting left tackle is a converted DE who was converted as a TE before that. A few months ago, he weighed 245 lbs. Stuffing himself with five meals a day, he hopes to hit 290 by the time the season starts.

They're asking a lot of this kid.

Happy birthday, America

Everyone have a happy and safe America's birthday. Celebrate with beer, brawts, baseball, Jessica Biel's ass, and...the Hulkster. 

Facebook Friday

Apologies for forgetting to post Facebook Friday last week. But this week we have a treat for you courtesy of the man of 100,000 pushups, Tommy Saunders.

In this pic Tommy appears to be walking in front of a mural of Michael Jackson and the Pepsi logo. He's also obviously rocking a sweet hat and a curious t-shirt with the words "Obey Phenomenology" written across his chest. 

After googling the phrase I found out a little more about this line of clothing: "The Obey campaign can be explained as an experiment in Phenomenology. The first aim of Phenomenology is to reawaken a sense of wonder about one's environment. The Obey campaign attempts to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question both the campaign and their relationship with their surroundings. Because people are not used to seeing advertisements or propaganda for which the motive is not obvious, frequent and novel encounters with Obey propaganda provoke thought and possible frustration, never the less revitalizing the viewer's perception and attention to detail."

Sweet.

I'm also including this photo of Tommy because I can't look at it without smiling. 

Happy 3-Day Weekend

I'm not sure the Founding Father's would have figured out that July 4th 1776 would create the drunken debauchery and hot dog eating contests that it has today. Of course, the 4th of July has turned into the 3rd of July and even "Screw It, Half-Day 2nd". If your boss is making you work tomorrow, he/she is a dick, except for mine (I love my job. Please don't fire me.)

With the 3 1/2 day weekend, it's time again for another Mizzourah celebration with Jessica Biel's ass.While Jessica puts the 'A' in T&A, of course, we're missing half of the equation. No more. Add in some 'T'.

Sod Likes 'Em Old, Drunk

These pictures hit the Mizzourah inbox, and apparently they are on Tigerboard as well. Apparently, Todd Reesing hit the Power & Lights District, got a little fucked up, and tried to crush some old tail. Ah, the lovely proof.The email ended with "If Sod hooked up with the big blonde, do you think it's like Arrowhead's turf down there?".Well played.

Added via another email:

The Return of the kUchebag

It's been a little while, but the ever elusive kUchebag is always lurking. It might be at the airport, gay bar, popped collar conventions, or delivering pizzas in their BMWs. At most gatherings, you can always spot the kUchebag, and most of the time, they are about as subtle as this week's email submission from jdrock.We all know that the neighbors to the west are different from the rest of civilization, and I figured the coon-skin hat went the way of the Little Rascals in the '30s. Our friend this week goes with the adaptation of knocking off the buckleshoes and gutting a stuffed animal, which I'd guess he's slept with since at least the Gayle Sayers days, and plopping it on his head. Nothing says 'kU fan' like a stuffed animal on your head.

Keep your camera handy, and if you want to call out a kUchebag, email your submissions to bullyforoldmizzou@gmail.com.

Player Drinking **GASP**

Not to let you down, but the player is over 21 and is a QB on the Redskins' roster. Sorry if you're looking for controversy, but Chase Daniel took a visit to the Mike O'Meara Show in DC, and while there, Mike hosted some booze specialists. Of course, Chase being the great guest that he is, participates.In case you're wondering, WJFK is the station that asshole Chad Dukes is at. Chase had a solid mini-camp, and is definitely looking good for the 3rd QB spot on the Skins roster. Of course, that depends on if Colt Brennan beats out Todd Collins, who is old enough to have taken Mother Nature to prom.

Welcome back, Huskerh8er

Our boy AJ (aka Huskerh8er), who piloted the immensely popular and entertaining Behind enemy lines blog, has started up his new blog Diary of a Hater. I'm sure he will focus most of his hate toward the Nubs (old habits die hard) but it appears he's going to appear a good amount of time spewing animosity toward the rest of the jackasses in the college football universe. I have to say the idea of having a blog totally dedicated to the teams and players that you despise is a ingenious. 

It's good to have you back, AJ.