A lot was made early in the season when we learned that Gabbert’s redshirt was getting burned.  I declared it a great idea over at Barking Carnival, and while I’m not quite as confident now about the decision, I still believe it was a good thing for the Tigers and Blaine Gabbert.  By my count, […]

As the Big 12 South drops bowl games by double digits to underdogs, the Big 12 North swept its three games.  The conference now stands 3-2, thanks to the Titans from the North.  If Texas and OU lose, we should stage a coup. 
 
North rides in to seize control of the Big 12
I did not get […]

Josh Freeman is forgoing his senior year to enter the draft.
Crazy that a guy who isn’t even in the top 50th percentile of QBs in his own conference is told that he’s an early second round draft pick.  He’s happy footed and inaccurate.  In conference play he completed just 55% of his passes, threw 9 TDs […]

Maybe everybody knew this–it is buried in Matter’s blog here–but Sean Weatherspoon announced after the Alamo Bowl that he will return for his senior season.  Of course, it would be easy, I imagine, to get caught up in the moment, and if the NFL projects him to be a first rounder, he might change his […]

It’s the end of an era and I feel fine.  Tigers win, which is all that really matters.  Winning ugly is still winning.  Losing to that Northwestern team would have been the pinnacle of an embarrassing season where Mizzou adorned preseason mags as a fave for the national championship.  Seriously, those Wildcats aren’t that much better than […]

2008 is indisputably the year of the Big 12 QB.  Let’s see….four of the QBs were odds-on favorites at some point this year to win the Heisman.  Three of the top four Heisman Trophy vote getters were Big 12 QBs.  Four different active QBs have finished in the top four in Heisman voting the last […]

For the whole story on the importance of Chase’s chase, see:
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It’s been a spirited battle between a college football superstar and a has-been-if-there-ever-was-one that all comes down to the Alamo Bowl.  Only the Northwestern Wildcat defense stands in the way of Chase Daniel’s quest for fame, fortune and the respectable achievement of unseating a QB who […]

Paul Rhoads, praised on these very pages a month or so ago, has been hired to lead the Cyclones.  He’s an Iowa native, which I assume the Cyclones hope means he won’t leap at the first opportunity that comes his way to get the hell out of Ames.  He worked for Dan McCarney which means […]

Everyone’s favorite transient wide receiver, Vidal Hazelton, has narrowed his transfer choices to Mizzou and Rutgers.  I don’t usually spend much time following the whims of football recruits because it can drive you mad, but Hazelton was rated the number one wide receiver in the 2006 class by scout.com.  That’s worthy of a notice or […]

It has been interesting the last couple weeks to read about the reaction Bill Snyder’s return has had in recruiting circles.  For example, about 17 seconds after it was announced that he was back, Bryce Brown (the number one RB in the country) mentioned that K-State was back in the running, at least nominally, for […]

I am one of the biggest Gary Pinkel defenders on Earth.  I defended Gary Pinkel after the debacle that was the 2004 season.  Stay the course, I said.  Slow and steady wins the race.  I defended the decision to pull Chase Daniel’s redshirt.  Get him some experience, I said.  Trust in the coaching staff.  The […]

Much to the dismay of Iowa State and Auburn fans*, Gene Chizik was named the new head coach of the Auburn Tigers over the weekend.  Auburn, coming off the halcyon days of Tommy Tuberville, turn to Mr. 5-19 from the Big 12 North.  Auburn, a program steeped in tradition, turns to a man who by […]

Coffman was named the top tight end in the country last night, taking home the Mackey Award.  I have written many a glowing thing about Chase Coffman on these pages and am indescribably pumped for him for pulling down a major award. 

Coffman came to us as the number 9 TE recruit in the country, as per […]

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The Holidays are just around the corner, and it brings about thoughts of family and friends.  It also always brings about the thoughts of another Tiger season gone horribly wrong, though last year was almost the exception.  I am use to it, almost numb to it. But […]

For most of us Missouri football fans, the NFL Draft is traditionally slightly less exciting and much more depressing than CSPAN.  As Phenomenal pointed out, Missouri’s NFL contingent barely outnumbers Wyoming’s House contingent, and are much less effective (exception being Justin Gage’s huge game a few weeks ago).
But 2009 promises to be different.  And by […]