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What is the difference between the Under Armour All-America Game and the U.S. Army All-American Bowl? Why would a player choose one over the other?
-- Terence, St. Louis
The biggest difference is that one is a three-hour ad for Under Armour, and the other is a three-hour ad for the Army. But basically, the folks at ESPN, clearly miffed that someone else in the sports universe thought of something before they did, started the Under Armour game last year as part of their greater emphasis on recruiting. Now, from what I can tell, organizers for the two (with heavy involvement by their associated recruiting analysts) basically just fight over the various, elite recruits to get them to play in one over the other, much like the shoe companies have long done in basketball with their various camps.It's sick, it's dirty and I can't even bring myself to watch them.
Stewart Mandel, enunciating thoughts I've had for a while. And sadly, if Mizzou is going to be as good as I hope they can be, they have to compete for these kids and take part in the show.
about 10 hours ago
The Boy
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Rock M Roundtable!
by The Boy
on Jan 7, 2009 3:30 PM CST
in Rock M Roundtable!
1 - One football game remains. Who wins it--Florida or Oklahoma?
2 - Give me the one storyline you're most interested in for Mizzou (or in Doug's case, Kansas) Spring Football in two months.
3 - Missouri stands at 13-2 in basketball right now, and despite being labeled as the conference's "Biggest Disappointment" by Andy Katz and Adrian Branch on ESPNU, that has to be just about the best any self-respecting Mizzou fan could have expected at the beginning of the season (despite the gut-wrenching quality of the Xavier loss). At this point, seeing what you have (or haven't, ahem) seen, what do you expect from this team in Big 12 play?
4 - I may have already asked this question a while back, but who's your favorite player on this (or in Doug's case, KU's) team?
5 - Give me the four teams that will receive first-round byes at the Big 12 Tournament.
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National Duals Preview: #4 Nebraska
by The Beef
on Jan 7, 2009 12:30 PM CST
in Mizzou Wrestling 2008-2009
Assuming Mizzou is able to get past the #14 ranked Nittany Lions at 9am, they would then face the Huskers coming back at 1pm. The 4/5 matchup would likely lead to a semi-final showdown against the #1 seeded Iowa Hawkeyes who are the unanimous #1 team in the nation following their come-from-behind win at the Midlands Tournament. What would this quarterfinal matchup have in store for the Tigers? Let's take a look...and remember...any prediction of mine is not likely based on a whole hell of a lot of personal knowledge :-)
As always, rankings are courtesy of Intermat, who finally put up the individual rankings (which were not available yesterday for the Penn State preview when I wrote it)
125: This weight class might hold one of the key swing matches in this dual, and something of a rarity as neither team will put a ranked wrestler out on the mat. For the Huskers, Andy Pokorny last took a 12-6 loss to #11 Watts of Michigan, but had been up in the match 6-4 after a pretty back and forth 1st period. On the other side, Troy Dolan won a couple of matches at the Midlands and took a 5-2 loss against #4 Nicholson of ODU. It would be huge for the Tigers to get a win here, but this screams toss-up to me at this juncture between the two redshirt freshmen.
133: Senior Patrick Aleksanyian for Nebraska has made the NCAA tournament previously, though it was back in 2006 and it was at 141 pounds. Since then, he has been plagued by injury a bit. In his last outing, he won a key victory for the Huskers over an unranked Michigan wrestler. Todd Schavrien (who is curiously no longer ranked even though he had wins over ranked opponents at Midlands) has shown solid improvement for the Tigers of late, and will need to keep that upswing going to score what should be a win here.
A little more on Schavrien's (non) ranking. He defeated #19 Hutter and #13 Beebe, but lost to the NOW ranked #18 DeShazer...but still fell out. I find that to be strange.
141: OK...so this is getting strange for me. After a toss-up at 125 and a presumed (but close) win at 133, I have to give the edge to the Tigers once again at this weight. Mizzou should be hitting the mat with now #10 Marcus Hoehn, who has had a great year thus far and has shown tremendous improvement over last season. For the Huskers, true freshman John Burns is likely to get the call, fresh off of a 8-0 major decision loss to #4 Russell of Michigan. Hoehn and the Tigers need to take advantage of these matchups when they present themselves, but I expect a win here for the Tigers.
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For anybody who's interested...
...and/or already going through "BTBS preview" withdrawal, here's a link to my Varsity Numbers preview of the BCS National Championship game.
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A 2009 Walkthrough: Running Backs
by The Boy
on Jan 7, 2009 10:00 AM CST
in Mizzou Football 2009
It's going to be inevitable to talk about Missouri in 2009 without talking about losses--Daniel, Coffman, Maclin (probably), etc. However, there is a potentially strong identity for Missouri to carve out of what is returning...namely, threats in the running game.
Returnees
Derrick Washington (5'11, 215, junior)
Derrick Washington was, to say the least, feast-or-famine in 2008.
- First five games: 67 carries, 500 rushing yards, 10 TDs (plus 9 catches, 92 yards, another 2 TDs) (7.8 yards per touch)
- Next two: 15 carries, 28 rushing yards, 2 TDs (plus 8 catches, 70 yards) (4.3 yards per touch)
- Next four games: 59 carries, 381 rushing yards, 4 TDs (plus 7 catches, 66 yards) (6.77 yards per touch)
- Final three games: 36 carries, 127 yards, 1 TD (plus 5 catches, 49 yards) (4.3 yards per touch)
Thanks to his outstanding receiving ability, his per-touch averages were never really too terrible, but three things were clear regarding Washington: 1) his success took the Missouri offense to a stratospheric level, 2) he struggled mightily against the better rush defenses on the schedule (OU, Texas, Northwestern, OSU), and 3) he didn't look nearly as explosive at the end of the season. Now, (1) needs no explanation--matching the Daniel-Maclin-Coffman trifecta with an unstoppable running game is just about unfair. Really, (2) doesn't need an explanation either--better defenses stop good players better. That's, like, science or something. However, (3) needed a bit of an explanation...and it possibly just got one:
Why the drop-off in the second half of the season? Was Washington injured? Gary Pinkel never mentioned his tailback in his weekly injury reports, but, for what it’s worth, a relative of Washington’s recently posted on a MU message board that the tailback injured his knee in MU’s second game, which eventually required his knee to be drained to relieve swelling.
Now, this obviously wasn't a tremendously significant injury, as Washington's most productive stretch--Nevada, Buffalo and Nebraska--came after the second game. Plus, he went for 151 total yards and 2 TDs in frigid temps up in Ames late in the season. Regardless, it's as good an explanation as anything else to explain why Washington was struggling. When #24 is on, he exploits even tiny holes and runs through arm tackles. Against OU and Northwestern in particular, even when there were holes to be exploited, he was only getting 4-6 yards instead of 8-12.
Mizzou's chances for a surprise North title in 2009 rely on Washington being both healthy and productive, and while I'm 90% optimistic he will be both, his late-season struggles prevent me from being 100% optimistic.
De'Vion Moore (5'9, 195, sophomore)
Obviously after one season of mostly junk-time work, it's hard to get a read on De'Vion Moore's potential, but it's tempting to go in one of two extreme directions:
- Barring one big carry against Colorado, here were his stats during conference play (junk time or no): 19 carries, 69 yards (3.6 per carry), 0 TDs. Not amazing stuff. It seems clear early on that he has the ceiling of Marcus Woods and the floor of Earl Goldsmith. He's shifty but not all that productive.
- Did you see that one big carry against Colorado (4:03 of this video)? Holy crap! He got a whole and just exploded away from every defender! Kid's got some serious jets and could make a nice inside-outside combo with D-Wash in '09.
As always, reality probably lies halfway between the two extremes, but with three years of eligibility remaining, there's still plenty of potential in De'Vion to be exploited. And he certainly makes for an interesting change of pace with Washington running mostly between the tackles.
Redshirts
Drew Temple (5'10, 190ish, RSFr)
We obviously don't know a ton about Drew Temple at this point, but his Rivals video tells us that he runs a lot like his older brother Tony--stringing runs outside until a hole develops, then trying to explode through it--only, it appears, he maybe seeks out contact a bit more. How that translates to success at Mizzou, who the heck knows, but for as disappointing as Tony Temple was at times, I think we would all be pretty happy to have a TT proxy in the backfield for another few years, huh?
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Mizzou-Coppin State: Statistical De-Fanging
by The Boy
on Jan 7, 2009 8:00 AM CST
in Mizzou Basketball 08-09
Yeah, we're not going to spend a ton of time on this one...I've never been much a fan of torture porn...
| Mizzou | Coppin St |
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| Points Per Minute |
2.20 | 1.38 |
| Points Per Possession (PPP) |
1.16 | 0.72 |
| Points Per Shot (PPS) |
1.33 | 1.08 |
| 2-PT FG% | 59.5% | 39.4% |
| 3-PT FG% | 44.8% | 22.2% |
| FT% | 50.0% | 68.0% |
| Mizzou | Eagles | |
| Assists | 25 | 7 |
| Steals | 16 | 8 |
| Turnovers | 18 | 25 |
| (Assists + Steals) / TO | 2.28 | 0.60 |
| Mizzou | Fangola | |
| Expected Offensive Rebounds | 12 | 13 |
| Offensive Rebounds | 12 | 12 |
| Eq. Rebound Margin | 0 | -1 |
- Not sure what to say about this one, as the only truly necessary stat is the fact that over a 19-minute span (17:00 of the first half to 18:00 of the second half), Mizzou outscored
AngolaCoppin State by a score of 51-16, and then tried as hard as possible not to extend the lead anymore.
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Mizzou Links, 1-7-08
by The Boy
on Jan 7, 2009 5:41 AM CST
in News
That Laurence Bowers dunk from last night? A SportsCenter Top 10 highlight.
"Mizzou's 13-2" Links!
- Mutigers.com: Tigers sink Eagles, 88-55
- CoppinStateSports.com: McKee Moves into Second Place on Career Scoring List; Tigers Beat Eagles
- PowerMizzou: Laurence, Lawrence highlight Tiger win
- The Trib (pre-game): Critics don't bother Lawrence (though he doesn't name mcboomofdoom directly)
- The Trib (post-game): Lawrence lights up Coppin State
- The Missourian: Lawrence lights up Coppin State (that's right--same highlight)
- KC Star: MU pops Coppin State 88-55
DeMarre Carroll followed every word, nodding his head in apparent understanding.
No matter that Terry Moore — a sportscaster from Shenzhen, near Hong Kong — was speaking Chinese.
“I speak no Chinese,” Carroll said, “but I’m an active listener.”
So ended Missouri’s nonconference basketball season, with the 13-2 Tigers accepting plaudits from all over following the Tigers’ 88-55 victory over Coppin State. Including flowery congratulations from the Chinese TV journalist visiting the Missouri School of Journalism.
Through a translator, the Chinese journalist with the American-sounding name, asked Carroll, Keith Ramsey and Matt Lawrence: “What chance do you think you can get yourself into the NBA, thanks.”
...Later, in a hallway inside Mizzou Arena, Lawrence was still shaking his head but smiling over the exchange.
“He started off speaking in English, and then I realized he switched to Chinese,” Lawrence said. “I didn’t realize he was going to have a translator.”
- Post-Dispatch: MU aces its final warm-up act
No idea why I'm linking to this (it's still waaaaay too early), but I just knew you needed some Bracketology in your life, so here you go. Gonzaga-Missouri in the West Region 7-10 game. Better than the Kansas-Davidson draw, I'll say that much.
NFL Draft or Mizzou? Well, it might finally be coming to an end: in two days, Jeremy Maclin announces his intentions for 2009.
Finally, in recruiting news, hold your breath: Ronnie Wingo is visiting Arkansas, and let's just say I'm pretty sure he's going to be told exactly what he wants to hear about playing running back, his coach actually staying there for five years, et cetera. Chances are, if Wingo hasn't committed to Arkansas by Monday, his odds of becoming a Tiger end up getting awfully high, even though Tennessee is trying to sneak in the back door...
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Rock M Nation Bowl Pick 'Em: The "It's All Over" Edition
by The Beef
on Jan 6, 2009 10:27 PM CST
in Events
Tulsa took it to Ball St, but only achieved the under, giving FSU the win needed (especially since the other two went 0-2 on the game), so it is all over. FSUncensored is your winner of the 2nd Annual Rock M Nation Bowl Pick 'Em Contest. He (or she) will be the proud owner of a new Rock M Nation T-shirt of their choice from the store located on the lower left of the screen.
I will certainly update the tourney Friday morning with the final results, as well as the 2-year running totals of those who participated last year.
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Basketball Live Thread: Mizzou vs. Coppin State
by rptgwb
on Jan 6, 2009 6:00 PM CST
in Mizzou Basketball 08-09
Mizzou Basketball in Columbia, Missouri:
Who: Missouri Tigers (12-2) vs. Coppin State Eagles (2-11)
When: 8 p.m. CST
TV: Mizzou Sports Network (Dan McLaughlin play-by-play; Jon Sundvold analyst)
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Kem Pomeroy projects 25-6 record for Mizzou
The stats love us so far. We'll see what happens after a couple of actual Big 12 games.
1 day ago
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(updated 1.8.2009 at 3:40 AM CST)
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0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
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Missouri Tigers
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0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Baylor Bears | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
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