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Kelly Thames new head coach at Pattonville

Andy--01 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:42:39 -0000

Kelly Thames new head coach at Pattonville

From what I can tell, this became official Tuesday night. Kelly will be a business teacher in addition to his coaching duties. Pattonville is about 3 times larger than his old school, but has been dreadfully bad - a 26.9% winning percentage.

Good luck Kelly!

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Mizzou camp at DeSmet High on 6/7. Gallery can be found here but captions suck - all the same...

Andy--01 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:47:35 -0000

Mizzou camp at DeSmet High on 6/7. Gallery can be found here but captions suck - all the same comment, no info about who the kids are.

For a larger image: CLICK HERE Mizzou's first Intercollegiate game vs. Washington University. ...

Andy--01 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:44:51 -0000

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Mizzou's first Intercollegiate game vs. Washington University. Mizzou would lose 28-0

Found this in the 1891 Savitar. These are the box scores of MU's first two football games. The...

Andy--01 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:41:57 -0000

Found this in the 1891 Savitar. These are the box scores of MU's first two football games. The competition appeared to be intramural squads. MU won 42 - 6 and 90 - 0(!)

Bruce Feldman proven wrong in record time!

Andy--01 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:10:37 -0000

Bruce Feldman proven wrong in record time!

Post-Dispatch reporting that Tyler Gabbert has committed to Nebraska.

Well, if the allegations turn out to be true, it will be the second time that Calipari has coached...

Andy--01 — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:51:18 -0000

Well, if the allegations turn out to be true, it will be the second time that Calipari has coached at a school that had major NCAA issues, but none of the mud stuck to him. Some, even the thoughtful ones, are going to assure us that is a huge problem, and maybe it is in a strictly public relations sense. People, particularly in America, love to play the, "guilt by association," game -- any "bad thing" taints all those associated with it in a position of responsibility, whether or not they had any actual involvement with said "bad thing." That's a favorite pastime here in the U.S., particularly in sports and politics. That means, Dear Reader, that you as a Kentucky fan are now tainted by your association with John Calipari, who is tainted by the Memphis allegations and the UMass scandal. That's how it goes, so if you are looking for the NCAA's letter clearing Coach Cal to provide absolution from your friendly rivals here in the River City and elsewhere, may I suggest you find yourself a home somewhere in the dimension we like to call, "reality."

http://www.aseaofblue.com/2009/5/28/891196/kentucky-basketball-romancing-the

WillyMo gets AO's number

Andy--01 — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:34:12 -0000

WillyMo gets AO's number

Now a rookie with the Atlanta Falcons, Moore has taken his taste for fashion in a new direction. Assigned No. 24 by the team that selected him in the second round of last month’s draft, Moore immediately lobbied new teammate Von Hutchins for his number, 25.

Sport-by-sport "best year ever" wrapup.

Andy--01 — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:06:01 -0000

A few people have kicked around the idea that this is the Best Year Ever for Mizzou Sports. It's easy to only look at the high-profile sports and lose track of the overall picture when making a call like that. So, Let's take a brief look at each sport to help determine where this season stands. The best way would probably be to nominate seasons and compare them (may I nominate 1954?), but this is the limit of my abilities:

FALL SPORTS:

Football: Record: 10-4, Big 12 North winners, Alamo Bowl champions. Final rankings 16/19/21 (ESPN, AP, BCS).

Previous seasons with higher final rankings: ESPN - 7. AP - 11, BCS - 1

1 National Award Winner (Coffman/Mackey), 2 1st team All Americans.

Better seasons: 2007, 1960, 1969, 1965, 1961, 1941

Cross Country:

Men: 5th Big 12, 5th NCAA Reg., individual: 16th Big 12, 17th Regional, 95th NCAA Championships (top 50%)

Women: last place Big 12, 10th of 27 NCAA Regional., Individual: 47th Big 12, 42nd Regional.

Better seasons: many

Soccer:

13-5 (7-3), 3rd place regular season. Big 12 Tournament Champions

#4 seed, lost in 2nd round. Final ranking: #10.

3 All-Big 12 1st teamers. 1 4th team All American

Better seasons: A case can be made for 2007, but I don't think any other seasons.

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WINTER SPORTS:

Men's Basketball:

31-7, 3rd place regular season, Big 12 Tournament Champions

#3 seed, advanced to Elite 8. Final rankings: 8/9 (ESPN, AP)

Big 12 6th man, Big 12 Defensive POY, Nat'l COY, 1 1st team All-Big 12

Potentially better seasons: 1994, 1992, 1989, 1983, 1976

Women’s Basketball:

Record: 13-17

Big 12 finish: 11th

Academic All-Big 12: 1st team: 3

Previous better seasons: many

Swimming and Diving:

Big 12 - 2nd (Men's), 3rd (Women's)

NCAA 28th (Women's)

1 All-American, 1 Big 12 Champ, 1 Big 12 Runner-up

Previous better seasons: ???

Wrestling:

Big 12: 3rd. 2 Big 12 individual champs. 3 Big 12 Runners-up, 2 Big 12 3rd place finishers.

NCAAs: 7th Place finish. 5 All-Americans, 1 3rd place finisher, 1 NCAA Champion.

4 Academic All-Big 12 1st teamers.

Previous better seasons: From my uneducated position, I'd say the last 2 years were better than this year, but not by much.

Gymnastics:

Big 12: 3rd. NCAA Regionals: 3rd.

National Ranking: 15th

Individuals: Co-Big 12 Gymnast Of The Year, 4 Event Champions (All-Around had 1st and 2nd place finishers). 3 Ladies on All-Big 12 Championship Team.

2 All American Qualifiers.

Previous Better Seasons: ???

Volleyball

13-17 Overall record, 7-13 conference (11th place).

Better seasons: many

SPRING SPORTS

Golf: 9th Big 12 (Men’s) Individual: 21st NCAA Regionals

11th Big 12 (Women’s) Individual: 24th NCAA Regionals

Tennis:

Record: 9-12 (8th Big 12).

Better seasons: This would imply that MU tennis has ever had a “good” season, which would not be true.

Track & Field (outdoor):

3 individual conference champions

2 individual runners-up

5th place team finish (Men), 7th place women’s finish.

NCAA Regionals are in a week

Better seasons: Tough to say, but the late 90s were certainly better.

Softball:

Big 12 Tournament Champs (2nd place reg. season). Top-10 ranking. Yet to play in Super Regional.

Better seasons: Not more than 1 or 2, certainly, and depending on how this weekend goes, possibly none.

Baseball:

Top-25 ranking. 3rd place regular season

Better season: 1954, a handful of others, but tough to say since Conference Tournament hasn't finished yet.

So, that's:

3 Big 12 Tournament Titles (so far)

10 Individual Big 12 Championships

2 trips beyond the 1st weekend of NCAA Championships.

4 Top-Ten final Rankings (Softball, Basketball, Soccer, Wrestling)

7 Top-25 Final Rankings (Gymnastics, Football, Baseball, plus the 4 above)

Pretty damn impressive year, and Basketball got all the press, but maybe 2007 was better? Not too many other years would be with those two.

I am going to attempt the request

Andy--01 — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:51:59 -0000

Todd Reesing Keyboard Cat video. Except, I don't have a copy of the MU-KU game. I used to know a few spots on the interwebs where one could find a copy of the game, have have lost those links. Can anyone help me out?

I'm making no promises about the quality of the video or anything like that, since it will be the first video I will have made that didn't come from my camcorder. But, I think it will be fun to attempt it. So, any help I can get with the actual footage would be much appreciated.

MU student going for National Title (kinda)

Andy--01 — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:49:17 -0000

Laura Myers, a Magazine Journalism Senior from Richmond, VA competes in the Jeopardy College Tournament Finals today and Friday. She ran away with her Q-Final match-up and came from behind in the semis on Tuesday.

I'm still waiting to hear if we get Border ~~War~~ Showdown points for beating KU head-to-head, but I certainly think this should count as a National Championship if she wins.

Laura is the 3rd Mizzou student to compete, but the first to make it past the quarterfinals.

Also, some seriously delusional sour grapes from the Kansas student ~~she beat~~ ~~whipped on~~ whose ass she kicked in round 1. Seriously? The KU football team winning is more important to you than winning on Jeopardy? I call BS.