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Jayhawks Beat Down Tigers 84-65
Photo from Lawrence Journal World
This game was close for about 8 minutes and then the Jayhawks figured out what they needed to do and Missouri didn’t. In a game that saw KU commit 23 turnovers to just 5 form Missouri, nothing else seemed to go right for the Tigers. They were out hustled to every ball and thus out rebounded 56-28. Kansas dominated in every phase of the game and stepped on the Tigers throat every time they tried get something going. For a more detailed breakdown on why Kansas is superior to Missouri check out a Mizzou fan’s blog that states the Jayhawks statistical dominance.
All Time Record: Kansas – 169 | Missouri – 94
Faster and Stronger Losers
Found a post on the Columbia Daily Tribune that is rather interesting considering MU’s recent performance in the Texas Bowl. Apparently Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel sent out a mass email asking for donations to the Mizzou Athletic Performance Department to “enhance the athletic abilities of team members”.
As the author of the Open Column point out:
- The Mizzou football team was man-for-man bigger and stronger than Navy. It made no difference, or their athleticism wasn’t used to our advantage.
- The Mizzou football team was overall faster than Navy. (See item No. 1 above).
It was the coaching staff who devised the game plan, called the plays but were amazingly “dumbfounded” by the results.
And now, less than a week after the Texas Bowl disaster, Mizzou wants even more money to create stronger, faster players!
Why?
It seems that they are asking for more money to create bigger and faster athletes that are coached to lose to smaller and slower teams.
One commenter provided a possible answer to the authors closing question:
So they aren’t forced to waste donations on frivolous pursuits like academic scholarships. they’re currently hamstrung by the “Tiger Scholarship Fund” being designed to actually help kids get an education. They’d much rather spend money elsewhere.
MU Band Disrepects Future Heros
A report from the Columbia Missourian tells how the Fizzou band disrespected Navy after getting embarrassed in the Texas Bowl.
The author, Margaret Fries, describes the situation:
At the end of the game, the Missouri players left the field and most of the Missouri fans had left. The Missouri marching band played the Missouri alma mater and the fight song. Navy players, fans and midshipmen waited patiently at the other end of the field for the Missouri band to finish.
When Missouri finished, the Navy Drum and Bugle Corps (small in number compared to the Missouri band) started playing the historical Navy Blue and Gold. At this point, the Missouri band blasted the Missouri fight a second time and completely drowned out Navy’s turn to sing their alma mater.
Fzzou quickly wrote it off as a “misunderstanding” and that they couldn’t hear Navy’s band.
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Follow-up: January 5
Once again the Missourian posted an article from an open contibuter askinga about MU’s tarditions.
He states:
I’m writing in response to the Navy-Mizzou band mix-up. Is it tradition that the Tigers rush off the field as their band is playing the fight song and alma mater after a loss? Most teams stick around long enough to carry out the tradition, or they might otherwise be accused of disrespecting their own school. Heck, I bet Mizzou didn’t have 200 fans in the stands by the end of their ritual.
If the school does have traditions they apparently seem to throw them out the door after getting pounded.
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Follow-up: January 7
Mizzou Apologizes, but Navy Hardly Accepts It – stltoday.com
Officials for the University of Missouri have apologized to the US Naval Academy for what call a misunderstanding.
Richard Johnson, executive vice president of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation had this to say in response:
he finds it hard to believe that was the case. He attended the game and said he watched MU band officials looking over their shoulders as the Naval Academy began to play.
“I’m not sure this isn’t revisionist history going on,” he said. “I think Navy fans were disturbed by it. It was an embarrassment for Missouri. Whether or not it was intentional, that’s the way it came across.”
Navy Embarrasses Mizzou in Texas Bowl
For all their crying about how their football team always gets slighted at bowl selection time you would think that Missouri would at least show up to the Texas Bowl to prove this point. Alas they jumped out to a 7-0 lead and decided that was good enough. Navy owned the rest of the game by stunning margins and won 35-13. Here are just some of the stats.
Time of Possession
NAVY: 41 min
Missouri: 19 min
Offensive Plays
NAVY: 81
Missouri: 57
Rushing Yards
NAVY: 385
Missouri: 65
The Washington Examiner‘s Kevin Dunleavy noted “If it wasn’t for three fumbles by MVP Ricky Dobbs (296 yards rushing and passing), the final score would have been obscene.
Pinkel said Navy had a “nice little team” and did a “nice little job.” If they get crushed by a nice little team only doing a nice little job how are they going to handle the Big Ten? Might want to try the Missouri Valley Conference instead.
Fizzou Alum: Tony Temple
Like many of Mizzou’s former star performers Tony Temple finds himself on the wrong of a $40,00 dollar bail bond. KMBC reports that Missouri’s star running back just two years ago has been charged with domestic assault.
According to court documents, a 25-year-old woman told police that Temple came into her Grandview home Tuesday morning, demanding to know where she had been.
The woman told police that she had been working at a restaurant and had not returned Temple’s phone calls.
The woman told police that Temple started throwing items in her house and grabbed her by the throat. The woman said she tried to call police from a cell phone, but Temple grabbed the phone.
The woman said she then tried to run out the front door, but Temple pulled her back inside and told her to go to the bedroom. The woman said she ran into the bathroom and escaped out a window. The woman said she ran to an aunt’s house to call 911.
I’m not trying to make light of the situation as woman beaters are a disgrace in themselves. However his side of the story is humorous. He claims “he went to the woman’s house to let the dog out, but she wanted to talk about their relationship. He claims the woman began throwing items around the house.” Nice alibi Tony.
Tiger Slayer
The Kansas City Star’s photo essay of the top photographs from 2009 includes this beauty (phot0 #10) of Kerry Meier catching a TD in front of the MU cheering section.
Jayhawks NCAA National Champions “3.6 Seconds” Print
