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re: Tiger Tales: True Confessions, Brushes With Fame & Infamous Tiger Escapades!
Posted on 11/2/12 at 12:07 am to Bogie00
Posted on 11/2/12 at 12:07 am to Bogie00
I grew up with two of the University of Missouri's finest football players. (Names redacted), we were HS Class of 1994. Trust me, that '97 team that should have beaten Nebraska was a team of absolute characters. Anyway, while they decided to go to Mizzou, I went to SMS. This resulted in many road trips to CoMo to watch my boys play. I especially loved road tripping for the Black and Gold spring games. I was only at SMS for two years before joining the Navy, so I wasn't around when the the '97 team really gelled and should have beat Nebraska. (That game is a story as well).
Anyway, this story happened during the '96 spring game. Me and a couple of friends drove up from Springfield to see the game and meet up with the guys after the game. As per all my stories, we were well lubed before kickoff, and enjoyed the Black and Gold game as any Mizzou fan should. I had talked to (names redacted) before the game and they told me to bring everyone down to the training center after the game, there we would all meet up and go out afterwards. So, when the game was over we headed down to the training building. My friends were a little nervous about walking in there after drinking so I decided I'd just go in and hang out outside the locker room and wait for them to come out. As I stood in the hallway, a crowd gathered around, basically a bunch of college age dudes just like me.
Now, I'm about 6'3 210, and most of these dudes were as big as or bigger than me, which was somewhat suprising. But, eh whatever, I didn't put 2 and 2 together at the time. Then, a bunch of Missouri coaches come around and start telling us all that they appreciate us coming out for the game. I'm still thinking, "Ok, that's cool, we're fans, and they're thanking us."
Then, after about 5 min, here comes Coach Larry Smith. He starts down at the end of the hall thanking everyone for coming and asking, "Hey, why not come to Missouri to play football?"...
Edit for names redacted...
Anyway, this story happened during the '96 spring game. Me and a couple of friends drove up from Springfield to see the game and meet up with the guys after the game. As per all my stories, we were well lubed before kickoff, and enjoyed the Black and Gold game as any Mizzou fan should. I had talked to (names redacted) before the game and they told me to bring everyone down to the training center after the game, there we would all meet up and go out afterwards. So, when the game was over we headed down to the training building. My friends were a little nervous about walking in there after drinking so I decided I'd just go in and hang out outside the locker room and wait for them to come out. As I stood in the hallway, a crowd gathered around, basically a bunch of college age dudes just like me.
Now, I'm about 6'3 210, and most of these dudes were as big as or bigger than me, which was somewhat suprising. But, eh whatever, I didn't put 2 and 2 together at the time. Then, a bunch of Missouri coaches come around and start telling us all that they appreciate us coming out for the game. I'm still thinking, "Ok, that's cool, we're fans, and they're thanking us."
Then, after about 5 min, here comes Coach Larry Smith. He starts down at the end of the hall thanking everyone for coming and asking, "Hey, why not come to Missouri to play football?"...
Edit for names redacted...
This post was edited on 11/2/12 at 3:33 pm
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Posted on 11/2/12 at 5:46 pm to SoCalMIZ
Not a crazy tale, but MS2 switching in and out of kU garb reminded me of the time I had to pick my daughter up from a friends party. She was probably 9 or so at the time. It had been a really cold day and I told her to dress for it but of course dad knows nothing and she wore a t-shirt. Of course she got down there and froze so she asked to borrow a sweatshirt. The dad was kind enough, but the problem was he is a kU grad and gave her a kU sweatshirt. When I got there to pick her up and saw her in it I turned right around and left. Told the wife she has to do it because I'm not. It's only a 5 minute drive so I didn't catch too much heat but now there is a picture hanging around of her in a kU sweatshirt that we never let her forget.
Posted on 11/3/12 at 12:30 am to SoCalMIZ
...I realized at that moment that I was standing around with a bunch of Mizzou recruits. "We'll, I'm screwed", I thought. They're gonna know I'm not supposed to be in here, and my friends are gonna get in trouble. Needless to say I was a bit intimidated.
Coach Smith approached me, I was prepared for the ensuing shite storm. Coach looks me up and down, extends his hand, and says, "We'd love to have you at Mizzou next year, I hope you enjoyed yourself, glad you could come out."
Yep, I was a Mizzou recruit for about 5 mins. A truly glorious moment in SoCal's life. Later that night I accompanied most of the team to the Black and Gold, where I posed as the kicker in a valiant attempt to hit on some Golden Girls. Unfortunately, they were not impressed.
Yet another chapter in my crazy life.
Coach Smith approached me, I was prepared for the ensuing shite storm. Coach looks me up and down, extends his hand, and says, "We'd love to have you at Mizzou next year, I hope you enjoyed yourself, glad you could come out."
Yep, I was a Mizzou recruit for about 5 mins. A truly glorious moment in SoCal's life. Later that night I accompanied most of the team to the Black and Gold, where I posed as the kicker in a valiant attempt to hit on some Golden Girls. Unfortunately, they were not impressed.
Yet another chapter in my crazy life.
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