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re: Mizzou Has Been Referred to as a Sleeping Giant in Football
Posted on 8/9/13 at 4:14 pm to WestCoastAg
Posted on 8/9/13 at 4:14 pm to WestCoastAg
Tom Osborne famously called Mizzou "a sleeping giant" because of the talent within its own borders. Stated at this link: he done said it
Seen it uttered elsewhere. He said it in the 1980s or 90s and I don't know where the original quote is online but you people wanted a link so there's a link.
And in some ways Osborne had reason to say it, as part of what fueled his dominant Nebraska football teams of the mid-1990s - not all, but part of it mind you - was a pipeline he built into Missouri for recruiting. Grant Wistrom, Chris Brooks etc were starters and later NFL players on those national champion Husker teams who were recruited out of Missouri. The city of Webb City, Missouri, which had a streak of multiple state titles, was notoriously known in our parts for its "Webb City Huskers" booster groups or as "Red City" if you will, because of the pipeline it had of players going off to play for Osborne.
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Posted on 8/9/13 at 4:18 pm to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
I wonder what this board would be like if in 2007 Mizzou had maintained its first half Big 12 championship game level of play vs OU that resulted in a 14-14 halftime tie, then scounged out one more second half point to win by one thus sending Mizzou into the national title game while simultaneously knocking LSU out of it and interrupting the SEC's string of national titles. I wonder too what this board would be like if in 1960 they had awarded national championships after bowl games rather than before in which case would have both a national title history and a recent natty title game appearance. Would Anonymous Tiger find it within himself to shut the frick up, or would he still be an epic assclown? Hard to say.
This post was edited on 8/9/13 at 4:19 pm
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