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What is it about Missouri that stifles one's potential?
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:01 pm
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:01 pm
Seeing the LA Rams in the Super Bowl got me thinking, why were they such a perennial doormat in St Louis? Sure, the city is a fetid wasteland full of crime and racism, but so are other NFL cities, and they can have success (sorry, I won't come out with it). The fan support has been about the same, and even ownership is the same.
But then I realized it was a pattern. Those with successful urges must leave Missouri to change the world.
Harry Truman
Harry Truman was essentially elected as a US Senator as a joke by the powerful Kansas City Democratic machine back in the day. He had failed in every business venture he had ever launched, but was elected as a farce by Pendergast to shown he "could send a mailroom boy to the Senate". ("There is no question that in 1934 there was fraudulent voting done in Kansas City and Jackson County and that’s almost certainly what provided the winning margin"). Once out of Missouri, folks gravitated to the know-nothing lightweight Truman, who left a mixed record as president. The White House is a long way for a failed haberdasher from some dump in Missouri though
Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen
The "Father of Basketball Coaching," is perhaps best known as the head basketball coach at the University of Kansas (1907–1909, 1919–1956). Allen is from Kansas City, but attended the University of Kansas to like many from KCMO to better themselves. College basketball is better for his relocation.
Langston Hughes
The inbred scum in Joplin didn't appreciate Hughes' poetry as a young man, so he relocated to New York City, where he became world-famous. To return the favor, he led the Harlem Renaissance in New York City, leaving Joplin (itself in desperate need of renaissance) in squalor
J. Frank Broyles
Frank Broyles coached the Missouri Tigers football team to a 5–4–1 record in 1957, no doubt sealing him as one of the greatest coaches in their history. He quickly left for Arkansas, where he would become a hall of fame coach, winning 7 conference titles and the 1964 and 1965 national titles. Missouri would remain a doormat from 1958-present
Tennessee Williams
Attended both Missouri and Washington University in St Louis (referred to by locals as "Harvard of the Midwest"). Struggled to receive recognition for his groundbreaking works until he moved to New Orleans, where inspiration and talent met culture, and the rest is history
Sam Walton
Sam Walton grew up in Columbia and attended Missouri. But when it came time to create a retail empire, he chose the bustling metropolis of Newport, Arkansas to cut his teeth. He never returned in any meaningful way to Missouri, establishing Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas, sending billions through the Arkansas economy just one tantalizing county away from the Show-Me State
Maya Angelou
American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim. This includes her early years in St. Louis, but her parents moved to Stamps, Arkansas, where In "an astonishing exception"[8] to the harsh economics of African Americans of the time, Angelou's grandmother prospered financially during the Great Depression and World War II because the general store she owned sold needed basic commodities and because "she made wise and honest investments". (Only possible in non-Missouri)
Max Scherzer
This young man from Chesterfield Missouri (that's "West County" in STL speak) "starred" as much as one can for Missouri Tigers baseball, but didn't emerge from obscurity until reaching MLB. The furthest he made it as a Tiger was elimination by Arkansas in the 2004 Fayetteville Regional.
MISSOURI: "Show Me" greatness, but from a safe distance.
My apologies if I omitted your favorite "True Son".
City Ham
But then I realized it was a pattern. Those with successful urges must leave Missouri to change the world.
Harry Truman
Harry Truman was essentially elected as a US Senator as a joke by the powerful Kansas City Democratic machine back in the day. He had failed in every business venture he had ever launched, but was elected as a farce by Pendergast to shown he "could send a mailroom boy to the Senate". ("There is no question that in 1934 there was fraudulent voting done in Kansas City and Jackson County and that’s almost certainly what provided the winning margin"). Once out of Missouri, folks gravitated to the know-nothing lightweight Truman, who left a mixed record as president. The White House is a long way for a failed haberdasher from some dump in Missouri though
Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen
The "Father of Basketball Coaching," is perhaps best known as the head basketball coach at the University of Kansas (1907–1909, 1919–1956). Allen is from Kansas City, but attended the University of Kansas to like many from KCMO to better themselves. College basketball is better for his relocation.
Langston Hughes
The inbred scum in Joplin didn't appreciate Hughes' poetry as a young man, so he relocated to New York City, where he became world-famous. To return the favor, he led the Harlem Renaissance in New York City, leaving Joplin (itself in desperate need of renaissance) in squalor
J. Frank Broyles
Frank Broyles coached the Missouri Tigers football team to a 5–4–1 record in 1957, no doubt sealing him as one of the greatest coaches in their history. He quickly left for Arkansas, where he would become a hall of fame coach, winning 7 conference titles and the 1964 and 1965 national titles. Missouri would remain a doormat from 1958-present
Tennessee Williams
Attended both Missouri and Washington University in St Louis (referred to by locals as "Harvard of the Midwest"). Struggled to receive recognition for his groundbreaking works until he moved to New Orleans, where inspiration and talent met culture, and the rest is history
Sam Walton
Sam Walton grew up in Columbia and attended Missouri. But when it came time to create a retail empire, he chose the bustling metropolis of Newport, Arkansas to cut his teeth. He never returned in any meaningful way to Missouri, establishing Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas, sending billions through the Arkansas economy just one tantalizing county away from the Show-Me State
Maya Angelou
American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim. This includes her early years in St. Louis, but her parents moved to Stamps, Arkansas, where In "an astonishing exception"[8] to the harsh economics of African Americans of the time, Angelou's grandmother prospered financially during the Great Depression and World War II because the general store she owned sold needed basic commodities and because "she made wise and honest investments". (Only possible in non-Missouri)
Max Scherzer
This young man from Chesterfield Missouri (that's "West County" in STL speak) "starred" as much as one can for Missouri Tigers baseball, but didn't emerge from obscurity until reaching MLB. The furthest he made it as a Tiger was elimination by Arkansas in the 2004 Fayetteville Regional.
MISSOURI: "Show Me" greatness, but from a safe distance.
My apologies if I omitted your favorite "True Son".
City Ham
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Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:03 pm to City Ham
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What is it about Missouri that stifles one's potential?
The Meth.
Also, Upvote. Thread of the day, my man
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:10 pm to City Ham
That's a lot of words just to request a rivalry.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:11 pm to City Ham
nicely done
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Frank Broyles coached the Missouri Tigers football team to a 5–4–1 record in 1957, no doubt sealing him as one of the greatest coaches in their history.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:16 pm to City Ham
Arkansas and Mizzou are perm-rivals in football right? Y’all should be, given the borders and all .... because this is the kind of vitriolic trolling that is good for these kind of rivalries as the years go by. This sort of thing helps Mizzou assimilate into the league a little easier as time goes on.
We’ve been trying to play up our “battle of Columbias” thing but hey, when you’re constantly kicking their asses in everything it’s hard ... so y’all have a better chance of making a real rivalry out of the miserable mizzourite situation BHam has forced upon the fan bases.
We’ve been trying to play up our “battle of Columbias” thing but hey, when you’re constantly kicking their asses in everything it’s hard ... so y’all have a better chance of making a real rivalry out of the miserable mizzourite situation BHam has forced upon the fan bases.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:19 pm to City Ham
I support this fact based post
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:28 pm to City Ham
Damn, this was viscous.
Does Mizzou fans recover from this beat down?
Does Mizzou fans recover from this beat down?
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:40 pm to City Ham
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and the 1964 and 1965 national titles
No.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:44 pm to WildcatMike
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Damn, this was viscous.
Never change, Kentucky fan.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:45 pm to WildcatMike
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Damn, this was viscous.
Does Mizzou fans recover from this beat down?
that ... Do ... the (what beatdown?)
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:50 pm to Ted2010
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and the 1964 and 1965 national titles
Just as legit as Alabama claiming those 2 seasons.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 10:00 pm to WildcatMike
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Does Mizzou fans recover from this beat down?
Do Wildcat Mike learn English?
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Damn, this was viscous.
Lol.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 10:03 pm to WildcatMike
quote:Yeah should get a lot of mileage out of it
Damn, this was viscous.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 10:19 pm to MSHawg1
No
Posted on 1/21/19 at 10:22 pm to MSHawg1
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Just as legit as Alabama claiming those 2 seasons.
Yes, just the same, expect for Bama winning both the AP and Coaches in '64 and the AP in '65.
Otherwise, just the same.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 10:23 pm to City Ham
It's from all the mayonnaise they put on their fries.
This post was edited on 1/21/19 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:35 pm to City Ham
Show Me where 28-0 touched you on this doll
Posted on 1/22/19 at 1:20 am to City Ham
The Rams were in 2 Super Bowls in St. Louis and won 1 and suppose to have lost 1.
Go hump a hog and not your mascot!
Go hump a hog and not your mascot!
Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:39 am to City Ham
38-0 still hurts huh?
Posted on 1/22/19 at 6:47 am to Wtodd
Just look at the stunted personal growth evident in our very own "true sons", the Missouri posters. Their dimwitted responses further validate my lapidary OP
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