CelticTiger

W/r/t tailgating, walking down the road between Lots N and M (refer to previously posted map) and venturing into those lots may give you the best opportunity to interact with Mizzou fans and snag a drink or two. I park in Lot K and drive that road every game. Always plenty of activity!

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Go look at recruiting rankings and it's basically the same as always. Vandy has about the same rankings as 2015. So do schools like Arkansas who is much worse than Vandy right now. Arkansas is about a 22ish ranked class most year, and Vandy around 40-50.

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But are you taking into consideration portal rankings which arguably have a greater immediate impact on improving a team?

Someone mentioned Ole Miss and Mizzou harping on this. Well, in 2024 Ole Miss had the #1 transfer ranking per 24/7 and Mizzou #13. For 2025, Ole Miss was #4 and Mizzou #7. You keep that up and you can elevate a team pretty quick.

Can’t really explain Vandy’s improvement tho. They were #39 and #36 respectively in the two years, or pretty close to their usual recruiting rankings.

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The stars seemed aligned in A&M’s favor.

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I’m not expecting a win, but I will be there nonetheless.

Finding a bright spot, I’ll be looking forward to what the kid can do. He’s our future supposedly.

Don’t understand what you think is not a “heavyweight tilt” about the game. A top ten team with a shot at the CFP versus a fifteenth ranked team with similar aspirations, the loser of which is essentially eliminated from consideration.

Your bias exposes your lack of understanding about what constitutes a good college football matchup and by extension your understanding of college football in general.

If it hurts your feelings less, focus on the fact that the text doesn’t say the TEAMS are heavyweights, it says the MATCHUP has a “heavyweight tilt”, which in fact it does.

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that the SEC invited them, honestly. can't blame them, they hit the jackpot. they might as well be Iowa State and they somehow backdoored their way into the fricking SEC

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Tell us you don’t have a clue about the business case for the addition without telling us.

Losing close against a good team means NOTHING. Look at the 2022 game against UGA. Led the #1 team for most of the game. Finished 6-7.

Not saying we can’t still beat some decent teams, only saying you gotta start doing it! We still know nothing about what this team can do!

Grew to like Cook after a rough start. Put his heart and soul into every game, but I always viewed him as kinda a bridge to that elite QB that was going to take MU even further. It appears we are still looking.

Corollary…MU deficient in QB development?

Ain't nothing wrong with "dog people" only stupid dog people.

My two consecutive yellow labs Hunter and Stryker were a joy in my life. Preferred their company to a number of humans.

Actually, I got a problem with people who don't like dogs!

Clearly, this deserves its own thread, witty title and all.

Thanks for posting!

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Missouri kills people with the taxes more than Illinois.

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Short version: Illinois takes a much bigger bite than Missouri.

Total state + local tax burden (share of personal income):
Missouri: 7.83% (ranked 39th-lowest) vs Illinois: 10.22% (7th-highest). Breakdown:
• MO ˜ 2.31% property, 2.59% income, 2.93% sales/excise.
• IL ˜ 3.81% property, 2.63% income, 3.78% sales/excise.
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Property taxes: This is where Illinois really stings; its property-tax burden is among the nation’s highest, while Missouri’s is notably lower. (WalletHub’s burden components above.) For effective rates by state, see the 2025 property-tax comparison.
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Estate/“death” taxes:
• Illinois imposes a state estate tax with a $4,000,000 exclusion (not portable).
• Missouri imposes no state estate or inheritance tax (none since 2005).
Illinois Attorney General +2


If you want the accountant’s bottom line: for the same income and house, you’ll generally owe meaningfully less in Missouri—especially on the property-tax and estate-tax fronts. Illinois’ total burden is ~2.4 percentage points higher than Missouri’s; that gap is large enough to matter in real dollars on a middle- or high-income household.
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