LOTOTiger

This game came up in another thread about a week ago...

2014 Mizzou at Florida. Marcus Murphy had a Punt Return, Kickoff Return, and a rushing touchdown. Mizzou won 42-13 with a grand total of 119 yards total offense.

Another that comes to mind is Cody Shrader's 321 yards from scrimmage against TN in 2023.

EDIT: And pre-SEC (but both current SEC teams), Tony Temple in the Cotton Bowl against Arkansas at the end of the 07 season.

Once the game is in the books, it is in the books - I hate this silliness.

One thing to note - it says it was by unanimous consent by the Senate? Doesn't Kansas have Senators? Can't believe they would not have objected to this. Must not be up for re-election soon.

my comment, I thought, was clearly a bit tounge in cheek.... But yes, would be nice for them to buy both MU and Ark a natty. They can afford it

The Walton's also have strong ties to Mizzou. Sam Walton went to Hickman High School in CoMo, and graduated from Mizzou in 1940 and set up what was (at the time) a large endowment for the business school in the 70s.

Audrey Walton (wife of Bud Walton) donated the funds to build the Audrey Walton track stadium in the 80s (and they are re-upping to rebuild it now).

Bill Laurie (son in law of Bud) was a primary donor in funding Mizzou Arena, which was originally named after his daughter Paige for a very short time... until she got caught in academic scandal while attending USC (bad things happen in California).

And then there are the Kroenke's - Stan (owner of the Rams, Nuggets, Avalanche, Arsenal FC and more US real estate than any other private citizen) is also Bud's son in law. His son Josh (played basketball for Mizzou) and niece Averi Kroenke (I believe currently plays basketball at Mizzou) are all alums. It has been speculated that the Kroenkes have made signficant anonymous donations over the years. Of course, his Missouri legacy is a bit tainted by the Rams relocation circus, but that is mostly a St. Louis thing.

Of course Wal-Mart being an Arkansas company, they also contribute to the University of Arkansas and NW Arkansas causes as well. So that might help explain why they have to spread their contributions so "thin". Of course with the combined wealth of the Walton relatives being over 500 Billion "thin" is a relative term. :lol:

Bo Schembechler was the keynote speaker at an event I attended several years after he retired. He started his speech by commenting that the question he is asked the most is if it bothers him that he never won the NC.

To answer the question, he proceeds to describe his lifelong experience in football, relationships he established, accomplishments in shaping young men, the changes in the game (some of which he influenced), etc, etc. So pretty obvious there was way more to Bo then winning the NC.

Then he concluded by repeating the question, and answering directly. "So am I disappointed that I didn't win a NC?.... YOUR'E DAMN RIGHT I AM DISAPPOINTED".

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Barry Swisher once suggested OU pay to have new turf on your crappy field

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Had he done that, he might have been the highest contributing donor at Mizzou back in those days. That Omni Turf, along with other decline of our facilities throughout the 80s / early 90s was a result of an administration that ignored and cheaped out on athletics and alienated the alumni base. The irony is the administrator that many blame (Chancellor Babs Uehling) came to Mizzou from... OU. We are still working our way out of that mess 30+ years later. We've come a long way since, but 10+ years of neglect can cripple an athletic department for a generation and then some.

(Will Rogers never met Barry Switzer)

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Late November has the potential for some really shitty weather.

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The Arkansas game Nov 30, 2024 had snow all morning right up until game time. It was like 3-4 inches and due to timing no way to really clear much of it, so it seemed more like 4-6 inces... was pretty crappy conditions for a game, but honestly tailgating was an absolute blast that day (for those that could manage to get there).

That is the only game I personally recall having any significant snowfall. Been to a few with snow flurries. A quick search shows that prior to 2024 a game in 98 had some accumulation, but it was just a dusting. There have defintitely been some cold games though. Generally I don't like mid day starts - but come late November I'll take the sunshine.

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I do not like the way the drum major comes out strutting

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I wouldn't know much about that - pre-game I am usually still pounding down one last beer in the parking lot (a benefit of knowing someone with a tailgate right outside the stadium gates). Literally 2 minutes to get from the tailgate to my seat.

Then at halftime, well - gotta get rid of that beer at some point. :lol:

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I'd also note how ridiculous the lyrics are to most of these songs

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Agree - but most were written many decades ago (in some cases over a century). What was cool then is likely not now. For example, Mizzou's fight song cheer has the phrase "Bully for Ole Mizzou"... The term "Bully for you" was popular due in large part to Theodore Roosevelt's use of the term...

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I'd need to know what the standard for the hof is

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Good question here - I don't know if that is clearly defined or if it is just up to some commitee. Again, that fantastic MUTigers.com site is so helpful when trying to find information about Mizzou athletics (sarcasm). It's not unusual for local HOF museums to get a bit watered down after the initial waves of inductions (Cardinals HOF inductees lately don't seem to have the same weight as initial/early classes).

To be clear - I wasn't necessarily supporting Lock's induction, just comparing it to precedent with C. Jones. Not sure Jones should be in either - although he had the intangible of being a big part of the initial change to the culture of hte program. So again - what is the criteria?

Only have met one former SEC football coach, Gary Pinkel - we stayed late at a tailgate after a game, and he stopped and chatted as he was heading from the locker room back to the football offices (prior to the new football / South end zone building). Seemed nice enough, but it was a brief encounter. Of course they won that game, I'm sure he might have been different after a loss.

I have also met basketball coaching legend Norm Stewart (pre-SEC) a few times. Bigger than life personality, doesn't pull any punches, and is an old school Missouri guy. I thought he was great. However, I have an aquaintence who played for Norm - his opinion is much different.