Now this is pretty cool: the Mizzou-Iowa State volleyball match will be on FSN Midwest tomorrow at 6:30. Well...it's cool as long as Mizzou wins...
- Speaking of volleyball, here's The Trib's recap of Wednesday's disappointment against KU.
- And now it's on to football: here are Dave Matter's weekly picks. He's already 0-for-1 after ATM's poor showing last night. Needless to say, I was encouraged to see ATM's defense give up 275 yards passing to Kyle Wright...in all, though, ATM just didn't have that edge that they need to have this year if they're going to compete for, well, 2nd place in the North. And they're still at a major disadvantage against fast teams. Cal embarassed them last year, and Miami almost did...OU's gotta be salivating at the chance to play them (MU's gotta be a little excited too). Plus, they now have to worry about possible chemistry issues after Jorvorskie Lane got all of 2 carries last night. I don't know if he's hurt or something, but if he wasn't, it was absolutely horrendous coaching on Franchione's part not to try to balance Miami's speed advantage by throwing Lane at them 25 times.
- Lots of solid coverage from the Missourian today: a Coffman/Rucker feature, an "REMEMBER APPALACHIAN STATE! BEWARE 1-AA!!" story, 10 things you always wanted to know about Illinois State (but were afraid to ask), the Mizzou football Name Game (with answers), and even a Marching Mizzou feature. What more could you ask for?? An OU-Tulsa preview too? You got it!
- The Trib's Steve Walentik, The Star's Senior Dearmond, and PM's Junior Dearmond discuss Derrick Washington's redshirt being torn off (I approve, by the way...as does Washington's family apparently) and speculate on how many carries he'll see this season.
- The Post-Dispatch discusses MU's D-line depth...or lack thereof...
- I'd be remiss if I didn't link to Gabe Dearmond's tear-jerker about Tommy Saunders and his grandpa. And while we're linking to PM, here's the latest Tiger Mailbag.
- Here's a quick MU-ISU preview in the KC Star. Meanwhile, here's a more detailed breakdown by Graham Watson. She puts more work into this than I was planning. Then again, she's getting paid...that makes a difference...
- Finally, some odds and ends on Steve Walentik's Trib blog...he's playing with fire talking about Oden...I'm just warning him now...
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