Today in Mizzou News: MU Wins the Border War
Zoulogy staff writer Ben Wilson wrote “only scoring 24 points against a Kansas defense that had allowed at least 43 points in eight of their 12 contests is simply unacceptable, ” and said the Tigers cannot afford to start slow in their bowl game.
Zoulogy.com provided all the in-depth information Tigers fans needed to know before, during and after the game.
The Kansas City Star’s J. Brady McCullough wrote that a false-start penalty on a crucial 4th-and-1 “summed up two years of KU football under Turner Gill.”
Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel said Kansas shouldn’t fire Gill.
McCullough estimated roughly “two-thirds” of the fans at the game yesterday supported Missouri.
PowerMizzou.com has video of their postgame interview with receiver T.J. Moe.
PowerMizzou also has video of Pinkel’s postgame press conference.
MUtigers.com’s notes from the game include the following gem: “Mizzou improved to 57-54-9 alltime vs. Kansas with the win.” The two teams’ inability to agree on their series record is probably the most amusing nugget from the whole rivalry.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Vahe Gregorian wrote the Tigers’ victory “gives MU an indisputable advantage in the overall series.”
After James Franklin’s third interception, Pinkel told Franklin “You made some bad throws. But you’re a great player.” Those words are also an accurate and succinct summary of Franklin’s season as a whole. He’s had some head-scratching throws, but he’s also been the force that kept Mizzou alive in most games this year.
Franklin was “nearly perfect in the second half,” the Post-Dispatch’s Stu Durando.
Pinkel says he doesn’t expect the Big 12 to lobby any bowls to include Mizzou.
Could Mike Leach replace Turner Gill at Kansas?
If Missouri wins its bowl game, it will have won 48 games in the past five seasons.
Marcus Denmon says Missouri’s 5-0 men’s basketball team doesn’t worry about “what other people think or what other people see.”
The basketball team faces Binghamton State at 2 p.m. today.
Mizzou women’s basketball is also undefeated, and MUtigers.com has quotes from the team’s postgame press conference.
Mizzou women’s volleyball beat Texas Tech.