Corbin Bergstresser, Mizzou QB, Arrested After Leaving the Scene of an Accident

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Corbin Berkstresser should have been cited for that shirt as well.
Corbin Bergstresser, the University of Missouri Tigers provisional number two quarterback next season, was arrested early this morning by Boone County police. According to KOMU-8 in Columbia, Bergstresser hit a parked car around 3:15 p.m. and then drove off. He was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and has a $4,500 bond. No one was injured in the accident, so presumably his shirt looked like that when he bought it.
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Frank Haith Receives Key to St. Louis; Rick Majerus Asks: "What The ...?

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Majerus: What's a guy gotta do?
This morning at 10 a.m. Frank Haith is expected to arrive at Room 200 in City Hall where Mayor Francis Slay will bestow the Mizzou basketball coach with a key to the city.

A press release sent out yesterday from the Mayor's Office notes that Haith "led the Tigers basketball team to one of their best records in school history."

And, yes, Mizzou's 30-5 record last season was pretty spectacular, especially considering A) how few people knew who Haith was a year ago and B) how many people hated him once they knew who he was.

Still, there's one man in town who has to be scratching his head at Haith getting the key to the St. Louis.
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New Mizzou Helmet Earns Blessing of Fan Whose Design May Have Been Borrowed

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One of Mizzou's two new helmets features a large tiger emblem.
University of Missouri unveiled new uniforms for its athletic teams Saturday, including the much-anticipated redesign of the school's football helmet that has featured the iconic "M" for four decades. The new outfits -- courtesy of a collaboration with Nike -- now highlight the team's tiger mascot.

And one of the two new designs for the football helmet (right) looks a lot like a mock up that graphic artist (and huge Mizzou fan) Aaron Lademann put up on his website earlier this year. So, what does Lademann have to say about the football Tigers' new gear?
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The Mizzou Nightmare: A Quick Exit and Impending Glory for the Jayhawks

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If you were to look back a few weeks at the Missouri Tigers, you would think things were going really well for them. They had an historically great season, they won the Big XII conference tournament, and were looking at a top seed in the NCAA Tournament

They had perhaps the best guard corps in the nation, with Phil Pressey an emerging star at point and an early-season player of the year candidate in Marcus Denmon. Their sixth man, Michael Dixon, would have been a number one guard on the depth chart in most places. Kim English had finally become the player so many believed he could be all along, displaying a pure shooting touch to rival that of any player in the nation and a defensive tenacity he had never shown before. The preseason clouds caused by the controversial hire of Frank Haith and the shocking loss to injury of Laurence Bowers had entirely dissipated. It was blue skies all the way for the Tigers. 

Look now, and Mizzou's dream season has become a nightmare. And it could still get worse. 

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SLU Moves On; Mizzou Goes Home

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Probably my last chance to use the old Tiger ball statue picture for awhile; had to get it in at least once more.
Okay, so who had St. Louis U advancing and the Missouri Tigers going out in the opening round? Show of hands, please. 

Alright, everyone look around. See those people with their hands up? Those people are liars. Do not trust them, no matter what they tell you. You do, and you'll end up with the deed to a bridge somewhere and a handful of Chinese manufactured generic Viagra. 

Kidding aside, if you had told me a week ago the Billikens would advance further into the NCAA Tournament than Mizzou would, I likely would have either laughed in your face (if I thought you were just a little crazy), or backed away slowly while keeping you within my field of vision. (If I thought you were a lot crazy.) Even before the seeds came down. 

So what happened? 

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UPDATED: Sneak Peek at Mizzou's New Football Helmet?

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Updated with information from the person who designed the helmet and a possible clue that the new Mizzou hard hat will look "shockingly similar" to the image below.

Yesterday, University of Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel confided to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the team's new uniform -- to debut April 14 -- will not feature the "M" that's emblazoned the helmet for decades. 

Pinkel would not reveal what the new helmet might look like, but today the following image slipped out via Facebook and other social media.

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The Missouri Tigers' Awful Week

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Last Monday, the Missouri Tigers were the number three ranked team in the nation. They were 25-2. They were tied for first place in the Big XII Conference. They were looking at a #1 seeding in the NCAA Tournament. Life was good for the Missouri Tigers last Monday. 

Unfortunately, things aren't nearly so rosy this Monday. The Tigers have now lost two in a row; a second straight beatdown at the hands of an inferior Kansas State team, and perhaps the most gut-wrenching (not to mention infuriating), loss I can recall in any sport at Kansas on Saturday. 

Mizzou's record now stands at 25-4. They have no chance of a number one tourney seed. Kansas will win the Big XII. 

It was not a very good week. 

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The Tigers' Terrible Revenge

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Haven't broken this photo out for awhile. Feels good.
The Missouri Tigers have only lost two games this year; one to a Kansas State team which simply bullied them all over the floor, surprising the Tigers into losing their composure, and one to Oklahoma State. The Oklahoma State loss was a true trap game, a contest against a lesser opponent coming off a huge, important, emotional win. 

The win in question was the Tigers' victory over Baylor in Waco in late January, and they laid a mighty egg in their trip to Stillwater four days later. The defensive effort in particular was sorely lacking, and against an offense as talented as the Cowboys' that's a recipe for disaster. Oklahoma State shot almost 60% from the floor, and the Tigers simply couldn't counter, losing 79-72. 

Well, it was time for a rematch last night, and Missouri played significantly better this time. Okay, that's a bit of an understatement. They played really good. Okay, that's still a bit of an understatement, and poor grammar to boot. Mizzou went straight-up Ezekiel 25:17 on Oklahoma State last night. 

Yeah, that works. 

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Tigers Win Biggest Game of The Year; Now Can They Avoid the Letdown?

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What the city of Norman, Oklahoma should look like to the Mizzou players flying in.
On Saturday evening the Missouri Tigers won perhaps their biggest game of the year. Well, okay, biggest of the year so far; the games really only get bigger from here on in. Such is the life of a top five college basketball team. Every game becomes the biggest game. 

Even so, beating a Kansas team sitting atop the Big XII rankings and ranked in the top ten nationally is pretty damned big. Marcus Denmon going Super Saiyan at the end to put the Tigers ahead? Big. Michael Dixon hitting two free throws in a row following an offensive foul to extend the lead to three? Big. Holding serve in Columbia ahead of a rematch in Lawrence three weeks from Saturday? Bigger than big. 

So yeah, it was a big, big game. Tough to say it was bigger than the Tigers travelling to Waco, Texas and taking down then-number three ranked Baylor, but it probably was. 

The problem is that, following a game that big, it's easy to look at anything less as small and not nearly so important. How Frank Haith keeps his team from falling into that trap will be his next big challenge as the coach of this Mizzou team. 

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The Tiger Offense Gets a Huge Boost On the Recruiting Trail

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Yesterday was national signing day, the day when thousands of high school football players put their names to paper and signed letters of intent to universities across the country. 

Alabama, somewhat unsurprisingly, came away with what most analysts believe to be the best recruiting class overall. Most of the other schools at the top of the rankings were big-name schools as well; Ohio State, Florida, and Florida State all did well. Notre Dame came away with Gunner Kiel, the top-ranked quarterback in the nation. The rich get richer, world without end, amen. 

When the dust had settled, though, there was another school which did remarkably well for itself. In fact, this school, despite not being one of the biggest names in the nation, came away with the number one overall recruit in the country, a talent the likes of which doesn't come along very often. 

The player was Dorial Green-Beckham, and the school was Missouri

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