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Missouri vs. Kansas: I’ll miss it

“It’s who you are.” Those words have been running through my head this week. They are Shana’s words, said after Missouri’s loss to Kansas State and my surly mood for a day. Truer words have never been spoken. For more than 20 years now, I’ve been a Tiger living around the enemy. Days without trash talk […]

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Big 12 rankings, Week 14: The breakup songs edition

The Big 12 as we’ve known it for years is no longer. Nebraska took its ball, along with a gigantic chip on its shoulder, to the Big Ten. Colorado is leaving, too, though nobody really seems to care, so we’ll focus on the Huskers. This week’s rankings are brought to you by breakup songs, along

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New years and the decade in review. From Independence to Topeka to Virginia to Oklahoma …

“Time, why you punish me, like a wave passing into the shore, you wash away my dreams …” I was going to blog about 2009. Seemed to make sense considering today is the last of the year. It was an interesting year. One that included everything from three apartments to two jobs to one (or

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Please, ESPN, Youtube, et al, stop showing severe injury clips; More on Big Ten expansion

We live in a strange society. People slow down to see the carnage in wrecks, others can’t look away at awkward scenes in movies (Am I the only person who changes the channel when I know somebody is about to be embarrassed?), some listen to crap like Marilyn Manson. A lot of morbid stuff out

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Big Ten expansion: Up to 16?; where Missouri fits in; seriously Beebe?

  Miscellaneous notes, news and thoughts on Big Ten expansion and Missouri potentially leaving the Big 12: Megaconference coming?   Much of the speculation this week has been about the Big Ten adding Missouri, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, etc. But according to the Chicago Tribune’s Teddy Greenstein, the conference may look at adding up to five schools.

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