Mizzou Links: Winning basketball games is more fun than losing them
Feels good.WINNINGthanks to the man above ... — Keith Shamburger (@idfndazou14) February 25, 2015That was so very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very due. Mizzou...
View ArticleStudy Hall: Missouri 64, Florida 52
A desperately needed shot in the arm.Your Trifecta: Wright-J3-Shamburger.Your Season Trifecta: Your Season Trifecta: J3 37 points, Shamburger 35, Clark 24, Teki 18, Post 12, Wright 11, Gant 10, Allen...
View ArticleThe big 2015 UMass football guide: Ride the offense to bowl eligibility?
The 128-team countdown is now two teams into its second conference.Confused? Check out the advanced-stats glossary here.1. Traction![Mark] Whipple is by no means a young up-and-comer, but one can see...
View Article2015 Missouri spring football: Barry Odom talks alignment and the move back...
Somehow, spring football is not even two weeks away.#Mizzou will begin spring practice March 10 with the Black and Gold game slated for 4 p.m. April 18. — Tod Palmer (@todpalmer) February 3, 2015So ......
View ArticleThe big 2015 Buffalo Bulls football guide: My favorite hire of the year
Next on the 128-team countdown: did UB make the best coaching hire of the year? Well, they certainly made the winningest.Confused? Check out the advanced-stats glossary here.1. Welcome, Lance...
View ArticleThe big 2015 Kent State football guide: Hoping for a fairer year
Confused? Check out the advanced-stats glossary here.1. A trying year, to say the leastA MAC team's reward for making the right hire and winning some games is getting to make another hire. This year's...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament bracket projections, March 2: Rock-M-Tology
Under two weeks to go...Who's moving up?UConn (17-11) - The Huskies aren't in the field yet, but beating SMU on Sunday got them a lot closer. They're 18-12, 11-7 in the AAC, and they've got wins over...
View ArticleMizzou Links: Nickelbacks, Teki, and the silliness of the freshman...
Mizzou spring football previews talk nickelbacks and tight ends, Teki Gill-Caesar keeps plugging away, and if freshmen were deemed ineligible, how exactly would Mizzou have fielded a basketball team...
View ArticleThe big 2015 Ohio football guide: Finding yourself after growing pains
The 128-team countdown continues with a MAC power that should be on the way back up.Confused? Check out the advanced-stats glossary here.1. A Joey Potter seasonNothing makes me roll my eyes faster than...
View ArticleMizzou Links: Tigers win second straight game at home
Thanks to Keith Shamburger, Missouri finishes its home basketball slate with two straight wins. Plus: the SEC women's basketball tournament begins today, and the MAC wrestling championships begin on...
View ArticleStudy Hall: Missouri 63, Auburn 61
Hell of a way to go out, Shamburger.Your Trifecta: Shamburger-Teki-Post.Your Season Trifecta: Shamburger 39, J3 37 points, Clark 24, Teki 20, Post 13, Wright 13, Gant 13, Allen nine, Isabell seven,...
View ArticleThe big 2015 Akron football guide: Bowden's Zips ready for a fourth-year...
As another wave of transfers becomes eligible and Terry Bowden's rebuilding efforts bear more fruit, Akron should be able to maneuver an easy MAC slate and reach bowl eligibility for the first time in...
View ArticleMizzou Links: Shamburger's stability, Gant's weight, women's injuries
Keith Shamburger's stability has been huge even in a disappointing season, Jakeenan Gant is trying to pack on the pounds, and despite injuries, the Mizzou women are playing their best basketball of the...
View ArticleThe big 2015 Miami (Ohio) football guide: The right guy for a long rebuild
The 128-team countdown turns to the Cradle of Coaches, which looks to have found another good one.Confused? Check out the advanced-stats glossary here.1. Stats vs. eyeballsPerhaps no team has seen its...
View ArticleMissouri Basketball 2014-15: Revisiting the preseason "ifs" list
It ain't pretty.Still, it doesn't take an overt number of "ifs" to turn this team into something pretty good. If Johnathan Williams III, who averaged six points and seven boards last year, can turn...
View ArticleMizzou Links: DeMarre's camp and incremental basketball improvement
Missouri's basketball team is focused on small victories and individual improvement, the stay is short for Mizzou at the SEC Women's Tournament, and Brian Smith could get a hole-in-one, er, a national...
View ArticleThe big 2015 Bowling Green football guide: The team to bring MACtion back
The 128-team countdown reaches a team sure to give you a couple midweek shootouts to watch this season.Confused? Check out the advanced-stats glossary here.1. Bowling Green wasn't very goodSometimes...
View Article45 reasons to care about the next wave of college football advanced stats
No matter your relationship to college football, the future of analytics will make at least one of the items listed below better for you.I began tinkering with college football play-by-play data in...
View ArticleLet's fall in love with college basketball again, Day 1
Consider this your Saturday live thread. It's going to be a live thread-heavy day, come to think of it...Most of us have had the same complaints in recent years. College basketball has gotten slower...
View ArticleStudy Hall: Mississippi State 52, Missouri 43
Your Trifecta: Shamburger-J3-Wright.Your Season Trifecta: Shamburger 42, J3 39 points, Clark 24, Teki 20, Wright 14, Post 13, Gant 13, Allen nine, Isabell seven, Rosburg five. By class: freshmen 63,...
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