I hope we blow Mizzou out of the water....but past history would suggest that this game will be a rock fight with predicting the winner being a toss up at best....although I expect (as every year) we should win
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Somehow Mizzou flat out owns us lately in this rivalry. I dread facing them every single year
What kind of talent will they have this year?
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Love him or hate him.......Vitale's All-American list. Kofi naturally 1st team, Curbelo 4th.
They're not supposed to be particularly great, probably not a tournament team unless some guys have standout years. Losing to them will be a major letdown like last year.
It’s no excuse, but every time we play Mizzou it is effectively an away game.
Not really. St. Louis is slightly closer to Columbia than C-U and the fan base there probably leans slightly towards Miznoz but probably like 55-45. There always seems to be a ton of orange in the crowd and I feel the the actual distribution probably changes depending on who's good.
You are an argumentative fellow aren’t you? Well, you kind of made my point already, so there really isn’t much to say. St Louis is closer to Columbia, it’s in the home state of the University of MISSOURI, and the crowd leans Missouri. All of those seem to support my point that it is not actually an away game, but “effectively” an away game.
sorry, but "effectively an away game." in my mind. It's a neutral court game.
Would you consider the United Center a neutral court for the bragging rights game?
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I grew up in the area man, there are tons of Illini fans there. And yes STL is in Missouri, but you do realize St. Louis is right on the border right? Like, Illinois is 5 minutes away. It's 2 hours from Columbia and 3 from C-U. Not a huge difference for fans motivated enough to travel. If 55% of the fans are for the other team and 45% are for us, that's a far cry from "effectively an away game."
NCAA's TOP BIG MEN! Drew Timme vs Kofi Cockburn!
If you guys haven't seen this clip of Kofi during summer works working on his driving the lane moves and finishing..
Side note... he is working out with Zags Timmy....
If you guys haven't seen this clip of Kofi during summer works working on his driving the lane moves and finishing..
Side note... he is working out with Zags Timmy....
I am well aware of the geography of St Louis. The Illinois side is about 500k people and the Missouri side is 2MM. Yes. CU is not much further than Columbia. But…Where do the majority of Illinois graduates live? The Chicago area. Which is 5 hours from STL. Where do most Missouri graduates live? St Louis.
If we were playing Arizona and had 95% of the fans I'd call it home court. If we were playing Notre Dame and had 55% of the fans I'd call it neutral.
Mizzou is supposed to be weak, but we should have beaten last year. Pickett will likely channel his inner Dwayne Wade. But they can't match us in any meaningful way. We should beat them by 12 minimum.
I would say that is more "effectively" a neutral court than St. Louis is "effectively" an away game, sure. After all, isn't having the fans behind you kind of a big part of home field advantage?
I’ve been to bears cowboys game in the new cowboys stadium that were like home games for the bears. If your fans travel well enough to flip the atmosphere it can really give that home feel.
See any Chargers game since they have moved to LA.
I'm glad we'll be continuing with the kinder and gentler rock fight rather than using blades and guns. And yes, we should win the Miznoz game this year.
This is awesome!..thanks Rob, including intro from the "The Mooch". Lotta love on this team!
You realize it's about the presence of fans. You have to get in the mid 60s at least to be a home atmosphere.
After watching these interviews I come away very impressed with our assistant coaches.
I believe we got very lucky with each position.
I am really getting jacked for this coming season.
I believe we got very lucky with each position.
I am really getting jacked for this coming season.
Great insight into the team. Sometimes I forget they are just fun loving kids.
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