Soggy fade to black
Shutout vanishes, Huskers then roll on dank Thursday.
Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert reaches for his right ankle as the rain falls around him after being sacked and losing a fumble in the first half of the Tigers’ 27-12 loss to Nebraska Thursday night at Memorial Stadium. MU was up 12-0 through three quarters before the Huskers rallied for the win.
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As raindrops fell on Faurot Field last night, the deluge to remember came in the fourth quarter.
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It was a soggy night for football at Faurot Field where Missouri falls to Nebraska 27-12 in front of 65,826 fans.
And it left the soggy and soon-to-be unranked Missouri Tigers stunned, staggered and overwhelmed by the red tide that emerged, seemingly out of nowhere.
“I’m still in shock, man,” said Missouri nose tackle Jaron Baston, trying to make sense of his team’s 27-12 loss to 21st-ranked Nebraska, an outcome that seemed unfathomable through three quarters of play. “I can’t believe that just happened.”
“Total shock,” MU linebacker Sean Weatherspoon added. “You go out there and put together three good quarters of football, then all of a sudden it goes downhill. It’s kind of hard to believe.”
Riding a three-game losing streak in Columbia, the Cornhuskers (4-1, 1-0 Big 12) vaporized a 12-0 deficit through three quarters, a lead that once seemed insurmountable considering the game’s drenched conditions and the Huskers’ nonexistent offense. The Tigers were coasting to their third straight victory over Nebraska, something they hadn’t done since 1969.
“We were on cloud nine,” Missouri linebacker Andrew Gachkar said. “But we call it the human element. You look at the scoreboard, and you’re thinking, ‘We’ve got this game in the bag.’ Obviously, we made mistakes.”
In front of an announced crowd of 65,826, mostly wearing rain-soaked ponchos, the Tigers’ fourth-quarter meltdown made all the difference.
In a game that began with a power outage that turned out the lights on parts of MU’s campus and turned Memorial Stadium’s sparkling new videoboard into a $3.8 million blank screen, No. 24 Missouri (4-1, 0-1) put on a fourth-quarter clinic on blowing a lead. Its offense became just as lifeless as the muted board behind the north end zone. Two Blaine Gabbert interceptions led directly to Nebraska touchdown passes, while MU’s last of eight costly penalties doomed a last-gasp offensive series.
“It was going our way,” Baston said. “In the fourth quarter, it was happening so fast. You blink, and it’s like, ‘Man, they just scored a long touchdown.’ You blink again, ‘Wow, it’s a turnover.’ You blink again, and, ‘Wow, they got another touchdown.’ ”
Having scored points on a first-half safety and Gabbert’s 1-yard touchdown plunge on fourth-and-goal just seconds before halftime, Missouri’s collapse started on the third play of the fourth quarter. Trailing 12-0 and unable to generate any offense, Huskers quarterback Zac Lee unloaded a 56-yard touchdown pass to Niles Paul on third-and-8. On the play, Paul streaked down the MU sideline, cruising past cornerback Robert Steeples with both safeties, Jasper Simmons and Jarrell Harrison, nowhere to be found.
Before that pass, Lee had completed only 11 of 29 passes for 81 yards.
“We were doing a great job getting pressure and getting takeaways and being physical,” Weatherspoon said. “All of a sudden, one big play.”
But the Tigers still had the lead. Hobbling on a twisted right ankle he suffered on a first-quarter sack-and-strip by defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, Gabbert was struggling to connect with receivers downfield and lived dangerously with several tipped passes around the line of scrimmage. On MU’s first snap of its next series, his luck ran out.
Surprising MU’s offensive line by drifting backward rather than engaging a block, Suh leaped at the line and snatched Gabbert’s first-down throw — the All-American lineman’s fourth career interception.
“It was a read-and-react play,” Gabbert said. “And I didn’t read or react.”
MU Coach Gary Pinkel excused Gabbert for the interception, the first of his career, saying a lineman was supposed to cut-block Suh on the play.
“Kurtis sat back, and Suh dropped back,” said MU center Tim Barnes, referring to right guard Kurtis Gregory. “Afterward, Kurtis told me, ‘I should have attacked him, and I didn’t.’ It’s one of those plays where it just happens so quick.”
Taking over on MU’s 18-yard line with 13:44 left in the fourth quarter, Lee needed two plays to grab the lead for good. He found Paul again, this time for 13 yards on the go-ahead score. A failed 2-point conversion left Nebraska with a 13-12 lead.
On the next possession, an illegal-hands-to-the-face penalty on Suh moved the Tigers near midfield. But after opening the season with 136 consecutive passes without an interception, Gabbert threw another on his very next attempt, this time missing Jared Perry on a timing pattern, a throw picked off by Dejon Gomes and returned 40 yards to MU’s 10.
Shaking off a third-down blitz by linebacker Will Ebner, Lee found tight end Mike McNeill for an 8-yard touchdown, Nebraska’s third scoring pass in a span of 3:22.
The Tigers were down — 20-12 with 10:28 left — but not yet out. Gabbert guided the next drive down to Nebraska’s 22, but another penalty — holding on left guard Austin Wuebbels — was the night’s final costly meltdown. Four straight Gabbert passes fell incomplete, ending with a desperation fourth-and-20 try to Wes Kemp. Wuebbels’ penalty, his second for holding, gave MU eight flags for 100 yards.
Nebraska regained possession with 5:24 left and iced the victory with eight straight runs, the last a 5-yard touchdown dash by Roy Helu, capping a comeback not unlike the one the Huskers surrendered in their 16-15 loss at Virginia Tech last month.
“We talked about it at halftime,” Nebraska Coach Bo Pelini said. “We said before we walked out there on the field in the second half, we said, ‘We will not walk out of here without a win.’ And, you know, we just kept fighting.”
Facing the team he once pledged to join, Gabbert played MU’s last 14 possessions on a bum ankle, an injury that left him wearing a protective boot during his postgame interview. He said he didn’t consider coming out of the game.
“We didn’t score points when we needed to,” said Gabbert, who completed just 17 of 43 passes for 134 yards. “It starts with me up front. I’ve got to get the offense going. That didn’t happen tonight.”
Meanwhile, his counterpart did just that, as Lee emerged from his three-quarter funk and threw for 158 yards and three touchdowns on 14-of-33 passing.
With seven league games left to play, starting with next Saturday’s at No. 15 Oklahoma State, the Tigers fell a game back in the North standings and, perhaps most important, lost the head-to-head tiebreaker should they finish with the same league record as Nebraska, as they did last season when MU captured its second straight division title.
But a blown fourth quarter, not title talk, was the only topic on the Tigers’ minds as last night turned into this morning.
“That’s probably the most disappointing thing,” Gachkar said. “We love the fourth quarter. And we obviously didn’t do anything good for ourselves in the fourth quarter. That was definitely disheartening.”
Reach Dave Matter at 573-815-1781 or e-mail dmatter@columbiatribune.com.
88 reader comments
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screechzoo says...
Good game, Mizzou. Your defense played almost as well as ours. And I don't care what players say (Weather doesn't affect us), those pass completion percentages of both teams were cockadoodle crappy. But there's nothing like winning an ugly game; back to the way Nebraska used to win. Good luck to you and go huskers!
October 9, 2009 at 12:55 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Dsteez says...
We win, you lose.
October 9, 2009 at 1:22 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Huskervinnie says...
Congradulations to the Missouri football team. Y ou played your hearts out,it was a great game,unfortunetly some one had to lose,hold your heads up..Our team got fortunete in the fourth quarter..Classic Mo-NU game,this time we came out on top. Good luck the rest of the way
October 9, 2009 at 2:24 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
cuddyshack67 says...
Mizzou fans, hold your head high. You held a 12-point lead going into the 4th quarter and had weathered a storm of what seemed to be everything the Huskers threw at your team. While many Husker fans (my brother included) were suggesting that Zac Lee be replaced by true freshman Cody Green, other fans were patiently waiting. For what I'm not sure, but mostly a sign of life from the offense as well as defense that was willing to catch the ball to create a turnover. In the span of three short minutes, we got our wish and then some.
This is one of those classic battles where the momentum ebbed and flowed and it eventually ended up in favor of the Huskers. However, I strongly believe that great things still await a talented Missouri squad, a force to be reckoned with for several years to come, regardless of whether Nebraska is back or not. Good luck against the rest of the Big 12 this year. I'm already looking forward to our battle in Lincoln next year.
October 9, 2009 at 2:45 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
cuddyshack67 says...
Make no mistake, this game meant a lot to the Huskers as well as their fans. Therefore, it is certainly a lot easier to post following an important win. As such, I definitely respect any Mizzou fans and media who follow their team but who graciously offer their objective opinion about tonight's game in particular.
Definitely, I look forward to seeing how both teams respond in light of last night's outcome. I can see the Husker's momentum carrying over into next week's showdown with Texas Tech. Our ability to efffectively shutdown the run and provide above average coverage by our CBs has me overly optimistic about the outcome. However, I would say the same about Missouri's match up versus previous media-darling Okie State, especially with the Dez Bryan situation and injury issues at key skill positions. I also envision Gabbert providing them with difficulty in covering the talented receiving Tiger corps.
Tigers upset OSU 31 - Texas Tech 28
October 9, 2009 at 3 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Meat says...
Hammer...............nail. Yes, now you understand.
October 9, 2009 at 6:47 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
Good game
October 9, 2009 at 6:57 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Huskerzone says...
Congratulations to the Tigers. It really hurts when you outplay a team for almost the entire game, then in the span of a few plays, you lose. We know. That VT game still hurts us Husker fans. Good luck to the Tigers the rest of the year and we hope to see you in Lincoln next year.
October 9, 2009 at 8:11 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
ockerjoh says...
Great game!! How about drama - Gabbert the golden boy (decommit), the weather, Zac Lee in only his second road start.
I really thought Mizzou had us, but I knew that if NU got one touchdown we'd be right back in it. I just didn't think the momentum would shift so dramatically. We knew the blackshirts were back, but now we know Zac Lee has found confidence. If you have a fourth quarter like that at Faurot Field in those conditions you start believing that you can win anywhere against anyone.
My hats off to MU! I thought we would own them tonight, but in the end it came down to better execution (finally by the offense) in just a five minute period that changed the outcome. Of course the defense came out HUGE! Go Suh! go big red!
October 9, 2009 at 8:40 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
lawerance says...
Someone please tell me that Bill Callahan is coming back to Nebraska. That Pelini guy has attitude. I think he wants Nebraska to have the whole thing again. Please tell me that it's not going to be Nebraska and everyone else. And that Suh fella! He did his talking on the field, unlike some fellas. I gotta hand it to the Huskers.
October 9, 2009 at 8:50 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
HuskerK says...
order restored!
husker power!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 9, 2009 at 8:57 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
tigertiger says...
Nice comments, NU fans, appreciated. Not sure I agree with the best fans assessment all the time, but there is certainly a large chunk that is genuinely gracious and nice.
We'll see, hopefully what we saw was two good teams playing a pretty close game, and not two teams with real weaknesses trying to give the game to each other.
I will choose the former, good luck the rest of the way (unless it helps us win the North, in which case, please lose where necessary- thanks).
October 9, 2009 at 9:08 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
tigertiger says...
Not all NU fans on here, btw. Assume MU is done after one loss at your own risk. 1-0 doesn't win the North, and 0-1 doesn't lose it.
October 9, 2009 at 9:13 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Tmac says...
Dsteez, you're a jackass. You have no class, and don't represent the majority of Husker fans. Go away. Find another team to follow. Husker Nation doesn't want you.
Good luck to Missouri the rest of the way. We will be pulling for you to represent the North well.
October 9, 2009 at 9:14 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Redrage says...
Huskerzone, you really think that Mizzou "outplayed" Nebraska??? Are you kidding? If you look at the penalties and passes that could have/should have been intercepted, we pretty much kept Mizzou in it. Throw in some horrible officiating (Suh's 2 bogus personal fouls come to mind) and this one shouldn't have even been close. If Lee completes a few more passes early and the running game got going, this was a blowout.
On to another subject. I appreciate how gracious Nebraska fans are and under most circumstances, with most other teams, I would be as well. But I have to say that Mizzou fans are some of the biggest trash talkers around and I was present the last time we played Mizzou in Columbia and remember being treated very poorly. So while not rubbing the loss in their face, I'll say I take great pleasure in this win and leave it at that.
Maybe after scanning some of these comments they'll get a clue about what it's like to win with class.
October 9, 2009 at 9:15 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
tigertiger says...
'So while not rubbing the loss in their face, I'll say I take great pleasure in this win and leave it at that.
Maybe after scanning some of these comments they'll get a clue about what it's like to win with class.'
How freaking classy. Yes, we are terrible fans, so you show how great NU fans are by coming on and posting that c$%p. Being pompous, self-impressed, and whiny makes you a heck of a fan. Complaining that a close win wasn't a blowout because of penalties, extra classy!
I saw a great homefield crowd that was passionate and LOUD. You say you had a bad time last year- if you came to the game with the attitude you display, are you surprised? And part of any fanbase is going to be pr$%s to opposing fans of a hated rival after said rival just got spanked by your team.
October 9, 2009 at 9:29 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Tmac says...
TigerTiger,
Both sides have showed a lack of class on the smack boards. Anonymous posting can be dangerous.
Good luck the rest of the way.
October 9, 2009 at 9:42 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Redrage says...
kittykitty,
You said it all, you are terrible fans. I'll reiterate that under most circumstances, I wouldn't make it a point to rub it in a little.
I don't recall saying "last year" but rather the "last time we played in Columbia" since we played in Lincoln the year before. Meaning essentially, your so called "fans" had plenty of trash talking to do and we heard our share of obscenities in Columbia. While I won't go so far as to say that doesn't exist at Nebraska, it's more the acts of a few rather than the masses.
One writer said it best when referring to Mizzou as the nouveau rich (you can look that up in the dictionary if needed) and I put them on the same stage with the Kansas States and Colorados of the Big XII who win a few games against Nebraska after being dominated for years, and feel the need to trash talk. Again, it's about acting like you've been there before, winning like a champion. We'll see you next year in Lincoln.
October 9, 2009 at 9:46 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
mnemeth says...
Husker fan here. Great, great, great, but odd game. Most interesting one I've seen in awhile (except over 600 yards in punts!) It's great to see Missouri be this good and Nebraska finally beat a ranked team again -- good rivalry. Could have gone either way, so Missouri fans, don't sweat it too much. You're program is tops.
October 9, 2009 at 10:50 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
rharrison9 says...
I found it quite a musing when those oh-how-great-respectful-fans-we-are criticize MU fans for leaving the game before it is completed. How forgetful they are. Must be the corn mash. In 2007, most had left the stadium in the middle of the 3rd quarter. I looked to my right and saw all those empty seats previously occupied with the corn people. But, winning 4 of the last 6 isn't bad. And tagging NU with 51 points last year at their house is a wonderful memory. One game.
October 9, 2009 at 10:53 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
COMO2505 says...
Redrage, I think it is spelled nouveau riche. Maybe you should look it up in the dictionary!!
I have to agree that Mizzou fans carry a huge chip on their shoulder. However, why are you posting comments on an online Columbia newspaper, if not to do a little trash talking of your own?
Good luck with the rest of the season.
October 9, 2009 at 11:04 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
pepsiolic1 says...
Unless Nebraska improves their offense, then we won't beat Kansas, Oklahoma, or Texas Tech for that matter. We got lucky last night.
October 9, 2009 at 11:22 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Redrage says...
Yes COM, that's called a typo, it happens. I read plenty of comments from Mizzou fans on our message boards. Oddly enough, I don't see many today. Nothing like a good dose of crow to shut people up. Congratulations on being the #2 or #3 team in the North once again, try not to slip against KU.
October 9, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
NdamukongFlu says...
Blackshirts take the field
Their o-line will be no shield
He takes the snap, here comes the rush
The quarterback, they will crush
A formal introduction I must do,
Mr. Blaine Gabbert meet Ndamukong Suh.
Up off the turf, he throws the bones
Better get the doctor on the phones
Time to celebrate, let out the cheers
I'm in love with the House of Spears.
October 9, 2009 at 11:43 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Huskerzone says...
Yes, outplayed. When you have so many penalties, your opponent does not, you are outplayed. When your are behind 12-0 after 3 quarters, you are being outplayed.
October 9, 2009 at 11:51 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
tjones14 says...
Dave,
Did you talk to Spoon after the game? Any clarification or reason given to why he punched the NU OLman? I believe it was Ricky Henry who the cameras caught Spoon punching in the back.
As to how he wasn't thrown out of the game for that, I have no idea. I know you can throw punches in hockey, but not in college football...right?
October 9, 2009 at 12:42 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Redrage says...
Huskerzone, we must have been watching two different games but at the very least from two different vantage points. Mizzou had pretty close to the same amount of yardage in penalties as Nebraska did. We had some poor special teams play that gave them 2 points on the safety and good field position when the ball hit (I believe it was) May's foot, and Prince slipping on coverage giving them the majority of their yardage in the first half on one long pass play and setting them up for a touchdown.
While they had more points at the end of the half, we certainly weren't being outplayed in my opinion.
October 9, 2009 at 1:07 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
vglipin says...
I must comment on the fan behavior at home games. I brought my Mother to a game about 10 years ago and she was in her 70's, I think it was against Kansas. It bothered her a lot to hear the F word sprinkled about in every sentence. Maybe when you are in your twenties it is acceptable to not have the skills to complete a sentence without using that word but good luck with that after you grow up. My Mom never wanted to go back to Faurot. Mizzou lost a good fan because of a bunch of drunken punks. We are getting a reputation as having poor fans at games. That does not go well with having the facilities we have, the staff we have, and the recent successes. Just the opinion of another "mom".
October 9, 2009 at 1:29 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Davidtoo says...
This game was won by the NU defense.
They set the table for the offense so many times throughout this game.
Are the Blackshirts back? You bet they are!!
Now NU needs to get the offense rolling and this will be a pretty good team.
Just like all of the veterans were saying at the beginning of the season.
The Defense needs to set the tone in the first half of the season. And they have.
Good luck to Mizzou the rest of the season.
October 9, 2009 at 1:43 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
hadenuff1 says...
Maybe this little story can sum up the MU football team's season so far:
A father asks his little boy how the game went and the little boy said, "great, then the big kids showed up."
October 9, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
normallysilentNUfan says...
OK, I read these posts all the time, for many seasons. I find them very amusing, that is the reason. I have never posted before, but this is a special event for me. You see Mizzou "fans" out do themselves when it come to Nebraska Football and being over the top with comments after going 4 and 2 vs NU over the last 6 years. Never mind the previous 50 years or so. With comments like "MU is the class of the North" / "NU Football is dead" / "Mizzou's Program is better than Nebraska's Program" (I especially like that one) / "Bo will need years to catch up Pinkel" / "Nebraska' defense could never keep up with the Mizzou skill players" and on and on and on... Like I said funny stuff indeed.
Anyway, at the risk of being classless, I am posting. This is not directed at those that appreciate college football in general, but those that run the smack above. I think it is great that Mizzou has a decent thing going, its good for the North.
I just want to let those smack talking Mizzou fans know beating you (smack talkers) made my weekend. Really, I will be smiling all weekend as I relish the thought of your heartburn. I would like to thank Bo, Suh, the NU defense, and Mr. Pinkel for out coaching Bo (it's given I have been told). But mostly, mostly i would like to thank you, obnoxious Mizzou fan, for making this victory so sweet with all your garbage! Thank you so much. Really, I mean I have been LMAO all day long so far! I know its classless, but it is very true. Thanks again...
October 9, 2009 at 2:26 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
MITiger says...
TJ, you really need to take fball 101 and learn what a cut block is. Spoon was retaliating, admitedly in poor judgement, to an attempted cut block to the knees. When you're an NFL bound player, such things have the potential to cost you millions. Some times you get tired of guys diving at your knees rather than taking you on up high. MU on the other hand was penalized for laying some high hits. While the Suh tackle on BG that twisted his ankle was completely legit. The skurs did dive at his lower legs several times. If it was Tom Brady there woulda been a flag. I know it's part of the game and usually unintentional but I hate to see those type of injuries happen to anyone.
October 9, 2009 at 2:45 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
tigertiger says...
'I know its classless, but it is very true. Thanks again...'
God, some of you all are clowns. How anybody can't see the massive irony of posting on an opponent website about how bad they are as fans, with some of the absolutely unreedemable BS you all spew in some of your posts above is beyond me.
Yet we are the 'classless' fanbase, and because somebody else posted something somewhere, you have carte blanche in your tiny little red brain to come on here and call every MU fan a piece of s%^t? Rampant stereotyping, anyone? Pot calling kettle black, anyone?
'but those that run the smack above.' What freaking smack, you clown? I see several nice NU posters, and a couple of NUckleheads like you. The only smack on here is what is coming from NU fans. Again, how classy!
A sizable chunk of the NU fanbase is beyond classless. If you wonder why you aren't welcome with open arms by other team's fans, you know who is to blame- YOU. You get what you give, and some of you give nothing but disrespect, smug superiority, and childish, rabid hatred. Yes, hatred- in relation to dumb damn game played by kids. sad. get-a-freaking-life.
October 9, 2009 at 2:55 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
normallysilentNUfan says...
News flash - tigertiger. Your brain is red too. LOL! At least it should be, then again?? You were one of th peeps I was thinking of when I wrote that first post. Go ahead and talk your smack, like I said I just wanted to thank you. By the way, really LMAO now!! I,myself, admitted it is a bit classless, but what can I say, you imspire me. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please keep posting, your making my day better and better...
October 9, 2009 at 3:05 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
normallysilentNUfan says...
By the way tigertiger, I just wanted remind all the super smart Mizzou fans like you of all the intelligent things you so stated on your boards (see my first post for a refresher). You are so spot on, it is amazing. LOL!!
Did you know these boards are open to the public? Another news flash I know. Or maybe you and Al Gore own the internet too? Us NU fans probably don't have the "skill players" to post on "your" boards...
Did I mention I was LMAO?!? Yeah, you guessed it!
October 9, 2009 at 3:14 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
MITiger says...
For the most part Skurs do try to act like they're the new england patriots of the north. So go ahead and keep patting yourselves on the back, if your backs not already too sore. The Tigers did lay some lumber on your boys last night. Kudos to your team for taking it and playing hard to the finish.
Hopefully we can all agree to just disliking each other and not be haters.
October 9, 2009 at 3:39 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Redrage says...
Normallysilent, too funny! kittykitty doesn't realize that the 95% of the posts on here are complimentary. The other 5%, that are considered "beyond classless" in kitty's words, are relatively mild comments which are indeed intended to rub it in. Having said that, I can only imagine the foul mouthed garbage that Mizzou fans would be posting had they won that game. Let's not forget the comments from your booger-eating QB Chase Daniels about the "high school defense" and every other piece of bulletin board trash that came out of his mouth.
THAT kittykitty is the difference between your "fans" and ours. There is no pot and kettle because you aren't even in the same league. i would bet the proverbial farm (yes proverbial as not all Nebraskans are farmers) that you would not find ONE kind comment from a Missouri fan had the tables been turned. No "good game" or "best of luck with the rest of your season."
So kittykitty, take your healthy dose of crow, accept the fact that you just don't get it, your fans blow, and be happy that your team was lucky enough to win 4 out of 30 games and that your mom let you stay up late last night to watch the not-so-gentle act of putting Missouri back in their place.
October 9, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
normallysilentNUfan says...
Red - Yes I'm rubbin it in a bit. I did tolerate all the unsufferable puke projected by the want-to-be fans of MU here. Still I read (and write this time) for fun. And what fun it has been. You will note, I only direct my comments at those peeps that make the enlightened comments like:
"MU is the class of the North" / "NU Football is dead" / "Mizzou's Program is better than Nebraska's Program" (I especially like that one) / "Bo will need years to catch up Pinkel" / "Nebraska' defense could never keep up with the Mizzou skill players" etc.
Boy, they showed us stupid Husker fans didn't they? All of those comments made before the game were so insightful. Suh delivered tons of crow last night. This is just the cherry on top.
Besides, I am so misunderstood. I really just wanted to thank them for give me such joy today. What fun it is. Thank you. Still LMAO! Tiger needs a Tums (for the heartburn). I love it!
October 9, 2009 at 4:45 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
ajberryjr says...
Josh Freeman committed to Nebraska and then back out. His career record against the Huskers -- 0-3. Mr. Gaebbert say hello to Mr. Freeman. Don't cross the Huskers especially now that we've got a legit coaching staff.
Order restored.
October 9, 2009 at 4:50 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
I for one would much rather be classless than whiny.
You keep complaining about husker fans on this board and then you post things stated directly to them. You're like a college girl putting out to get attention and then appalled when you are called a whore.
Complaints about the behavior of Missouri fans stem from a time long before internet message boards. Perception of a program is built over long periods of time...decades. Missouri is going through what KState went through with a big head and short term success. We are simply deflating your heads.
Smiles kittens!
October 9, 2009 at 4:57 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Mosnowman says...
Congrats to both our Tigers and the Huskers for playing a very tough game in horrible conditions. I also appreciate the classy post's by many of the Husker fans on this board. As usual we have many Husker "imposters" that are actually KU Beakers posting anti MU fan comments. The MU fan base is one of the best I have experienced in D1 sports. The students are the same here as they are anywhere. They are supportive of their team, they drink a little too much, and for those of us that are aging they may seem a tad obnoxious. Every D1 game has a few bad apples. but keep in mind that that leaves about 99% classy fans that treat our opponent fans well.
To the KU fans posting here as imposters: All of us in the Big 12 and outside the conference know you are a bunch of whiners. You complain about every fan base especially after you are soundly beaten on the field. Lew Perkins back allied KU into the Orange Bowl a few years ago utilizing the same tactics as the KU fan base. I am just glad we have fans like the Nebraska and Missouri fans representing the Big 12 North and treating others with class. Good luck Husker fans against KU, and we will do our best to thump them as well. Go Tigers!
October 9, 2009 at 5:48 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Mosnowman says...
PS: Redrage (despite his name) is actually a KU Fan posing as a Husker Fan folks...don't feed the troll. Again congrats to the Huskers and Go Mizzou!...and Go away KU imposters....
October 9, 2009 at 5:55 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
you would have thought you guys dominated the game...Mizzou could have easliy won this one just like you guys could have easily won the VT game. So beat your chests and feel free to go back on Arkansas State's website and let them know "you guys are back" and "order is restored" and" I'm a jackass who wouldn't have the nerve to say this to your face".
Here comes Muddy and AJ and Meat with something clever to say. you know things like "Kittens", "Misery", "stay classy Columbia". Hey Mudman love the reference about the college girls and the whore thing...I bet you are quite the ladies man.
Hey silent...I'm laughing all weekend over how pathetic that your whole being is wrapped up in the results of college boys winning a football game.
Just consider this a mass email to the Real Losers Club.
October 9, 2009 at 6:22 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
musicmaker says...
This is what comes of cup cake schedules. God love Gabbert he's a tuff kid but he and the Tiger"s "O" line were obviously not prepared for the caliber of defense that Ndamukong Suh brought on. Suh tossed the Missouri's offensive line around like a bunch of rag dolls! 604 300 lbs and as fast as an F18 fighter jet!! But the schedule is not Alden's fault, it's all about the "Benjamins". Fill the seats, pay for the score board that didn't work and bring on Hickman High next year.
October 9, 2009 at 7:03 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
Way to validate yourself. The 15 point game cold have gone either way. Smart.
I'm married. Sorry to dissapoint you. You shouldn't go for long distance relationships anyway.
Please don't call me a loser. It hurts my feelings. I'm gonna go cry now. I learned it by watching that kid on your team crying when Roy Helu ran 40 yards to set up the 4th touchdown of the 4th quarter. Do you remember that part of the game? The "other 15 minutes"?
I think our receiver might have let out a little cry when "captain vagina" Witheredspoon punched him in the kidney. Punching people from behind...what a badass!!!
October 9, 2009 at 7:07 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
Muddy...nice comeback. I give.You win. Whoa, you had to be the debate captain for your 4H club. That part where you put me in my place about the "other 15 minutes"....I don't even know what to say about that. I don't know about NU's program but your "are back."and "order restored" I'm sure you and that wifey, who out weighs you by fifty pounds, are just loving your creative posts.(read in the most dumb a$$ voice you can do) Wifey says "You're so smart Muddy. I love you, pass the turkey leg and mash potatoes.(burp) And get me another Coors silver bullet!"
October 9, 2009 at 7:58 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
You've got it all wrong.....She doesn't drink beer.
You are witty and smart, I like you. You don't feel the need smack talk football at all. Clever.
Not sure what I am back from or what order I have restored.
This is more fun than than the other teams boards. You guys just keep responding and keep responding. You never quit.
Your team could learn alot from you.
October 9, 2009 at 8:08 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
but I got the fifty pounds right...didn't I?
October 9, 2009 at 8:16 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
acpsteacher says...
We never outplayed the huskers, if we had we would have been up 35-0 after the 3rd quarter. We ran the same plays the entire game. They never worked--if there had been a better replay on the TD to end the half it would have been reversed. They were close to picking off the pass plays we ran for three quarters(a dink over the middle or an out), they just cheated the routes a little more in the 4th because they knew what was coming. Handing off 8 yards deep and gaining 1 yard is not gaining 9 yards. This sticking with the gameplan does not work. Nebraska saw we were jamming the box and went to the pass and kicked our asses. Our coaching decisions worked for a year or two-now everyone is on to us and an inflexible approach is not going to work.
October 9, 2009 at 9:06 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
letmethinkaboutit says...
I think that in all aspects of the Game including and certainly the coaching, the tigers did not muster a decent attempt at anything reselmbling football, Maybe the Coach needs to practice in the rain more. I hope that the team can recover I am really disapointed I hope that I can get over this someday
October 9, 2009 at 10:18 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
BlackShirt says...
kimrob14, stop trying to spin this game. The NU defense dropped more passes than MU receivers. Suh and co. dominated your O line. acpsteacher is right, everyone is on to the spread, or they will be after studying the game film. The striped shirts did everything to help MU out.......BG's touchdown run?? Suh's horsecollar tackle?? MU had a great few years and deserves credit, but to think we got lucky is acting like a JayHawk. Your above that I hope. Great game MU
October 9, 2009 at 10:22 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
nwhusker says...
MITiger
YOU need to take football 101. Cut block to "Spoon" bad, could cost him millions. Cut block to Suh OK? Who is likely to go higher in draft? Who is likely to get bigger payoff, Suh could go as high as 1st pick, Spoon? - Not so much.
QUOTE (from article above): "MU Coach Gary Pinkel excused Gabbert for the interception, the first of his career, saying a lineman was supposed to cut-block Suh on the play."
October 10, 2009 at 1:11 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
I see the mass email to the Real Loser's Club got to everyone. Muddy? "Here", Meat? "Here", oh the hell with it, too many to take roll.
Blackshirt...stop spinning my name. So many question (marks). Referee conspiracy, phantom TD...scary stuff. I'll bet for three quarters you were using alot of these!!!#@$#%#!!!. It's fun typing isn't it???
If acting like a Jayhawk will run you and your club off this site then paint me blue and put a beak on me.
Go RLC!
October 10, 2009 at 9:36 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
BlackShirt says...
Someone please hand KR14 a tissue. He can't stop crying, much like the MU player (on national TV, ouch!) at the end of the game. I'll leave the painting and the beak to your boyfriend.
On to bigger things. Great, great game. It's been almost two days and I'm still watching the highlights. Both teams did not capitalize on multiple opportunities. Losing close games sucks, and we've had our share. Our defense kept us in the game and deserves a huge thank you from the NU offense. I thought MU's defense played a great game too, just when i thought we were going to march down the field they shut the door.
Hey Texas, meet you in Arlington.
October 10, 2009 at 10:51 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
normallysilentNUfan says...
RobKim - One thing, you are laughing at my obsession, but you post all night yourself? LMAO again and again! I have one word for you ... Duh!
Thanks for the post though, my weekend just gets better and better!
October 10, 2009 at 11:24 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Redrage says...
Mosnowman, I can see how you might be confused. Your picture is clear evidence that you haven't completely evolved just yet. It takes time, a few million years but you'll get there. I guess by then Mizzou should be winning it's next football game against Nebraska and your fans can come out in full force and post your trash on the message boards again (at least for a while until we put you back in your place AGAIN).
As for KU (who is going to put another beating on MU), I can tell you that I'll definitely be rooting for them as I will every other team that plays against Mizzou this year. Your wonderful fans have pushed you past Colorado on my radar screen for classlessness. Congratulations! At least you've won something.
October 10, 2009 at 11:35 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
"My boyfriend?" Are you questioning my manhood, Blackshirt??? or just fishing??? Maybe, a little?? (I knew you would love all the question marks)
"Duh?" is not a word..it's a gutteral response from someone who has nothing clever to say. I suggest you go back to being normally silent.
If this is the best you two can come up with then I'm going to have to ignore you and wait for Muddy and Meat.
Go RLC!
October 10, 2009 at 11:52 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
BlackShirt says...
KR14, on behalf of the Husker Nation let me say, dont go away mad..........just go away.
Silent and Rage, winning isn't everything but it feels darn good, dont you think?
October 10, 2009 at 12:10 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
No man, I'm done with you. I keep getting that same "oh, I am going straight to hell" feeling that I get when I accidentally laugh at a joke about people with down sydrome.
Plus I just can't take being called a loser by someone who knows nothing about me. It hurts......It hurts.
I'm not sure what your fantasy involved, but my wife is smaller than I, and our lives do not revolve around food. I'm just a simple schmuck passing some well deserved time off.
Confusing and pissing off you kitty fans seemed the easiest, least stressful activity I could find that I can do with my kids around.
For you Gayhawks lurking here.....You are not looking too tough against the Sighclones. If they had a kicker, you'd be in real trouble.
As far as football... Everyone runs the spread now. Everyone defends it in practice all spring and fall. It has lost its edge. Defense is the trend coming back around in the Big 12. Offense is just part of the show.
Have fun girls!
October 10, 2009 at 1:21 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
normallysilentNUfan says...
Robkim - Still chuckling and your helping! Thank you. Why don't you tell us all how you are not obsessed with this loss, as you state I am? It seems "these college boys" game gets your panties bunched up. Still posting 2 days later, LOL!! Since you lost now you've moved the dicitionary to make your "sassy" remarks. Oh you clever tiger, I love it! And you call me pathetic? Too funny man. "Bitterman" is not a word either, but it also describes you as effectively as "DUH". God this fun. Being bitter until next Oct in Lincoln will be fun for you to, but it may not end there either. Glad you have moved on!! LOL!!!!!
October 10, 2009 at 1:29 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
Muddy! You're back. Love ther down ''syndrome'' joke. You are a charmer.
Blackshirt...speaking on behalf of Husker Nation are you? Gee, being president of the RLC is a powerful position.
Silent...(cue the crickets) shhhhh.
You guys will get a kick out of this. I like to pinch my nose and read your posts out loud. Makes me feel like I'm in the room with you.
GO RLC!
cue silent's laugh
October 10, 2009 at 2:07 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Mosnowman says...
KU Troll: Redrage..I'll feed you a little more...you have now totally exposed yourself with your unoriginal comments about our fans and you rooting for KU to beat us. I know you are a KU fan because no Husker fan would root for KU to beat us when they are in the race for the North Championship. You see Mensa Boy if you are a Husker fan you would want us to beat KU to solidify your title moron. It is also obvious due to your classless posts that you are a KU whiner. KU has never won the North and it's going to be another disappointing year for you Redrage when the Huskers or the Tigers win the title. That would make 3 in a row for us. Now back to Lawrence and your high school football stadium...buh bye
October 10, 2009 at 7:05 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
sodak_sker says...
Man I tell ya what, I was so looking forward to blasting on some Tiger fans after the way some of them talked smack leading up to this game. I had an arsenal ready for the verbal war. That all changed after watching this game. I saw some great hard nosed football from your D and Gabbert earned my respect by his gutsy performance. I think he'll come back next year and play an amazing game. Let's hope for another wet one next year. Good luck with the rest of your season Tigers. I hope you pluck the jayhawks.
October 10, 2009 at 8:21 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
Muddy? Blackshirt? Silent?....good the meeting is over....my job is done here.
Thanks to the husker fans that live in reality and posted respectfully. We will see you next year.
Go Tigers!
October 11, 2009 at 10:29 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
You have a job?
October 11, 2009 at 5:03 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Redrage says...
moronsnowman, once again, I will give you some leeway since your brain is not fully developed. Let me explain how this works to you. KU beats Mizzwho, NU beats KU. NU still goes to the Big XII Championship. Not rocket science. The team with the best record represents the North. Just so you know, it won't be Mizzwho.
But thank you for letting me know that I've gotten under your skin. I know it may be inappropriate to ask, but could you do me a favor and let me know what it was exactly for future reference? Is it the booger-eater comment that bothers your "fans" the most? It's true you know, I saw in on national TV along with a few million other people. I just want to know the quickest and easiest way to push your buttons next year when we stick it to you again. Thanks!
October 11, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
Muddy, you are like a cockroach...the RLC meeting adjourned hours ago...go home to your little woman. You got to get up early tomorrow and get started on your beer delivery.
overheard at a recent RLC meeting.
"We were gonna bring the gals but we just didn't have enough tow trucks to get 'em offa the sofa'"
"Order restored"
"We're back."
"Rex Berkhead" (I made that one up...I just like saying that name)
October 11, 2009 at 7:50 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
rcruter says...
"order restored", I go away for a weekend and you bugeaters get lucky in a monsoon game in a game with two questionable teams making mistake after mistake and you have the nerve to come back and gloat, even with your few polite little opra clapping hands? wow, I was with real football fans in atlanta watching football on saturday (only saw a minute or two first quarter mu/nu game) and their comments about the game was they saw two mistake filled teams that whoever won that game on that field and conditions shouldn't be braying like jackasses, anyone could have won or lost it proved nothing.
Now instead of making asses of yourselves, congrats for surviving the game better and lets see what happens rest of year. Till NU, MU or KU beats the south teams it is all a bunch of nothing. That game proved nothing. if it makes you feel better about your boring little lives, fine. Wow what a bunch of loserboys.
October 12, 2009 at 7:15 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
In what ways am I like a cockroach? You like saying the first part of cockroach too don't you?
Swing and a miss.....I don't deliver beer.
I don't know what an RLC meeting is, but you seem to be there enough to overhear everything.
I still don't know who said 'order restored' other than a kitty fan.
You guys can dish it (barely)...but you certainly can't take it.
You pretend like you want us to leave, but you keep making comments that suggest otherwise. See my previous post about the girl wanting attention.
They weren't real football fans if they only watched a minute or two of the only football game going on. Real football fans were riveted to this game from start to finish. I know I am every Thursday when it is the only football on.
I think you may be confusing football fan and tiger fan. Worlds of difference.
October 12, 2009 at 7:45 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
Muddy? Are you sweet talking me? "Kitty" and the "first part of cockroach."
I think you have a man crush on me. You just keep coming back for more abuse.
Don't you have an appointment on the Texas Tech website? You know, calling local reporters hacks and spewing your ignorance all over the Red Raider blogs. What better way to spread the red word? What better way to make yourself feel worthwhile than to ride on the coat tails of nub football?
"Order restored" was read in the minutes of your last RLC meeting. I wish you would pay attention to others and stop living in your own red world. Take your wifey out to Applebees, go to a movie, have her read to you...just go and be with her and despite the fact she looks like a Bo Pelini Wonder Monds love child, tell her you love her(almost as much as little red)
Now...go away you little cockroach. Scurry over to the Red Raider's fans and let them know...."We're back!"
October 12, 2009 at 11:11 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
See what kind of people you are? Go back and read my first post.
I don't feel like I've been abused...... I feel like you are trying to insult me, but you don't have any material. Ever get called 'Costanza'?
I still don't know what an RLC meeting is.
The Texas Tech fan doesn't care, she won't even respond to our posts.
October 12, 2009 at 12:08 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
Dear Red headed step child(muddy)..stop feigning ignorance...go back and read(have your wife read to you) my posts aimed at you...you are being abused and you don't even know it. you have never had anything clever to add to this thread...even Real husker fans have disowned you. so move on little red cockroach and come up with a clever take on the Red Raider name. "Kitty" was weak.
Go RLC!
Signed,
Your Daddy
October 12, 2009 at 2:34 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
That was just horrible......try again.
October 12, 2009 at 2:52 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
that's it? that's your retort? you're a sad little lonely muddy man...all this roaring you did in the beginning is now a sad takeless wimper. If/when(cause you just can't help it) you come back bring some kind of take with you because your "I know you are but what am I?" doesn't work anymore.
October 12, 2009 at 4:07 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
In the beginning? All I said was good game. Throw some smack. All you have done is alluded to a club that no one has heard of but you, and made comments of a personal nature about people you have never seen. Your team got their ass handed to them at home and now your a bunch of crybabies and I am feasting on your tears. I offered a handshake and got spit at.
The only thing you have done well is correct my typos.
I have kids in elementary school that would be embarrased if their best line was calling someone a loser.
Yikes.
I have a bet with my wife on how long you will keep this up........I guess I owe you one for winning me a bet.
Nice name.
October 12, 2009 at 9:04 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
Excerpt from a post by a reak husker fan to you..
skerfan says...
Muddy, you are flat out an idiot. You give REAL husker fans a bad name and it makes me sick. I have spent quite a bit of time on this message board and it has been great.
I'm sure your kids have plenty to be embarrassed about having you as a father. You were a jerk on other blogs and you continue to be one still. I' called you on it and will continue. You came on our site and thought you could run your weak ass smack. I'd be willing to bet you never played football or attended NU.
Go read your past posts and you'll find you wrote to me: You are witty and smart, I like you.
Those two words won't be associated with you now or ever. Now get off our thread you little rude cockroach.
I hope for your wife's sake the bet was seperate beds. Please don't procreate...we have enough, to take a phrase from a real husker fan, idiots in the world.
October 12, 2009 at 10:59 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
Wow..
So two of you were dumb enough to not understand that I was being a jerk because the author asked us to be.
You have trouble reading sarcasm if you think I meant you are witty and smart and I like you.
Still love that cockroach line don't you.
I did not attend NU. I had to play Division II ball.
Kind of like your tigers this year.
October 13, 2009 at 7:03 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
Dave's interview with Tom Shatel did not require a sarcastic retort...you came up with that one all by yourself. Reread your obnoxious posts. You seem to have a selective memory problem.
skerfan says...
Muddy, you are flat out an idiot. You give REAL husker fans a bad name and it makes me sick. I have spent quite a bit of time on this message board and it has been great.
own it Muddy...
October 13, 2009 at 11:09 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
What the hell do I care?
skerfan is a kansas fan posing.
Inviting another journalist to write his article for him is required to be followed up by sarcasm.
You have a dim bulb.
October 13, 2009 at 1:31 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
"Muddy, you are flat out an idiot. You give REAL husker fans a bad name."
If you didn't care you'd stop posting. DII player...go root for your old school.
signed,
D I player who beat NU twice in Lincoln.
October 14, 2009 at 10:55 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
Give me a break. I beat up superman and took a crap on the white house lawn.
October 14, 2009 at 11:03 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
A few questions.
Why do you care who I root for.
Why do you keep quoting someone you know nothing about over and over again.
How does one person give a group of anything a bad name.
What is that bad name.
Man, you must be one old fart if you went to college in the 70's
There are more guys in the NFL from my school than yours.
Not very bright for a college grad......ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, now I get it!
October 14, 2009 at 12:12 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
DII,
you are a sad little muddy boy..when you ask questions you need to put ? after them.
"There are more guys in the NFL from my school than yours"
"My Dad could beat up your Dad"
Overheard in little muddy's last football game at a D II school:
Muddy says, "Coach, can I please play. We're up by forty?"
Coach replies, "Who are you?"
Oh, I almost forgot...this just in from husker fans
"Muddy, you are flat out an idiot"
October 14, 2009 at 2 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
You really can't tell their questions without that?
Its a message board on a third rate newspaper sports site.
I imagine at his age your dad is completely incapable of fighting anyone.
October 14, 2009 at 2:26 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Stripes says...
robkim41-
This fool is fishing. He's baiting you to get info. Trolls everywhere, be careful, best to ignore them.
Don't worry, they caught us on a bad night and got lucky in the rain. Pinkel has shown us the way. Blaine WILL win a title!!!!!!
Tigers!
October 14, 2009 at 2:45 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
robkim41 says...
Muddy,
Thanks for being an enthusiatic part of our experment here at the sociology department. You have proven to be quite the insistent poster and have provided us with some insightful data .Have you ever given any thought about the law enforcement business? You have what it takes to be a meter maid...a muddy meter maid man (love the literation, don't you) I hope you have enjoyed this process half a much as we have. We all here wish to congratulate you on a job well done and hope you'll enjoy Halloween this year. We have a pool going here at the lab that says you'll be going as Rex Berkhead. Please let us know.
Thanks,
Professor XXX
University of Missouri Sociology Dept.
October 14, 2009 at 2:46 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
Stripes says...
You guys are morons.
October 14, 2009 at 3:28 p.m. ( link | suggest removal )
muddyHanes says...
That is what I have been trying to tell everyone.
October 15, 2009 at 7:10 a.m. ( link | suggest removal )
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