Cocks Crowned Kings Of The Columbias: Mizzou Still Seeking First SEC Win

My great-grandfather died a few years ago. He lived to 99 years and 11 months, which is just rude, really. He drank buttermilk every day, and he was one of the best storytellers I have been around (and when you live to 99.9, you have plenty of stories). He wasn’t exactly mobile in his later years, but we just had to get him going down some verbal road, and he’d entertain us for an hour, perhaps stopping to replenish his lip of snuff. In high school, I made it to National History Day with a video about World War II, which basically consisted of him telling stories with Life Magazine photos on the screen. He carried that thing.

Occasionally, when Grandpa got going, he would drop a “nig-ruh” into the middle of a story. I could never tell whether he was saying the bad word or the really bad word, but it was just part of the package. He was born in 1908, and he spoke like someone born in 1908 and based in Oklahoma for all of his life. You don’t nitpick (at least, you don’t out loud), you just take the good with the bad, hug him when you leave, and look forward to your next visit, assuming there will be a next visit.

Talk about the highlights with South Carolina fans at Garnett and Black Attack, and with Missouri fans at Rock M Nation.

Box Score Hero: Connor Shaw went 20-21 and had 20 straight completions for the Gamecocks. Again, that’s 20 straight completions.

Rankings Ramifications: No. 7 South Carolina may have done itself some good beating Missouri by a larger margin than expected. Still, this was a game South Carolina was supposed to win.

Which means get ready to hear about nothing but Clowney next year (it’ll feel kind of like February 2011):

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Whether Mizzou is READY FOR THE SEC or not, there’s one thing they’re probably going to always be ready for: defending spread offenses. It’s the power offenses they’re supposed to not be ready for, right? Especially ones led by Lattimore?

Sanders did a fine job of giving the Cocks another chance to do it right (which they did, thanks to Lattimore), and Missouri’s definitely going to need to cut out that poke-tackling stuff that happens about halfway in. Sanders looks like a ball of wild energy here, bowling over opponents and teammates alike before the sideline grants everyone some peace and quiet: