Trust men and they will be true to you; trust them greatly and they will show themselves great. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Yep.  A Criminal Minds opening.  That’s where I’m going. Trust.  That’s why we lost at home to Northwestern for the first time since 1999.  That’s why we’re .500 in the Big Ten (again).  That’s [...]

We’ve established that I’m an entitled brat, right?  Yes we have. And we’ve been through the whole thing about how I grew up in the St. Louis area (on the Illinois side), and how I live on the Missouri side now, and how Missouri fans are among the most vacuous people on the face of [...]

I should’ve started typing immediately after the final buzzer.  I should’ve walked directly into the office and started typing out my confusion.  Because I really have no idea where to start. We scored 42 points… and won.  Has to be our lowest winning total since the set shot. Michigan State had 18 rebounds on their [...]

If you’re up by 3, and there’s 5 seconds left, and the opponent can’t get clear for a three, and they start to drive the lane, new play call: everyone lay down. That’s it. Everyone lay on the floor and let him make an uncontested layup. From the very moment Austin Hollins stepped inside the [...]

You probably heard that Jereme Richmond received probation for his gun charge on Monday.  As part of the plea deal, the judge dropped the aggravated battery charge against him.  Richmond was sentence to 18 months on probation and 200 hours of community service. Hopefully, this is the end to Richmond’s downward spiral.  In 2011, he [...]