The Mizzou Morning Buzz: Monday, October 23, 2023

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Today's Schedule:

Women's golf at The Southern Tournament, Savannah, Ga., 7:30 a.m.

Mizzou Results

Soccer: Kentucky 1, Missouri 0. It was the final road game of the regular season for Mizzou Mizzou (5-7-3).

Did You Notice

• Linebacker Nick Bolton led the Chiefs with nine tackles during their 31-17 victory against the Chargers. However, he suffered an injury while tackling wide receiver Keenan Allen in the fourth quarter. Coach Andy Reid said: “Nick Bolton has a dislocated wrist. They’re working on that now, and we’ll see how he does. He really had a heck of a game up to that point.”

• Max Scherzer is expected to make the start for the Rangers in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the Astros on Monday night.

• Soccer will close out the regular season against No.16 Alabama on Thursday (5:30 p.m. SEC Network).

On This Day in Mizzou History:

October 23, 1909: Although Missouri won its first Missouri Valley Conference without experience a loss, the lone non-win of the season occurred with a 6-6 tie at Iowa State.

October 23, 1976: Faced with third-and-14 from its 2, Pete Woods fired a 98-yard bomb to Joe Stewart, the longest pass in Big 8 history, for a touchdown as No. 17 Missouri won at No. 3 Nebraska, 34-24.

From the Nov. 1, 1976, edition of Sports Illustrated:

It has been a tradition at Missouri to take on difficult schedules. In 1978, for example, Missouri opens at Notre Dame, then returns home to play Alabama. But there are those who say that while big intersectional games may excite fans and bring in big bucks, Missouri perhaps is left too emotionally and physically exhausted to sustain itself in the cannibalistic Big Eight conference battle. Assistant Coach John Kadlec says, "The kind of kids we want like the challenge of playing this kind of schedule." Was the schedule what lured Tailback Dean Leibson here from Corning, N.Y.? "No, actually it was the girls," he says. Maybe Onofrio is right: in Columbia there obviously are distractions.

It has become an obsession with Onofrio to try to celebrate wins moderately and minimize agony over defeats. The coaches have talked about the problem and this year are stressing individual and team goals for each game—trying to establish that an intercepted pass against Kansas State is as important as one against Oklahoma. "What I wonder," says Onofrio, staring into a dish of strawberry ice cream, "is whether we are overachieving and winning, or underachieving and losing." [...]

Then came the play. In the dry press box above, Assistant Coach Dick Jamie-son ordered the "pro-left, tight, fake dive, 127 Z-Streak." From out of a running formation, Woods let loose a wobbly but true toss that landed in Stewart's hands way down yonder. And at this inopportune moment, a Cornhusker defensive back stumbled. Stewart, who said he was thinking of the importance of holding the ball tight, like while he was running, was alone and home free at last. The 98-yarder was the only pass Woods completed in the second half; the 98-yarder was also a Big Eight record.

October 23, 2010: Missouri fans stormed the field and hauled off a goal post (and part of another) after knocking off Oklahoma, No. 1 in the BCS rankings, 36-27. Jerrell Jackson scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 38-yard reception as the Tigers scored 16 points in the fourth quarter to spark the celebration.

Quote of the Day

"It's huge, it's gigantic. It's a long time coming." — Gary Pinkel, who had been 0-6 against the Sooners, after Missouri knocked off No. 1 Oklahoma in 2010.

We'll Leave You With This ...

Oh great, another rerun.#MIZ🐯🏈 pic.twitter.com/85ZjsVtzTG
— Mizzou Football (@MizzouFootball) October 22, 2023