[Husker] Mizzou Pregame Stunt

[Dan Draney]

Before the game the Missouri coaching staff pulled a bush league stunt on
their hosts. According to the radio, they demanded full access to the
sideline during warmups on their half of the field. This meant that all the
Nebraska people and guests had to move to the north side of the 50 yard
line. I haven't seen anything about this in the paper, but I can attest that
NU did clear out the sideline south of the 50 during the warmups. That made
the area north of the 50 pretty crowded.

According to the radio report at the time, a Mizzou player doing warmup
drills collided with a stadium employee on the sideline who was helping to
clear the area. I did not see that. Meanwhile, MU players, staff and guests
had full access to the entire west sideline area.

I'm inferring that this demand was made on gameday without any advance
notice, although that may not be the case. If so, it seems to be an
attempted "psyche-move" on Pinkel's part to intimidate NU. Obviously, given
the Huskers' slow start yesterday, it was quite effective. :)

Dan Draney

P.S. Best sign I saw at the game: "Hey, Mizzou. Congrats on your invitation
to join the Big 10. Oops. NevermindŠ"