Mizzou Tiger football gaining respect.

Those of us who have been faithful MU Tiger football fans through the ups and downs are proudly gloating our win last Saturday over the Jayhawks of KU. Not only did we beat our arch nemesis, but we did so on network television in prime time sacking KU's quarterback on the last play...he took turf. Now on to play for the Big 12 Championship this Saturday in San Antonio. They're not calling it a Cinderella story because Mizzou was supposed to be a good team this year. We have the coaching staff, we have great players; even a Heismann nominee quarterback. Two polls say that we are the number one football team in the country, but the national media has stated hundreds of times in the past few days they don't think we deserve to be ranked number one. In spite of being ranked number one in two polls Las Vegas odds makers still have us losing to Oklahoma on Saturday by 3 points. We get no respect. Was Rodney Dangerfield from Missouri?


They just aren't giving us our due because Columbia, Missouri home of the MU Tigers lies in the middle of a state that has very little national notoriety. Yes, we were the home state of "Give 'em Hell" Harry Truman but that was a while ago. As a Missouri native I've traveled elsewhere in the country and had people ask me if Missouri is the state by Idaho, no kidding. Another person thought it was the most northeasterly state. These are of course Montana and Maine respectively just in case you are one of those folks. Neither of those states have that much notoriety either so therein lies the problem. What can we do to get respect? Win Saturday against Oklahoma for the Big 12 Championship and then win on January 7th against whatever opponent comes our way.

How does this pertain to real estate in Columbia, Missouri? A win this Saturday and a win on January 7th will put our state and our town on the map. The network TV win over Kansas has already increased student inquiries into coming to MU. Who knows what a national football championship might do. Those of us who live here know that Columbia is a great place to live and MU a great place to go to school or work. Maybe now everyone else will and we'll get the respect we deserve.