MU makes Hogs eat their words

Pitt Gorilla · 01-01-2008, 11:36 PM

Stupid pigs.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/v-p...ry/426807.html

By RYAN YOUNG
The Kansas City Star

DALLAS | The feeling of vindication set in after Missouri’s thorough victory over Arkansas. After running back Tony Temple made the Razorbacks witnesses to a record-setting day. After the Tigers all but shut down a prolific Hogs offense.

And with senior tight end Martin Rucker, it came with a hint of a smile.

“They said that we weren’t good enough just because we were from the Big 12,” Rucker said. “I’m kind of glad that they said that because it fired a lot of guys up.”

With a commanding 38-7 Cotton Bowl win Tuesday, at least a couple of Missouri players felt the Tigers had shown Southeastern Conference foe Arkansas a thing or two about Big 12 football.

Quarterback Chase Daniel reiterated that certain Razorback comments published in an Arkansas newspaper last week were taken as “disrespectful” by the Tigers.

Arkansas safety Matt Hewitt was quoted in the Northwest Arkansas Times as saying that Missouri was “going to get a rude awakening Jan. 1 because they’re going to see the press man and a lot of blitz schemes coming after them. They forget they’re going against an SEC team.”

Daniel said after the victory, “It just shows that the Big 12 has some power to it, too.”

Overblown or not, the Tigers had their motivation and put it to work.

Temple set Cotton Bowl rushing records with 281 yards and four touchdowns. And the Missouri defense held Arkansas, which came in averaging just under 40 points per game, to a lone touchdown — only the second time all season the team didn’t score at least 13 points.

Several Razorbacks said afterward that Missouri was a little stronger in certain areas than they may have expected.

“They’re a good team; we knew that coming in,” Arkansas center Jonathan Luigs said. “They were definitely better in person than I thought they were going to be on film.”

Arkansas fullback Peyton Hillis concurred with his teammate.

“We kind of overlooked them a little bit, I guess, and it came (back) to bite us in the butt,” he said. “We thought our speed would help us out a whole lot, but they were real physical and got on us today.”

Mostly, though, the postgame reaction among the Razorbacks wasn’t so much that the Tigers surprised them, but that they surprised themselves.

“Missouri played extremely well today, and we probably did about everything we could do to help them. Not to take anything away from them,” Arkansas interim head coach Reggie Herring said. “… To be honest with you, I’m a little bit blindsided by the way we played.”

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Pitt Gorilla Banned! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: NOT Columbia, MO 65201 Casino cash: $-29806	MU makes Hogs eat their words Stupid pigs. http://www.kansascity.com/sports/v-p...ry/426807.html By RYAN YOUNG The Kansas City Star DALLAS \| The feeling of vindication set in after Missouri’s thorough victory over Arkansas. After running back Tony Temple made the Razorbacks witnesses to a record-setting day. After the Tigers all but shut down a prolific Hogs offense. And with senior tight end Martin Rucker, it came with a hint of a smile. “They said that we weren’t good enough just because we were from the Big 12,” Rucker said. “I’m kind of glad that they said that because it fired a lot of guys up.” With a commanding 38-7 Cotton Bowl win Tuesday, at least a couple of Missouri players felt the Tigers had shown Southeastern Conference foe Arkansas a thing or two about Big 12 football. Quarterback Chase Daniel reiterated that certain Razorback comments published in an Arkansas newspaper last week were taken as “disrespectful” by the Tigers. Arkansas safety Matt Hewitt was quoted in the Northwest Arkansas Times as saying that Missouri was “going to get a rude awakening Jan. 1 because they’re going to see the press man and a lot of blitz schemes coming after them. They forget they’re going against an SEC team.” Daniel said after the victory, “It just shows that the Big 12 has some power to it, too.” Overblown or not, the Tigers had their motivation and put it to work. Temple set Cotton Bowl rushing records with 281 yards and four touchdowns. And the Missouri defense held Arkansas, which came in averaging just under 40 points per game, to a lone touchdown — only the second time all season the team didn’t score at least 13 points. Several Razorbacks said afterward that Missouri was a little stronger in certain areas than they may have expected. “They’re a good team; we knew that coming in,” Arkansas center Jonathan Luigs said. “They were definitely better in person than I thought they were going to be on film.” Arkansas fullback Peyton Hillis concurred with his teammate. “We kind of overlooked them a little bit, I guess, and it came (back) to bite us in the butt,” he said. “We thought our speed would help us out a whole lot, but they were real physical and got on us today.” Mostly, though, the postgame reaction among the Razorbacks wasn’t so much that the Tigers surprised them, but that they surprised themselves. “Missouri played extremely well today, and we probably did about everything we could do to help them. Not to take anything away from them,” Arkansas interim head coach Reggie Herring said. “… To be honest with you, I’m a little bit blindsided by the way we played.”
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