The Times We Live In

By ERIC BARTON

This is not a scene from Arrowhead.

How insane is it that Mizzou is the No. 1 football program in the nation? According to this front page article in The New York Times today, it’s like Albania playing for the World Cup title or Adam Sandler up for an Oscar. Yeah, it’s that insane.

The article goes on to say that MU football typically does little more than cause reporters to use “thesauruses to find new ways to describe the Tigers’ football futility.” The school is “better known for its journalism school than its football teams,” the article continued.

But at least those in the ivory tower of journalism did come to this conclusion about Mizzou’s season: “It would be difficult to make up a better story than the one that has unfolded this season in Columbia, Mo.”

That’s true as long as you’re not a KU grad.