The Baer Facts
Signing of Dorial Green-Beckham Sends Mizzou Fans Into Delirium
Tigers ink the top receiver prospect in America and the third best player in the land.
In full disclosure, I’m a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, and an over-the-top Mizzou Tiger Fan. I do bleed black and gold. So when Dorial Green-Beckham, wonder-kid from Hillcrest High School in Springfield doffed the Tiger ball cap and declared himself a future Tiger before his school mates and a national audience on ESPNU Wednesday morning, I was ecstatic to say the least. Mizzou’s coach Gary Pinkel has been building towards this day for more than a decade. Green-Beckham can rest comfortably, knowing that Pinkel and assistant coaches will be around just as long as he is as a student/athlete in Columbia. It would have been easy to pick the Razorback hat. Fayetteville, AR is closer by miles than his 170 mile jaunt to …
James Baer
6:48 pm on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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