I guess Missouri coach Gary Pinkel wants his players really focused on being in the SEC. Sports reporter Eric Blumberg of KOMU-TV in Columbia tweeted a photo on Wednesday morning of two women in athletic shorts and sports bras running stairs at Faurot Field and said that a Missouri coach asked the two women to “come back later.” Oh, come on coach.

Missouri fans are pretty pumped to be in the SEC. As shown by this tribute by the fans at Shryocks Callaway Farms in Columbia, MO...



But on the ground no one can see this, right? Hmmm...

Missouri wide receiver T.J. Moe, stole the show at the SEC Media Day with some funny quotes...

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How the SEC compares to other conferences: “They say girls are prettier here, air’s fresher and toilet paper is thicker” (via @McMurphyCBS)

Mizzou’s place in the conference: We’re “the red-headed step child” (via @KyleTucker_CJ)

The Media Days dress code: “Everybody wears a tie or sundress to games. Look at me. I wore a dri-fit polo to Big 12 Media Day last year.” (via @BW_Jones)

The mood at Media Days: “It’s serious here. I wouldn’t be surprised if everybody was strapped with a gun here.” (via @jonsol)

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Moe is a preseason Biletnikoff Award candidate.

At SEC's Media Day, Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel was asked by a group of reporters about the tragedy at Penn State. And according to the Columbia Tribune, Pinkel defended Joe Paterno...

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"Joe Paterno’s a friend that I got to know professionally, and you can’t take away the greatness of this man. He was a great man. However you analyze this, you can’t erase all that this guy’s done. You can’t do that. Nobody can do that. I think when you come out of such a tragic situation, certainly involving children and the magnitude of this in our country from a media standpoint, I anticipated really what happened. I anticipated that they would do this. You’re not going to sit back there and say, ‘Well, just things happen.’ You’re not going to do that. They’re going to be firing, and people, they’re going to make statements and they’re going to point fingers, and that’s what I anticipated a little bit. But he was a great man, a good man. I’m sure he would, maybe if he” could “do it over again he would have followed up a few things. But don’t take away all this guy did, and to sit there and blame him for all this, I think is wrong."

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Missouri back-up QB Ashton Glaser is transferring to Missouri State for a shot at their starting job. He was listed as Missouri's third-string quarterback after spring practices and played in just one game in Columbia. Missouri still has three quarterbacks on scholarship: starter James Franklin, redshirt freshman Corbin Berkstresser and freshman Maty Mauk.