Braggin' Rights & Texas Bowl Watch Parties!

Hey everyone!

The Boston 'Zou, Greater  Boston's Mizzou Alumni Chapter, will be hosting two watch parties for your social and viewing pleasure during the holiday week!  If you're new to the area, or happen to be home on Winter Break, come check us out!

Both events will take place at The Sports Depot, located at 353 Cambridge Street, in Allston, MA.

Braggin' Rights Basketball Border Battle
Mizzou vs Illinois
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
9:00 PM

Mizzou Men's Basketball (currently 6-3) will take on the Fighting Illinis (8-2) in the annual Braggin' Rights Border Showdown.  Both teams are currently undefeated at home, which should make for an interesting game on neutral territory.

The Texas Bowl
Mizzou vs. Navy
Thursday, December 31, 2009
3:00 PM

Come watch our (8-4) Mizzou Tigers take on the (9-4) Navy Midshipmen in The Texas Bowl! With Texas being one of Mizzou's largest football recruiting states, as well as falling within Big XII territory, we're practically playing at home!

As always, please bring non-perishable food items to be donated to The Greater Boston Food Bank.

What a Win!

Several new faces were on hand, this Thanksgiving weekend, to watch our beloved Tigers put the icing on the cake in a nail-biting victory over KU!  Our new friends from New Hampshire brought two cases of canned goods for our food drive, already putting us close to the 63 lbs we just donated! 

The photos, below, are of the recent watch party.  There's even one in there from our trip to Plimoth Plantation a few weeks ago.

MU/KU Watch Party, 11/28

Come join The Boston 'Zou as we cheer on the Tigers in Mizzou's annual Thanksgiving Showdown against the Kansas Jayhawks (currently 5-6, lol)! We realize several of you are fortunate enough to head back to Missouri, or your respective homes, for the holiday. However, if you are in town, please extend your Thanksgiving celebrations into the weekend with your local Mizzou family!  As always, we'll be collecting non-perishable items for The Greater Boston Food Bank.  Thanks to the efforts of our current members and friends, we recently donated 63 lbs of food!!  Event details below.

Saturday, November 28, 2009
2:30pm Pre-Game
3:30pm Kick-Off

The Sports Depot
353 Cambridge Street
Allston, MA 02134

Cheers!

Family Trip to Plimoth Plantation, 11/15

One of our goals at The Boston 'Zou is to create opportunities to get together and enjoy the unique experience of living in this very special area of the country. In an effort to further that goal, we have planned a family outing to Plimoth Plantation for Sunday, November 15th. For those of you not familiar with Plimoth Plantation, it is a living, breathing re-enactment of the life of both settlers and native people of the 1620's. (If you're a Massachusetts native you probably took a school field trip there as a kid!). It is one of the top tourist destinations in Massachusetts and is unlike any other attraction in America. With Thanksgiving coming up, we thought this would a great way to get into the spirit.


We have secured a group rate (pending a group of 15 or more) for this trip and the prices are as follows:

Adults, $20.40
Students/children (under 18), $11.90

We will meet at the Plimoth Plantation parking lot at 12:30, and make our way in. Then, we invite you to join us for fun and food at Cabby Shack at 30 Town Wharf in Plymouth at 3:30. This fantastic establishment is right on the Plymouth waterfront and has some spectacular views. They are very family friendly...and Mizzou friendly. There will be some special discounts for us that day!

For this event we will need you to RSVP no later than 11/8/09 to secure the group rate. You can do so by shooting us an e-mail at thebostonzou@gmail.com and telling us how many adults and children will be attending. Also, please tell us what town you're coming from, in case you have interest in car pooling with fellow Tigers in the area.

For more information about and directions to Plimoth Plantation, visit http://www.plimoth.org/.
For more information about and directions to Cabby Shack, visit http://www.cabbyshack.com/.


And a Bully For Ol' Mizzou,
The Boston 'Zou

We Won!

We knew we couldn't start the conference schedule at 0-4.  Thanks to all who showed up for the Mizzou vs. Colorado watch party at Game On.  A great time was had by all.  Just check out a couple of the pics, below, including one of our very own interpretation of "Miss Kansas".  :-)  And, oh! We found Waldo!

David, as "Miss Kansas"

(If only you could see the footwear!)

Yes, we found Waldo!

A huge early-game lead had the party-goers very happy.

Please email us and share your thoughts and ideas for future events and venues. We're currently exploring options for regular watch parties.  Due to the history of other alumni groups with certain sports bars, we've not been the game party priority.  We'd love to have one location everyone can count on as our watch party "home".  We'd also like to keep in mind convenience of location and Boston's biggest caveat: parking!  Please share your suggestions!

As always, GO TIGERS!!

Colorado @ Mizzou Watch Party, 10/31

Join The Boston 'Zou on Saturday for our next watch party, on October 31. The Tigers will be playing early this week, so we hope to see lots of you clad in Black and Gold and ready to cheer our boys on to their first conference win! Here's the info:


Game On
82 Lansdowne Street
Boston, MA 02215
617.351.7001

12:45, "Pre-Game"
1:30, Kick off

If you haven't joined us yet, come on out! We'll have our own area reserved and covered in Mizzou decorations. Game On offers some great $5 food specials for watch parties. There is street parking and it is accessible via the T. It is not necessary to RSVP, however it is extremely helpful. You can do so by responding to this e-mail.

***NEWS! In light of Halloween, Game On will be hosting a Halloween costume contest, all day, on Saturday. They will be giving out 1-2 pairs of Red Sox Green Monster Tickets for the 2010 Season during our game. So please spread the word, come join us and feel free to dress up! ***

Our chapter is young, but is growing quickly. Be a part of something very special! See below for some photos of our Mizzou vs. Okie State Watch Party.

There were a few Jayhawk souls brave enough to enter enemy territory. We have to say, they were good sports about the dirty Kansas jersey we stomp on at each watch party.

Homecoming Watch Party, October 24

The Boston 'Zou will be gathering, this Saturday, to watch our Tigers take on the Texas Longhorns for Mizzou's Homecoming (yes, the first and largest student-run Homecoming in the nation). For those souls unfortunate enough to be away from Columbia, this weekend, please join us:

Mizzou vs. Texas
Saturday, October 24, 2009
7:15pm Gathering
8:00pm KickOff
Game On
82 Lansdowne Street
Boston, MA 02215
http://gameonboston.com/
We have the skybox reserved. Just ask the host/ess for the Mizzou Watch Party.

Mizzou vs. Oklahoma State Watch Party

The Boston 'Zou will be gathering, this Saturday, to watch our Tigers take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Mizzou vs. Okie State
Saturday, October 17, 2009
9:15 Kickoff
Game On
82 Lansdowne Street
Boston, MA 02215
http://gameonboston.com/

We have a private room reserved.  They offer discounts to alumni groups on food and beverages.  Join us and share your thoughts on this venue versus our usual Sports Depot location!