Did you see them practice?

I covered Patton a lot before work took me to St. Louis/SN. He had a rifle. Arm strength was very similar to Gabbert's. And much, much better than Daniel's. He had an NFL-caliber throwing arm.

He wasn't as good at reading defenses or playing at high pace as Chase. But his phyiscal talents were good enough to be a good starting QB in college.

The offense they ran under Chase was also designed to fit Daniel's talents - quick reads, distribution of the ball, exploiting tight and crowded areas of the field.

Under Patton, it would have looked a little different and more like what it did with Gabbert at QB (though without the David Yost fruit-loopiness.

Patton had an insane arm, which is why he was actually scouted by NFL teams (as a backup QB). Anyone claiming that he had a weak arm is flat-out lying.

He had a concussion in that game. He got his bell rung on a H2H hit in the Nebraska game, played the rest of the game with it, then played next week. They should have had Franklin start that TTU game.

Gabbert was ass cheeks before the concussion. He pretty much lost both Nebraska games and really folded when preasured. Chase Daniel was a better qb.

We were up 12-0 going into the 4th quarter of that Nebraska game. Two things kept you in that: 1) The weather. 2) Suh ripping his leg off.

Besides, our defenses folded like cheap whores in that second Nebraska game. Helu had 150 yards on his first five touches. He took the first one to the house untouched.

Chase P is a really cool dude. He just graduated from dental school Saturday, was a class ahead I me.

Ok, I just saw clips of the Black and Gold game on you tube and that was a disaster. They still can't snap the ****ing football and Matty Mauk has worse butterfingers than Franklin. Terrible, awful. I'm cringing, just cringing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ5Li-KnzgI

If Evan Boehm gets hurt, snaps will be a problem again. He looked sharp snapping the ball, though (the first few series, where the snaps have zip on them and are at the chest? That was Boehm).

Expectations are low on this end, though, overall.

Recruiting is kind of a mess. They've got some decent commitments, but it's a lot of reaching and guessing. The 10 commitments break into four categories, IMO.

Category 1: Solid major kid, not a star
Michael Fairchild, Blue Valley West (Overland Park)
Paul Adams, Christ Presbyterian (Nashville)
Kevin Pendleton, Lee's Summit West (Lee's Summit)
Greg Taylor, East St. Louis (East St. Louis, IL)

Category 2: We're taking lotto tickets to get footholds in new areas
Rocel McWilliams, West Florida Tech (Pensacola, FL)
THomas Richard, Christ Presbyterian (Nashville)
Finis Stribling IV, Independence (Thompson's Station, TN) (This guy was viewed by at least one CUSA program as a December backup plan)

Category 3: Meh
Kendall Blanton, Blue Springs South (Blue Springs, MO)

Category 4: I have a pity offer because my family is involved with the program
Darnell Green-Beckham, Hillcrest (Springfield, MO)
Grant Jones, Rock Bridge (Columbia, MO)

It just astounds me that Missouri as inept as it is in recruiting.

I wish they would just raze Faurot, but there just isn't space for the stadium. Only thing I could think of would be to bulldoze Hearnes, build most of the stadium in its footprint and parking lot, then turn Faurot into a lot, building a small multipurpose building elsewhere.

I never understood why Daniel agreed to this photoshoot, I always thought the cover made him look like a short and chubby kid in line at a Jack in a Box.

I don't think the cover is to blame for him looking short and chubby.

Faurot has always annoyed me, its like your watching them play 10 ft. underground, its really hard to explain, anyone know what I'm talking about? Its like the field is lower than other stadiums.

Patton looks like a guy you would see a lot at harpos in westport

Unlikely. He's a very religious guy who has been married since at least the start of dental school to his HS girlfriend.

Great, great kid, though. He and his wife (who also was a stud track and basketball star at Rock Bridge) are one of the happiest couples I've come into contact with.