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Originally Posted by Mosbonian
Kelly Bryant wasn't the only reason MU lost on Saturday although he is a big reason.
But the fact that MU came in totally unprepared to beat a woeful Vandy team, who up to that point, hadn't been able to stop a running game is all square on Odom and his coaches.
And it isn't the first time either...
The road to a 10-2 season was all set up this year....the fact that MU lost to Wyoming and Vandy already rests with the coaches and the players.
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I just don't see how you can say they 'came in unprepared'.
I mean that's what every everyone says about every game Mizzou has lost in Odom's tenure, and SOMETIMES it's fair (Wyoming, for instance) but it wasn't fair against Vandy. They didn't get destroyed on defense and they weren't just slapdicking around on offense.
The defense played fairly well and did their level best to keep Mizzou in it. The offensive line wasn't excellent on interior running plays, but it gave Bryant plenty of time to throw and he had open guys.
No, the team wasn't 'unprepared'. They weren't getting pushed around out there. One single player undercut everything that offense was trying to do by simply ****ing refusing to do it. He wouldn't throw the goddamn ball.
I won't ask anyone to watch that game again because I can understand if you'd rather pour bleach on your eyes, but while the broadcast team kept sucking him off for his 'grittiness' and his athleticism, they sure did keep overlooking the fact that he refused to play quarterback at any point.
I don't buy the standard old "boy, we sure Odom'd that one" nonsense for a second. That was a fine plan by the coaching staff and the rest of the guys on the field played somewhere between tolerably and well - that's good enough to win against an inferior team even in SEC play.
Unless your quarterback sabotages just about everything you're trying to do on offense. Kelly Bryant was a disaster on Saturday.