***Mizzou @ Texas A&M***

[duncan_idaho]

My favorite things:

1) The gameplan. Missouri diced up aTm on both sides of the ball. Gabbert really elevated his play and made some outstanding throws. If thats the QB we see the rest of the year, the sky is the limit for this team.

2) The defensive line. Yes, aTm has a weak OL. But Missouri's defense - and especially the DL - played outstanding football, and it started up front. Good D vs. the run, and great pressure.

3) That Missouri dominated and won the game straight up. All week, most of the pundits were talking about Missouri having to force a lot of turnovers to have a chance against aTm and keep up in a shootout. Instead, Missouri dominated wire-to-wire, and showed it clearly was a better team in all facets.

Forgot to mention: GREAT play from the secondary, especially Rutland and Kip Edwards. This D, I think, is just going to get better as the season goes along (barring further injuries). It all starts up front, though. I love the way the D has stepped up with Aldon Smith out... if Madison, J. Smith, etc keep up this level of play when Aldon comes back, watch out....