***Official 2012-13 Mizzou football repository thread***

[duncan_idaho]

I figured it was time to start the new version of this...

2012 Schedule
April 14: Spring Game
Sept. 1: SE Louisiana
Sept. 8: Georgia
Sept. 15: Arizona State
Sept. 22: at South Carolina
Sept. 29: at Central Florida
Oct. 6: Vanderbilt
Oct. 13: Alabama
Oct. 20: OPEN
Oct. 27: Kentucky*101st HOMECOMING*
Nov. 3: at Florida
Nov. 10: at Tennessee
Nov. 17: Syracuse
Nov. 24: at Texas A&M

Still three games to be released here. I'd expect a mid-major in the Sept. 1 game, a FCS team on Sept. 29, and another mid-major on Nov. 17 (to get a November home game on the schedule).

Committed Recruits:
A list of all players committed to Missouri for the 2013 recruiting class.

*** LB Joe Burkett, Jefferson City
*** ATH Aarion Penton, Christian Brothers (St. Louis)
*** ATH Anthony Sherrils, Hogan Prep (Kansas City)
*** OC Alec Abein SLUH (St. Louis)
**** ATH Chase Abbington, Fort Zumwalt South (St. Louis)
*** OL Harneet Gill, Francis Howell (St. Louis)
*** QB Trent Hosick, Staley (Kansas City)
*** WR J'Mon Moore, Elkins (Missouri City, Tx) Soft verbal - still looking around
*** OT Clay Rhodes, Stillwell (Kansas City)
*** DT Antar Thompson, Richmond Heights (St. Louis)
*** LB Eric Beisel, Rockwood Summit (Fenton, MO).
*** DT A.J. Logan, Rock Bridge (Columbia, MO)
*** QB Eddie Printz, Lassiter (Marietta, GA)
*** DE Nate Crawford, West Florida Tech (Pensacola, FL)
*** DE Marcus Loud, Wheatley (Houston, TX)
*** DT Josh Augusta, Peoria (Peoria, IL)
*** TE Jason Reese, Trinity (Euless, Tx)
*** S SHaun Rupert, Carver (Montgomery, AL)
*** S Duron Singleton, Fresno CC (Fresno, California)
NR DE Charles Harris, Liberty Prep (Kansas City, MO)





Season Notes:
New uniforms to be unveiled at the Spring Game on April 14.

I'll try to be good about maintaining this, though I've set a ridiculous standard for myself.

[DMAC]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Stadium expansion for Missouri State is coming up after this year's season. New president sees football as a way to make the leap up in the world. Sun Belt has been talking with Missouri State for some time going back into the late 90's. The basketball program would have to take a hit in percepation and that is the biggest draw back among athletic department, alumni, and donors. But on the other side, they would win a lot more games and we have done pretty well in the Valley. But Creighton has one foot out the door from leaving the MVC, and the two peer schools in Illinois State and UNI are talking to the MAC. What we have heard it will be better to be with the MAC, Sun Belt types than it will be to stay in the Valley. Some changes are coming.

I have not heard this. Any more details on that?

[Sully]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Makes a lot of sense given our struggles in the secondary. Though with as much depth as there is in the LB corps and with as much weight as he'd have to add, LB seems less likely.

He won't have to gain that much weight.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Makes a lot of sense given our struggles in the secondary. Though with as much depth as there is in the LB corps and with as much weight as he'd have to add, LB seems less likely.

He's already listed at 6-1/230. I'm sure he could put on an extra 5-10 pounds or so pretty quickly if they want him at OLB. And I honestly don't know if he'd play there right away or need a redshirt year to transition.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

He's already listed at 6-1/230. I'm sure he could put on an extra 5-10 pounds or so pretty quickly if they want him at OLB. And I honestly don't know if he'd play there right away or need a redshirt year to transition.

230? Oh c'mon - no way.

I'd buy 210-215, but there's no way I see that kid being 230 lbs.

But I think you're right about a target weight - if he can hit 240, he's certainly big enough to play OLB at that point. Heck, 230 would be sufficient.

I just don't think there's a chance he's sitting at 230 as we speak.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

230? Oh c'mon - no way.

I'd buy 210-215, but there's no way I see that kid being 230 lbs.

But I think you're right about a target weight - if he can hit 240, he's certainly big enough to play OLB at that point. Heck, 230 would be sufficient.

I just don't think there's a chance he's sitting at 230 as we speak.

I know he wrestled last season at 215-217 (and whipped Evan Boehm, BTW). He didn't wrestle this year, obviously (as it's wrestling season now and he's at Mizzou already), so I could believe he's around that.

It's been 9 months since he needed to cut weight for wrestling.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by DMAC

I have not heard this. Any more details on that?

Moats announced it on Art Hains show. Moats normally denies everything but came out and said it. Removing the track is the first then rebuilding the east side of Plaster. Suppose to be mixed retail, classrooms and bleachers.

[DJ's left nut]

Linky:

http://www.ksdk.com/video/live/default.aspx

Announcement in minutes...

[DJ's left nut]

Nope - OSU.

[DJ's left nut]

Can we go ahead and fire Pinkel now?

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How 'bout now?

C'mon folks, we're burning daylight here. Any minute we spend not mercy-killling this coaching staff is one minute we spend descending further into abject mediocrity...on a good year.

Eat dicks, Pinkel and staff. You guys suck at all things.

[CoMoChief]

MU really dead last in recruiting in SEC?

jeez...that didn't take long did it?

Pinkel's on the hot seat IMO

[Stanley Nickels]

I'm happy EZE didn't commit to MU today. The last thing we need is to land a kid from the mid-top tier to placate our fans, who would pronounce this class (with our without Ezekiel) as anything other than what it is: a complete disaster. Pinkel has got to be the luckiest talentless coach in history, stumbling relatively early into the spread offense, and finding three main "diamonds in the rough" in Daniel, Weatherspoon, and W. Moore (admittedly, among others). He's a terrible in-game coach, his recruiting blows, and he seems to care more about how he's perceived than about how the program is. He needs to be gone, yesterday, and if signing the SEC equivalent of The Little Giants helps accelerate that process, all the better. Hell, this class doesn't even have it's "Icebox", Ezekiel, so maybe that analogy isn't fair to TLG.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Can we go ahead and fire Pinkel now?

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How 'bout now?

C'mon folks, we're burning daylight here. Any minute we spend not mercy-killling this coaching staff is one minute we spend descending further into abject mediocrity...on a good year.

Eat dicks, Pinkel and staff. You guys suck at all things.

He's going to have to have a big year in '13, or I believe he will "retire" or "take a temporary leave" from coaching.

[Stanley Nickels]

I'm honestly waiting for one of our recruits to show up at a Freshman talent show and blow bubbles through his nose. It's that bad.

[DJ's left nut]

HE !@#$ING CRIED WHEN ASKED ABOUT MIZZOU!

He said he's a Tiger for life at the presser where he was announcing his decision to go elsewhere.

Did Ford shit on his couch? Kill his !@#$ing dog? How in Christ did we lose this kid?

Mother **** You, Gary Pinkel. I wonder how much a goddamn banner would cost in Columbia.

[Stanley Nickels]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

HE !@#$ING CRIED WHEN ASKED ABOUT MIZZOU!

He said he's a Tiger for life at the presser where he was announcing his decision to go elsewhere.

Did Ford shit on his couch? Kill his !@#$ing dog? How in Christ did we lose this kid?

Mother **** You, Gary Pinkel. I wonder how much a goddamn banner would cost in Columbia.

This is Otto Porter Redux. IIRC, Ezekiel's dad went to Mizzou, yet wore tOSU colors to the announcement, and likely helped EZE in this process. Either the Elliotts didn't feel that Pinkel was a good coach, or they felt that his job was in imminent jeopardy (or both). It's pretty telling, regardless.