****Official 2013-14 Missouri Tiger Football Repository Thread****

['Hamas' Jenkins]

We have two things to look forward to this year:

1) The potential beginning of the Maty Mauk Era. Mauk represents the best chance for this program to get back to a level of respectability after horrendous QB play cost us multiple games last year.

2) The last year of the Gary Pinkel era. Pinkel's entrenched cronyism won't play in a conference this competitive, especially if he couples his abysmal gameday coaching with lackadaisical, worst-in-conference recruiting. Pinkel was the formerly adequate meal that has now turned into a four pound bowel obstruction. It's time to jam a Fleet's enema up our collective asses.

Here is the schedule. We dodge Alabama, LSU, and Arkansas in the west and the Non-con is decidedly weaker than years past.

8/31: Murray State
9/7: Toledo
9/21: @ Indiana
9/28: Arkansas State
10/5:@ Vanderbilt
10/12: @ Georgia
10/19:Florida
10/26: South Carolina
11/2:Tennessee
11/9: @ Kentucky
11/23: @ Ole Miss
11/30: aTm

Looks like 6-6. Undefeated in non-con, 2-6 in league play.

I will eventually update the OP with a list of high profile in-state recruits that decide to go elsewhere after a half-assed attempt to gain their services. The inevitable cavalcade of *** rejects, skeezers, skanks, and scalliwags we get will fill out the ranks.


Razors, cyanide capsules, and Jonestown Kool-Aid are available in the break room. Second door on the left.

Since every Mizzou thread eventually dies of AIDS, I recommend starting anti-retroviral therapy immediately. I believe Walgreens covers Express Scripts.


Premium In-State Players:

Roderick Johnson: **** OT, Florissant, MO.
Monte Harrison: **** WR, Lee's Summit, MO.
Jimmy Swain: **** LB, Lee's Summit, MO


Commitment List: From to and possibly

Spoiler!

Committed - Not Yet Signed

Name	Pos	Location	Ht	Wt	40	Rivals Rating
Paul Adams	OL	Nashville, TNChrist Presbyterian Academy	6'6"	270		5.5
Sam Bailey	OL	Lamar, MOLamar Jr/Sr R 1	6'5"	245		5.4
Andy Bauer	OL	St. Louis, MODeSmet	6'6"	304	5.2	5.9
Kendall Blanton	TE	Blue Springs, MOBlue Springs South	6'5"	225		5.4
Nate Brown	WR	Suwanee, GANorth Gwinnett	6'3"	215	4.5	5.7
Logan Cheadle	DB	Lee's Summit, MOLee's Summit West	5'10"	165		5.6
Kenya Dennis	DB	Raymond, MSHinds C.C.	6'0"	190		5.5
Michael Fairchild	OL	Overland Park, KSBlue Valley West	6'6"	262		5.4
Darnell Green-Beckham	WR	Springfield, MOHillcrest	6'5"	175		5.3
Zach Hudson	OL	Tampa, FLSickles	6'5"	280		5.5
Stepfawn Hughes	ATH	Fort Worth, TXDunbar	5'10"	170	4.6	5.5
Grant Jones	ATH	Columbia, MOHickman	6'3"	216		5.5
Lawrence Lee	WR	Pensacola, FLWest Florida Tech	5'10"	167	4.5	5.6
Rocel McWilliams	DE	Pensacola, FLWest Florida Tech	6'3"	240		5.5
Kevin Pendleton	OL	Lee's Summit, MOLee's Summit West	6'4"	329		5.5
Thomas Richard	WR	Nashville, TNChrist Presbyterian Academy	6'1"	185		5.4
Tavon Ross	ATH	Cochran, GABleckley County	6'1"	196		5.4
Finis Stribling IV	DB	Thompson's Station, TNIndependence	5'10"	170	4.5	5.4
Greg Taylor	DB	East St. Louis, ILEast St. Louis	5'10"	181		5.7
Trevon Walters	RB	Bradenton, FLManatee	5'10"	189		5.4
Jhonathon Williams	DE	Berrien Springs, MIBerrien Springs	6'6"	230	4.5	5.5
Thomas Wilson	ATH	Buford, GABuford	5'10"	176		5.5
Roderick Winters	LB	Arlington, TXBowie	5'11"	196	4.5	5.3
Ish Witter	RB	Tampa, FLAlonso	5'8"	190	4.6	5.5
Marvin Zanders	QB	Jacksonville, FLRaines	6'1"	175		5.5

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by warpaint*

Ya you're right I looked it up, it's 7. I got the 1 # from what their rivals guy quoted & didn't fact check him.

It's also possible Missouri's DL - especially its DEs - are better than anyone Georgia has played since at least LSU (which seems down at that spot this year) and possibly since Clemson.

That said, Georgia's OL is really good and is a huge equalizing factor.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

It's also possible Missouri's DL - especially its DEs - are better than anyone Georgia has played since at least LSU (which seems down at that spot this year) and possibly since Clemson.

That said, Georgia's OL is really good and is a huge equalizing factor.

Mizzou has won the Defensive Lineman of the week award four weeks in a row. I think it's fair to say we stack up with anyone in this regard.

[warpaint*]

All that means is we can rush doormats up front.

[Mosbonian]

I realize our history pretty much tells us that our destiny is to make everyone who doubts us pretty much Nostradamus....

But somewhere along the way we have to get lucky just once and surprise the hell out of everyone.

It would be nice if this was that year.

[warpaint*]

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[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by warpaint*

All that means is we can rush doormats up front.

Missouri had 6 sacks against Vanderbilt. South Carolina had 5.

Missouri's defensive line and DE group are pretty good this year, I think. Surprisingly so. I don't know that they have the bell cow guy there, like Aldon Smith, but the depth is probably better than it has been since I can remember (90s-now).

DTs have also played surprisingly well.

[DJ's left nut]

The performance of the interior line has easily been the biggest surprise of the year for me.

There's not a difference maker in the bunch, but they're all giving yeoman's efforts out there and doing a nice, solid job of holding their own.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

The performance of the interior line has easily been the biggest surprise of the year for me.

There's not a difference maker in the bunch, but they're all giving yeoman's efforts out there and doing a nice, solid job of holding their own.

Yes. And Augsuta/Brantley/Hatley look like the best freshmen group they've brought in at the DT spot

Coach Kul really does an excellent job at the DL spots.

[beer bacon]

Jake Rowe ‏@JakeRoweRivals 1h

After breaking down the #Mizzou Defense, I believe Kony Ealy and Michael Sam might be the best DE duo in the SEC. Both very good players.

That's from Jake Rowe at Rivals.com

Michael Sam leads the SEC in TFL and sacks. Mizzou has 12 sacks the last two games. Georgia has given up I believe one sack their last three games.

[KcMizzou]

Really anxious to see what happens tomorrow. Such a huge game.

[Dr. Gigglepants]

Missouri will beat Georgia (and here's why) (Posted on 10/11/13 at 4:15 pm)

Less than 2/3 of Murray's passes were complete when he had all of his top receivers and both great running backs to make the play-action work.

Now, the guys playing receiver are notorious ball-droppers. McGowan in particular. And Conley is the one who SHOULD have dropped the ball in the SECCG, but instead caught it, and lost the game.

Furthermore, the Missouri defense isn't going to be forced to respect the inside run, so pass coverage should be even tighter than anything Murray has seen this year, with Mizzou's multiple 3-4 and 3-3-5 fronts (which you can read all about on page 1 of the mizzou board, topic title "Mizzou's Front Seven"... I'll edit to link in just a moment ETA for link). In that topic, you'll also find out that Mizzou's two DE's have split the SEC Def Lineman of the Week in every week but one. They may not get a sack on Murray, but they will keep him moving around, and throwing some balls away.

Georgia's defense hasn't been able to shut down anyone. There's no reason to believe they are going to have a break-out game and shut down Mizzou. The players are what they are... young and stupid. They say it never gets easy, but it gets less difficult. For these guys, it's going to be difficult for quite a while.

I do believe you'll get some TFL's for a lineman like Smith, I think you'll get a sack from Floyd and Ray Drew, Jenkins might share a sack, but as a unit, when it really matters on 3rd down (and 4th down), UGA's defense just isn't getting it done. For a full statistical breakdown on this, UGA's opponents this year converting 3rd and 4th downs vs UGA vs the rest of the field, to see how abysmal it is, go to the Dawg Rant, first page, topic by FooManChoo. eta for link I'll link that in a minute too.

So what is the conclusion?

Aaron Murray will play good football, but all of the pieces around him are 2nd and 3rd team (and 4th team!). He is starting this game with the same lineup you'd expect to see when UGA is up 42-3 on Furman in the 4th quarter... the kind of lineup we call "garbage time" because you just expect to start sucking statistically at that point. It's the kind of line-up that many statisticians simply throw out the numbers from because it isn't representative of the team's capability. Except in this instance.. it will be.

Mizzou wins, and wins ugly. Mizzou gets the confidence to believe they can contend for the East. They get the confidence to play harder and smarter for the rest of the season, and by damn, they just might do it.

This appears to be an elaborate reverse jinx attempt from a poster at secrant.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Yes. And Augsuta/Brantley/Hatley look like the best freshmen group they've brought in at the DT spot

Coach Kul really does an excellent job at the DL spots.

All fairly lowly-ranked prospects, fwiw.

[Discuss Thrower]

Nixa's RB went 253 yards 5 TDs on 10 carries.

If Pinkel can't even get this kid to visit then he should be fired posthaste.

[KcMizzou]

I've got a feelin'... a hunch. I think Mizzou's gonna win tomorrow.

[O.city]

Good luck tomorrow fellas.