****Official 2014 Missouri Tigers Football Thread****

['Hamas' Jenkins]

None of this matters. Fire Pinkel.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

He has this thing called Twitter.

I've seen his twitter and have seen nothing about him committing. Would be great, though.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

He has this thing called Twitter.

Check out Brian Wallace's mom's twitter. Ho-Lee-Shit

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

I've seen his twitter and have seen nothing about him committing. Would be great, though.

Vincent Jackson Jr. ‏@VMJacksonJr 3h Once a tiger, always a tiger

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Vincent Jackson Jr. ‏@VMJacksonJr Mizzou fam yall follow me on instagram, Ima keep yall posted on my official too @VMJacksonJr




And he retweeted this one:


Billy Parisi ‏@ChefBillyParisi 3h
@VMJacksonJr it'll be the best decision you've ever made. Been to a lot of colleges & none compare to Mizzou or Columbia.

[Great Expectations]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Neal thought he was going to Oklahoma to start as its inside slot guy and replace Ryan Broyles right away. He was recruited over by Stoops in his own class, and then again last year.

Looking at the depth chart, it looks like he'll get a shot to make a significant contribution in Year 3. We'll see what he does.

He would have been stuck behind NFL guys at Mizzou this year, too, also seeing minimal playing time. And I'm not convinced he'd start over Jimmie Hunt in the slot next year, either, had he gone to Mizzou.

OU recruited Shepard to play the slot and Neal to move around. Neal was top 5 at his position, Shep was song top 30. Saunders and 2 other 4 star length guys kept Neal from getting more targets. Neal did have some very big receptions and will likely be a huge part of the offense next year with NFL possibilities in the future.

Milliard was OU'S best offensive player before he was injured.

MU had obviously done a great job evaluating and developing talent. Neal and Milliard would have been big contributors before their careers were done.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by PackerinMo

This is the price you pay for recruiting top talent.

What?

he's a college kid that likes to smoke weed.

how's that any different from the hundreds of other football players that smoke weed in college?

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

What?

he's a college kid that likes to smoke weed.

how's that any different from the hundreds of other football players that smoke weed in college?

A lot of big time recruits are head cases. It sucks but that's the chance you take when you recruit someone of DGB's caliber. And no there's nothing wrong with weed but he obviously can't do it responsibly, thats what makes it different

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Vincent Jackson Jr. ‏@VMJacksonJr 3h Once a tiger, always a tiger

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Vincent Jackson Jr. ‏@VMJacksonJr Mizzou fam yall follow me on instagram, Ima keep yall posted on my official too @VMJacksonJr




And he retweeted this one:


Billy Parisi ‏@ChefBillyParisi 3h
@VMJacksonJr it'll be the best decision you've ever made. Been to a lot of colleges & none compare to Mizzou or Columbia.

I saw those, but Tiger didn't seem specific enough. I hope you're right.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

OU recruited Shepard to play the slot and Neal to move around. Neal was top 5 at his position, Shep was song top 30. Saunders and 2 other 4 star length guys kept Neal from getting more targets. Neal did have some very big receptions and will likely be a huge part of the offense next year with NFL possibilities in the future.

Milliard was OU'S best offensive player before he was injured.

MU had obviously done a great job evaluating and developing talent. Neal and Milliard would have been big contributors before their careers were done.

Millard wanted to play FB, a position that did not exist and does not exist in Missouri's offense. They tried with him, but it didn't work.

That's not the song they sold to Neal while he was being recruited. He himself said he was being recruited to play Broyles slot WR spot and talked like he had been told he'd be the starter there from Day 1.

But it really doesn't matter now. I still maintain he wouldn't have played at Mizzou this year ... And would not start over Hunt in the slot next year.

[Great Expectations]

I'm not interested in arguing with you on how/what OU or MU recruited players for. I was just responding to the statement about how MU didn't/doesn't miss any of the instate players who left. Millard is one of the best cfb players Norman has seen since Stoops arrival (guess that isn't good enough for MU). Neal Could help virtually every cfb team in the nation next year.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

I'm not interested in arguing with you on how/what OU or MU recruited players for. I was just responding to the statement about how MU didn't/doesn't miss any of the instate players who left. Millard is one of the best cfb players Norman has seen since Stoops arrival (guess that isn't good enough for MU). Neal Could help virtually every cfb team in the nation next year.

I didn't make that statement. They have missed on a few guys. All staffs do. Missouri has had pretty good luck in that it has seen a lot more Ronnie Wingos go out of state than Adrian Clayborns.

You can make a good case for Millard, even though they would have had to get creative to find a way to use him. He's a great CFB player.

We'll see on Neal. I didn't watch much of Oklahoma this year (Texas, Kansas State, Alabama) but didn't see him do anything in any of those games. Regardless, he wouldn't have played much, if at all, for Mizzou this season and would have to fight for a starting spot there next year, too.

I'm pretty confident Brian Wallace is going to be an in-state miss that hurts quite a bit, though if he's as big a bitch as his mother proved to be on Twitter tonight, I might be wrong.

[confused]

Not a good start of the offseason for us Mizzou fans.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

It doesn't make him a bad person or a teammate. It's just a poor business decision, and honestly, it shouldn't even be that. In 20 years this isn't even an issue.

[confused]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

It doesn't make him a bad person or a teammate. It's just a poor business decision, and honestly, it shouldn't even be that. In 20 years this isn't even an issue.

I'm confused, is there two Mizzou threads?

And it doesn't necessarily make him a bad person, but it definitely makes him a stupid person. Having spoken to a lot of his classmates at Hillcrest, the kid couldn't stay awake during class and could hardly write his own name on the homework assignments he frequently copied. A heck of an athlete, but I've always said that he isn't going to last long with his intelligence and attitude.

As for him being a bad teammate? This definitely provides a valid argument for that. Whether you think it should be legal or not, it's still the law of the land, and DGB isn't putting his team first when he gets arrested. Avoiding it altogether shouldn't be a huge deal when you're 16 months away from a multi-million dollar payday.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by confused

I'm confused, is there two Mizzou threads?

And it doesn't necessarily make him a bad person, but it definitely makes him a stupid person. Having spoken to a lot of his classmates at Hillcrest, the kid couldn't stay awake during class and could hardly write his own name on the homework assignments he frequently copied. A heck of an athlete, but I've always said that he isn't going to last long with his intelligence and attitude.

As for him being a bad teammate? This definitely provides a valid argument for that. Whether you think it should be legal or not, it's still the law of the land, and DGB isn't putting his team first when he gets arrested. Avoiding it altogether shouldn't be a huge deal when you're 16 months away from a multi-million dollar payday.

DGB's story apparently is that he went out with some friends and had no idea one of the friends had the drugs/etc. in the back of the vehicle (police did not find it until searching the vehicle).

If that is true, this is neither a sign of stupidity (in terms of being around drugs) or being a bad teammate. The worst thing it is a sign of is hanging around old friends that you shouldn't.

It sounds like - from the quote from the Sprinfield police officer who said "probably not involved with what they thought he was" when asked about the release, and from what his parents have said they expect to happen - the police who investigated this believe that story.

Is it true? I don't know, and no one ever will likely know if it is the truth.

We'll all know a heck of a lot more tomorrow, if the Springfield PD sticks to its timeline. If the driver is charged and the others are not, pretty clear what the police think happened here.

And at that point, a non-story. He MAYBE gets a one-game, non-conference suspension.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

I'm not interested in arguing with you on how/what OU or MU recruited players for. I was just responding to the statement about how MU didn't/doesn't miss any of the instate players who left. Millard is one of the best cfb players Norman has seen since Stoops arrival (guess that isn't good enough for MU). Neal Could help virtually every cfb team in the nation next year.

I'm the person who made that statement.....and you still haven't done anything but make conjecture about one player.

Last I checked I didn't hear the name of too many players from Missouri on other teams that would have been the game changer.

I get a little tired of hearing all the whining about not locking up the state....please show me one Missouri guy who was starting/playing significant time on a BCS team this year?

I don't care where we recruit them from...I want the best 22 players on the field in the country and I could care less where they hail from...

Seems like each year we all complain about losing "in-state" guys but I never see those same guys names being called in a BCS game.