Can't teach speed or size, so that is huge.. At his size he will need to add minimum of 20lbs of muscle though depending on his routes..

Beckner is NOT going to Auburn. I'm sure they gave him a sack of 20s, but he's still Mizzou's to lose. CUM is really the only guy to worry about.

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Great news on the recruiting front the last few days, but Strong not qualifying is a nut shot. Seems like every other year we get a 4*+ kid from St. Louis who doesn't qualify (Sheldon, Abbington, Strong).

If he follows their paths, we'll be fine. We also have plenty of backs ready to go.

The last two SECCGs have shown pretty definitively that the next steps for Missouri are strengthening its OL and the back seven on defense. Guys like Strong are vital to this program, because they could either be very good RBs or they could easily transition to S or LB and Missouri has always struggled immensely in recruiting those positions. Our athletes are just not consistently good enough back there.

He's already enrolled at JUCO and will be on campus in 2016 if all goes to plan, so it at least is only one year he misses being on campus.

Most of those East St. Louis kids are going to have a hard time qualifying out of HS. Missouri's ability to take care of them is one of the reasons Sunkett likes Pinkel now.

Beckner doesn't seem to have the same issue, but the next big kid - 2017 WR Jeff Thomas - likely will. If mizzou can sign and place those kids and still get three years out of them, that's not bad.

Is Beckner waiting until NSD to announce?

Wonder how his Ohio State visit is going?

From what I've read - Sunkett is on the trip with Beckner, but his mom isn't.

That would seem to be a VERY good sign for ol'Mizzou.

I have developed a seething hatred for Urban Meyer, that reaches almost John Elway like levels of disdain.

Hentges reconfirmed his commitment to Alabama and is no longer visiting Mizzou.

Welp

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>This is big… per sources, Missouri defensive line coach Craig Kuligowski has been offered Co-DC / DL at Illinois <a href="http://t.co/sNnVtz3C1h">http://t.co/sNnVtz3C1h</a></p>&mdash; FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) <a href="https://twitter.com/FootballScoop/status/559558204665778176">January 26, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Shit

You gotta be ****ing kidding me. This is what I was afraid of when Odom got the gig.

If this costs us Beckner...shit.

He'd be insane to leave for Illinois. Much better jobs will be available to him in the near future.

Why wasn't he mizzou dc again?

He's pissed for being passed over if he took that shit job, that staff at Illinois is on the verge of being fired. Plus its Co-DC not even full DC.

Illiannoy? What a shit job!

Kul is pissed.

@AroundMizzou: Source: Craig Kuligowski has accepted an offer from Illinois to become their defensive coordinator / defensive line coach. #Mizzou

I hope this is just angling for a raise. Otherwise, um, R.I.P. Mizzou football?

I guess that's what happens when organizations don't aknowledge accomplishments of star performers

Well..shit..that ****ing blows

I have to think that there were other things going on behind the scenes there. Pinkel is loyal to a fault and almost always promotes from within. I know Odom is former Mizzou, but Pinkel had to have known the risks of pissing Kul off.

I think the doom and gloom is a little presumptuous in this thread. No one from the athletic Dept. has given any indication that Coach Kul was unhappy with Odom's hiring or that even wanted the position. Plus, all of this is being leaked from the Illinois side so far. It's no secret that Illinois was pissed about the Ricker hiring. Could be some payback for that? Not saying the Illini didn't make an offer to Kul, but them making an offer and him accepting are two different things. Further, we're talking a coaching regimen at Illinois that is on the verge of being shitcanned. No stability there whatsoever. Not sure why Coach Kul would leave a mid-tier to potentially up-tier SEC program to go to a bottom tier Big 10 program in Illinois. And the timing right before NSD?!? Coach Kul has been meeting with recruits all week and has always been a very classy guy. Don't see him blind siding Mizzou with this out of nowhere right before NSD, which could cost them some recruits. Just find it hard to believe.

I'm fairly confident an offer was made, but I think it was done for a number of reasons and I think it is MUCH more likely that Illinois is stirring the pot, trying to piss in Mizzou's Cheerios or could even be that Kul's agent (Jimmy Sexton - Mizzou fans know him well) is angling for a raise, which is certainly well deserved IMO.

I just don't see him leaving Mizzou for Illinois, even for a title promotion. I think this is all much ado about nothing, but I guess we'll wait and see. If I'm wrong, I'll own it. But nothing about this situation makes sense.

But Coach Kul does deserve a raise and Mizzou needs to make that happen ASAP!

Here's the way I look at it:

Pinkel knows Kul pretty well. He's been on staff with Pinkel for like 23 years. Pinkel knows he aspires to be a defensive coordinator and had passed him over once before.

When Pinkel hired Odom, he had to have a pretty good idea of the effect it would have on Kuligiowski. Yet he still went outside the program to make the hire.

That means either Pinkel is confident they can keep Kul with a raise, or he's not incredibly concerned about losing him.

Losing one position coach - even one as excellent as Kul - is not going to kill the program, as long as the hire to replace him is a quality one.

Matter tweeted that he expects Kul to stay.

HAVE to believe Beckner is an MU guy at this point.

Kul confirms that he is staying.

this. Kul is nowhere near that stupid.

As expected. Much ado about nothing (other than a healthy raise).

Illinois fans were really talking up how great Kul is. It's always nice to see that kind of appreciation from another fanbase.

Coach Kul is great and I'd hate to lose him, but at some point with Mizzou's D-Line success, some big name Power 5 is gonna come along and offer him the D-Cord tag. And he'll probably take it. As he probably should.

But as Duncan mentioned, the Mizzou football program isn't make or break with one assistant. He's great at what he does, but Mizzou has a system they believe very strongly in and the next guy, whoever he is, will plug into that system and keep going. Whenever that time comes.


But there was no way in hell he was leaving for Illinois of all places . . . . .

Agreed. That being said, Mizzou needs to do all they can to keep Dr. Ivey happy.

Josh Moore, 3-star TE, decommitted from Kansas yesterday and he has a visit to Mizzou on Friday. He was committed to Ohio State last summer but then chose Kansas instead.

That's hilarious! I just posted his twitter in the KU thread.

As I previously noted, he was NEVER going to ku.

Had offers from a lot of major schools but many backed off, possibly due to grade concerns. Reported offers from: Ohio State, Florida State, Auburn, Nebraska, Oklahoma, among others, during the early recruiting period (pre-senior year).

Apparently Weir had him commit to Kansas to make sure he'd have a spot somewhere on signing day.

The mother of a fellow Olathe North grad, who also played football there and at Mizzou, is on PowerMizzou and has mentioned that Moore still has a chance to qualify. But if he doesn't, and this is another sign and place?

I think I like it.

Missouri seems to have found something/a comfort level with the sign and place system, especially with schools that will allow a guy to redshirt one of the two years he is at JUCO.

Chase Abbington in this recruiting class was a sign-and-place who will come in with three years of eligibility remaining. Markus Golden and Sheldon Richardson were the same way.

Nate Strong, Brandon Martin and now Josh Moore are all candidates for that for Mizzou. It's probably going to be an ongoing part of the strategy with East St. Louis kids, where HS qualification is a significant and ongoing issue, so it's smart.

Even if they only get the recruit on the field for one year, it's been a huge benefit for the community colleges.

It appears that Mizzou is slow-playing another ku commit (Dorance Armstrong) in the case that Nate Howard sticks with Wisky.

Anyone have any insight on Terry Beckner Jr., as in will it be us, tOSU or FSU?

Pretty confident it's Mizzou because of Darren Sunkett's influence and relationship with Pinkel and co.

Should know a bit more on Sunday/Monday, after his official visit wraps up.

Sorry to be that guy, what about Howard?

Oh, and my bad on the lack of Oxford comma. Apologies.

I walked by Mauk on campus today. First time I'd seen him up close. He's taller than I thought. I'm 6'1" and he looked as tall as me. He does look small, though. We shared eye contact for a few milliseconds too long, like he could sense that I wished death upon him, and secretly, he wanted my demise as well.

Lol. Crying.

LMAO

LMAO

Maybe it was the "Drew Lock in 2015" t-shirt you had on?

This is the Hamas death stare I have pictured in my mind...

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I did a double take and locked eyes with Chase Daniel in old Brady Commons once. He gave me a nod and a shit eating grin, and I shook my head no in an attempt to convey the reason I looked at him was to try and discern how that man and his physical body could be a successful D1 quarterback. Dude was short and fat with a double chin.

Rivals appears to be down. Howard's announcement is soon.

Howard to Mizzou!!! Dude will be a monster.

That's a badass flip. Now if they can get Beckner, what started out as a "Meh" class has a chance to challenge 2010's for best of Pinkel's tenure.

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Lol. I was going for the pitcher, but this is outstanding as well.

I'm saving that one for a certain defensive tackle from the murder capital of the US.

Nate Howard, 3-star DE, flipped from Wisconsin to Mizzou.

This is a big get. If you asked them right now, I'd bet the staff would say that this is already the class they felt best about. Getting Beckner would the icing on the cake.

He gives everyone that look.

Or he just won't look at you at all when he's doing leg stretches and some Glendale kid won't STFU about something inane.

There will likely be a long stretch of time during which Maty Mauk will be the winningest QB in Mizzou history.

Yep

Howard has the athletic frame and tools to be dominant, and has shown that performance for short periods of time. However, in some games, it looks he goes through the motions or doesn't try that hard.

Josh Moore, ***, 6'5, 250LB TE from Olathe North, just flipped to Missouri.

Cusumano just tweeted to Larry Thorton that the Beckner family told him this has been the best visit they have had and that the ovation and shirts really made them feel special.

Link?

That's great. Mizzou took some crap for the MIZ-DGB shit, but I think those extra touches to make a difference.

Looks like we are actually having a decent recruiting season....if we get Beckner it is going to make waiting for football season to get started much easier.

And something to look forward to.

Terez Hall just committed. This class just keeps getting better.

Awesome. It still cracks me up that the Iowa state kid wants to commit, but we won't let him.

Holy shit, that is an awesome pull. Guys like him and Brandon Lee are exactly the kind of LBs we need

Come on, man. Give us a gif.

Does that leave us with 2 spots...hopefully Beckner and Hawkins?

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PowerMizzou now saying Hall hasn't yet committed.

"PowerMizzou" also says that Anderson deserves another couple of years.

Did Pinkel do the helicopter thing with Beckner too?