Oh damn - the new pod setup has us missing Georgia?

I mean, Auburn, Bama and Oklahoma ain't nothing (man that's a fun 3 game stretch) but that's doable.

The problem as I see it is that the non-con is so week that 2 losses doesn't get you into the top 12. There aren't many great wins likely to be on that schedule.

11-1 gets you a playoff spot. 10-2 probably leaves you scratching your balls.

Not much margin for error in there.

I think for the first two years of new SEC 16. You play 7 SEC the first year, you play the other 7 next year and get Arkansas both years. I think its so Texas and Oklahoma can play all 15 SEC schools.

But you win 10 in the SEC with the 12 team playoff next year, you good.

Mizzou appears to be poised to REALLY make some moves in the portal.

Cayden Green and Chris McClellan, the big DT out of Florida, are the headliners, but Mizzou is involved with a different level of guys this year.

Pretty exciting stuff, even if they don't land all the top targets.

Didn't ever think I'd say this, but I think Drink is about to do something pretty special with Mizzou football.

Well, if there's a positive to be had at least Mizzou and Drinkwitz seem to be willing to go to the extremes with this new reality of effective free agency every year. It's unfortunately going to be all but necessary to do it incredibly well given the current circumstances, and if he's able to consistently elevate the prestige of the program while the rules are what they are more power to him.

OU seems to be really struggling to adjust to the new normal, where the huge amounts of money they funneled under the table to recruits families couldn't be matched, and where they could buy HS coaches and have that pay off in steering influence of kids.

Sorry not sorry.

Kewan Lacy :(

Man, wasn't even expecting that. Thought he was bound for somewhere in Texas.

It was looking like Ole Miss would get him, but we snuck in and stole him with a good ole fashion reach around!

Well, the RBs should be good.

Ole Miss & Bama were the names that always came up when he de-committed from Nebraska so this seems out of left field. Great get

Are we actually the ones that pulled Green away or is it Oregon?

Crutchfield visiting this weekend

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kewan Lacy to Mizzou <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MIZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MIZ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mizzou</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SEC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoachDrink?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CoachDrink</a> <a href="https://t.co/0TrAbqOGnE">pic.twitter.com/0TrAbqOGnE</a></p>&mdash; mrzouology (@mrzouology63261) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrzouology63261/status/1735461076051898690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Honestly, he's the one I want.

LOT of recruits on campus beginning today.

I just read the article about this. They apparently made demands from Oklahoma that were actually met but Green reneged when he got more somewhere else.

Yeah - this feels like I a recruiting battle I wouldn't mind losing.

I'm not sure that's an element I'm super eager to introduce to the locker room. I could be wrong here, but you're gonna deal with that every single season with him and you're gonna get shopped to the high bidder every time. Is that the buy-in you're looking for?

We can go out there and get a dozen 4* recruits every year and we're STILL at a raw talent disadvantage to teams like Bama, Georgia and Ohio State. We need an edge somewhere and that's going to have to be in continuity and buy-in.

This may be winning a battle to lose the war. I'm not sure this is a Pandora's box we want to be opening...

Exactly, that kid is a one year rental wherever he goes unless the NIL agreement is enhanced every season.

Seems like a really shitty situation to put yourself in as a player, as well. Youd think you would want to settle into a system to help yourself look better, so that you can go pro.

OT Caleb Pyfrom commits to Mizzou. Another really nice pickup for the Tigers.

Cayden Green just committed to Mizzou. The poor OU rivals writer might end himself over it.

Courtney Crutchfield announcing any second now...anticipation is Mizzou but we'll see.

He's a big boy but has a way to go. There's a reason he was down on Nebraskas board

#1 transfer tackle commits to Mizzou. Cayden Green.

Sorry for repost. Duncan beat me to it.

Has there been another school that has taken better advantage of the paradigm shift in college athletics recently than Missouri?

Updates?

Teammate is signing at the moment

Crutchfield up with hats on the table...

Watching live here

https://www.youtube.com/live/mD2_C6d...m-i1wzfii-omUm

Longest F'n announcement I've seen...started like 20 mins. late and then his teammate did a ceremonial signing.

He's at the table now but we're going through a dais of speakers...

LMAO Yeah, feels like I'm back in Sunday School with a couple these speakers.

Crutchfield picks Mizzou!!!

M.I.Z.!!!

That was a great announcement too...multiple teases, almost mocking the announcement process.

The next commitment ceremony that starts in time will be the first.

Arkansas not doing well right now.

He is the highest paid guard in college football.

Assuming he's playing LT for us.

According to?

He won't be a G moving forward. That was a product of being a true freshman playing for a top 20 team.

Our bagmen are ****ing elite y'all

LMAO No shit.

"I don't truck CP time. Five and change, and I'm gone."

Through familial and friendly associations, I'm around Arky Fan more than I'd like to be. They were having a pretty solid jerk to the hiring of, I kid you not, Bobby Petrino. He was going to make Arky a force in the SEC.

Today, they're much more focused on complaining about NIL and how "they" need to get rid of it and how big bad Mizzou is stealing their guys. It's ****ing gold.

Merry Flipmas?

Bat signal is up - seems Drink got another one. Rumor is they snaked a CB from Tennessee.

Hopefully Mizzou can maintain this momentum once it's become fully apparent how ****ing ridiculous the current portal rules are and stricter regulations are put in place. But until then, WEEHEEEEEEEEEE

Official

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Committed to the ZOU!!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachDrinkwitz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachDrinkwitz</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachBlakeBaker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachBlakeBaker</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/coachalpogue?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@coachalpogue</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NastyWideOuts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NastyWideOuts</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MaureyBland6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MaureyBland6</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Add_Hill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Add_Hill</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CJheinz34?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CJheinz34</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachFabreezus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachFabreezus</a> <a href="https://t.co/29noc5ZUaT">pic.twitter.com/29noc5ZUaT</a></p>&mdash; Jaren Sensabaugh (@jsensabaugh2024) <a href="https://twitter.com/jsensabaugh2024/status/1737228913284194796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Fringe 4* recruit (depends on the service); appears to come in the 6-8 range on our recruit list. Probably similar to Cameron Keys in terms of 'prospect value'.

Jesus...have a day Mizzou, yowza...

I do feel like there's a little grade inflation. Or maybe it's just leaning more and more have/have nots.

I mean for all the momentum we have, this is what - a 20th ranked class? It might be (might be) a top 10 class in the SEC?

It's talent beyond anything we've ever brought in, but man, the entire SEC is just cleaning up. We're not exactly gaining a ton of ground on our peer groups here.

Georgia's class is just hilarious. So is Oklahoma's. 20+ 4* or better recruits there. Oklahoma has eighteen four-star guys and that's good for 4th in the SEC.

We might end up with 5?

The arms race is still just completely looney tunes.

Of course stars are bought by subscribers to sites as well. Funny how that works.

For years recruits got a star decrease when soemone commited to Mizzou.

That's why it's hard to get excited. Would be an amazing class in the current Big 12, but damn is looking at these other SEC hauls rather deflating.

What a conference

Ole Miss is having quite a time in the portal I am mean holy shit.

Quality vs Quantity when it comes to rankings. I don't know how much of a difference there is between 26-50 but I don't think there's been a playoff team that hasn't had at least 1 top 5 class

Quite a bit of smoke starting to develop around Wingo and Mizzou flipping him at the last minute....don't know if it'll happen but sounds like a possibility...

Seems not likely but the Mizzou bagmen should be given statues if they pull it off.

I'd like to repeat my statement from earlier in this process - **** Wingo and his whole family.

Indecisive clown.

He'll be the first guy in that locker room taking transfer calls in October if he doesn't become our #1 receiver overnight.

I'm done with the Wingos and their belief that they're some sort of football royalty.

I totally agree. He's going to spend his entire college career playing both ends against the middle.

Edit: just like Cayden Green will.

#NeverTrustAWingo

Looks like the Wingo stuff was just all just more drama...gotta love em lol...

So, whats the verdict on the OU OT transfer did you guys contact him before he entered? It doesn't really matter just curious more then anything. From what I understand his dad took the OU nil offer and shopped it around.

Good non get for MU

https://twitter.com/ShrtSideOption/s...W9g0N9pbg&s=19

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Georgia edge rusher Darris Smith is transferring to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mizzou</a><a href="https://t.co/s21qjatvmm">https://t.co/s21qjatvmm</a></p>&mdash; Power Mizzou (@PowerMizzoucom) <a href="https://twitter.com/PowerMizzoucom/status/1737506562275422675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

One last chance for the Wingo clan to attention whore.

For this cycle.

They'll be back next spring looking to shake someone down or just get his name in the papers threatening to transfer.

This is the Caleb Love crap all over again. I just have no interest in it.

Definite tampering, but legal in the way that everybody does it as each side had handlers/agents. Cayden told OU he’d stay if they matched MU’s offer. OU matched, but he supposedly then used that to get more MU money.

Cayden never told an OU player or coach that he was leaving. On his way out he was spotted by an OU staff member loading up his car to leave. That is how they found out. When they tried to talk he just said call my Dad (who wouldn’t answer) I can’t say anything.

Dad/uncle probably shopped it to Oregon, but no confirmation. It is undetermined if he ever talked to Oregon or was using them as a smoke screen on his deal with MU.

I would have MUCH rather flipped McClellan.

I don't disagree...too bad he flipped to Oregon. I thought we had a real shot with him...

I hate to be negative here, but if Missouri ends up getting curbstomped by Ohio State, how much of this stuff just dries up and blows away? Could these kids decommit just as easily as they committed, or is there some sort of limit to how many times they can switch schools?

There is a limit, I believe, but they are SIGNED through next season at least (again, I believe).

Lower court ruling regarding transfer rules has created a temporary void this offseason where players can transfer a second time without penalty.

https://www.troutman.com/insights/tr...ity-rules.html

At bottom, the court’s ruling blocked the NCAA from enforcing its multiyear transfer restriction for 14 days and prohibited the NCAA from enforcing its Rule of Restitution[1] (Bylaw 12.11.4.2) during these 14 days. However, on December 15, the seven AGs and the NCAA agreed to convert the 14-day temporary restraining order (TRO) into a preliminary injunction, with the NCAA agreeing to suspend enforcement of its transfer restrictions through the end of the 2023-2024 spring sports season.[2]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pine Bluff is buzzing about these billboards that appeared overnight featuring <a href="https://twitter.com/courtney_C2024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@courtney_C2024</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/AustynDendy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AustynDendy</a> headed to <a href="https://twitter.com/MizzouFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MizzouFootball</a> to play under <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachDrinkwitz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachDrinkwitz</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SEC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sports</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/football?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#football</a> <a href="https://t.co/BZrpTuCLtf">pic.twitter.com/BZrpTuCLtf</a></p>&mdash; suziparker (@suziparker) <a href="https://twitter.com/suziparker/status/1737503707644788818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yeah - I'd say Drink and crew are taking nicely to this Arkansas rivalry stuff.

Because man, those folks are not fond of their neighbors to the north right now...

No you don't.

Sooner fans going after Cayden Green's family. Stay classy Sooner fans! :facepalm:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Y’all savage ���� Deserved. ����*♂️ <a href="https://t.co/RGZDA6j9UB">pic.twitter.com/RGZDA6j9UB</a></p>&mdash; Michael Hawkins Jr stan (@DryfitVenables) <a href="https://twitter.com/DryfitVenables/status/1737669494472868218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LMAO Good grief...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oklahoma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Oklahoma</a> fans are leaving one-star reviews for the business owned by a parent of a player who recently transferred to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mizzou</a>. <a href="https://t.co/s1IFa4Aepo">pic.twitter.com/s1IFa4Aepo</a></p>&mdash; Message Board Geniuses (@BoardGeniuses) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoardGeniuses/status/1737684470927421739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Part of the reason never to trust Google reviews....people can be really vindictive and snarky for all the wrong reasons.

Kirby Moore and Baker both signed extensions....great news, keeping them both is big.