****Official 2018 Missouri Tigers Football Thread****
 

The beginning of the 2018 season is a little under five weeks away. Missouri enters the year projected to finish 4th in the East, and may be a borderline Top 25 team according to some projection systems. After a disappointing recruiting cycle last year, pressure is on Odom to restock the cupboard after the senior years of Lock and Beckner, who will go down as two of the better Tigers in history and likely first round draft picks.

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Recruiting:



At this point, the class is ranked 68-69 nationally by Rivals and 24/7. Odom is going to have to rely on Pinkel's diamond-in-the-rough approach. It looks like they've pulled back considerably from Georgia, focusing more upon Texas, which is what they should have always done. Unfortunately, they've done horrific in-state, and I think that will likely end up being the nail in Odom's coffin after the 2019 season.

12/19 Update: A strong finish late in the cycle moved the class up significantly. Securing commitments from grad transfer Kelly Bryant and TCU transfer Shawn Robinson has solidified the QB position in the short and intermediate term. A class that was ranked in the 60's at the beginning of the season is now a top 20-30 class factoring in transfers.

Hamas' Crystal Ball: 8-4; 4-4 in the SEC (wins vs. Ark, Tenn, Vandy, Kentucky)

UGA is relatively concerned about having to go to Columbia. I heard it on the radio a few times.

They are probably just worried that they’ll show up in the wrong Columbia.

Their mascot would be either kidnapped and held for ransom, or eaten once they landed in Bogota

Don't have any hope for this team after that abortion against Texas.

5 wins

First 2 games, Memphis, Vandy and Arky. Odom is fired. They got lucky with a run of teams that had packed it in.

Dooley a downgrade at OC.

That game was a real downer. Really wanted to beat those ****ers.

The ****ing PUNTER got MVP. What a Mizzou way to **** things up. Hopefully the interim piece of shit who called plays for that game was fired on the spot.

I don't have a ton of faith in Dooley, but I think that Lock, his weapons, and the DL is good enough to get this team to .500 in conference. Next year is the year where I think it bottoms out with a 2-3 win season.

****ing pumped for this season.

IMO you let the wrong coach go to UCF. Odom should have gone and made Huepel your HC.

Nah, we should have just hired Saban

By many MANY accounts, Huepel is a massive asshole. Anybody that talks about him around town can barely stand him.

That's fine for a coordinator but it won't work for a HC.

lock’s weapons are significant. The RBs and TE are outstanding. The line and WR are very good. Only safety, CB, and to some extent, DE worry me.

My Tennessee friends are feeding me a lot of negativity about Derek Dooley. Does anyone know anything about what he did or how good he was at it before he became the Volunteers head coach?

IIRC, he was the coach at Louisiana Tech before going to coach at UT right after Fulmer left. There seemed to be a lot of criticism about the hire when it happened.

Why? They are stacked and their future is ****ing disgusting. They are going to end up with at least 10 recruits in the top 100 this year. I think their backfield is currently average 5 stars, and I'm not actually joking. If they don't win a championship in the next 3 years it should be a disappointment.

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If Odom underperforms this year, what does his future look like and what does the teams?

He's a clown

Ouch. At Alabama on Homecoming.

The hire was made simply because UT wanted an anti-Fulmer. He was far from qualified.

He than got a lot of of shit for wearing orange slacks on gamedays, looking like a cartoon character. They still have yet to dig themselves out of the hole that he and late era Fulmer put them in.

That's a great birthday present for me. Gettyto watch my Tigers get embarrassed by Crimson Tide. Ugh! I think that I will have better things to do on my birthday than watch that. I bet they lose by 50 points.

Hopefully Meyer's shitshow at tOSU convinces Washington to commit to Mizzou.

Honestly, I think he was already coming to Mizzou.

The more I think about this I have to challenge it. You obviously live around there and follow the program more closely but an asshole in what sense? Like it would destroy recruiting? Though I'd argue Odoms recruiting has been mediocre at best.

Coaches that come to mind who were assholes: Leach, Pelini, Mangino, Miles and PJ Fleck. All had success.

I hate to bring this up but is it a campus culture thing from the protest a few years ago?

At any rate Huepel did alot with Mizzous offense and I think he has a Heisman candidate with Milton. He also has Randy Shannon as his DC. As a MU fan I'd take that over the current regime.

A few things here. Heupel is an asshole. This is coming from a buddy of mine that was an Assistant Athletic Director while Josh was at OU. Complete douche to most people is what I am told.

As for Randy Shannon. He has not been relevant in years and there are reasons why. He fails to evolve with the times. He used to be a decent DC but is a shell of what he once was. There is a reason he is where he is.

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I’m not sure about his math skills.

What happened to the other 13%?!!

Looks SEC-worthy to me

I think I read that dude is something like 6'8'', 300 lbs.

That's a damn mountain of a human being...

EDIT: Okay, so the Rivals thing says 6'7'' 315; reading is fundamental. Still - that's massive.

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And now time for the nut punch

That's good news.

Because if hes re-opening his commitment, it wasn't Mizzou.

Maybe this gets us back in the door.

But if he's re-opening, Mizzou wasn't #1, and isn't a strong enough #2 for him to make a commitment.

Don't need anyone dumb enough to seriously consider OSU. Ezekiel Elliot turned out to be a dumbass, I expect no different here.

Way too much effort being spent predicting what a dumbass kid is thinking.

Get tore up->pussy. The End.

Calling the kid a dumbass is harsh. Cameron Brown for example committed to Mike Riley and then Urban Meyer. I feel sorry for the kid because he can play on Sundays. Maybe it's the folks guiding these kids that are the dumbasses?

All kids are dumb.

That's my point, though. If things stayed on that course, Mizzou was out. Yeah, it would be better to just hear that he committed but at least this keeps them alive.

That said - I'm pretty sure he was just attention whoring. If he was so gung-ho about OSU that when shit hit the fan he didn't turn to his #2 but rather just re-opened recruiting, that tells me his #2 was just a token #2. The only reason he built it up the way he did was to get the local media more interested.

If he'd have said it was coming down to OSU and, say, Alabama - nobody in the STL area would've really given a shit. He included Mizzou in the 'race' so he could get attention from the hometown paper, IMO.

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Good news

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I just snorted a line of coke off of a stripper named Destiny's ass with Matty Mauk. He talked me into flying to Utah to have some Shirley temples with Quin Synder. We'll get him off his Mormon highhorse and into relapse.

Don't really know - Just saying what I'd heard them discussing - I think they're concerned about Lock going downfield over and over.

No, just that he was extremely smug and haughty. Acted like his shit didn't stink and that he was simply better than having to re-group like this after being let go at OU.

He wasn't in the Bobby Knight school of ferocious red-asses. He was more in that Lane Kiffin vein of condescending pricks.

It was said to be wearing thin within the organization.

We're not disagreeing on that at all. That's what I found disconcerting about it. It wasn't that Mizzou was a solid #2, but a token #2.

Well, times up, let's do this...

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Should win by 60...if they don’t they have major problems.

LMAO That stat line they showed for Mizzou vs. winning teams and losing teams was horrific.

Jesus. A 34 year old punter and he's ****ing awful.

Mizzou guys might need new cleats. They are slipping like mother****ers in their cuts.

Offense looks competent, which is all you can hope for in a game like this.

Mizzou is looking good. Compared to how they started last year, it’s like night and day.

With the size and experience of the OL, I like that they are scaling back the bomb chucking, running shorter routes, and running downhill. It obviously remains to be seen how it will work against higher end talent, but it's certainly better than Joe Jon Cousin****er.

Eh, just let Lock call the plays.

That was a perfect throw to Hall and he didn't even step into it.

Hall's juggling act cost him the TD.

****, forgot this was on. :cuss:

Going to be a lot of backups in the second half, given the new redshirt rule.

Steckel had a hell of a lot to play for in that game. Tennessee-Martin just has a lovely payday to secure.

Anyone special to keep an eye on?

Badie and Gicento, but both have already played. Young linebackers are good and backup safeties should be interesting. Backup QB will be interesting as well.

Badie and Gicento, interestingly enough, were both ** recruits playing as true freshmen. THAT is what Mizzou does well.

Damn that was pretty.

And Cam Scott, evidently.

These freshman receivers are fun.

OL has not played as well as you would hope to start the year, which has made it hard for the backs to get anything going.

This Wyoming offense is not good, but the defense is displaying good discipline and tackling. I have not cared for Mizzou's situational playcalling/decisions to this point.

So, people were right about Derek Dooley. He’s sucks as an OC. Terrible play calling so far in this one. Mizzou should be up at least 17-0 by now . . . .

It's a good thing their QB sucks.

That was the easiest thing to figure out all year. There was a reason Dooley was nothing more than a position coach after Tenn fired him.

Watching the game in person makes me really happy I got the tickets for free

Offense has been bad, defense has done decent, our kicker can’t kick a field goal to save the Virgin Mary

That should've been gone.

Good drive. Nice to see them get more aggressive with intermediate and deeper routes there rather than waiting to run twice and put themselves in 3rd and long.

Wyoming was too aggressive on D when they had Mizzou pinned deep

Hall is going in for dry anal on the Wyoming CBs.

Nice TD

Lol what a wild play on that busted XP

What the **** was that?

Kicking game has been atrocious today.

WatchESPN refuses to let me watch anymore

Oh well

KU football

The "We've Got A Game Today?" award definitely goes to the Missouri offense. At least they finally woke up late in the second quarter. :shake:

well someone let me know what the end result is since I can't watch tia

You're obviously not checking in on the Cards game.

No. I've pretty much accepted that the wheels have fallen off.

I don't think the OL is good enough at run blocking to use it to set up the pass, but the passing offense is good enough to protect Lock and get the gains necessary to set up the run, which is how their offense should be predicated.