****Official 2015 Missouri Tigers Football Thread****

['Hamas' Jenkins]

After seizing the Citrus Bowl from Jerry Kill and the Minnesota Golden Gophers, the Missouri Tigers finish 11-3.

Italics=Likely sign and place
Bold=JUCO recruit

Key Recruits:

2016 Class:

Spoiler!

Tre Williams DE, MO, ****
Nate Strong RB, IL, ****
Damarea Crockett RB, AR, ****
Marvin Terry DE, TX ***
Greg Taylor S, MO, ***
Brendan Scales TE, MO ***
Albert Okwue. TE, IL ***
Cale Garrett ILB, MO ***
Trystan Castillo OL, MO ***
Micah Wilson QB, OK ***
Trevour Simms OL, IL ***
Tucker McCann K, IL ***
Dominic Collins WR, IL ***
Jerod Alton ATH, MO ***
DeMarkus Acy DB, TX ***
Dimetrious Mason WR, GA **
Christian Holmes WR, GA **
Trey Baldwin LB, TX **
Marksell Utsey DT, AR **

Schedule:

9/5: SEMO
9/12 @Ark St.
9/19: UConn
9/26: @Kentucky
10/3: South Carolina
10/10: Florida
10/17 @ Georgia
10/24: @ Vandy
10/31: Bye
11/5 (Thu): Mississippi State
11/14: BYU (@ Arrowhead)
11/21: Tennessee
11/28: @Arkansas

[kchero]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Bitch's new av?

Exactly, that sack of shit.

[Pitt Gorilla]

From PowerMizzou:

University of Missouri junior defensive tackle Harold Brantley is in good condition and recovering nicely following surgery performed for injuries he sustained in an automobile accident Sunday afternoon in the Columbia area. We’re pleased to report that the prognosis is very good long-term, and that Harold should be able to make a full physical recovery.


I received the following update this morning from Rex Sharp, Associate Athletic Director for Sports Medicine, and our Head Football Athletic Trainer. Please share this with your readers/listeners/viewers as you see fit:


·The injuries sustained in the accident included a fracture in his lower left leg (tibia), and this was successfully repaired surgically last night...

·Harold also sustained some ligament damage in his left knee which will require surgery at a later date, perhaps within 3-4 weeks…

·Additionally, Harold sustained multiple rib fractures and is naturally pretty sore from those…

·If Harold continues to progress as scheduled, he will be out of ICU Tuesday and moved into a regular room…

·It’s too soon to put a timetable on a planned return to football activities, so we’re going to leave that open and focus all attention on helping Harold recover and get back to full health first. When that information becomes known, we’ll certainly share it with everyone…

·Harold is receiving world-class healthcare from Mizzou team orthopaedists Dr. Pat Smith and Dr. Jim Stannard, in addition to the healthcare team at University Hospital. We are grateful for the multitude of prayers and well wishes from all over the country for both Harold and Maddie Stock, and are very thankful that they are both okay…

Thank-you for your assistance in sharing this with our fans. They are encouraged to share comments at our Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/mutigersdotcom

[Pitt Gorilla]

Sounds to me like Harold will be a part of the 2016 team instead of the 2015 team. That hurts, given our lack of depth on the D-line, but it could make for another outstanding line in 2016.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Sounds to me like Harold will be a part of the 2016 team instead of the 2015 team. That hurts, given our lack of depth on the D-line, but it could make for another outstanding line in 2016.

That's the way we have to look at it. I just hope he is able to make a full recovery.

US 63 is much safer than it used to be. He's lucky he wasn't driving that road 20 years ago. What a death trap it was.

[WhawhaWhat]

Do not Google broken tibia. Bad pictures appear.

[WhawhaWhat]

Maty Mauk's dad was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

http://www.missourinet.com/2015/06/2...keep-coaching/

[Saul Good]

http://www.foxsports.com/college-foo...rospect-061515

Nice bump for our newest football recruit.

[WhawhaWhat]

#Mizzou football lines (via Golden Nugget)
(-11) vs S Car
(-10) vs UF
(+8.5) @ UGA
(-6) vs Miss St
(-12) vs BYU
(-2.5) vs UT
(+7) vs Arky

— Brandon Kiley (@BKSportsTalk) June 26, 2015

[Saul Good]

The only line there that makes sense to me is UT.

[Saul Good]

Also, the Arky game is away.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

http://www.foxsports.com/college-foo...rospect-061515

Nice bump for our newest football recruit.

Wow, he's suddenly a much better prospect! As a 2* recruit, he was a massive reach. Now, as a 4* recruit, he's a HUGE get!

[Pitt Gorilla]

Another low star/offer guy:

http://www.macon.com/2015/06/21/3807...-two.html?rh=1

West Laurens’ Smith elite in two sports, even undecided

BY MICHAEL A. LOUGH
[email protected]e 21, 2015

When Missouri offered West Laurens’ Justin Smith a football scholarship, there’s no doubt fans of the Tigers were a little worried.

When he committed in the middle of January, stories noted that he had not earned a “star” in assorted recruiting ratings, like from ESPN.com or Rivals.

By the time National Signing Day rolled around in early February, despite not having played football since November, stars appeared next to his name, mostly three stars.

Smith was then, and still is, unbothered by the perceived lack of attention. After all, he might’ve been more of a basketball player than football player up until the middle of the fall of 2014.

“I never really worried about stars all that much,” Smith said. “I knew the reason why I didn’t have any.”

Because his summers were filled mostly with playing travel basketball rather than making the summer camp circuit at colleges or competing in assorted 7-on-7 competitions, Smith understood the lack of attention.

“I was out of state and always on the go,” Smith said. “I didn’t really have a chance to go to the ... camps every year. I was always playing basketball. That’s probably the main reason I don’t have any stars or why my recruiting wasn’t as good as it could’ve been.”

There was also a perception that he favored basketball.

Football eased ahead of basketball during the fall, but Smith’s impact in both sports was huge. Throw in a sixth-place finish in the GHSA Class AAAA track and field meet, and it was a pretty full year for The Telegraph’s Selby Buck Athlete of the Year.

Smith was a first-team Georgia Sports Writers Association all-state selection and a second-team All-Middle Georgia receiver last fall, following up with All-Middle Georgia honorable mention in basketball.

Then he finished sixth in the high jump in thE GHSA meet, earning honorable mention All-Middle Georgia in that event.

Competition for the top athlete honor was tight, with male and female multi-sport standouts at Veterans, Fitzgerald, Northside, Jones County, Lamar County and Hawkinsville, among others.

Ironically, Smith’s senior season at West Laurens almost didn’t happen.

Basketball had always had the edge over football for Smith, who didn’t play football as a sophomore and spent summers playing travel basketball. Then suddenly, West Laurens football head coach Stacy Nobles heard last summer that Smith was heading to Hargrave Military Academy, a prep school in Virginia, to focus on improving his basketball skills and his stock.

“We almost didn’t have him,” Nobles said. “For 2- 1/2 weeks, he was gone.”

And then he was back.

“He came back in town and talked to me and (basketball head coach O.J.) Hall. ‘I’ve decided to stay here at West Laurens and finish my senior year with my friends and see where the football and basketball thing can go.’ ” Nobles said.

That certainly paid off for Smith and West Laurens.

Smith helped the football team to a 9-4 record, the program’s best since going 10-3 in 1994 and only the fourth nine-win season in its history. The Raiders went 5-1 in GHSA Region 2-AAAA and broke the 30-point mark in five games, matching the total of the previous two seasons.

They won a pair of playoff games before losing 31-13 to St. Pius X on the road in the quarterfinals. It’s a game he’d like to replay.

“We should have jelled a little bit more than we did,” Smith said. “We should have done certain stuff a little bit harder, like running routes or run the ball harder. Just do more.”

Smith finished with 65 catches for 1,038 yards for the resurgent Raiders. Transition time was minimal for Smith to trade in cleats for high-tops.

“As soon as the football season is over with,” Hall said, “(you) step off the field on Friday night and (are) back on the basketball court on Monday.”

Smith said his numbers could have been better, but he thought it best for the team if he pulled back a little bit, which would force more teammates to expand their own game, leading to more success.

Hall said that’s typical Smith.

“He’s very selfless guy,” said Hall, a sentiment echoed by Nobles. “There’s not a selfish bone in his body. He’s always been willing to sacrifice what his abilities allow him to do in order for everybody else around him to be better.”

West Laurens was the No. 2 team out of the region in the playoffs and beat Westover in the first round before losing by 15 to Johnson-Gainesville in the second round.

The 22-8 record was the Raiders’ best since before Smith reached high school.

Then came spring.

Smith reached 6-foot three times in the high jump and 6-4 twice, tying his personal best. He also competed once in the 200 meters and in the 400 and ran a leg in a relay at the state meet.

The focus on football, as well as finishing up his senior year in high school, meant Smith wasn’t on the track every day. Hall can only imagine what the resume would have looked like if Smith had more time for track.

“In between everything that was going on, he would jump on the days that he didn’t have anything else going on in either one of those two sports,” Hall said of Smith’s basketball and football work.

Smith realized that there are substantially fewer 6-7 football players than basketball players, which played a big role in him finally picking football. And that final football game left him wanting more.

“He told me the night we lost to St. Pius that he had made his mind up, that he wanted to play college football,” Nobles said. “I know that made a lot of college recruiters real, real happy. There were a lot of people that didn’t offer Justin, I think, because they weren’t sure what he was going to do.”

Nobles and Hall are convinced that Smith escaped to Missouri under the radar and will be on the radar soon enough. Finally, however, it will be the radar of just one sport.

“I think his upside in football is going to be remarkable, just because he’s going to be playing the game full-time,” Hall said. “He’s going to be in the weight room getting stronger. His route-running is going to get better. I think there are so many things that’s going to be an upside for him in football ...”

Both talk of Smith’s high ceiling on the next level.

“At 6-7, a wide receiver that can power clean 310 pounds and run a 4.5 40, you’re a special player,” Nobles said. “He didn’t reach his potential in high school. (Football) was always a second deal for him and something he almost didn’t do.

“He hadn’t even come close to being the player he can be. He can start reaching for that ceiling now.”

[kcchiefsus]

Anybody see the thing about Ondre Pipkins supposedly being asked to quit football by Harbaugh?

Maybe don't commit to Michigan and you wouldn't be dealing with that crap.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by kcchiefsus

Anybody see the thing about Ondre Pipkins supposedly being asked to quit football by Harbaugh?

Maybe don't commit to Michigan and you wouldn't be dealing with that crap.

Yeah. He ended up being a massive disappointment there. I bet he wishes he could have had four years of coaching under Kuligowski and a coaching staff that treated him like a human being.

[Bob Dole]

UGA is going to have a tough time playing with all the national media packed in their ass.