MU ****Official 2018 Missouri Tigers Football Thread**** - Page 32

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.

Schedule:

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Recruiting:

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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)
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Did you walk away from the Georgia game thinking that GA was an appreciably better team than Mizzou? I didn't.

It's looking more and more like Missouri's tendency towards unforced errors at terrible times needs to be seen as a reflection on the coaching staff. This is an experienced team that simply isn't playing with focus.

This game has to put Odom firmly on the hot seat.

Mizzou wins that game with competent officiating and composure, but Odom clearly can't instill that. He's far too emotional when he shouldn't be, and reserved when he should.

He should have been all over the refs' asses after the Crockett calls, but said nothing. He doesn't understand the difference between righteous anger and a conniption
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Can you please learn the game or shut the **** up? Jesus Christ - Albert has a HUGE size advantage there against a true freshman. He's easily the best pass-catcher on the team right now and it's not particularly close.

Maybe you run it - fine. But that play is absolutely a reasonable call given that matchup. The other guys are on scholarship too.

We'be been running the ball great. Lock has been off all game. What don't I understand? FTR I hate that play call regardless of what team. I see it fail more than it ever works.
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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Mizzou wins that game with competent officiating and composure, but Odom clearly can't instill that. He's far too emotional when he shouldn't be, and reserved when he should.

He should have been all over the refs' asses after the Crockett calls, but said nothing. He doesn't understand the difference between righteous anger and a conniption

If Mizzou plays GA at home 10 times, I'm betting they win 6. I walked out of that stadium dead certain that Mizzou was roughly as good as Georgia and they just Mizzou'd the shit out of it.

It was just maddening as hell. Yes, the officiating boned us with the forward progress call and the 'touchback touchdown' but even with BOTH of those plays, Mizzou had chances to take the game back and they simply kept making key mistakes, mostly in coverage, at critical times.

Just a heartbreaking failure mostly because of the opportunity lost.
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Originally Posted by petegz28:
We'be been running the ball great. Lock has been off all game. What don't I understand? FTR I hate that play call regardless of what team. I see it fail more than it ever works.

Oh. So you're just stridently and foolishly dogmatic. Well that's much better.

There are a whole slew of times where that play is a good play. And when you have your giant TE matched up against a much smaller freshman, that would be one of those times.

Matchups absolutely dictate when/how that play should be used. To just sit there and call it stupid "because I always think it's stupid" is....well...not smart.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Oh. So you're just stridently and foolishly dogmatic. Well that's much better.

There are a whole slew of times where that play is a good play. And when you have your giant TE matched up against a much smaller freshman, that would be one of those times.

Matchups absolutely dictate when/how that play should be used. To just sit there and call it stupid "because I always think it's stupid" is....well...not smart.

Like I said, we've been running the ball great and Lock hasn't thrown an accurate pass in quite a while.....why go with the guy who is having a bad game vs. what has been working?
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Originally Posted by petegz28:
Like I said, we've been running the ball great and Lock hasn't thrown an accurate pass in quite a while.....why go with the guy who is having a bad game vs. what has been working?

Because "do it until it doesn't work anymore" isn't the way to go with a potential game tying play. Moreover, we HAVEN'T been running the ball well in those goal-line situations.

Lock made a fine throw. O was roughly where he needed to be, the play just got broken up because again - the other guy's on scholarship as well.
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