4. Play Colorado, which shouldn’t have a snowball’s chance of beating Mizzou in Columbia.

4. Get real. Mizzou is a good team but not a great team. Even if they somehow win the Big 12 North, they’re going to be crushed again by Texas or whoever wins the South. Enjoy every win and remember this season, because it’s going to take years for Tiger football to be this good again.

Who said that Missouri would beat Texas in a rematch?
Not me.
And not Kadlec.

Thanks,
B

I have a solution. Missouri need to recruit better and not get left overs. In the past how did Nebraska do it? If Nebraska can do it, ao can Missouri. Need to have a head coach that will compete for top talents. You cannot just have left overs and only a few top talents. You need top talents in key postions and can have a few lesser talents in positions that are not that important. If Missouri cannot get many top players to show interest in checking the team and have half go to Missouri, then they will be same as before. One thing to do is the head coach to hire someone that can compete in the recruiting class. Must convince top talents that they will be successful and be the top 10 player in their position in the nation. Maybe this might work. I do see Missouri is getting little better talents in the past 2 years. But still not good enough. Look at Arkansas. Just hired a head coach and already getting same or better recruits than Missouri. Something might need to change soon. Nebraska is going to be strong again soon. So I would worry. TrueLefty

I think items 1 and 2 are sufficient. The defense can’t be expected to control the opponent’s offense if they can’t even master their own schemes. When you look at some of the bigger upsets this year (particularly Ole Miss over UF and Oregon St. over USC, each of which I watched in their entirety), the defenses didn’t get fancy. They played basic, smash-mouth defense and didn’t get thrown all over the field. Were there lapses? Yes, of course, however those were the exceptions rather than the rules. As for the play of the offensive line, I agree 100% and I have to believe that a return of the dominant line play of earlier this season will eliminate the need to concentrate on a balanced offense. When Daniel has the time to make the plays, he has the ability to get the ball where he feels it needs to go in order to gain the most yards, whether that be a pitch out, shovel pass, long ball or the pitch-and-catch routine with Coffman.

I think criticism of the recruiting efforts is a bit premature at this point. MU has only had the benefit of one full recruiting cycle to tout its accomplishments. The #1 ranking was less than a year ago; the Cotton Bowl win less than 10 months ago. This program holds lots of promise even with the two losses (both to teams presently residing in the Top 10). Not unlike the present state of the stock market, the lack of substantial depth and the deficiencies on defense present opportunitiy. The team is not so woebegone that a choice HS prospect is going to have to wonder whether or not he’s going to have to be the savior to carry an entire team. The infrastructure is there. The stars are there. They just need more to go from being a guest in the upper echelon to a full-time resident. I think Mizzou is going to remain an attractive choice for recruits so long as the team can come out of these two setbacks strong, win the division and win at least one post-season game.