knapplc

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Well, welcome to the schedule. Tell us about the Mocs.

I know we had to add a team to our schedule, since we only had six home games and we need seven for budget, but I hadn't heard anything about this. Any source for this rumor?

Yep, I saw that too. I figured it was LTCG, but I didn't want to rewind to find out. I don't dig his act, but he's good people. I'm a Ron White kinda guy.

Youngest guy on the list. This Martinez guy might be a keeper.

Once again, a good read. I threw up in my mouth a little seeing Missouri atop the rankings, but they earned it. Heavy is the head that wears the crown, though! Beware!

That's pretty fitting, heading into this game.

I think this is why we won't see a lot of huge threads with a gazillion stats this year, compared to last year. Last year we had each played four games before we met. This year we've both played enough games to have seen brilliance and ignorance on both sides of the ball. I doubt either team or fan base will realistically come into this game thinking it's a sure win. Realistically, both teams could win, and I wouldn't be surprised at a shootout, a defensive struggle, something in between, or either team blowing the other out.

Just be sure the wife has an open mind and the kids are grown, right?

On the bottom left of the forums, what options do you have for skins? I've had the same trouble you're having, and I'm 90% sure that once we get the final tweaks made to the skins and get them up, you'll be fine.

I don't get the reference. What happened to Kansas in 2007? KU backed into the Orange Bowl after they lost to MU head to head and MU lost to OU in the title game. I hate Mizzou, but that was a hose job. You were supposed to let him answer that. I know very well what happened in 2007.

And you hear players talking about being ____ point underdogs all the time. I'm surprised people haven't heard about that.

I don't get the reference. What happened to Kansas in 2007?

Absolutely teams feel disrespected by Vegas betting lines, and play with a chip on their shoulder because of them. That's not unusual at all.

I think we're more likely to have an influx of trolls after the game if Missouri wins than prior to the game. After all the mouth-shooting last year, and the crushing loss, the kind of person willing to troll an opponent's board is less likely to put themselves out there again - they don't want to suffer the embarrassment again. If Missouri wins the braggarts and blowhards will return. And they'll last about as long as a French trooper on the Maginot Line.

Have you voted for Sydney today? I did.

Never fear. We have a pretty active crew of Mods this year, so if you see anything, report it and it'll get taken care of.

The reason we have two/three guys run up to the punt protection unit and stop is to guard against the fake. We got burned on a fake earlier this year, and we aren't about to let it happen again. The reason the gunners get downfield all the time is that you can't hold them. Any skilled player is going to get away from a guy who can only bump into you nine times out of ten, and gunners are typically pretty talented.

Absolutely. Look how well that worked for Nebraska when we got our vengeance against Texas.

Stewart Mandel agrees with the OP:

This is where not watching a game and looking at a box score can sometimes throw you off. SDSU is a good runing team. #35 in the country, 185+ a game, nearly 6 yrds a carry. Pretty good. But their game against MU came down to 2 plays. A fluke run when in a rugby scrum a OL grabed and discuss spun the RB out of the pile and he went to the house. The other was just a bad play by Mu and one of the few times they were undisiplined. Two tigers had a chance to stop the play for no gain or 1 yard and both got out of control and lowerd their heads. Those 2 plays accounted for 168 yrds. Outside of that SDSU ran for 82 yrds on 31 trys. SDSU could not run the ball the entire night. Now here is the BUT.....MU did make the mistake on the 75 yarder. They havent made many this year, but NE has the players to make you pay if you do. The 97 yarder was a fluke play if I have ever seen one. A play like that may never happen again in my lifetime. Nu's best shot is to be balanced. Same with MU. Should be a good game Saturn was talking about our game vs. South Dakota State, not Missouri's game vs. San Diego State. I agree that it should be a good game - if both teams bring their A game. If either one doesn't show up properly, it'll be a blowout either way. Knappy, i was responding to Saturns statment "San Diego State had success running the ball against Missouri, and I would hope our offense is better than theirs." I was just saying that the box score was a little misleading on just how "successful" SDSU was Yep, you're right. I saw where Saturn wrote SDSU/Texas and flew right over the San Diego State thing. Nevermind.

This is where not watching a game and looking at a box score can sometimes throw you off. SDSU is a good runing team. #35 in the country, 185+ a game, nearly 6 yrds a carry. Pretty good. But their game against MU came down to 2 plays. A fluke run when in a rugby scrum a OL grabed and discuss spun the RB out of the pile and he went to the house. The other was just a bad play by Mu and one of the few times they were undisiplined. Two tigers had a chance to stop the play for no gain or 1 yard and both got out of control and lowerd their heads. Those 2 plays accounted for 168 yrds. Outside of that SDSU ran for 82 yrds on 31 trys. SDSU could not run the ball the entire night. Now here is the BUT.....MU did make the mistake on the 75 yarder. They havent made many this year, but NE has the players to make you pay if you do. The 97 yarder was a fluke play if I have ever seen one. A play like that may never happen again in my lifetime. Nu's best shot is to be balanced. Same with MU. Should be a good game Saturn was talking about our game vs. South Dakota State, not Missouri's game vs. San Diego State. I agree that it should be a good game - if both teams bring their A game. If either one doesn't show up properly, it'll be a blowout either way.

I don't have a good answer to that one. This year is as bad as any I've seen in trying to figure out who's good and who isn't. Missouri is good, deserving of a top-ten rank, maybe not top five, but good enough that they're no fluke and nobody can say they don't belong up there. I would most likely rank them at six than at two. I think Oregon is the clear best team in the country, followed by Auburn or Boise St, and after that it's a crapshoot.