Mizzou Vs. Florida

[Quillback]

Tough loss, however they still have a shot at winning out and beating Bama in the SEC championship, unlikely I think, but still possible.

[ozark trout fisher]

Tough one. Got to turn around and find a way to regroup enough to beat UT and UK before (hopefully) getting Franklin back. Mauk played well against Florida, but it became clear we need QB #1 back in the lineup last night. IF we can handle business those games against Ole Miss and A&M will be huge. Probably gonna have to win out now to take the east, unless Florida or Miss State can pull a shocker against USC.

The reality is this is still (barring letting South Carolina beat them again) going to be a good season. Even if we only beat UT and UK the rest of the way. But just to feel comfortable about winning next week we are gonna have to play more aggressive. Here's a rule-don't punt from the opponent's 36 yardline with 30 seconds left in the half. We punted repeatedly in situations where going for it or kicking a field goal is the better move. It seemed like the staff assumed that a 17 lead was insurmountable. Almost every fan in that stadium knew better.

I'm just gonna assume the title game goes out the window, even though that's not entirely true. It's about rallying to win the SEC east now. And giving yourself the chance at a conference championship. Getting to 10 wins is a good secondary goal as well.

[Quillback]

I didn't see much of the game, but it sounds like Mizzou went into what I call a "prevent offence", in other words getting a lead and then becoming conservative. Punting from the opponents 36 would be one symptom of that sometimes fatal disease. You have to keep the pedal to the metal, don't let up on your opponent if there's a reasonable chance they can still come back to beat you. It's one of the worst coaching sins a coach can make, but it's amazing how many do it.

[ozark trout fisher]

I didn't see much of the game, but it sounds like Mizzou went into what I call a "prevent offence", in other words getting a lead and then becoming conservative. Punting from the opponents 36 would be one symptom of that sometimes fatal disease. You have to keep the pedal to the metal, don't let up on your opponent if there's a reasonable chance they can still come back to beat you. It's one of the worst coaching sins a coach can make, but it's amazing how many do it.

Hopefully this will wake them up. It seems we need a loss like this every year to do so. Last year it was against Vandy where we passed up multiple opportunities to run away with the game and lost (NEVER punt or kick a field goal on 4th and 1 or 2 in the opponents territory and REALLY never punt inside the 40 yardline- statistically it's almost always a terrible decision.) Pinkel has been conservative all year and got away with it. Hopefully he realizes he was relying on his defense too much and is actually going to have score some points in the second half against real opponents. And Tennessee next week is a real opponent. Heck, we can't afford to do this against Kentucky.

The Head Ball Coach actually went out there and let his team play football Saturday night. Sure, 4th &2 from his own 35 he should have punted, but he repeatedly asked his team to go out there and win the game instead of playing not to lose. Granted, it was different for him being down 14-17 points, but still. Pinkel is a great coach, but last night showed his most glaring shortcoming.

[Wayne SW/MO]

It's all speculation. SC has a good defense and it showed and Mauk did a good job. In my opinion the problem was in the defensive preparation. Mizzou didn't expect to see Shaw, especially a Shaw that was able to move and that I believe was their downfall. I have no doubt that they plays increased technically when he came in a and Mizzou had not prepared for that. It could have been ugly if Shaw had come in in the early part of the game.

I'll bet the defense does some serious practice on screen passes this week.

OTF did you notice that Baylor won?

[stlfisher]

They beat kansas so it only counts as 1/2.

[Jerry Rapp]

if any of you thought before the season that Missouri would be ranked 10th on Halloween, please raise your hand. MM was 10-25 in passing. That is not good, but they still went to 2 OT's. Maybe MM can pull out a win against TN, then Franklin can come back for the stretch. Either way, the future is pretty darn bright for at least a couple more years.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Any season that brings a lot of attention will pay some recruiting dividends.

[Jerry Rapp]

did you raise your hand Wayne?

[Wayne SW/MO]

What was the question again? No I didn't think they would be in the top 10. After winning 2(?) conference games it would be hard to think too high. They have some tough games ahead and if they want to stay in the top 10 they need to regroup quick.