Missouri Controls Their Own Destiny Now

[Guest]

Our Defense is scary lately but its still lacking a couple high quality safeties.

Ding, ding, ding!!! you nailed it

[Quillback]

Yeah Hoglaw you're right, the passing game problems go beyond just BA, I should not just name him as the problem. And in truth there aren't very many outstanding college QB's out there this year.

That game last week, that TD pass that BA threw to one of the receivers (I can't remember who it was, maybe it was Hatcher) was a thing of beauty. Perfect pass and the WR stretched out and made a great catch.

[BATCAB27]

Scored some tickets today, I'll be there on the hill. You Arkansas fans better keep that hog callin' to a minimum! MIZ!!!!

[Guest]

Scored some tickets today, I'll be there on the hill. You Arkansas fans better keep that hog callin' to a minimum! MIZ!!!!

Post some live photos from the game, that would be awesome.

Nice weather too, sounds like fun

[Feathers and Fins]

Hog, Here is my closing argument.

Brandon knew he was hurt but refused to pull himself from the game. That shows lack of judgment at best on both his part and the coaches but worse IMO is it shows he puts himself before the team. A badly injured QB that even my blind dog and even blinder grandmother could see yet he refused to come out is NOT a team player. He rather stay in and cost us the loss than pull himself out and let someone else in.... Yes the coaches should have yanked him they are the final word but he waved them off twice I saw before I turned the tv out of pure frustration.

I WOULD HOPE there is a NCAA rule someplace that leaving in an obviously injured player results in a fine and sanction of the coaches. I would say this about any team. I CAN HONESTLY NEVER REMEMBER seeing a player so obviously injured and left in, it endangered and should never be allowed.

[Quillback]

Yeah I'm scratching my head wondering why he wasn't pulled, at least in the 4th quarter. But I don't blame BA, the coaches need to make that call.

[hoglaw]

Can't argue with you there, except maybe I don't lay as much blame on him as you do. Brandon had a great first half. 8/11 for 77 yards by my count, and two touchdowns.

Second half we saw a different guy. Clearly he was hurt. He threw maybe two accurate balls the entire second half. I agree 100% that he should have been pulled. It's tough to say "I don't have it today coach" and take yourself out of a game. The coaching staff stuck with him because, as I've said before, he's by far our best quarterback and our best chance to win. Only, he wasn't in the second half on Friday.

I don't know how many times he had to scrape himself up off the ground after taking late shots before the coaches pulled him. Were they waiting for him to just stay down? It burned me up.

Like a guy on one of the message boards said, "watching BA scrape himself off the ground after late hits without being pulled was like watching someone kick a puppy...that was tied to a leash...secured to my balls."

[Feathers and Fins]

He was pulled and waived AA back off it was in multiple cameras. That falls on him. a TEAM player has to recognize when he is harming the TEAM. Brandon has been harming this team for two and a half years now. YA YA I know how he played hurt all last season and personally I am tired of hearing that and how gutsy it was of him and how much he has improved this year. I as well would have given him a pass last year and even the year prior lets face it we had a horrible coach in 12 and 13 really no viable option for back-up. But in 14 we had him supposed healthy and a viable back-up.

Now I do not put it all on him as I said but I sure am putting a great load of it on him. He just is not the hype and ratings he came with. We have seen that before with high ranked recruits and there comes a time the coaching staff has to say this guy just isn't what we need.

Brandon is NOT an SEC nor top 5 conference calibers QB. He just is not!

2012----------- 21 of 49 passes for 186 yards. Not even 50%

2013-----------128 of 258 passes for 1552 yards. again not even 50%

2014-----------178 of 316 passes for 2125 yards. Finally he hits above 50% but barely with 56%

Rushing is even more embarrassing

2012--------------------36 attempts for negative 13 yards

2013--------------------29 attempts for 29 yards

2014-------------------- 8 attempts for negative 3 yards

Bielema is a good coach, im not sure if he just has never experienced this and wants to stick it out for what the team had to endure or what. But there is a point he needs to get back to being a Business Coach and pull out sub-par athletes.

To be Fair though lets look at another QB from the SEC West. Same style team to a degree. Blake Sims

Passing

2012--------------5 of 10 for 77 and a 50% comp ratio

2013--------------18 of 29 for 167 and a 62 comp ratio

2014--------------207 of 328 for 2988 and a 63%comp ratio

Rushing

2012-----------------30 for 187 yards

2013-----------------15 for 61 yards

2014-----------------64 for 302 yards

I wouldn't think of Sims as a "GREAT" QB by any means but what is expected out of a Big 5 QB and certainly a game manger which is what Bama uses its QB's for. Sims threw 7 INT's this year but Allen threw 5 and in the same time frame ( 12 to 14 ) Sims threw 7 and Allen threw 18!

If the game is close or on the line and we have to have QB with an arm we will continue to lose with BA as our QB that isn't anything but fact! If we have to rely on a QB who can scramble for yards or keep a play alive we will lose with BA that is a fact. Football in todays world you need a QB who can scramble for yards if needed, a QB with a good arm and one NOT afraid to take a hit.

I do not know how our two back-ups will respond in a full game situation but I would like to know. We had an opportunity FRIDAY with nothing to lose at all we had a bowl already and could have played AA and seen how he did in the situation and we should have. Perfect opportunity and I put that on the coaches, but the second half I put on BA he was hurt and knew it and should have stepped up. We had NOTHING to lose and his health to protect. STUPID STUPID STUPID both on him and coaches.

Im tired of seeing stupid out of the coaches and team I want to see WINS and especially in games we could have and should have. We should have put away A&M

! We should have put away Bama! we could have put away Miss St and Mizz. I cant help but sit back and say that would be a 6-6 team to a 10-2 and possible playoff team.

I see it for what it is, Bad players and Bad coaching. Coaching I understand to a degree this is something all new to them and I actually admire them for coming in to a program that was so - - - - - - up. I admire them for trying to stick with the junk they got handed. But there is a time they have to take the bandaid off and put hot metal to the wound so it stops bleeding. I hope when the last of the BobbyP kids and JLS Kids are gone and the taste is forgotten that the coaches can turn things around.

I think next year if we pick up the right people in recruiting this year and get rid of BA we could be an 8-4 to 10-2 team maybe better. But if BA is back next year I may not even watch, honestly im tired of trainwrecks and hopes and prayers each week. I want Wins on the score board NOT MENTAL WINS OR MORAL VICTORIES.

[Flysmallie]

I don't pay any attention to AR most of the time, but it's not BA's fault. If he refuses to come out and the coach does nothing about it then it's ALL on the coach. Period. I think that's the real problem. Coaches that let players make those decisions are idiots. Get rid of them both.

[ozark trout fisher]

Goodness, and I thought us Missouri fans could be hard on our players.

The reality is that Arkansas was supposed to be 4-8, 5-7 at best. No one outside of Fayetteville thought they had the faintest chance of getting even to 6-6. Don't know why this year would be seen as a disappointment.