Well its that time of year... UGA vs. MIZZOU

Yeah, me either. Not sure which MU team will show up. Not too sure which UGA team shows up either. I am, of course, hoping for an MU win, but that's all I got.

I was just about to create a thread on this, so here goes...

- The Georgia game is going to be a litmus test on the rest of our season. Florida and Arkansas are similar - teams based on the run with weak or substandard quarterbacking. If we can deny or limit the damage, I like our chances to win this game and the East.

- The South Carolina game represented our best defensive effort to date. Davis got his yards, but the damage was minimal. No long runs off of bad angles that I can recall. We made some critical stops when needed and showed an ability to tackle in the back seven previously not seen.

- With Kony Ealy back, the Mizzou DL assault on opposing quarterbacks continued as prior to Indiana. The young secondary also showed an improvement with some spunk and lumber thrown in for good measure.

- On offense, the reshuffled OLine was a marked improvement. Not great, but competent if nothing else.

- The bye week came at the perfect time. Our RBs and WRs were all nicked up and Mauk suffered for it. That said, this offense is still a work in progress and pale echo of our 2013 version. James Franklin's running ability is sorely missed, but life goes on.

- Underrated by outside observers is our special teams. And aside from Baggett's FG kicking, everything else is clicking on all cylinders. Baggett's kick-offs are rarely returned, our punter is doing a fine job, and Marcus Murphy is a threat to take any kick the distance.


The short and long of it is, if Missouri can contain Gurley & Chubb they've got a great shot at the W.

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If we can rattle MM enough to make him force bad throws and keep him out of a rhythm we have a shot. Gurley n co. will get some yards. Again I dont know.

as far as trash talk.. um blah blah blah milktost blah blah yankees?

anyway heres to a good game no injuries (Drake yesterday DAMN) Go Dawgs

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You don't even have to rattle Mauk to get him to make poor throws. He does a pretty good job of it himself half the time. If you've got some cherry pickers in the secondary they could have a field day.

I don't know about you guys, but Missouri hasn't really found a play-calling rhythm on offense all year. We should be running more, but aren't. Are in 2nd or 3rd and 10 way too often and are overly reliant on the long bombs to bail us out and produce points. Stopping us may not be a problem.

Watching bits and pieces of Georgia games, it seems like your some hay can be made vs. your LBs in the passing game. Is that accurate? What are the strengths and weaknesses of your defense?

Who knows. I have no feel for this team whatsoever.

If the good Mizzou shows up, we can play with anyone in the country and will win by 2 scores. If bad Mizzou shows up, we can lose to anyone and will get blown out at home. That's how inconsistent we are. I truly have no feel for this team yet, or how they will respond to tough tests. They can manhandle a solid UCF, then lose to freaking Indiana.

And I really can't trash talk Georgia. I love Athens, and Jeff dawg and Barberitos (same person?) excluded, I like most of their fans. I have family in Athens, and think the state is beautiful. Of course, there are rednecks, but it's tough to out-redneck Missouri.

Oh, the grown men barking like dogs is ridiculous.

In all seriousness, I like our chances of getting pressure on Mason and disrupting any passing game Georgia tries to put together. If we can do that, and limit Gurley's damage, we have a decent chance. But Gurley is a beast, perfectly built to destroy our LBs.

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of your defense?

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Line strength
Secondary weakness.

pretty cut and dry

Hunt will be back and maybe White. If not White, Leftwich seems to be improving.

Those two being out really hurt us. I think anyway. No way Mauk will play as poorly as he played in the other Columbia again. Hope not anyway. Should be able to take advantage of that.

On D we can flat out get after the QB, but that is somewhat mitigated by you guys being run first. Run D hasn't been great, but our LBs seemed to really take a step forward last game.

Again, who knows. I'll be there hoping like hell for a Tigers victory.

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I hope that the center of our line can bottle up Gurley a little, but that's a tall order.

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That matchup will really be against our guards and center.

Our guards are first-year starters and were predicted to be a weakness of our team preseason, but surprisingly have shined. Kublanow, left guard, has jumped early a few times, but other than that has been great. They've had no trouble opening holes or pulling out on the toss sweep. They've been great.

You hate me, don't you?

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You hate me, don't you?

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Please?