You obviously have not watched Mizzou much, Pinkel's teams play not to lose aka we will sit in a Tampa 2 Deep with Backers, 4-5 yards off the line to stop big plays, coverage will be soft except Gaines who will move up. This shitastic D allows decent QB's like Shaw to go 20-21 etc... The Missouri Offense will keep running its 5 wide and get a ton of 3 and outs. D will probably hold up for a half or so then wear out, expect a Bama win along the lines of 37-10 or so. One wildcard is the weather which is calling for strong wind and rains.

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Posted by Mizzou Fan in Da ATX

Member since Dec 2011

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Posted on 10/12/12 at 11:30 am to Tackle74

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This shitastic D

I know none of us are happy but thats a bit harsh dude. Defense overall is still ranked like 27th in the country even with having to put up with our horrific offense that never does anything and keeps our D on the field so long it gets worn down.

Frankly against teams like Georgia and South Carolina, I think it was part of the defensive game plan to stuff the run and say OK if we are gonna lose lets lose through the air. We did, and they did beat us through the air, but its not what they wanted to do. You know the wanted Lattimore to be the one controlling the game and tempo. Shaw will be the first one to tell you he doesn't want to be out there having to throw bombs all day. The fact he did it is impressive, but in terms of picking our poison, I'm fine with the way Steckel and company approached those games from a strategy standpoint. If our offense were doing much of anything at all this year, it's a strategy that may well have worked.

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Posted by reedus23

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Member since Sep 2011

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Posted on 10/12/12 at 12:34 pm to Tackle74