re: Missouri has a good chance of beating Alabama

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They just can't handle the physical play of the SEC for 4 quarters yet.

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See this is the part where the perception you guys have is off. We are having a shite year due to a rash of injuries and poor offensive execution but chalking it up to SEC physicality isn't really the answer. SEC physicality doesn't explain us only scoring 24 and 21 points on Arizona State and UCF, respectively, and almost losing both games. And if you watched the Mizzou-Vandy game it was clear Vandy was definitely not "more physical." Our offensive output is just inept this year due to an injured QB, our star RB being out the whole year, and literally half our offensive line being injured and the remaining healthy ones having to all switch positions. Very very few teams in the country would survive all that without their offense going to hell.

And again, Mizzou's defense has actually been fine from a physicality standpoint. We have NOT been getting mauled up front or by SEC power running games, on the contrary we've forced our three SEC opponents to beat us through the air which to varying degrees they did. But from a physicality standpoint SEC commentators have agreed that our DT Sheldon Richardson is as physical as anyone in the SEC and our defensive ends have gotten solid pass rush against the SEC. Georgia didn't do anything against our D for three quarters and Vandy never really did a whole lot offensively, 9 of their 19 points were off Mizzou special teams miscues.

My point - we are injured as hell on offense and having a shite season as a result, but the SEC physicality hasn't played as much a role in that as one might think.