seems like Pinkel is feeling the pressure - and he is recruiting Phil Pressey

There is a lot of truth to that first tweet.

I think its become quite clear that our roster might not be "SEC ready" and I'm not sure how much game planning and scheme adjustments can be made to overcome that reality.

You cant always scheme and adjust your way around a lack of talent and or around depth issues created by injuries.

The only position I see us having true lack of talent is the o-line and that has been spotlighted even more by the injuries. I'm not sure even our projected o-line would be doing great this year.

I don't think they approached this year the way they should have, hindsight 20 20 though. I'm now more in favor of some major changes in our offensive scheme.

I don't think they used the roster as well as they should have. It should have been a blessing to have a guy like McGriff-Culver on the roster this year. There should have been a number of short yardage plays designed for him, and he should have been used as a blocker in the back field.

We are using Moe totally wrong. Those sweeps are a prime example of the coaching staff not recognizing strengths/weaknesses. Moe isn't fast enough (as the announcer pointed out) to run that sweep. Moe should be catching passes over the middle, and short plays underneath. We have way too many swift guys on the team to be wasting plays handing the ball off to Moe.

Good point dallas.

It does suck that perception is reality, and the reality is we're 0-4 in the SEC, 3-4 on the year. So the perception is we suck (and rightfully so) but this team could also be 5-1 and perceived as good.

I think the comparison a lot of Mizzou fans are now making is we would be sucking in the Big12 this year too.. We probably wouldn't be beating OU, TX, WVU, KSU, OSU, TCU and maybe others like TTU. I imagine that MSU will even out by the end of the year.. a 5-1 start would have been nice for the morale of the fanbase and team though.

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Good point dallas.

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Yes. The schedule this year has done us no favors. Not sure who in the SEC thought it was a good idea to make Mizzou play @ aTm for the third year in a row either. I understand that the prior two years were as members of the Big 12 but someone needed to take that into consideration.

I hope he is feeling the pressure, because the man he hired to help game plan and draw up plays on offense should be demoted back to QB Coach/Head recruiter.

I'm convinced they need a new offensive coordinator and a new offensive scheme. Right now, just about everything on offense sucks so bad that it makes the defense suck. Think about that.

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The only position I see us having true lack of talent is the o-line and that has been spotlighted even more by the injuries. I'm not sure even our projected o-line would be doing great this year.

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The only positions that don't have a lack of talent/depth are maybe WR and RB.

How much different is this season if we just held onto the damn 3rd quarter lead against Georgia. I know, it is what it is but I just wonder how much that would have changed our perspectives even losing to Vandy.

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Yes. The schedule this year has done us no favors. Not sure who in the SEC thought it was a good idea to make Mizzou play @ aTm for the third year in a row either. I understand that the prior two years were as members of the Big 12 but someone needed to take that into consideration.

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I think we pushed hard for this, promises were made to kids currently on our roster that they would be playing in Texas, I think Pinkel pushed to have this game in Texas. And for recruiting purposes too. I think if it was up to Pinkel he would have Tamu as our cross rival not Arkansas.

Yost's play calling, and Pinkel's overall game management, drive me crazy. Absolutely crazy! I certainly wouldn't mind seeing some changes in this area. But I think Pinkel and his staff have done a great job in every other aspect of building the program, including recruiting. It must get even better if we are going to compete in the SEC. The question is has Pinkel and his staff hit their ceiling or can they take it to the next level once they start seeing the benefits of being in the SEC?

We're already starting to see the fruits of some of those benefits with this upcoming recruiting class. But really, we won't fully realize the true benefits of being in the SEC for awhile. Pinkel has gotten us this far with the resources he has been given and I think we need to give him the opportunity to show us what he can do once he has accrued some of these longer term benefits. But he is also going to need to make some changes in order to survive the short term as well.