Football Program Expectations ?

I personally have no idea but I'll bet you'll see all the prognosticators put us at 6-6 or 7-5. We lost a QB, WR, OL and most of our road games are against teams we barely beat at home.

Here's how it's gonna shake down for the first 10 games. We'll be 5-0 coming into the Bama game. We'll, rightfully, put a lot into this game, but lose at the end. The hangover will travel with us to Auburn the following week, resulting in back-to-back losses to the Alabama schools.
However, we will rally and win the next 3 weeks, giving us an 8-2 record heading to Norman. That's where my prediction stops. I think Oklahoma will be good this year, but not sure how good yet, but it's possible that the winner of our Nov 22nd showdown will be a playoff team.

I have no prediction for the win/loss record but there are positives for this year.

Most preseason people put us middle of the pack.

The analyst Cole Kubilec had a video rating sec defenses. He placed Missouri as second best. So defense should be good.

On Offense Qb is the big question. We will find out how Sam Horn does in the baseball draft next month. Beau Pribula looked good in the second half of the Penn State/Wisconsin game last year. Check him out on Youtube. The full game is on there. I didn't see any "oh he sucks" comments from Penn State fans when he transferred. They were all positive which I think says something.

Luther and Theo are gone. We have good WR still but who will become a star? I remember a smart play from Theo in the Oklahoma game when he reached out and batted down a pass he knew he could not catch but was going to be a sure interception. Are the current receivers experienced enough to do that?

We have been spoiled with good offensive tackle play the last two years but both of them are gone. Hopefully we are not reminded of what happens when offensive tackles cannot handle edge rushers.

10-2 minimum....need to take a step up and beat Bama.

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I think there is enough skill talent to have a good offense but Pribula has to be able to drive the ball down field vs man coverage and hit the hole shot vs cover 2. He looks like a gifted runner but his tape doesn't show any of the throws the offense needed last year. That and two new OTs are why prognosticators are thinking 7ish wins. A lot of things are going to have to go right to win 10 games for a 3rd season in a row IMO.

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I am wondering if his decision to go to an off season camp this summer is any indication that he needs to make some improvements as a college quarterback and do well for Mizzou this coming season.

Seeing as how almost every top QB prospect in the nation is attending, and assuming that every QB strives to improve and lead their teams to success, I'd say you can stop wondering.

Not that I know of.

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I think there is enough skill talent to have a good offense but Pribula has to be able to drive the ball down field vs man coverage and hit the hole shot vs cover 2. He looks like a gifted runner but his tape doesn't show any of the throws the offense needed last year.

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We could have said the same about Brady Cook, I really don't think the qb gap between BP and BC is that big talent wise. I do think the leadership void is the real gap.

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We could have said the same about Brady Cook, I really don't think the qb gap between BP and BC is that big talent wise. I do think the leadership void is the real gap.

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I think him going to camp should be a difference maker. Cook didn't do much and was never had a cannon of an arm. That really hurt his chance to do well in the next level. He was a 3* for a reason. BP is a better version of Cook and he has the tools to get to the next level. Cook didn't it done. Also the team wasn't as talented as this team will be and has more backups and rotational players due to picking up a lot more players from the transfer portal. This year Drinkwitz has figured out what he needs to compete for the playoffs spot this coming season. This team should be much better than last season.

Double digit regular season wins is going to require scoring more than 23 PPG in conference play. I think the rushing offense is going to be dynamic, but they have 4 teams on the schedule with front 7s that stand a chance of taking that away. Can Pribula beat a team from the pocket? Hard to say with 57 total passing attempts.