re: OK, so the offense is truly bad

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thus spoke Pankel. gotta keep playing Mauk because he's our "best chance"..

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This shite is inexcusable. Front to back.

I do think it's telling that Pinkel feels this team's ceiling is a bowl game.

I've always abided by the 4-5 year rule with Missouri.

We're good for one year and decent for 4-5 years, then we're good again based on that one year, and the recruiting bump.

I'm gonna stand by my rule, even though there has been a ripple in the otherwise normal wave of expected outcomes.

And that ripple might be what gets us over the hump later on.

That being said, my theory holds true, we're facing what 2012 got us. Injuries or not, it cost us.

2013 and 2014 is the greatest coaching job in Missouri history, because after 2012, this program could have been left for dead. Like back to the 90's dead.

The move to the SEC is a disaster without 13-14.

This bottom will suck, but we have to ride out the storm as the bottom wave has become better and better for us.

It's imperative that we finish no worse than 7-5 though.

7-5 should be the adjusted bottom for this program going forward.

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Read carefully...ONE RUSHING TOUCHDOWN in FOUR GAMES. ONE! That's SEMO, Ark State, UConn and now UK. ONE TD by rushing. Frickin' ONE!

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We have a lot of issues running game included. Scheme and strong QB play can mask a lot of our issues. There are a lot of spread teams who lack true running games but are still putting up points.

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Lock hits open receivers in the fricking face mask or he puts it in a window.

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Sometimes, but his medium and long throws are high floaters and frequently under thrown. Makes me wonder about his arm strength. He should have several more interceptions but the defenders keep dropping them. On the other hand his screens which should be soft are like bullets.

I hope he is the future but he's no Chase Danial right now.

Mauk is just a dumpster fire

Yeah, arm strength.

Lol.

It's all about timing and touch. Lock is trying to be perfect on those end zone throws.

He's like watching CMart when he was young, trying to put it somewhere no one else ever would and the results are poor.

He's overthinking it.

When he figures out that that pass is no different that an out at the 50, he'll be a QB.

We just have to wait for that moment.

In my mind, he hits that TD against UCONN, and tonight, we know he's there.

He needs to learn his finishing toss. He'll get there.

This is all true.

I just know that when Lock walks on the field, I perk up and salivate.

I didn't do that with Daniel, even though I was completely frustrated with how they were using Brad Smith in 2005.

Looking back, GP has pissed me off more than he's won my heart.

What a strange coach, I appreciate everything, I really do, but man, is he one stubborn Don James loving mother fricker.

I get why he believes in everything, he watched him build a natty in Washington. That's saying something.

But Don James would probably say frick the process and throw Lock in there at this point. Tell him it's a pass or fail grade and let Mauk ride the pine.

We're no better than 7-5 right now, I'd deal with 6-6 if it meant Lock got his dick wet.

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In 2013 TJ Moe was asked to describe the difference between Mauk and Franklin. He articulated that catching the ball was different coming from Mauk, it had a different trajectory as it approached the wideouts.

I think that is part of the problem. He doesn't throw a very catchable ball.

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Bingo. Receivers need the hands of a gecko and the catch radius of an orangutan.

He can't even throw a bubble screen to get the WR moving with forward momentum.

Lock puts balls in the radius of a frisbee. Mauk puts them in the radius of hula-hoop.

It's over and done. Time to move on.

Look guys. I was totally against throwing Lock to the dogs this year. Still there is a stitch of me that still believes it's way too soon to put him in there as a starter. I was relying and hoping Mauk would suddenly show up. He doesn;t have the supporting cast to do this right now. It's coming, just not here yet.

But just like a tuned engine, one bad plug and it runs like shite. So what do you do? You change the plug or plugs. I think or am convinced at this point, Mauk is a bad plug. Clearly Lock is more talented. You could see it in Mauks expression on the sideline last night watching Lock carve up the UK secondary. He knows. There are other aspects of the offense that need improvement, but you have to make a change somewhere to improve the rest. When you can make the throws, others see it. It builds confidence in the rest of the players. Would Lock make mistakes? Sure, he's a freshman. But the more he does it, the more he learns the more confident he will get and the more he will take the offense over. I can accept some mistakes from a freshman. But not a JR. QB that's been there and knows not to make a throw but does it anyway. It just creates frustration among his teammates.

Switch a QB is a start. Then see where it goes. Tweak the offense from that point. A change would also make it perfectly clear, if you don't perform, you'll be replaced, win lose or draw you won't play. It's motivation to improve.

Yeh I'm still looking at this team to take the EAST again. I think they can still do it.

Mauk hasn't matured at all as a QB. He got lucky with that pic 6 call and the dropped pics in the red zone. Same story different week.