re: SEC SPEED. Where is it most apparent?

On top of everything Engie just posted you add the week in and week out of competiton you have to play in the SEC. There are no down games in the SEC ,if you come into Lexington, Nashville,Oxford,starkville....etc and your team is not up 110% to playing you leave with an "L". Then next week play someone like UF,UGA,LSU,SC,ARKY....and get tested again. It's like we beat our teams up so much in conference play it's almost a disadvantage in the rankings. Then at the end of the season and 90% of the SEC teams are in the top 25 and then the SEC starts getting love from the AP,USA Today,ESPN,The Computer rankings....etc due to the tough IC play.

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Mizzou has speed all over the place

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I imagine the coaches' #1 recruiting goal contradicts this. If it doesn't, it soon will.

Mizzou's problem is that SEC defenses have been able to adjust to the spread offenses run by UF and Auburn (run first spreads). They have learned how to scheme against it.

Unless you have a Tebow or Newton type QB, I don't care how fast Mizzou's offense players are. They are not going to be fast enough. Trust me I watched a RB who is in London on the Track team and a RB who beat the previously mentioned RB in a race not be able to run away from SEC defenses.

Legend, makes perfect sense, however, the Big 12 last year was a gauntlet. Different animals, but, it's never easy in any of these conferences. To think that MIZ has never seen anything like the SEC is an overstatement on some levels. We've played big games, and not that we've won them all, but to quote HCGP, "we haven't been playing HS teams for the last 14 years". We're ready, it will be fun, can wait to post here come November.

Blood, we have the QB you speak of, just wait and see. Frank the Tank is fun to watch.

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Engie...this is what bothers me. The spread really sends the OL to some weird spots, SEC SPEED will over run us at times. Gotta hope that the speed in other places helps, cause that's gonna happen at times. Nice post.

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Thing is it's not just speed. The SEC doesn't lack for size either in the defensive department. If your O-Line doesn't haven't size AND agility you're fricked.

To reiterate Engie's point, even at the bottom of the league we've put our fair share of guys put in the league on the defensive side of the ball.

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Blood, we have the QB you speak of, just wait and see. FranktheTank is fun to watch.

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I have seen him play on TV... He is a really good QB in the Big 12. SEC defenses frick up great Big 12 QBs, ask Colt and Sam. He is no Tebow or Newton, few have been that great.

SoCalMIZ

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We're ready, it will be fun, can wait to post here come November.

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Hey atleast you'll be able to talk trash to Vandy and Kentucky.."If your team shows up ready to play" other wise you'll play Bama and UF the week after both of those games.. Vandy,Bama,UK,UF,UT all back to back ,and this will be a "so called" easy year schedule as most of your tough games are home games.

Nah, we'll give everyone in the east a game, and break some hearts in the process.

DL for most but DE sized LB's for Bama and maybe UGA. Not sure how well UT backers are for the 3-4. We had a 273llb monster at LB last year and a 260llb one as well. Lookout for that LSU line..it and the USC line is sick. Auburn has bragging rights on the DL as well.