re: SIAP: Missouri’s Ready; Is the SEC East Ready?

welcome aboard Mizzou.

You're ready, and you will do better than people think.

Listen to Finebaum for about 5 minutes and you realize that people in Dixie think that football only exists in places close enough for an RV to make a reasonable drive from Birmingham.

The truth of the matter is that Pinkel is a great coach, and his offense might have a Mike Leach effect. Being that you might night have the traditional style of offense or talent of the opponents you are playing, but that means the opposing defenses don't have the schemes, recruiting, or practice to counteract your offense.

Mike Leach was 3-3 in his last 6 years(04-09) against the Big XII's most dominant program during that stretch, OU. The same OU that won the Big XII 4 of those 6 years, and went to the BCS twice.


Missouri's largest problem might be maintaining home field advantage and sparking rivalries with conference opponents. Coaching and talent wise, they will be fine.


I'm very curious about A&M and Missouri's entrance in to the SEC, especially from a standpoint of the the spread.

The SEC schools, and a lot of their recent dominance has to do with keeping game changing players on the defensive side of the ball. Texas high school football has them lining up on the offensive side of the ball and slinging it around. The colleges in the region have adjusted accordingly. Wes Welker in my estimation should be an NFL Hall of Famer. The traditional SEC style of football doesn't have a role for a player like him, and would likely write him off like every Big XII school did except for Tech. Granted Tebow and Newton ran the spread, but that is vastly different than what is going through the high school ranks in the Lone Star State.

Mike Sherman's offense for instance, was still a West Coast offense, but it essentially made the slot receiver underneath pass the primary audible for what is a half back pass in the spread, and a running play for a pro style offense. The key being the mike linebacker.

What I think we will see is the more successful defenses still being able to run their base formations since the linebackers are athletes and can cover regardless, but if Missouri's offense is different enough from the rest of the SEC East, you'll see them higher in the pecking order than the inbred trailer trash in Dixie thinks they will be.

Welcome!
But, if rumors are true, Columbia needs to change its partying laws.

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his offense might have a Mike Leach effect

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So they'll score 10 against Alabama or get beatdown by Ole Miss like Mike Leach did in his games against the SEC?

I see 7-5, with the winnable games being the 4 out of conference games, Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Texas A&M, though the last one will be a tough game. Alabama is the only certain loss I see. Florida and South Carolina are likely losses and while Georgia is likely a loss, the combination of playing them early and at home may help if one is looking for an upset. Even if we lose to Texas A&M, I believe we steal an upset somewhere between Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.

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What rumors are those?

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The tailgating scene/drinking laws seem a little lame as described by some of your fellow fans on this board.

That's strange because we have some really lax drinking laws in Missouri. You can have liquor, beer, while bars at your tailgate. Walk around downtown and campus with open containers on game day, and even on a car as long as you're not the driver

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You can have liquor, beer, while bars at your tailgate. Walk around downtown and campus with open containers on game day,

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That's cool and all, but that's normal. They've just described a more laid-back, not as crowded, and less intense atmosphere. I'm sure the RV army pulling into town on Tuesdays can help change that though.

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It is just trash talk

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You're pretty shitty at it