re: Why are people including Mizzou in all these threads?

I better start thinking up my debut post

All homework is going on the backburner

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we should be included in all this discussion about "who can upset Bama"

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No one is saying this, that I know of.

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Or is there something that I, an optimistically-pessimistic Mizzou fan, am missing?

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Yeah, UGA has most of their skill players hurt. SCar isn't quite as strong as last few years. UF's O still has to prove itself. If Mizzou somehow gets to ATL, consider that a tremendous accomplishment.

I have been studying for the FE. May as well be watching paint dry, so boring

Yep, I am civil. Thank the good lord ours is on our bye week. You are out already or havent taken it yet?

I started my masters (Industrial) this year and I didn't take the FE last year, but I am planning on taking it in January on the new computer format. The FE is much more important for a civil than an industrial though... I won't be signing off on buildings/bridges/roads..

Yeah both at Mizzou. Not completely sure what I want to do yet, but I would like to work in manufacturing or operations research. We have a lot of courses dealing with OR and process improvement/optimization, so I'm pretty confident with that skill set. Would take a job just about anywhere in city => the size of columbia.. don't really want to get stuck in a crappy town working at a small company. In reality though I'll probably take whatever I can get (hoping the Masters will give me a few more options).

You have anything lined up?

Masters should get you what you want. Thats been my experience with friends/coworkers in the industry

Yep and the pay increase. Being a project manager is what I really want. I think managing huge projects with lots of moving parts while having to know everything about all of it is an awesome challenge

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We are only 1-0 in conference play. That win was a good one, no doubt, but we really haven't proven ourselves and we have a long way to go before we should be included in all this discussion about "who can upset Bama" or "how Mizzou will feel if we end the season with one loss".

Or is there something that I, an optimistically-pessimistic Mizzou fan, am missing?

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Voters and the media look at records and previous expectations. It's same reason Coach James Franklin was all but given a statue by many in the media and Vandy given 'media darling' status last year. Piling up wins no matter who the opponent is or how down they might be makes under the radar and historically bad teams into instant darlings. Mizzou is an under the radar program (or at least it was until a few days ago) that had a rough go last year so piling up wins and being undefeated at this point looks great on paper and neither voters nor fans are paying attention to whether or not it might mean something given there are only so many games you can watch.

Outside fans don't see the play or progress of teams the way fans of a team who are watching every snap and analyzing overall play do (and probably the majority of any given team's fans only care about W's and L's). The voters are the same way as any other team (they see highlight reels -- it would be impossible to watch every single game from any given Saturday) as are the writers and many sportswriters write on teams and games. Most folks whether they're fans or outsiders are using nothing more than scores, summaries, and stat lines to make up their minds about any given team.

Personally, I saw a lot of potential in Mizzou's offense last year despite QB James Franklin's injury but I haven't gotten the opportunity to really watch and see where you're at this season.

However, it's hard not to be cautiously optimistic about any team that's undefeated this many weeks into the season.