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re: So if Sarkisian goes to USCw and Washington is open
Posted by Yeezus on 12/2/13 at 2:05 pm to HermannMIZ
I understand your thinking, and if Pinkel were going to leave for any other program, it would probably be Washington. But it's just not happening. We're not getting Anderson'ed again. Pinkel is too old and established to seriously contemplate leaving Mizzou right now. Even if they break the bank to entice him, I don't think there's any chance he leaves.
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Most Mizzou fans will be quick to tell you that Pinkel has historically been terrible in big games.
The first that comes to mind is the 2007 Big 12 Championship against #9 Oklahoma, when Mizzou came into that game ranked #1 in the BCS and would've played in the national championship had they won. Instead, Oklahoma steamrolled Mizzou 38-17. To make matters worse, Mizzou didn't even make a BCS bowl game that year, because kU jumped us in the BCS standings, despite the fact that we just beat them in a neutral location one week earlier. Kinda similar to how the loser of this week's game will likely be jumped by Alabama in the BCS bowls.
Mizzou fans are incredibly pessimistic in general because of all of the recent heartbreaks we've had. It seems that whenever we win a marquee game, we follow it up with an uninspired performance and lose.
Now, to be fair, this season has been one giant exception. It wasn't just fans of other SEC teams that expected us to falter this season. Plenty of Mizzou fans expected us to blow it too. But time and time again this year, we haven't blown it. So history is kinda out of the window (at least I'll continue to hope that's the case!).
I will add that this pessimistic thinking about Mizzou's tendency to blow big games is a little overblown, IMO. Mizzou fans have very selective recollections. They're quick to point out that loss to Oklahoma, or our losses to Nebraska and Texas Tech in 2010 after upsetting #3 Oklahoma and jumping up to #7 in the country. But as a more optimistic person, I'm quick to point out that winning the big games against ranked opponents in the weeks before those losses are just as valuable. Each one of those wins is an example of a time we didn't blow it or choke, but Mizzou fans tend to ignore those games for some strange reason.
The first that comes to mind is the 2007 Big 12 Championship against #9 Oklahoma, when Mizzou came into that game ranked #1 in the BCS and would've played in the national championship had they won. Instead, Oklahoma steamrolled Mizzou 38-17. To make matters worse, Mizzou didn't even make a BCS bowl game that year, because kU jumped us in the BCS standings, despite the fact that we just beat them in a neutral location one week earlier. Kinda similar to how the loser of this week's game will likely be jumped by Alabama in the BCS bowls.
Mizzou fans are incredibly pessimistic in general because of all of the recent heartbreaks we've had. It seems that whenever we win a marquee game, we follow it up with an uninspired performance and lose.
Now, to be fair, this season has been one giant exception. It wasn't just fans of other SEC teams that expected us to falter this season. Plenty of Mizzou fans expected us to blow it too. But time and time again this year, we haven't blown it. So history is kinda out of the window (at least I'll continue to hope that's the case!).
I will add that this pessimistic thinking about Mizzou's tendency to blow big games is a little overblown, IMO. Mizzou fans have very selective recollections. They're quick to point out that loss to Oklahoma, or our losses to Nebraska and Texas Tech in 2010 after upsetting #3 Oklahoma and jumping up to #7 in the country. But as a more optimistic person, I'm quick to point out that winning the big games against ranked opponents in the weeks before those losses are just as valuable. Each one of those wins is an example of a time we didn't blow it or choke, but Mizzou fans tend to ignore those games for some strange reason.
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