Guinny_Ire

He's been a runaway bride so far, never staying more than 2 years at a program. Given Appalachian State's success, that was a pretty good gig. So that is our downside with him.

Appreciate the nice words. Have all the games recorded, plan on watching all this week. Both FL/Ole Miss and LSU/Miss State were exciting games. Will watch Mizzou later this week (was at the game), to get a better sense of where we are at.

Bama: You guys are the real deal. Not that is any surprise but in this season, you guys have the opportunity to be Ghengis Khan and the Mongolian horde and destroy the league. It made it very hard to assess where Mizzou is at and will be in the conference this season. Your O line is well, I wish we had that O line. They'll make Disney dreams possible lol. And your fans were a class act for the fanbase.

Zou: I like our QB situation. Either can start. What I saw is that Drink has not spent as much time with them as he feels necessary, he's a QB whisperer. So they'll continue to get better. Our O-line has improved. Pass defense looked good, opening holes for the run will improve. Receiving corp looked rusty but expect it to improve. Running backs looked good. Def: Our D line was solid, not great not bad, will improve. Weak at the DE position, which we're not use to but thank god for Lancelot Jeffcoat for coming back, he was the bright spot. (You know Lancelot, who comes back to King Arthur for the final battle after being gone...) Our backs, need some work. Rakestraw looked good for a freshman.

May adjust assessment after watching on tv. Continued success to you guys and assuming there will be a Natty, I feel sorry for the teams who get in your way.

When we beat Nebraska back to back at Mizzou back in the OOs, I had my oldest with me then 8 or so. Video'd him with the goal posts going down behind him. The second time, I took him down to the southwest corner where all the Husker fans were blaming Sovich, Osborne, God, etc and I told him to soak it in as he may never get this chance again. I've told people if I had the chance to wish for a guaranteed National Championship for Mizzou or a 100 years of losing seasons for Nebraska, I'd take the latter. Mizzou could always get good enough to win a NC. I genuinely hate Nebraska, could care less about KU. In fact, I hope we let the rivalry stay dead. The kids at Mizzou don't even think of KU so why should I. 'nuff said.

If Drinkwitz comes out swinging and we see some immediate success, the pressure will be on as to why basketball isn't coming along. That could be the beginning of the end if Cuonzo doesn't show improvement.

Mizzou was a toxic dump at the time of the hire. We were not going to get any hyped coordinator who had any belief they were headed to better things. We were going to attract coaches on the way down and HCs that success at the lowest level. It's true Mack Rhodes had one foot out the door, but see my first sentence and rule number one is to run from toxic dumps, don't play in them. BO was the only coach in play who made any sense. Wanted by Memphis, a continuation of GP's progress, either a diamond in the rough or a temporary coach to get us away from the dumpster fire, (and cheap too). He turned out to be worst case scenario, and now were 2 years removed from CS1950 and a new coach will have a chance to mold this team.
Agree with all of your last sentence, but an exhaustive search by Rhodes would have yielded the same results or marginally better except that guy would have had an expensive buyout.