Missouri football at a crossroads?

[WDCGator]

So after two years in which they have made it to Atlanta, only to return home without any hardware, where does this leave the Missouri Tigers?

While the SEC East has been down for the past few seasons, one must believe that it will again become dominant sooner rather than later. The McElwain hire will likely make Florida more competitive moving forward, Butch Jones appears to have finally stabilized the Vols' football program, and Georgia and South Carolina will return to their winning ways.

This begs the question: Will Missouri be relegated to the statuses of Kentucky and Vanderbilt (sans James Franklin)? The Tigers had a great opportunity to capitalize on the misfortune of the power players in the SEC East, and blew it.

It will be interesting to see where they end up once the traditional SEC East powers get back on the right track.

 

[G 2]

It leaves them better off than Georgia and Tennessee.

 

[WobbleGator]

They will be fine.

 

[Gator98MD]

They will be fine.

amazing insight!

 

[WobbleGator]

amazing insight!

Do you have any or will it just be speculation like the rest of us?

 

[Gatorbait25]

Their schedule for next season is pretty favorable. They draw Arkansas and Miss St from the west. They get us, Tenn and SC at home. Pinkel is a pretty
good coach who always seems to have at least one guy on the line that consistently gets to the QB. I see them being competitive and possibly winning the east again.
Most people didn't think they would win it this season either.

 

[TheDouglas78]

They will be the same team they have been for a while a team that is about an 8 win team, a couple of years every so often getting up to 10-12 wins and every so often having a 5-7/7-5 team as they reset their talent level. It will be well coached as long as Pinkell is there. Better than the lower level, but not a great as the elite in the conference.

 

[GatorBart]

Insight:
Missouri got lucky this season. We gave them the game in the Swamp (holding them to less than 120 yards), they got beat by Indiana (IU finished 1-7 in the Big10), and lost to UGA 34-0. The two teams from the SEC West they played were the worst 2 the West had to offer. They swap out one of those games and go up against Bama, LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss or MSU in the regular season, then UGA plays Bama in the SEC championship game. They were picked to finish 4th in the SEC East this year - probably will be the same next year. Their schedule is a little tougher in 2015 (MSU replaces A&M) and they have a couple of decent OOC games against Arky State and BYU.

 

[Gator98MD]

Do you have any or will it just be speculation like the rest of us?

you got me, I have none, nor do I care. I am more concerned about about the Gator football crossroads

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

Depends on how much they have returning on defense, because that was clearly the strength of the team the last two years.

 

[WDCGator]

you got me, I have none, nor do I care. I am more concerned about about the Gator football crossroads

Well, you know, you both don't have to view or comment on just how much you don't care about the tread. Just a suggestion.

 

[WDCGator]

Insight:
Missouri got lucky this season. We gave them the game in the Swamp (holding them to less than 120 yards), they got beat by Indiana (IU finished 1-7 in the Big10), and lost to UGA 34-0. The two teams from the SEC West they played were the worst 2 the West had to offer. They swap out one of those games and go up against Bama, LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss or MSU in the regular season, then UGA plays Bama in the SEC championship game. They were picked to finish 4th in the SEC East this year - probably will be the same next year. Their schedule is a little tougher in 2015 (MSU replaces A&M) and they have a couple of decent OOC games against Arky State and BYU.

Yep. I still can't believe how much we bumbled in our game against them earlier this fall.I think they'll come back down to earth next season as they'll deal with the departure of more guys on the defensive side of the ball. As far as recruiting, I think they're hovering around the low-30s, so that will play its part, as well. I could be wrong, but I don't think they'll return to Atlanta again for a while.

 

[Crucial]

**** Mizzou but shouts out to my brothas in Bone Thugs.

 

[WobbleGator]

Well, you know, you both don't have to view or comment on just how much you don't care about the tread. Just a suggestion.

I never said I didn't care. I gave my input.

Maybe read the posts correctly next time. Just a suggestion.

 

[Gator98MD]

I never said I didn't care. I gave my input.
Maybe read the posts correctly next time. Just a suggestion.

This is correct. I was the one that was ambivalent to MIzzou. Wobble is rarely ambivalent.

 

[WobbleGator]

This is correct. I was the one that was ambivalent to MIzzou. Wobble is rarely ambivalent.

 

[WDCGator]

This is correct. I was the one that was ambivalent to MIzzou. Wobble is rarely ambivalent.

Well much hasn't changed in my absence. Wobble, bless his heart, can't help it.

 

[MJMGator]

I think Mizzou is an 8-10 win team as long as Pinkel is there. Solid football coach that appears to do more with less his first few years in the SEC.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Mizzu is laughing all the way to Atlanta every year.

I'll talk shiiit when we beat them someday.

 

[Crucial]

Mizzu is laughing all the way to Atlanta every year. I'll talk shiiit when we beat them someday.

Shuffle somethings around there cuh and you could have a sick flow.