Mizzou football 2010

[MrCrowesGarden]

If I have to hear another Husker fan call themselves "classy" (and I hear plenty of it in the Bugeater state), I am going to fully accept myself as classless and shove their head in a toilet.

TBCFBFIA?

TBCFBFITWFW.

[st.lewis11]

Will this game be on national tv?

[Leroy]

ESPN just showed the game is either on ESPN or ABC. Not really sure what that means.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

ESPN just showed the game is either on ESPN or ABC. Not really sure what that means.

It will be on one of the 2. If you're within a certain region it will be on ABC, if you are outside of that region it is on ESPN.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

I'm getting nervous.

[cardsfansince82]

I'm getting nervous.

I've been nervous about this game for weeks.

The line has gone up to -8. I think Mizzou would be a solid bet now.

No matter what record they end up with, to me this is the best team Pinkel has had. The offense is down slightly across the board (even rushing) from the Chase Daniel Era™, but the defense is so much better. They've cut the PPG allowed almost in half from those teams and obviously cut down on big plays by a lot. I think the offense the way it is now helps the whole team out. They are more methodical moving the ball instead of hitting home runs all the time like the 07-08 teams. That didn't give the defense any chance to rest so we had to hope to win a shootout every time. We usually did, but against better defenses those home runs aren't always there. This team is better prepared for those situations. Those old teams had better individual stars, but this team has better talent as a whole. Special teams play has been underrated. They don't do a whole lot spectacular returning kicks, but are otherwise very good and don't make many mistakes.

Considering most of us thought this was probably a 3-4 loss team, I would be ecstatic with a 1 loss season. It just sucks that no matter when (if?) we lose we will probably get screwed. If you lose to Nebraska you don't win the North and have to take the Jayhawk route to a big bowl (unlikely), or you lose in the Big XII championship and get left out that way.

To beat Nebraska, Mizzou is going to have to stay disciplined on defense and keep containment on Martinez. Make him beat you with his arm. The O-line is going to have to have another big game. Get the ball to JJ for a few big plays, and Moe and Egnew need to have better games than they did last week to keep the chains moving.

[cardsfansince82]

Dropped to 14th in both human polls.

[JL21]

Dropped to 14th in both human polls.

I bet the cpu's still have them in the top ten.

[cardsfansince82]

Dropped to 14th in both human polls.

I bet the cpu's still have them in the top ten.

Beating OU and only losing to Nebraska, I expect they'll probably be right at 10 in the BCS.

[BigDCardlvr]

And they could still win big 12 and get a great bowl and finish in the top 5. As jl said, isn't one loss this year better than any of us hoped? Even if they don't get the north, we all were looking or expecting 2 or 3. They got a chaNce to still make it special.