Mizzou Links, 8-21-09

…is an athlete without a position. Sounds like he actually did alright yesterday (Gabe says the fumble was a really bad call, that he was on his back when the ball came out), but in general it sounds like he doesn’t have the consistent hands to play RB or WR, doesn’t quite have the speed to play DB, and doesn’t quite have the size to play LB. We mentioned him recently on Twitter, and Kim English stuck up for him, said he was a freak of an athlete…but he still needs a position to play, and that seems to be the issue.

As for recruiting lists…well, right now just look at the guys who are (or were) looking at losing their redshirts this year. Jack Meiners (3 stars), Justin Britt (2), Donovan Bonner (2), Michael Sam (2), L’Damian Washington (2)…Marvin Foster (2) was threatening to break into the rotation before his knee injury. We signed eight 2-star players in the last class, and four of them (a fifth if you include what Foster would have done) might play as true freshmen. Pretty insane. And yes…meanwhile, Moye is our highest-rated signee from the state of Texas under Pinkel, and he’s struggling to find his place.

“What’s conventional wisdom? That OU’s O-line might be shaky? So if I go to the extreme end of that opinion and say that their O-line will make a team with Sam Bradford, Jermaine Gresham, Ryan Broyles, Demarco Murray, Trent Williams, Gerald McCoy, and a sick defense go 8-4, that will get me on TV more, right? Sign me up!”

He’s the College Football Live version of Skip Bayless. Which is sad, because there’s a reason I don’t watch any show with Skip Bayless. I actually like watching CFL, but he’s on about 2/3 of the time now.

Unstoppable !!