Mizzou Links, 10-27-10
by Bill C. on Oct 27, 2010 5:31 AM CDT
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Another commit!
Add another lineman to the ledger: Gilmer (TX) lineman Michael Boddie, a 3-star former Houston commit and high school teammate of Tristen Holt and Braylon Webb, visited this past weekend and was predictably blown away. He committed last night. He is Mizzou's 13th commitment for what it expected to be a small 2011 recruiting class, and he is the third offensive lineman. Welcome, Michael!
Mizzou-Nebraska Links...
- The Trib: No time to rest on laurels as MU preps for Nebraska
By Sunday morning, he was back in the office grading film of Missouri’s first win over the Sooners in 12 years, reviewing the highlights and corrections with players and prepping for the next challenge: No. 14 Nebraska, the team that torpedoed MU’s 2009 season.
This time, though, the seventh-ranked Tigers (7-0, 3-0 Big 12) — up to No. 6 in the BCS standings — head to Lincoln armed with a revamped weapon that Yost uncovered Saturday: a downhill running attack. And it didn’t happen by accident.
With alignments designed to take away Missouri’s bubble-screen passes to its slot receivers, the Sooners left the middle of the field exposed. And that’s where Yost attacked with runs, resulting in 178 rushing yards on a season-high 39 attempts.
By Yost’s count, four or five of those attempts used a vintage run from MU’s playbook, a tighter zone play designed to slam the tailback between the guards rather than the looping horizontal runs that take longer to hit the point of attack.
"Really, that was the original zone we ran before we moved to the spread," Yost said. "That was the Brad Smith zone play."
That wasn’t the only twist to Missouri’s running attack. In some short-yardage situations, quarterback Blaine Gabbert took the snap from under center with two extra linemen in the backfield as extra blockers. Several times the Tigers used an unbalanced line, adding Jack Meiners as a third tackle to block for the run, including MU’s first play from scrimmage, a 20-yard dash by De’Vion Moore. Other times, MU motioned a second tailback into the backfield, faked a handoff to one and gave the ball to the other on a misdirection play that had the Sooners lunging in the wrong direction. That play sprung Moore on a 39-yard run midway through the fourth quarter, on which Moore carried safety Quinton Carter for the final 15 yards.
- The Missourian: Nebraska quarterback poses big challenge for Missouri
- MUtigers.com: Surging Tigers Head North for Big 12 Battle
While the Missouri Tigers will face one of the toughest road tests in all of the nation this week, playing at venerable Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., Mizzou has shown an ability to find success on the road in recent years.
As Head Coach Gary Pinkel’s program has taken roots over the last several years, his team has learned how to win on the road. Mizzou has earned three road wins each year in the previous three seasons, and after claiming a 30-9 win at Texas A&M in the first road game of 2010, Pinkel’s teams have an overall record of 10-3 in road games since 2007.
In fact, all three losses during that string came to the hands of top-16-ranked teams (No. 6 Oklahoma in 2007, No. 4 Texas in 2008, No. 16 Oklahoma State in 2009). - Omaha World-Herald: Will Compton says no tears for end of Husker-Tiger rivalry
- Omaha World-Herald: Carl Pelini expects Missouri to attack with ground game
- Omaha World-Herald: Bo: Taylor Martinez will only improve
- Omaha World-Herald: Mizzou's D a key test for Watson's offense
- Lincoln Journal-Star: Carl Pelini: Respect MU's run game
- Corn Nation: Getting Ready for Blaine Gabbert
- Tulsa World: Missouri to defend top spot in Big 12
- KC Star: Jerrell Jackson has stepped up to give MU another target
- Post-Dispatch: Lacking one true star, Mizzou shines as team
Every week, someone new on the Tigers roster seems to step to center stage. Who thought Brad Madison would be playing a key role in the defense, or Henry Josey in the running game? Linebacker Zaviar Gooden is so well known that in one recent TV broadcast, the play-by-play announcer kept calling him Zaviar Gordon. On Saturday, his diving interception set up a fourth-quarter field goal for the Tigers.
Coach Gary Pinkel said after the Texas A&M game that his is a team without superstars, but the talent on the team may be as deep as Mizzou has seen. When Smith, who along with quarterback Blaine Gabbert is the closest thing the team has to a superstar, broke a bone in his leg, Madison stepped in and Mizzou's defense went right on rolling. When running back Derrick Washington was kicked off the team at the start of the season, it was feared the running game, already a question mark, would suffer. It hasn't, as De'Vion Moore, Kendial Lawrence and Josey have taken turns getting key yards, especially against Oklahoma, as the team showed a new willingness to run straight ahead.
And that's just lately. Some of the players who are now accepted as stars of the team and major contributors, such as receiver T.J. Moe and tight end Michael Egnew, who are both in the top 10 in the nation in receptions per game, were little known at the start of the season. In the past two weeks, other members of the receiving corps, Wes Kemp and Jerrell Jackson, have had breakout games. Jackson's nine catches against Oklahoma were a career high and came after he had 18 catches in the first five games.
- Post-Dispatch: Nebraska seeks to recapture magic at home
- PowerMizzou: Tuesday Tiger Notebook
- PowerMizzou: Tuesday's Top Tigers
- BCS Evolution: How good are Michigan State and Missouri?
- MUtigers.com: Ticket Special Offered For MU-KSU Matchup
...and a few more Mizzou-Oklahoma Links
- KC Star (Campus Corner): Where is the OU-MU Peace Pipe Trophy? (They don't know where it is????)
- SI.com (Andy Staples): Blame BCS, not Bob Stoops, for Oklahoma's puzzling punt (I asked Staples on Twitter why a playoff would be any better than the BCS when it comes to coaches trying to avoid big losses -- since in a playoff you'd be trying to stay in the top 5 or 10 instead of just the top 2 -- and he had a pretty decent response. He said a playoff could be better with a selection committee that would pay heed to things like Stoops' actions. I have my own problems with the NCAA selection committee in basketball ... but I have so, so, so, SO many fewer complaints about the committee than I do football polls. If we ever see a playoff, I do hope that polls aren't overused in the process.)
- Post-Dispatch (Bryan Burwell): Harpo's makes goal-line stand against goal posts
- The Missourian: Surprise kickoff return for touchdown set stage for Missouri's big win
- KBIA Sports Extra: VIDEO: Jerrell Jackson discusses fourth quarter plays
KBIA Sports Extra: VIDEO: Aldon Smith talks about his interception return
Big 12 Links
- Denver Post: Big 12 coaches discuss headhunting
- Baylor
Dallas Morning News: 8 wins possible for Baylor; Right now, Robert Griffin is Big 12's best QB - Colorado
Lawrence Journal-World: Injured CU QB Tyler Hansen still in hospital - Kansas
KC Star: Gill still expresses confidence in program to fans
Topeka Capital-Journal: Quinn Mecham to start for KU
Topeka Capital-Journal: Gill addresses fans, Torbush defends Gill (Hopefully Torbush defends Gill better than his defense defends! ZING!)
College Football Talk: Jayhawks may be down to their third QB
Topeka Capital-Journal: No Beshears, no Wildcat at KU? - Kansas State
KC Star: K-State defense trying to recover from Baylor - Oklahoma
Daily Oklahoman: Stoops: 'Frustrating' to invest in kickers without good results
Tulsa World: Defining Landry Jones: Key mistakes blur his big numbers - Oklahoma State
Tulsa World: OSU's Justin Blackmon arrested on DUI complaint in Texas
EDSBS: OKLAHOMA STATE WIDE RECEIVER JUSTIN BLACKMON IS ARRESTED FOR DUI, FAKE ID (Worth the read just for the YouTube video at the end) - Texas A&M
Dallas Morning News: Ryan Tannehill may replace Jerrod Johnson as Aggies' quarterback
Basketball Links
- The Trib (Steve Walentik): Counting down the Top 25 (Nos. 10-6)
Other MIzzou Links
- Mizzou Baseball
MUtigers.com: Former Tiger Kinsler Seeks World Series Ring - Mizzou Volleyball
The Missourian: Spot on Missouri volleyball team fulfills dream for Bodenstab
Other
- Bring On the Cats: Of Bloggers and Bias (Nice read about "unbiased" talk radio members and "biased" bloggers)
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Not many seniors.
We won’t have many open scholarships (probably in the 16-18 range instead of your typical 25-man class).
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I believe that the team only has 11 seniors this year.
So with normal transferring and attrition and stuff, expect about 16.
The 2012 class will be the future of Missouri. It will be a full class, and hopefully full of the best in state talent Missouri has ever produced. Missouri as a state may be one of the 5-10 most talented states for high school players in 2012.
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And after this week...
…they may even be able to keep recruits from East St. Louis. Kind of hard for coaches to poison the well when you’re watching fans drag the goalpoats to Harpo’s.
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Hopefully.
Because Pierson is apparently a stud. Why would you want to go to Illinois or Arkansas when you can end up at Mizzou, nowadays?
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Hmm
Where is the OU-MU Peace Pipe Trophy? (They don’t know where it is????)
That sometimes happens in peace pipe situations.
Go Tigers!
Beat Nebraska!
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by tigers and chiefs fan on Oct 27, 2010 7:30 AM CDT reply actions
I got ahold of Staples via site-mail...
Question
Stoops’ punt call did not put his team in the “best possible scenario for a national title”. Scoring twice, winning the game and remaining undefeated would do that. And if there was any chance, any chance at all for that to succeed (which, as the BCS #1, no huddle maestro’ed team playing 1st downs-stop-the-clock college football, there still was) then NOT punting was the correct call. The punt was a weak excuse of a playcall; and the public defense of it that much more so puny and cowardly.
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The likelihood of failing to get a first down and subsequently losing by 16 was far greater than the likelihood of them scoring twice and winning the game. That was the math Stoops did in his head. As I wrote, if he doesn’t have to worry about how that affects the polls, he doesn’t punt.
I guess Andy and I will have to agree to disagree on this one….
Bet me!
if he'd kicked the extra point on the last touchdown...
the likelihood of being able to tie would have been far, far greater.
Why?
What would have made converting the two points after the second TD any more likely?
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I think the main reason people are irked at Stoops is that his failed 4th down conversion made it a two possession game instead of one. Getting the TD and the conversion is easier than getting the TD, converting the onside kick and then driving for the FG/TD. Also, if it’s a one possession game, maybe he goes for it instead of punting. The whole thing is odd all around. It’s strange watching the Sooners play desperately.
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Because there's only 6 minutes left when they scored
What are the odds OU is getting 2 more possessions at that point? The value of “knowing what you have to work with” isn’t very much when you don’t have much of a chance of making up for a missed conversion. Missing the 2 meant that Mizzou had more margin for error when it came to 4th and 1, and that meant they were able to burn another 1:30 off the clock before the white flag possession as a result. If he kicks the PAT, he gets the ball back in a similar position down 7 with upwards of 4 minutes left on the clock.
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by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 27, 2010 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Excuse me, down 8 with upwards of 4 minutes left
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by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 27, 2010 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
You're going to have to attempt the 2-pt conversion sometime
If you are going to fail it and know that you’re going to have a 3- possession game instead of a 2-possession game, wouldn’t you rather know that with 6 minutes left rather than 15 seconds left? At least you know how many scores you need as soon as possible in this scenario. Going for 2 on that drive was the right call.
No, because of what I outlined above
It’s the difference between a 1 and 2 possession game. You aren’t going to get 3 more possessions unless there’s a miracle, and odds are against you getting a 2nd possession that’s long enough to get a score. By putting off the 2 point conversion and keeping it a 1 possession game, you put more pressure on the opponent to not make mistakes. There’s no real benefit to going for two since there’s so little time left, and you lose the benefit of the game always being one play away from being tied.
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by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 27, 2010 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Assume the odds of making the 2-pt conversion in both cases are the same
1.) You go for it with 6 minutes left on the clock, and it fails. 9 point game.
2.) You go for it with 15 seconds left after your second touchdown and it fails. 3-point game.
How do these scenarios differ in any appreciable manner?
The two aren't equivalent
If you have six minutes on the clock and are short on TO’s like Oklahoma was, your odds of winning drop fast if it’s a two possession game vs. a one. Like I said above, it’s easier to get the TD and the tying conversion than it is to get the TD, recover the OS kick and get in field goal range, especially when your kickers aren’t that great. In short, Stoops didn’t need the 2 at that point in the game.
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If the 2-points conversion fails, it is a 2-possession game
You just don’t know it yet.
Because the other team has to respect that you're only down 1 possession
Like I mentioned above:
Stoops got the ball at his own 7 with no timeouts, down 9 points, with 2:39 left.
If he had kicked the PAT, the likely scenario he would’ve faced:
Stoops getting the ball inside his own 20 with no timeouts, down 8 points, with 4 minutes left.
Like Gaknar says, there’s no real benefit to trying the 2 first because of how little time is left, you aren’t getting that extra possession to be of any length no matter what. But keeping the game at 1 score changes the game theory and puts you in a much better position.
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by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 27, 2010 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
My main argument comes down to motivating your team...
From OU’s perspective, the defense is going to know they basically have no shot once they’re down two scores and MU has the ball. No matter what the coaches say, they know it and it’s going to negatively effect their play (insert sports psychology words here).
Same is true of their offense.
Down by one possession, however, your defense knows getting a turnover or a quick stop gives the offense a (comparatively) huge chance of driving for a TD (in absolute “4 down territory” as well). And as mentioned above it puts a ton of pressure on Mizzou.
and I guess I should mention
I just don’t see an upside to Stoops decision to go for 2 first, whereas the downside was illustrated quite clearly at the end of the game. They had nothing to play for except smaller margin of defeat.
Here's an interesting post from Stewart Mandel's column
Since you asked for an analysis of Stoops’ decision based on quantitative probability, I figured I’d oblige. A basic analysis of the probabilities shows that going for it there greatly increases Oklahoma’s chances of winning the game.
The probability of successful two-point conversion is around 44 percent, therefore …
— If they go for two, the probability of winning is: P(win) = P(2-point successful)P(overcome 7 point deficit) + P(2-point failure)P(overcome 9 point deficit) = 0.44*0.09 + 0.56*0.06 = 7.32%
— If they kick an extra point (assuming that has a 100 percent success rate), they have to overcome an eight-point deficit. The odds of that happening are about six percent.
Going for two, therefore, increases Oklahoma’s odds of winning the game roughly 22 percent, from 6 percent to 7.32 percent.
(Note that these probabilities are coming from NFL stats and the win probability calculator on the Advanced NFL Stats site. I would wager that the benefits of an early two-point conversion are even greater in the college game, where teams make the two-point conversion more frequently and where comebacks are more likely.)
I still don’t buy it. I’m not sure those calculations take into account the time factor. With a full quarter and all timeouts, sure, I could see that, but with OU out of TO’s abd with six minutes, I still think the probability of coming back from two scores down is going to be lower than one. I just can’t prove it :/
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I don't like the "the stats are these on average and you just multiply them out" arguments...
Missouri and OU aren’t average.
on the road, down two scores, just having missed the two point conversion, crowd’s amped, team you’re playing against gets the ball knowing it only needs to milk the clock.
Plus, not sure how the stats are derived, but the probability of overcoming a 7 point deficit is .09 and the probability of overcoming a 9 point deficit is .06? With 6 minutes left? Seems unrealistic to me.
The Corn Nation Preview is awful
Anyone else notice that the Corn Nation preview of Gabbert is really bad? It’s basically a preview you would expect someone who has not watched a Mizzou game since last year would give. The 3 points make sense, as they do against every QB in the country (get pressure, don’t let him run and disrupt timing) But the actual assessments of Gabbert are awful.
“If Nebraska is able to shut down the underneath routes it will force the Tigers to look deep in the passing game. This is what the Huskers want. Blaine Gabbert’s main criticism is that he chucks the ball of for grabs in the deep game and with the talent of the Nebraska secondary this could create turnovers.”
Nubs have good safeties
and their CB are well above average. They do have a LB that is can cover. This fellers assumption is if Gabbert gets to his third or fourth read, he’ll panic. Or run. Or something else he did in the McNeese St. game.
But yes, it’s a pedestrian preview.
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This game will be decided by the run game... for both teams
I don’t think either team will have great success passing: Mizzou hasn’t faced a secondary like Nebraska’s, and Nebraska hasn’t faced a great pass rushlike Mizzou’s. The team with success on the ground (and success stopping the other team’s rushing attack) will win this game.
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Haven't watched much of Nebraska
Could someone maybe compare OU and NU’s defenses? I would have to believe that OU’s defensive line is as good if not better then NUs, but how do there linebackers and D-backs compare?
I'd say (as a husker fan)
that OUs D-line is better, linebackers are just different, our’s are smaller/faster and ou’s are more traditional big hitters….personally I’d say that our D-backs are a far sight better than OUs…just personal opinion though.
Amateur opinion:
OU and NU’s DBs are probably equally “talented” per se, but NU’s experience back there is killer. Correct me if I’m wrong, but NU’s DBs seem to play incredibly smart every time I see them.
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this feels laced with sarcasm
I think they play very smart, with the exception of last game when blackmon made us look pretty dumb a few times…they roped him in for the most part in the 2nd half though.
In their defense...
…with Missouri fans’ reputations, I’d be on edge visiting a Mizzou fan site too. :-)
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That's true...
Mizzou fans have viscously attacked Nebraska players’ fists with their faces before!
by Mac6uffin on Oct 27, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ha, +1
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If you went to Corn Nation
You will see Mizzou fans that are coming off as insecure too.
Lame fans are everywhere.
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by tigers and chiefs fan on Oct 27, 2010 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
It wasn't intended as sarcasm.
To be fair, Justin Blackmon has made A LOT of DBs look dumb this year, which is why I excluded his play.
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The impression I get...
…from listening to Husker fans is that while the D-line is still very good, it hasn’t quite lived up to expectations. Fans were expecting Crick to be the next Suh, but no matter how good he is, that’s a tough act to follow. Fans are only now, I think, starting to realize just how rare a player like Suh truly is. I’m very interested to see how our O-line matches up this year.
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to be fair to crick
I think it was Suh himself who said that Crick would be as good, if not better than he himself was.
The master always says that of the protege.
His word really wasn’t worth much in this situation. Pretty sure Corby Jones once said that Jim Dougherty would be as good or better too.
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The fans were as well
It’s kind of like Derrick Johnson with the Chiefs. When he was drafted, people were calling him the next Derrick Thomas and that was a standard he simply couldn’t aspire to no matter how great he is in his own regard. Crick is obviously a great player, but Suh was a once-in-a-generation player.
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Yeah
I think Nebraska fans were way too quick to buy into all the Crick hype, and we’re all collectively realizing that now.
by Cheeseandcorn on Oct 27, 2010 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that was really poorly done
Jackson is the biggest name coming back, but is what, 3rd or 4th in receptions? He’s not the one running the screen type routes either. In fact, he’s the only one of the 4(with Moe/Egnew/Kemp) that doesn’t. And then he calls Gabbert by Gilbert’s name.
Oh and the comments are even worse. Someone actually made a “we shut down Jake Locker and he’s as good as Gabbert is” comparison.
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by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 27, 2010 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions
if you take out the Nebraska game
Locker’s numbers are better than Gabbert’s with the exception of completion percentage I believe.
But if you take out Gabbert's worst game...
…his stats look better too. :-)
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you haven't played nebraska
just saying that locker’s stats would be as good if not better if he hadn’t played nebraska, one of those premonition type deals…lol
I was about to ask
which game we should pull out of Gabbert’s stats to make this comparison more valid. Not saying it’s not valid, but I’d like the cases to be closer.
by Babbalynski on Oct 27, 2010 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions
The point is
We’re trying to evaluate Nebraska’s defense and Blaine Gabbert, not take out QBs’ worst games. If we’re going to get a true evaluation of Locker vis a vis Nebraska’s defense, we have to throw the NU game out, because it doesn’t tell us whether Locker is bad or Nebraska’s defense is good.
Ceteris paribus, and all that…or something.
by Cheeseandcorn on Oct 27, 2010 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
lets include everything, direct comparison
Gabbert
1899 yards
11 TD
3 INT
181/269 – 67% comp
Locker
1614 yards
14 TD
4 INT
131/232 – 56% comp
Gabbert’s completion % is a far sight better, the reason that people say take out the Nebraska game is because it would be a common opponent, if we took out each players worst game, Nebraska for locker, and I suppose SDSU for gabbert, (I did this by rating), we have.
Gabbert
1548 yards
10 TD
1 INT
153/218 – 70% comp
Locker
1543 yards
13 TD
2 INT
127/212 – 59.9% comp
So if we take out each players worst game even considering that Nebraska would be the only common opponent, the numbers are alot closer…I only did passing because I figured that’s what we’re talking about here..food for thought in any case.
Cool
Thanks. I wonder if Bill has any stats that could help here……..
by Babbalynski on Oct 27, 2010 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Tune in tomorrow.
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Well the near 10% extra completion percentage is very important
and furthermore, even if they were similar in counting stats(they’re not), that doesn’t make it a good comparison.
Do Locker and Gabbert have similar strengths?
Do Locker and Gabbert run similar offenses?
Do Locker and Gabbert have comparable offensive lines?
Do Locker and Gabbert have comparable offensive weapons?
The answer to all of these questions is no.
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by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 27, 2010 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions
i'd disagree on two of those personally
I think they have similiar strengths, in that they both throw and run very well, though gabbert hasn’t had to, and the offensive weapons, the backs/receivers core for UW is very good.
Gabbert is able to run, but it's not what makes him successful more than any other QB
Locker has a big arm, but his decision-making and accuracy(like you noted) are so atrocious that he’s not a very effective passer. Both have NFL tools, but that’s where the comparison ends. There’s likely to be very little crossover in how Nebraska prepares for Locker and how they prepare for Gabbert, which means their effectiveness against Locker isn’t a very good barometer for this Saturday v. Gabbert.
If you want the true barometer of how the Mizzou O v. Nebraska’s D will go, it’s going to be in how much pressure they generate on the QB. From what I’ve seen of Nebraska and what empirical evidence there is, Nebraska hasn’t been able to get a huge pass rush without blitzing. With the strides that Gabbert has made this year and even in the last month, if Nebraska isn’t able to get pressure with 4, then it bodes very well for the Mizzou offense. Coming off this past week where the Mizzou O-line manhandled OU’s front 4, I’m personally optimistic about that possibility. On the other hand, if Nebraska can get to Gabbert with 4, or at the very least disguise blitzes and coverages well enough to have a similar effect, then you’ll see the offense struggle like they did last year when Suh was pushing through triple teams and still getting pressure.
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by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 27, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Well I suppose we can agree then...
…Blaine Gabbert is no Jake Locker.
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Oct 27, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't forget wins and losses.
Gabbert kind of wins that argument.
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I don't think anyone is arguing the fact that Missouri's
Defense is better than Washingtons…Defense has a lot to do with wins and losses.
yep.
They’re both prototypical NFL QBs with loads of talent and potential. Gabbert just seems to execute better than locker.
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With Ed Cunningham
My ears are now sad.
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by Transmogrified Tiger on Oct 27, 2010 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions
While I agree on Cunningham.
At least he is a UW guy and likes Pinkel.
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I love it
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by tigers and chiefs fan on Oct 27, 2010 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions
I seem to remember reading Franklin was going to retire from play-by-play after last college basketball season...
I guess he reconsidered? Or was that just retiring from announcing college basketball? Either way, glad to hear he’s on the broadcast this week.
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