Where I Come From: Expectations for 2010

I expect my family to be psyched before the games.

I expect to feel sad after the losses (2-3 hours).

I expect to feel ecstatic & giftastic after the wins!

I have ZERO expectations for the big games but I want to win the ones we should.

I expect to be highly annoyed with the broadcast team while mentioning that the whole conference realignment is really Mizzou’s fault.

I expect the Tigers to win all the games I attend in person.

And I expect great things from the RMN Community as it grows.

Cheers!

I have an expectation of a clean program, and of athlete-students who make me proud for myself and my young sons to don the Tiger gear.

I have the expectation of NOT seeing a Fullback this year.

I have the expectation of competence and execution. The scoreboard is the ultimate judge and jury, of course; but seeing a team play well makes the losses easier to take.

I have the expectation of keeping my unrealistic expectations in check

I expect to enjoy myself in Columbia six times this year.

I expect to be the loudest person in Section C for the 8th season in a row.

I expect a WR to be labeled “the next Maclin” in the pre-season.

I expect Blaine Gabbert to break a few records this year.

I expect our defensive ends to be the best in the conference.

I expect Aldon Smith to get triple-teamed.

I expect Gary Pinkel to be stoic.

I expect to have at least one conference game go untelevised.

I expect Grant Ressel to give Mizzou the “longest made PATs in succession” record early this season (we’re something like 18 away from the record).

I expect people to continue to tell me my taste in music sucks.

I expect to be really annoyed when a commentator says something about refusing to run

I expect to be impressed by how Mizzou plays a couple games this year

I expect to be disheartened by how Mizzou plays a couple games this year

I expect a commentator to miss label a play as a “trick” play and then again make fun of how the offense is run……which will piss me off again

I expect to scare the crap out of the Mrs. when something good happens and I run around the living room

I expect to scare the crap out of the Mrs. when something bad happens and I yell at the TV, fall to the ground, and throw a temper tantrum

I expect the Rock M to look as beautiful as always….

I expect to NOT have to sit through another hurricane/and loss at Faurot

I expect to drink heavily before all games….

I expect GASP 10-2 this season….

I expect for this not too happen and us to blow a game we should have won…

I expect 15 wins (that’s my one unrealistic expectation).
I expect to thoroughly enjoy ZD’s videos at least 8 times this year.
I expect one game to be lost in a way that everyone second-guesses.
I expect those second-guesses to be completely ridiculous (I KNEW Pinkel should have kicked that 65 yard FG at the half, rather than running the clock).
I expect to be at Homecoming and in Lincoln.

I expect there will be at least one situation where we all know the team is going to do the wrong thing and be helpless to stop it.

I expect one national commentator to stick up for Missouri and at least one to downgrade Missouri.

I expect if we haven’t already, this might be the last time we see Lee Corso on television.

I expect a big season from someone that nobody has talked about.

Mizzou will underachieve or overachieve realistic expectations.

MU to be unable to sell their entire bowl ticket allotment, regardless of venue.

Comparisons between Blaine and Chase to be constant and ridiculous.

Most of these expectations to be incorrect.

to not be as physically and emotionally downtrodden for any game this season as I was after the Nebraska game.

Seriously. I think I was hypothermic. I passed out in Laws on my way to Mark Twain for about 3 hours. Absolutely miserable.

…the LB corps to big good enough to answer any DT questions.
…to have the opportunity to tailgate with the RMN’ers and oversleep and miss them.
…Gabbert to test the draft waters, but come back for a final year.
…another of Pinkel’s asst. to move on to a higher ranking position
…Nick to shut up about the Cards on his twitter feed enough that I can follow him again.

… the LBs to play strong
… the secondary to be viewed as a liability
… the running game to cause uninformed viewers/fans headaches, but be a pleasant surprise
… slight regression from the passing game
… a fast start to the season
… a late October swoon
… a solid November
… to be in contention for the North Division title
… a crappy bowl assignment
… to be at Homecoming

We could go anywhere from 7-5 to 11-1.

an ass-kicking of nebraska in lincoln and a Big XII North Title

I’ll be absolutely stunned if Mizzou loses to McNeese, SDSU, Miami, Colorado, or K-State.
I’ll be surprised if Mizzou loses to Illinois, Iowa St., or Kansas
I’ll feel like Mizzou missed a chance if they lose to aTm or Oklahoma.
I’ll be pleasantly surprised if Mizzou beats Nebraska or Tech (though I might feel more optimistic if those weren’t road games).

To put it another way, I think Mizzou gets to 8 wins just by winning the games they should win, and then the other four games will pretty much determine whether we remember this season as maintaining the baseline that’s been established over the last five or six years, or if we remember the season as something special. 9-3 would be my official prediction, I guess.

I also expect that at some point I will give the bird to the KU side of the stadium at Arrowhead. I mean, I always tell myself I won’t do it because it is sort of a rude and stupid thing to do, but I’ve done it the three previous years, so I’d say there’s a pretty good precedent.

1. that a two point conversion attempt before the fourth quarter will fail and cost us a game.
2. that a team we do not expect will absolutely confuse our passing game leaving us one dimensional.
3. a freshman on offense and one on defense to surprise us with how good they really are.
4. Gabbert to have a monster day against a team we do not expect and vice versa (see #2).
5. either Yost or Steckel to look like they are getting the hang of the coordinator thing and the other to struggle.
6. us to win nine games and know that we left two on the table.

44 days until stl. M-I-Z.

that ice cream is delicious.
Yum.

I expect MU to get disrespected at least three times in some way on ESPN
I expect a second half melt-down in a game or the season (I’m sorry but it seems to always happen)
I expect to have MU so thoroughly figured out in NCAA Football 11 that once again none of my friends will be able to beat me
I expect the basketball season to seem a millions miles away
I expect NCAA March Madness 11 to be better than NCAA Football 11

Overall I expect an on par year from the Tigers
Oh, and I expect to be very excited about next years defense

Spreadbone. Count on it.