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On Drew Lock’s second-quarter interception, Heupel called it the offense’s one "glaring mistake." (After the game, Lock called it an "amateur decision." Insert your own joke about the amateurism of college athletics.) "We don’t block it exactly clean," Heupel said. "He’s got to be able to set his feet in the pocket, take a hit while you deliver a strike down the field."
"I didn’t think he read things out as the game went on as well as he needed to," he added. "We were in way too many third and long situations. We were in 11 third-and-7 plusses. You can’t convert and you can’t win on the road when your numbers are like that. We need to do a better job of staying ahead of the chains and putting him in a better situation as well."
Heupel said good offenses convert 30 percent of third-and-long plays and 50 percent of third-and-medium plays.
"That’s how your play total goes from 60 to 80," he said. "That’s how you get into the red zone and score points."
-- Post-Dispatch: Mizzou's Heupel, Cross discuss loss at LSU
Man, do I like that answer. So many of Heupel's answers mix stats and tactics and fundamentals in a way that makes me very happy.
As we'll see in the Beyond the Box Score, Mizzou's biggest offensive issue against LSU wasn't how the Tigers did on third-and-long; it was how they did on standard downs. They were instantaneously falling into third-and-long situations. And that resulted in some blink-and-you-miss-it three-and-outs.
That's the trade-off of this style of offense, especially in its current, not quite fully realized state. Moving with this much tempo creates a level of tension -- you're either wearing your defense out or their defense out.
Heupel also talked about how Mizzou ran the ball a bit better than he expected at times. He clearly didn't expect it, otherwise he'd have probably called more run plays, especially at the start of the game.
11 days to Florida
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The Missourian: Five takeaways from Missouri's 42-7 loss to LSU
I didn't realize this was a concern until it had been rectified
There was some confusion regarding Charles Harris' late ejection for unsportsmanlike conduct. Some were assuming that meant he would be suspended for the first half of the Florida game, a la what happens when you get a targeting penalty. But that's only for targeting. He's good to go.
The Trib (Blake Toppmeyer): Harris good to play vs. Florida; afternoon kick vs. Gators
Post-Dispatch: Mizzou's Harris cleared for start of Florida game
3 pm CT next Saturday
Post-Dispatch: Mizzou gets afternoon kickoff at Florida
KC Star: Missouri at Florida game receives afternoon kickoff
We live in a strange world
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— Paul Adams (@Paul_Adams77) October 3, 2016
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It begins!
MUtigers.com: @MizzouHoops Starts 2016-17 Officially with Practice No. 1
The Missourian: Missouri basketball brings energy to early-season practice
KC Star: Senior Russell Woods settles in as player, leader for Mizzou basketball
Mizzou will be going back to Orlando next season
...unless they're going to hold this tournament in Puerto Rico as a trade (since they're playing the Puerto Rico Tip-Off this year in Orlando)...
St. John's, West Virginia, Missouri, Nebraska, UCF, Oregon St, Marist, and Long Beach St are in the 2017 Advocare Invitational, per sources.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 3, 2016
#TigerStyle 2016-17 on the horizon
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