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Missouri's offensive line gears up for a rebound and waits for its leader

Here are today's Mizzou Links.

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Mizzou Tigers pennant Okay, let's rip the Band Aid off quickly...

[holds breath]

MUtigers.com: @MizzouHoops Falls in SEC Opener at Georgia, 77-59
The Trib: Missouri carved up by Georgia in SEC-opening loss
Post-Dispatch: Mizzou's road nightmares continue
KC Star: Missouri no match for Georgia as Bulldogs win SEC opener 77-59
The Missourian: Five takeaways from Missouri's loss to Georgia
PowerMizzou: POST-GAME THOUGHTS VS UGA

WHEW. Okay. Now that that's over with...

Mizzou Tigers pennant The offensive line awaits a leader

So Barry Odom mentioned a while back that he had his staff in mind, but he was waiting for their respective seasons to end at their current jobs before making things official. New cornerbacks coach Greg Brown was unveiled shortly after Louisville's bowl win over Texas A&M. Odom's new offensive line coach ... still hasn't made an appearance. So either he's coaching a team in the national title game or NFL playoffs, or he doesn't exist yet. (We've heard Chris Scelfo's name bandied about a few times, but Scelfo doesn't have a team at the moment and could have been announced at any point.)

The sooner, the better on this because a) I'm impatient and want to find out who it is, b) Mizzou has three committed (or semi-committed) offensive linemen who would like to know who it is, and c) the new guy's going to have work to do.

Left Tackle -- Connor McGovern: 40 starts, 99.6% of 2015 snaps

Malik Cuellar: 1 game, 3 snaps

Left Guard -- Alec Abeln: 8 games, 3 starts, 235 career snaps

Nate Crawford: 12 games, 8 starts, 492 career snaps

Brad McNulty: 17 starts, 22.5% of 2015 snaps

Center -- Evan Boehm: 52 starts, 95.6% of 2015 snaps

Sam Bailey: 1 game, 2 snaps

Right Guard -- Mitch Hall: 16 starts, 94.3% of 2015 snaps

Kevin Pendleton: 4 games, 44 snaps

Right Tackle -- Taylor Chappell: 20 starts, 81.9% of 2015 snaps

Paul Adams: 3 games, 43 snaps

Backup tackle Clay Rhodes played six snaps over two games in 2014, so let's throw him in there as well.

That leaves Missouri with a grand total of 825 career snaps played over 31 games -- with 11 starts -- from seven returning offensive linemen.

As we've discussed before, last year's line was so ineffective that it almost literally can't get worse in 2016 ... but how much better it might get is still up for determination.

That's part two, by the way, in David Morrison's Five Questions for 2016 series. Part one, on the player most difficult to replace in 2016 (rhymes with Mentrell Mrothers) is here.

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