Rock M Nation - Week 3: Missouri hosts Georgia in Barry Odom's SEC debutA Blog for Ol' Mizzouhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/50319/rmn-fav.png2016-09-22T09:01:03-05:00http://www.rockmnation.com/rss/stream/126903712016-09-22T09:01:03-05:002016-09-22T09:01:03-05:00Missouri’s offense: Up-tempo vs Ball control
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<p>MU’s offensive transformation is a good thing. Its lack of ball control is less than.</p> <p id="90pCRC">One of the main narratives that has emerged with the rise of the up-tempo offense is the notion that is makes things hard for the defenses that have to keep up with it.</p>
<p id="aTKfbL">Even if the offense is scoring, the thinking goes, it’s doing so on drives of only around a minute or two, which doesn’t give the defense much time to rest up from its last drive. Extend that over a game, and the defense is out there 60 percent of the time, or 12 minutes longer than the offense.</p>
<p id="f8su9O">Over a 12-game season, that’s a difference of more than two hours of game possession. That’s a lot, and the defense gets tired and starts letting up yards willy-nilly.</p>
<p id="aPpfD6">So the thinking goes. And do you know why the thinking goes that way? Because, for the most part, it’s true. </p>
<p id="9oftLp">And it makes sense. The offense gets off the field quickly, the defense is on the field for a lot longer, it faces more plays and, ergo, more chances to give up more yards.</p>
<p id="bnhg1r">It’s part of the reason Missouri ranks 103rd in the nation in total defense through three games this season after ranking sixth last year. There are more reasons than just this one, but suddenly playing opposite one of the fastest-paced offenses in the nation is one.</p>
<p id="5gsaZx">To run an up-tempo offense, you’ve got to have some measure of ball control to make sure your defense isn’t on the field for, oh, 61.25 percent of every game, as Missouri’s has been thus far this season.</p>
<p id="Et3vMz">To get some measure of ball control, you’ve got to have either a run game (or a very efficient short pass game) that can consistently move the chains down the field and grind the clock. Missouri doesn’t have that either.</p>
<p id="bes1Bf">Is there a way for your offense to be terrible at time of possession and still win a majority of its games?</p>
<p id="27S6bz">We looked at the bottom five in average time of possession for this young season (Missouri is one) and the five full seasons before (2011-15). This year, only one of the bottom five — the mighty, 2-1 <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/teams/akron-zips">Akron Zips</a> -- has a winning record. From 2011-15, only 10 of 25 did. The average team has a winning percentage of .446, or about 5-7.</p>
<p id="zJ507i">What do the winning ones have in common? We looked at total defense and run game metrics to try and figure that out:</p>
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<p id="q5F0B8">So check it out.</p>
<p id="aqiAwn">These 35 teams we surveyed (and, yes, five of them are only a quarter of the way through this season) averaged a rank of 97th in total defense nationally, 74th in defensive yards per play, 74th in rush yards per game offensively and 60th in yards per rush.</p>
<p id="O3qTGf">Their rate is better than their bulk. But, for most of them, neither are very good.</p>
<p id="Q0uPSJ">A full 20 of the 35 rank 100th or worst in total defense, Missouri being one of them. The Tigers are also one of the 12 teams ranked 89th or worse in rush yards per game.</p>
<p id="dxv4QX">(DFP, by the way, is an acronym made up for a made-up stat called “Defensive Field Percentage,” or the percent of the game a team’s defense is on the field.)</p>
<p id="2zRJLy">“Alright, Buzzkill McDownerson,” you might be saying to yourself right about now. “So how does Missouri make this model work?”</p>
<p id="G0nEQg">Let’s go to the evidence.</p>
<p id="luhyo6"><strong>If you’re going to give up a lot of yards, make the other guy work for them</strong></p>
<p id="TyrU2E">Of the 11 teams who pulled (or are pulling) winning records, only three (2013 Oregon, 2012 North Carolina...on probation...downer...and 2011 Mississippi State) ranked in the top half of the FBS in yards allowed per game. But only four (2016 Akron, 2014 Bowling Green and Texas A&M and 2012 Miami...also on probation...downer...) ranked in the bottom half in yards per play allowed.</p>
<p id="jB9aVm">On this front, Missouri’s in pretty good shape, ranking 43rd in yards per play allowed. Then again, 2015 Troy and 2013 Louisiana Tech ranked right around there, and both went 4-8.</p>
<p id="II5qI7"><strong>If you’re not going to get the chance to run the ball a lot, at least do it well when you do</strong></p>
<p id="2NnBdX">The average winning team in the low time-of-possession ranks averaged a pedestrian 53rd nationally in rush yards per game, with 2011 Oregon (fifth), 2013 Oregon (eighth) and 2015 North Carolina (18th) being the all-stars.</p>
<p id="Pp4Maq">But those same teams averaged 34th in yards per rush, with all three of those teams pulling top-five spots nationally.</p>
<p id="iYqVU6">Of the 19 losing teams, only four (2015 Oregon State, 2013 Wyoming and Indiana and 2011 Maryland) ranked in the top half of the FBS in rush yards per game, and only seven (those four, plus 2014 Texas Tech, 2013 Louisiana Tech and 2012 Houston) ranked in the top half in yards per rush.</p>
<p id="ka8TSz">Missouri’s sitting 89th and 105th right now in yards per game and rush which...doesn’t exactly bode well.</p>
<p id="14tBIQ">Only one of the 10 winning, low-possession teams from 2011-15 ranked that low in yards per game (8-5 Houston, 93rd in 2013), and none of them ranked near Missouri’s 105th in yards per rush. That Houston team came closest, at 76th.</p>
<p id="zty4d5">So how do you win when your offense barely sees the field? I don’t know, ask Oregon. The Ducks seem to have a pretty good handle on it.</p>
<p id="tHlb7j">Or, you know, Missouri might be able to look to its not-so-distant past.</p>
<p id="JvPSVu">In 2008, the Tigers held the ball for an average of 25:49.14 per game, which ranked 119th out of 120 FBS teams (above only Oregon, coincidentally). That year, Missouri went 10-4, won the Big 12 North and advanced to the conference championship game, where mumblemumblemumblemumblemumblemumble.</p>
<p id="VVoJrU">How did Missouri do it? Did the Tigers follow our formula for low-possession winners?</p>
<p id="fTj8md">They ranked 100th in total defense and 61st in yards allowed per play, both of which are on the high end of our 2011-15 winners. But they also ranked 53rd in rush yards per game and 14th in yards per rush, both of which fit seamlessly into the 10 low-possession winning teams we found from 2011-15.</p>
<p id="dMyPAp">Plus, you know, a crazy-efficient quarterback in Chase Daniel. </p>
<p id="zq0Znx">I will say, though, that the 2007 Tigers (the ones who went 12-2) managed to possess the ball for 28:50 a game while running the same offense as 2008. So it follows that having the ball can make it easier to control (and win) games. </p>
<p id="ulTuFG">If this year’s Tigers want to keep letting their offense on the field only 40 percent of the time, they have a good enough defense, compared with their historical counterparts. They have a quarterback that has the potential to get to a Daniel-like gamechanger level in Drew Lock.</p>
<p id="cRLBOG">Now...the run game...</p>
https://www.rockmnation.com/mizzou-football-2016/2016/9/22/12997110/missouri-tigers-football-up-tempo-offense-vs-time-of-possessionDavid Morrison2016-09-22T04:54:07-05:002016-09-22T04:54:07-05:00Mizzou's finally bringing a Big 12 O to the SEC
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<p>Here are today's Mizzou Links.</p> <p>I really enjoyed this piece from SEC Country's Ollie Connolly, and not just because he referenced my stats.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.seccountry.com/missouri/in-new-missouri-system-drew-lock-can-be-a-star" target="_blank">SEC Country: In new Missouri system, Drew Lock can be a star</a></p>
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<p>The Big 12’s conference-wide move to the Air Raid has had a clear influence. Heupel is using Baylor’s offense at Missouri.</p>
<p>The object of the system is to spread the field, create 1-on-1 matchups in space for receivers, clear the box for running backs and have the quarterback read one half of the field.</p>
<p>How they achieve that is by forcing the defense to cover the entire width of the field. Receivers line up outside the numbers and sometimes directly by the sideline.</p>
<p>That makes the defense do three things:</p>
<p>1. Unload the box.</p>
<p>2. Play mostly man coverage.</p>
<p>3. Play with wider safety splits in two-high sets, allowing the offense to split the field.</p>
<p>Through simple receiver alignments, the offense can attack one half of the field, assured the defense is playing predominantly man coverage.</p>
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<p>Nice job of walking through what have become the basics of the Heupel offense. It's developing with periodic failures obviously (and Connolly does a nice job of walking through those, too), but there's an identity here that is both a) potent as hell and b) far more Big 12 than SEC. Pretty funny.</p>
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<img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3376996/6u3PzSW.0.png" alt="Mizzou Tigers pennant" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"> 2 days to Delaware State</h3>
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<img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5924823/IMOz6Gc.0.png"> No major injuries at the moment (knock on wood)</h5>
<p><a href="http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/behind_the_stripes/barry-odom-on-the-sec-teleconference-delaware-state-week/article_a9f58b99-522e-5d6a-997f-54e41ca8aa1b.html" target="_blank">The Trib (Blake Toppmeyer): Barry Odom on the SEC teleconference: Delaware State week</a></p>
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<p>"We’re pretty good. We had a pretty good practice yesterday. Logan Cheadle was limited with an ankle sprain." Samson "Bailey (ankle) practiced all practice and had a really good one. We’re in pretty good shape and just take that at a day at a time and continue to get the guys" healthy. "Alex Ross (ankle), the tailback, had more reps yesterday than he did last week, so I anticipate him being ready to go."</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/eye-on-the-tigers/mizzou-injury-report-sounds-promising/article_a6796655-703c-5f14-99f7-547e70c5d722.html" target="_blank">Post-Dispatch: Mizzou injury report sounds promising</a></p>
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<img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5924823/IMOz6Gc.0.png"> Scherer's a keeper</h5>
<p><a href="http://www.columbiamissourian.com/sports/mizzou_football/toddlers-to-tigers-when-michael-scherer-didn-t-smile-he/article_3d7c72ce-7f5c-11e6-8abe-bb8a46ba5fbc.html" target="_blank">The Missourian: TODDLERS TO TIGERS: When Michael Scherer didn't smile, he wrestled</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-missouri/article103212507.html" target="_blank">KC Star: Bond between Mizzou’s Michael Scherer and Barry Odom translates to success on the field</a></p>
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<p>Before the game, Odom had a conversation with Sam Pittman, Georgia’s offensive line coach who was at Arkansas three years prior, about the linebacker.</p>
<p>"I was talking to Sam Pittman," Odom said, "and he said, ‘I wish you’d hurry up and graduate 30. … You sure you and Scherer didn’t play together?’</p>
<p>"When you’re a good player and you’ve played for as long as Mike has, you get some recognition, and he deserves everything he gets."</p>
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<img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5924823/IMOz6Gc.0.png"> More features:</h5>
<p><a href="http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/mu_football/with-thomas-wilson-as-his-guide-missouri-safety-cam-hilton/article_d0c41a03-9db1-5e4a-8acd-0179fac35f46.html" target="_blank">The Trib: With Thomas Wilson as his guide, Missouri safety Cam Hilton finds a home on defense</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mutigers.com/news/2016/9/20/FB_HatleySeniorFeature.aspx" target="_blank">MUtigers.com: Mizzou Senior Feature: Rickey Hatley</a></p>
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<img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5924823/IMOz6Gc.0.png"> Losing isn't particularly fun</h5>
<p><a href="https://missouri.rivals.com/news/powered-up-the-agony-of-defeat" target="_blank">PowerMizzou: Powered Up: The Agony of Defeat</a></p>
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<p>I walked out of that press conference wondering if Odom can continue to take losses so hard and hold up through a season. I asked him on Monday if dealing with losses was harder as a head coach than it had been as an assistant. The only difference? Now we all see how he deals with it.</p>
<p>"It is different. It’s different because of the platform that I’m on now," he said. "If I was interviewed last year after a couple of defeats, you’d probably see the same thing. And in 2009 when I was coaching the safeties, you’re probably going to see the same thing. And in 2001 when I was at Rock Bridge High School, you’re probably going to see the same thing.</p>
<p>"I celebrate wins like nobody’s business and I live in misery with losses. That’s the way that I have to function. That’s me. I’d like to give you a bunch of coach talk, but that’s who I am."</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/campus-corner/article103285337.html" target="_blank">KC Star: What could Mizzou have done different in the fourth quarter against Georgia?</a></p>
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<img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5924823/IMOz6Gc.0.png"> Mizzou's future WR superstar</h5>
<p><a href="https://missouri.rivals.com/news/davis-ready-for-his-prime-time-moment-at-mizzou" target="_blank">PowerMizzou: Davis ready for his prime time moment at Mizzou</a></p>
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<img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3376996/6u3PzSW.0.png" alt="Mizzou Tigers pennant" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"> Hey there, Devin West</h3>
<p><iframe frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FSm9CTS-qMQ" height="315" width="560"></iframe></p>
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<img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3376996/6u3PzSW.0.png" alt="Mizzou Tigers pennant" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"> Good start</h3>
<p><a href="http://mutigers.com/news/2016/9/21/volleyball-mizzouvb-cruises-to-sweep-over-south-carolina.aspx" target="_blank">MUtigers.com: @MizzouVB Cruises To Sweep Over South Carolina</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/mu/confident-missouri-volleyball-shakes-off-illness-ready-for-sec-play/article_d4ace86e-0b01-5d74-8b03-71e850517d67.html" target="_blank">The Trib: Confident Missouri volleyball shakes off illness, ready for SEC play</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.columbiamissourian.com/sports/mizzou_sports/missouri-volleyball-sweeps-south-carolina-to-open-conference-play/article_23068490-805e-11e6-af7f-7f65eb1f1fd8.html" target="_blank">The Missourian: Missouri volleyball sweeps South Carolina to open conference play</a></p>
<p><iframe frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oZJjpfvWecA" height="315" width="560"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gcQjMF4Skfs" height="315" width="560"></iframe></p>
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<img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3376996/6u3PzSW.0.png" alt="Mizzou Tigers pennant" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"> Rapid fire!</h3>
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<img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5924823/IMOz6Gc.0.png"> Soccer</h5>
<p><a href="http://mutigers.com/news/2016/9/21/-mizzousoccer-hosts-sec-foes-kentucky-this-weekend.aspx" target="_blank">MUtigers.com: @MizzouSoccer Hosts SEC Foes Kentucky, Mississippi State this Weekend</a></p>
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<img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5924823/IMOz6Gc.0.png"> Golf</h5>
<p><a href="http://mutigers.com/news/2016/9/21/womens-golf-muwomensgolf-set-for-2016-17-opener-at-the-lady-paladin-invitational.aspx" target="_blank">MUtigers.com: @MUWomensGolf Set For 2016-17 Opener at The Lady Paladin Invitational</a></p>
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<img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5924823/IMOz6Gc.0.png"> Hoops</h5>
<p><a href="http://mutigers.com/news/2016/9/20/mens-basketball-mizzouhoops-at-braggin-rights-slated-for-espnu.aspx" target="_blank">MUtigers.com: @MizzouHoops at Braggin' Rights Slated for ESPNU</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.scout.com/college/missouri/story/1709110-c-j-roberts-discusses-decision" target="_blank">Scout.com: C.J. Roberts Discusses Decision To Commit to Missouri</a></p>
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<img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/5924823/IMOz6Gc.0.png"> Women's Hoops</h5>
<p><a href="http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/mu_basketball/missouri-women-s-basketball-releases-full---schedule/article_1a295a94-01ff-59d3-93b1-54d15278d94a.html" target="_blank">The Trib: Missouri women's basketball releases full 2016-2017 schedule</a></p>
https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/9/22/13013416/missouri-drew-lock-offense-josh-heupel-big-12-secBill Connelly2016-09-21T12:00:03-05:002016-09-21T12:00:03-05:00Missouri vs Georgia - Requiem for a Team?
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<p><b><span>Plot Summary</span></b></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">An aspirational group of young kids have their dreams shattered when a southern bulldog tears their heart out, stranding them on the precipice of failure and despair.</font></p>
<p><b><span>My Review</span></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">2.5 Stars (out of 5) "You're killin' me, Smalls"</font></b></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">You can claim this game was nothing more than a "tale of two halves" - one good, one bad - and I wouldn't argue. You can say Mizzou "blew it" and should have won. I cannot rightfully dispute that either. Hey, you can tell me it was a cruel, unusual and blatantly gross attempt at achieving maximum shock value. I'm fine with that as well. However, you or anyone else will never convince me this game was futile. Much like Richard Dreyfuss' mound of mashed potatoes: This meant something. This was important… but I did walk away feeling disgusted and physically ill.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">I'm not quite sure how a mid-September sporting event invoked such a wide range of emotion but, ya know, it did. How does that old saying go? I laughed, I cried, I blacked out from the pain and eventually fell into an anger-induced coma? That pretty much sums up what I saw this past weekend - a mixed bag of visually-stunning effects…</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="https://streamable.com/e/ux2m?hd=1" height="350" width="100%"></iframe></font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">… gripping drama…</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">…and disturbing imagery.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">On the surface, </font><i><font face="Calibri" size="3">Requiem for a Team?</font></i><font face="Calibri" size="3"> paints a bleak picture of hardship and loss. Below the surface we find, well, more heartache. But just beyond that; beyond the many layers of torment and hopeless narrative, you find something you wouldn't expect: heart. It's faint, but I assure you it is there. Unfortunately, "heart" only gets you so far.</font></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Tale of Two Halves:</font></b></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">The good news? We saw what Mizzou football is capable of.</font></p>
<p><span>1st half:</span></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">The bad news? We saw what Mizzou football is capable of.</font></p>
<p><span>2nd half:</span></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">The onscreen duo of </font><b><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span>Drew Lock</span> </font></b><font face="Calibri" size="3">(376 yds, 3 TDs, 3 INTs) and </font><b><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span>J'Mon Moore</span> </font></b><font face="Calibri" size="3">(8 rec, 196 yds, 2 TDs, 1 fumble) delivered an awe-inspiring five-star performance early on. The second half? Well, let's say it took a more "controversial" turn which left audiences confused, questioning their own life decisions and wondering how two bright stars could fade so quickly into the night.</font></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">We Blew It:</font></b></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Five turnovers. Inconsistent defense. Inconsistent offense. A half-assed attempt of clock management. Questionable late game play-calling. FIVE TURNOVERS.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">In order for a good drama to fully satisfy in the end, it must first pull you in by creating reasonable doubt. You know, throw all the crap humanly possible at the protagonist then drop one final obstacle for them to overcome. I get that but… c'mon! This was a little much. FIVE TURNOVERS!?</font></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Shock Value:</font></b></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">(Censored)</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Somethings you just can't unsee.</font></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Summary: </font></b><font face="Calibri" size="3">A game not solely about the final score; </font><i><font face="Calibri" size="3">Requiem</font></i><font face="Calibri" size="3"> is a powerful, emotionally draining work of art too important to ignore but admittedly hard to stomach. At its core lie one simple message: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger... but you sure as hell better get a lot stronger or you will most definitely die sooner rather than later. However, due in large part to the graphic imagery and unpleasant themes throughout, a number of interpretations can be extracted (</font><a href="https://twitter.com/YahooForde/status/777348884280516608?lang=en"><u><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri" size="3">see Pat Forde</font></u></a><font face="Calibri" size="3">) leaving many with a bitter, pessimistic taste in their mouth. Understandable, for this was not simply a game Mizzou fans </font><i><font face="Calibri" size="3">watched</font></i><font face="Calibri" size="3">. No, it was an excruciating exercise of endurance Mizzou nation </font><i><font face="Calibri" size="3">experienced</font></i><font face="Calibri" size="3"> together - and I for one am glad we did… sort of. That said, I'll never watch it again. My stomach can't take it.</font></p>
<p><b><span>What do <i>you</i> think? Rate the game below using the Smalls-o-meter and find out what the rest of Mizzou Nation thinks.</span></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Rock M Review Ratings</font></b></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">*</font><i><font face="Calibri" size="3">You're killin' it, Smalls</font></i><font face="Calibri" size="3"> (60% or more Mizzou fans rate the game positively)</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">*</font><i><font face="Calibri" size="3">You're killin' me, Smalls</font></i><font face="Calibri" size="3"> (59% or fewer Mizzou fans rate the game positively)</font></p>
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<p><b><span>Watch:</span></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Genre: </font></b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Psychological horror, Drama | Rated R</font></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Starring: </font></b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Drew Lock, <span>J'Mon Moore</span>, <span>Charles Harris</span></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Featuring: </font></b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Uga</font></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Produced by: </font></b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Josh Heupel and DeMontie Cross</font></p>
<p><b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Directed by: </font></b><font face="Calibri" size="3">Barry Odom</font></p>
https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/9/21/12972292/missouri-tigers-georgia-bulldawgs-requiem-for-a-teamalecblome2016-09-21T06:00:11-05:002016-09-21T06:00:11-05:00Rock M Radio: Georgia Broke Mizzou’s Heart
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<p id="5pQuL9">This week's topics of discussion:</p>
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<li id="Ay5AHR">This week, Tramel and Rodney welcome special guest Sam Snelling</li>
<li id="O4b1aD">Analyzing the heartbreaker versus Georgia<strong>:</strong> </li>
<li id="MzEPej">Tramel has to face the Music after his incorrect pick on last week’s episode</li>
<li id="rVcqZU">What does Mizzou’s close mean in terms of recruiting?</li>
<li id="8CIVyv">Moral victories stink, but we talk about why Mizzou should hold their heads high following the loss</li>
<li id="ifn8J6">How important is this season for Kim Anderson and the Missouri Basketball program as a whole?</li>
<li id="a7zsej">Discussing Mizzou Basketball’s latest 4-star commit, C.J. Roberts</li>
<li id="tajKNM">NFL Recap</li>
<li id="gLI8On">Tramel shares a twitter story</li>
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<p id="tZvzCo">Tweet us questions that you would like us to answer, on future episodes, using the #RockMRadio hashtag!</p>
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https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/9/21/12997708/episode-91-georgia-broke-mizzou-s-heart-time-to-find-a-reboundTramel Raggs2016-09-20T09:02:03-05:002016-09-20T09:02:03-05:00Mizzou needed one more big play
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<p id="aXGEpX">Once again, to the (new) box score we go. I guess we’re not “beyond” the box score anymore, are we?</p>
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<h3 id="JFx53f">Mizzou wasted its turnovers luck against WVU</h3>
<p id="a1m6lt">In the season-opener in Morgantown, <a href="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7125337/0903WVirgMO.0.PNG">Mizzou benefited from just enough good bounces</a> to give itself a chance at taking the game, only to blow a series of scoring opportunities and lose by 15. On Saturday, the Tigers could have used just one of those breaks. I think we’d have traded a bigger loss to WVU for a win over Georgia, yeah?</p>
<p id="p1Ik4g">Fumbles were a wash — there were four in the game (all by Mizzou, unfortunately enough), and each team recovered two. But while Mizzou defensed (intercepted or broke up) nine passes and Georgia defensed only seven, the Tigers managed just one pick while Georgia had three. On average, that would have been more like two for Mizzou and one to two for Georgia.</p>
<p id="unmc89">That would have probably made the difference.</p>
<p id="YR04Sj">Beyond the turnovers, though, this is a fascinating set of stats (if I do say so myself). Georgia dominated field position, controlled the ball, and created one more scoring opportunity (in part because of those turnovers). Meanwhile, Mizzou actually finished drives better and dominated the big-play battle, and efficiency was a wash. Any of those things could have been deciding factors.</p>
<h3 id="OALdwy">Q4 efficiency?</h3>
<p id="IajRLv">One thing I didn’t expect to see from these stats: From a success rate perspective, the fourth quarter was Missouri’s second-best. Mizzou went into ground-and-pound mode, and it apparently worked better than I thought it did in real time.</p>
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<h3 id="Np4lez">Okay, let’s talk play-calling</h3>
<p id="H7OMFm">Josh Heupel actually pulled off something I’d never seen before. From the stands late in the game, you had people complaining that Missouri was running the ball too much ... and others complaining that Mizzou didn’t run <em>enough</em>. Just when you thought you’d seen everything...</p>
<p id="G7riEI">So I’ve said before that as long as I understand the philosophy, I’m very forgiving of play-calling questions I might have. We focus so much on specific plays that an offensive coordinator calls and not nearly enough on the identity he’s building, the teaching he’s doing, etc.</p>
<p id="jKDkvt">From that perspective, I give Josh Heupel a pass on what he attempted to pull off on Saturday night.</p>
<p id="3MQEfP">When Mizzou got the ball back with 13:35 left in the game, still up 27-21, the Tigers' offensive identity changed drastically. Over the next two drives, Heupel would call 20 rushes to just one pass. This allowed the Tigers to eat up 10:03 of clock and force Georgia to burn its timeouts before taking over at its 20 with 3:32 left.</p>
<p id="AhrPVq">To the extent that it worked, it just barely did so. Only four of the 20 rushes gained more than five yards, and Mizzou had to rely on a really close spot to convert a fourth-and-1 on the first of the two drives.</p>
<p id="axJhdR">Still, as we see from the fourth-quarter success rate, it did kind of work. Maybe that will result in a boost of confidence moving forward.</p>
<p id="ElDOLr">The primary problem: The one pass thrown in this span was intercepted. After running for 14 straight plays and advancing to the UGA 18, Mizzou tried to catch the Dawgs off-guard a bit by throwing on third-and-5. Kendall Blanton actually broke open over the middle, but Drew Lock was baited into throwing toward J'Mon Moore, and Quincy Mauger made an acrobatic pick. Instead of attempting a field goal for a nearly insurmountable nine-point lead, Mizzou ate clock but got zero points. And after converting one third down on the next drive, Mizzou got stuffed three times and punted from the UGA 40.</p>
<p id="zdlDpn">So yeah, there were elements of conservatism in there, and there was also probably one too many passes. An impressive feat. Still, I'm fine with it. Fans around us were complaining that Heupel was "taking the game out of Lock's hands," but heading into those two series, Lock was 2-for his last-6 with two interceptions. Going back to the first half, he was on a 7-for-16 stretch for just 77 yards. Georgia was adjusting, and Lock wasn't seeing the field as well.</p>
<p id="mQrFuJ">Plus, again, the approach very nearly worked. All Lock had to do was spot Blanton or throw the ball out of bounds, and Tucker McCann gets a chance to put Mizzou up 9.</p>
<p id="AJPBTw">Two things, however, that I found myself wondering on Saturday night:</p>
<h5 id="KrVxY6">1. Why not put Marvin Zanders in?</h5>
<p id="9y5fHb">If the intent is to run the ball on every play -- and it was clear very quickly what the intent was -- why not put in your running QB? It would have given Mizzou more rushing options thanks to Zanders' speed, and it would have set up that one pass even better. (And if nothing else, that one pass wasn't going to turn out any worse with Zanders.)</p>
<p id="f9aMZf">The optics of a move like that would have been tricky. You don't want to look like you're punishing Lock, and in the fourth quarter in crunch time, you're going to get <em>destroyed</em> by fans, media, etc., if Zanders fumbles or Mizzou goes three-and-out or something.</p>
<p id="vg7UUA">Still, the intent was obvious, and if you're going to commit to suddenly running the ball 95% of the time, you might as well <em>commit</em>.</p>
<h5 id="pnIeCu">2. Why the rush?</h5>
<p id="i3d4wm">Strangely enough, it seems the final piece of learning to move with tempo is learning to slow down.</p>
<p id="FC32vV">Under Gary Pinkel, Mizzou didn't really master that part until the 2010s. The Tigers were much better at what is usually called the four- or six-minute drill until about 2010, and then again in 2013. Tempo helps to build a lead, and at least partly because of limitations in teaching time, when you teach a team to move as quickly as possible, you find yourself incredibly hesitant to slow down.</p>
<p id="Y1U4LD">Mizzou's not there yet. The Tigers managed to eat nearly eight minutes of clock on the aforementioned 15-play INT drive, but it could have easily been nine minutes or more if not for the seconds they left on the clock. You don't want to lose your rhythm -- that's far more of a concern than we tend to make it as fans -- but I guess Saturday was an indication that Mizzou's <em>new</em> spread isn't fully weaponized just yet.</p>
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<p id="YKoMIS">Lock’s full-game stats were still incredible; this offense has even more upside than we realized. But again, I don’t blame Heupel at all for taking the ball out of his hands late. He had lost the plot a bit, and the defense was suddenly looking awesome. Mizzou rode the hot hand, and it wasn’t Lock’s. And it almost worked.</p>
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<p id="uZDtQr">Lock fell back into “Stare Moore down” mode like he did in Morgantown, and that was costly. Still, what a game by J’Mon. He played his heart out, and if he doesn’t fumble on that final catch, he maybe breaks into the open and both sets Mizzou up with a game-winning field goal attempt and threatens Justin Gage’s single-game school record. Alas.</p>
<p id="k2b6zk">Meanwhile, Mizzou has targeted 10 players at least 10 times so far -- four are averaging at least 11 yards per target (Johnathon Johnson, Chris Black, Emanuel Hall, Ray Wingo), and five have a success rate of at least 50 percent (Johnson, Black, Kendall Blanton, Wingo, Sean Culkin).</p>
<p id="OowNPo">For comparison: Last year, Mizzou finished with 10 players targeted 10+ times -- none averaged more than 11 yards per target, and two (Keyon Dilosa, Cam Hilton) were over 50 percent. Mizzou is dangerous as hell again. That's the <em>other</em> reason I'm giving Heupel a pass on certain things.</p>
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<h3 id="nIZZSI">Live by third downs, die by third downs</h3>
<p id="LN3Nrb">Georgia had three things going for it early on: A complete lack of pressure from Mizzou's pass rush, lovely "give the guy options at the chains" play-calling from Jim Chaney, and some shaky Mizzou pass coverage. It allowed Jacob Eason to begin the game 6-for-6 on third downs for 72 yards. Only one of the completions stretched more than four yards beyond the first down marker -- 10 yards on third-and-10, 11 on third-and-7, five on third-and-4, eight on third-and-6 -- but it kept the chains moving, and it allowed UGA to build an early 14-10 lead.</p>
<p id="07Jlyc">Beginning in the second quarter, however, Mizzou began to make life a lot harder for Eason. The Dawgs only scored twice in the final 40 minutes of the game, and one of those drives had nothing to do with third downs (five plays, 74 yards, only one third-down conversion late in the first half).</p>
<p id="GhuD22">After starting 6-for-6, on his last 13 third-down attempts, Eason was just 3-for-12 for 28 yards and a sack. Unfortunately, he was also 1-for-1 for 20 yards and a touchdown on fourth downs.</p>
<p id="ThAYdm">I came away conflicted about the Mizzou pass rush. It didn't exist for the first 20 minutes, and he really wasn't that bothered in the fourth, either. But in the middle portion of the game, there was havoc -- Charles Harris had three sacks and a hurry, Rickey Hatley had a sack, and Terry Beckner Jr. had a hurry.</p>
<p id="HZpGMq">That counts as undeniable progress for #DLineZou. But Eason still had too much time on average, I think. Maybe I just have a really, really high bar set for a Mizzou pass rush.</p>
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<h3 id="3yQelf">Five keys revisited</h3>
<p id="sXJcbL"><a href="http://www.rockmnation.com/2016/9/16/12929150/missouri-tigers-georgia-bulldogs-football-preview-stats-analysis">From last Friday’s preview</a>.</p>
<h5 id="AVOdaf"><strong>1. Georgia's standard downs success rate (and/or Nick Chubb's opportunity rate). </strong></h5>
<blockquote id="kAk01e"><p>Chubb will probably break a big play or two, but how consistently is Mizzou able to leverage Georgia behind schedule? If the Dawgs are facing constant second-and-3s and second-and-4s, Mizzou is probably toast.</p></blockquote>
<p id="PoJKpi"><strong>Standard downs success rate: </strong>Georgia 43%, Mizzou 40%.</p>
<p id="6L89ZB">Mizzou did a damn heroic job against Chubb and the UGA offensive line.</p>
<h5 id="pgHOcq">2. Mizzou's sack rate</h5>
<blockquote id="MJuTiH"><p>It's time for #DLineZou to deliver some pressure. Jacob Eason hasn't mastered the art of the checkdown just yet, and he'll be looking to make some big plays on passing downs. It's up to Mizzou to make sure he doesn't have time to throw those passes, either through sacks or simply pressure.</p></blockquote>
<p id="qexdua"><strong>Sack rate</strong>: Mizzou 7%, UGA 0%</p>
<p id="stAbKI">Eason was a little too comfortable, but Lock was barely touched.</p>
<h5 id="mxQBR5">3. Drew Lock going deep</h5>
<blockquote id="HOoJ7T"><p>Mizzou wants to stretch you from side to side and puncture you deep down the sideline. The Tigers completed two passes of 25-plus yards against WVU and five against EMU. It, uh, made a difference. How many does Drew Lock manage against the Dawgs?</p></blockquote>
<p id="IeESWc"><strong>25-yard completions</strong>: Mizzou 4, Georgia 2.</p>
<p id="kojBCt">Mizzou apparently needed five or six ... and almost got it.</p>
<h5 id="htBUjv">4. Special teams</h5>
<blockquote id="7NVlNJ"><p>If you think back to a missed field goal and a fumbled punt, you could say that special teams made the difference in last year's slog in Athens. And it has shifted Mizzou's first two games in one direction or the other. Is it a wash on Saturday night? Do the special teams gods smile on one team or the other?</p></blockquote>
<p id="AxQW7V">Georgia was the team ruing missed field goals in this one. And <em>hello there, Tucker McCann</em>. It only took him a couple of kicks to earn some trust. Would have loved to see him get a shot at a game-winner.</p>
<h5 id="pfdiLn">5. Havoc</h5>
<blockquote id="xf8zB7"><p>Neither defense has been particularly disruptive so far. Are we still saying that on Sunday?</p></blockquote>
<p id="ec1PjZ"><strong>Havoc Rate</strong>: Mizzou 17%, UGA 15%</p>
<p id="sBATKV">Average to above average totals for both. One more havoc play would have made a huge difference.</p>
https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/9/20/12969302/missouri-tigers-georgia-bulldogw-football-score-stats-recapBill Connelly2016-09-19T10:01:02-05:002016-09-19T10:01:02-05:00Missouri-Georgia: Tempo Tales, Fertile Ground and the Nickel is Nigh
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<p>Deep diving into the snap counts from Missouri’s game against Georgia</p> <p id="paragraph0"><em>If you were familiar with my work at the Columbia Daily Tribune you knew that, as part of my in-season coverage, I endeavored to provide snap counts for every Missouri player for every offensive and defensive snap that counted during the season.</em></p>
<p id="paragraph1"><em>If you were not...well, I just explained what this is in the last graf. You should have paid attention.</em></p>
<p id="paragraph2"><em>Anyway, I pored over the film of the Tigers’ fairly gutting SEC-opening loss to No. 16 Georgia to see who Missouri used on offense and defense, how often and in what ways. Then I tried to gather it in a way that wouldn’t bore you too terribly.</em></p>
<p id="paragraph3"><em>Did I fail? Did I succeed? I suppose that’s up for history to decide.</em></p>
<p id="hjAmV0"><em>Here we go...</em></p>
<h3 id="k8Xxet"><strong>Offense</strong></h3>
<p id="b6Qv4S"><strong>Quarterback</strong></p>
<p id="CHEO2q"><strong>Drew Lock – </strong>75</p>
<p id="7uaAXg">---</p>
<p id="OSDfOc"><strong>Tailback</strong></p>
<p id="pLfQYX"><span>Ish Witter</span><strong> – </strong>61</p>
<p id="UdqZJU"><strong>Damarea Crockett -- </strong>12</p>
<p id="jMVRr5">---</p>
<p id="szazYb"><strong>H-Back</strong></p>
<p id="iupTh1"><span>Sean Culkin</span><strong> – </strong>7</p>
<p id="uvHu6I"><span>Kendall Blanton</span><strong> – </strong>6</p>
<p id="ouNbAG"><span>Tyler Hanneke</span><strong> – </strong>5</p>
<p id="Q2nnwN"><span>Jason Reese</span><strong> -- </strong>2</p>
<p id="Sn3Iav"><span>Josh Augusta</span><strong> -- </strong>1<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="qhUUB2"><strong>---</strong></p>
<p id="pSb6kM"><strong>Tight End</strong></p>
<p id="vY0RaH"><strong>Kendall Blanton – </strong>19</p>
<p id="xvS6Ls"><strong>Jason Reese – </strong>7</p>
<p id="G4QjgH"><strong>Sean Culkin -- </strong>6</p>
<p id="bL9qYG"><strong>Tyler Hanneke -- </strong>1</p>
<p id="mvj6N6">---</p>
<p id="G5AWPW"><strong>Wide Receiver</strong></p>
<p id="xwJ9og"><strong>J’Mon Moore – </strong>71</p>
<p id="2BODHa"><strong>Emanuel Hall – </strong>68</p>
<p id="XQExkF"><span>Johnathon Johnson</span><strong> -- </strong>34</p>
<p id="cP8TUb"><span>Chris Black</span><strong> – </strong>26</p>
<p id="CMUx6u"><strong>Ray Wingo -- </strong>14</p>
<p id="DWDrUm"><strong>Jason Reese -- </strong>12</p>
<p id="WeXbeb"><strong>Kendall Blanton -- </strong>7</p>
<p id="SDA5Rl"><strong>Sean Culkin – </strong>7</p>
<p id="UFhpIt"><strong>Dimetrios Mason – </strong>4</p>
<p id="ATtxmf"><span>Eric Laurent</span><strong> – </strong>3</p>
<p id="qLjqox"><span>Justin Smith</span><strong> -- </strong>2</p>
<p id="bBZPGm">---</p>
<p id="s9AGuw"><strong>Line</strong></p>
<p id="tRkQyQ"><strong>Paul Adams – </strong>75</p>
<p id="f0Tsjf"><span>Kevin Pendleton</span><strong> -- </strong>75</p>
<p id="FMIfeC"><span>Alec Abeln</span><strong> – </strong>74</p>
<p id="BsdIN7"><strong>Tyler Howell – </strong>74</p>
<p id="wiDbWK"><strong>Samson Bailey – </strong>72</p>
<p id="YlbkRU"><span>Adam Ploudre</span><strong> – </strong>4</p>
<p id="PhS9P6"><strong>Tre’Vour Simms -- </strong>1</p>
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<h3 id="raX0nW"><strong>Defense</strong></h3>
<p id="H1LnWw"><strong>End</strong></p>
<p id="C7wnsx"><span>Charles Harris</span><strong> – </strong>54</p>
<p id="crou0N"><strong>Spencer Williams – </strong>46</p>
<p id="iBerai"><strong>Marcell Frazier – </strong>20</p>
<p id="df9e54"><strong>Jordan Harold -- </strong>19</p>
<p id="ZBX7gJ"><span>Rickey Hatley</span><strong> -- </strong>4</p>
<p id="p9JF23"><span>A.J. Logan</span><strong> – </strong>3</p>
<p id="KB3xEn"><strong>Josh Augusta -- </strong>1</p>
<p id="UElklO">---</p>
<p id="9HHHtY"><strong>Tackle</strong></p>
<p id="nMcnPl"><strong>Rickey Hatley – </strong>47</p>
<p id="X0x6qx"><strong>A.J. Logan – </strong>46</p>
<p id="fk0l7y"><strong>Terry Beckner -- </strong>42</p>
<p id="ADigem"><strong>Josh Augusta – </strong>40</p>
<p id="fJPkHW"><span>Charles Harris</span><strong> – </strong>4</p>
<p id="CqMuji"><strong>Spencer Williams – </strong>3</p>
<p id="BX7aMR"><strong>Jordan Harold -- </strong>1</p>
<p id="BCog9z">---</p>
<p id="iVmU0I"><strong>Rush End</strong></p>
<p id="3UixMu"><span>Charles Harris</span><strong> – </strong>16</p>
<p id="9EBYwr"><strong>Spencer Williams – </strong>15</p>
<p id="Kq7seA"><strong>Marcell Frazier -- </strong>10</p>
<p id="2DUPI0">---</p>
<p id="ayQtoq"><strong>Linebacker</strong></p>
<p id="65nBTD"><strong>Michael Scherer – </strong>93</p>
<p id="BlA2VQ"><span>Donavin Newsom</span><strong> -- </strong>80</p>
<p id="uCnqFd"><span>Joey Burkett</span><strong> – </strong>62</p>
<p id="aQkmgQ"><span>Brandon Lee</span><strong> – </strong>10</p>
<p id="ZMWLPh"><span>Eric Beisel</span><strong> -- </strong>8</p>
<p id="jLZ2O2"><strong>Terez Hall – </strong>4</p>
<p id="5QRzsm"><strong>Cale Garrett -- </strong>2</p>
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<p id="5VEa77"><strong>Nickelback</strong></p>
<p id="UTeXDH"><span>Thomas Wilson</span><strong> – </strong>15</p>
<p id="EpCoiJ"><span>Aarion Penton</span><strong> – </strong>13</p>
<p id="mSjj9o"><strong>Cam Hilton -- </strong>10</p>
<p id="H1wZlC">---</p>
<p id="jbB1wL"><strong>Cornerback</strong></p>
<p id="ymYyhS"><strong>John Gibson -- </strong>81</p>
<p id="figseN"><strong>Aarion Penton – </strong>79</p>
<p id="hFsapS"><strong>DeMarkus Acy – </strong>10</p>
<p id="R7jWZw"><span>Thomas Wilson</span><strong> -- </strong>2</p>
<p id="dCi2b8"><span>Logan Cheadle</span><strong> -- </strong>1</p>
<p id="q58MXD">---<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="IPWhc7"><strong>Safety</strong></p>
<p id="DZDjpp"><strong>Thomas Wilson -- </strong>74</p>
<p id="Hp9Ke6"><span>Anthony Sherrils</span><strong> – </strong>72</p>
<p id="dDHwac"><strong>Ronnell Perkins – </strong>20</p>
<p id="KtCrxy"><strong>Cam Hilton -- </strong>19</p>
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<h3 id="avE0al"><strong>Offensive Set Success</strong></h3>
<p id="1gv47y"><strong>4-WR/1-RB</strong></p>
<p id="0vqozA"><strong>Run: </strong>5 for 11 (2.20 avg.)<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="dokVfM"><strong>Pass: </strong>12-of-21, 154 yards (7.33 avg.), INT, 2 fumbles lost</p>
<p id="7Cs4Cb"><strong>Bad Snap: </strong>1 for -14<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="LAdDdV"><strong>Total: </strong>27 plays, 151 yards (5.59 avg.), INT, 2 fumbles lost<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="rf1NjF">---</p>
<p id="LoPsiS"><strong>3-WR/1-TE/1-RB</strong></p>
<p id="rlniAo"><strong>Run: </strong>21 for 78 (3.71 avg.)<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="WlyYBO"><strong>Pass: </strong>3-of-4, 29 yards (7.25 avg.), TD</p>
<p id="YMpYTP"><strong>Total: </strong>25 plays, 107 yards (4.28 avg.), TD<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="h4x7Zv">---</p>
<p id="k9vR8u"><strong>3-WR/2-RB</strong></p>
<p id="lYe4E7"><strong>Run: </strong>7 for 14 (2.00 avg.)<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="0D6meM"><strong>Pass: </strong>4-of-8, 155 yards (19.4 avg.), TD, 2 INT<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="i4LpuJ"><strong>Total: </strong>15 plays, 169 yards (11.3 avg.), TD, 2 INT<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="OzmgrF">---</p>
<p id="OBCLvN"><strong>2-WR/1-TE/2-RB</strong></p>
<p id="YYKNL6"><strong>Run: </strong>2 for 5 (2.50 avg.)<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="ZWqAII"><strong>Pass: </strong>1-of-2, 6 yards (3.00 avg.), TD</p>
<p id="ykxIb2"><strong>Total: </strong>4 plays, 11 yards (2.75 avg.), TD<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="ZtQcCY">---</p>
<p id="LHLEcu"><strong>5-WR</strong></p>
<p id="4HtGhI"><strong>Pass: </strong>2-of-2, 15 yards (7.50 avg.)<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="7swLXA">---</p>
<p id="OArcQZ"><strong>2-WR/2-TE/1-RB</strong></p>
<p id="m0xdL4"><strong>Pass: </strong>1-of-1, 17 yards</p>
<p id="40HAao">---</p>
<p id="De9czi"><strong>JUGGERNAUT</strong></p>
<p id="kU1pvu"><strong>Run: </strong>1 for 1</p>
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<p id="r22OSx"><strong>Avg. Seconds off the Play Clock: </strong>15.46</p>
<p id="s6c4OI"><strong>10 or Fewer Seconds Off</strong></p>
<p id="UCVoH0"><strong>Run: </strong>9 for 30 (3.33 avg.)</p>
<p id="GSs7GY"><strong>Pass: </strong>5-of-6, 73 yards (12.2 avg.), TD</p>
<p id="bHOo6w"><strong>Total: </strong>15 plays, 103 yards (6.87 avg.), TD</p>
<p id="arjm2q"><strong>11-19 Seconds Off</strong></p>
<p id="Fnq8R6"><strong>Run: </strong>7 for 28 (4.00 avg.)</p>
<p id="UGbRkJ"><strong>Pass: </strong>7-of-15, 78 yards (5.20 avg.), 2 INT</p>
<p id="0spLld"><strong>Total: </strong>22 plays, 106 yards (4.82 avg.), 2 INT</p>
<p id="L8iPov"><strong>20+ Seconds Off</strong></p>
<p id="YAJ0O8"><strong>Run: </strong>6 for 7 (1.17 avg.)</p>
<p id="x1Zqfz"><strong>Pass: </strong>3-of-5, 75 yards (15.0 avg.), INT</p>
<p id="1YPaBo"><strong>Total: </strong>11 plays, 82 yards (7.45 avg.), INT</p>
<p id="CHx41k"><strong>Off Live-Ball</strong></p>
<p id="ZeI9MM"><strong>Run: </strong>22 for 65 (2.95 avg.) </p>
<p id="iwSmTd"><strong>Pass: </strong>15-of-26, 226 yards (8.69 avg.), TD, 3 INT</p>
<p id="IymT1u"><strong>Total: </strong>48 plays, 291 yards (6.06 avg.), TD, 3 INT</p>
<p id="7bF69L"><strong>Off Dead-Ball</strong></p>
<p id="lx0BN1"><strong>Run: </strong>14 for 44 (3.14 avg.)</p>
<p id="DviVTG"><strong>Pass: </strong>8-of-12, 150 yards (12.5 avg.), 2 TD, 2 fumbles lost</p>
<p id="I4JrG6"><strong>Bad Snap: </strong>1 for -14</p>
<p id="48husc"><strong>Total: </strong>27 plays, 180 yards (6.67 avg.), 2 TD, 2 fumbles lost</p>
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<h3 id="CZdDO5"><strong>Defensive Set Success</strong></h3>
<p id="b6LHYs"><strong>4-3</strong></p>
<p id="BPmYXR"><strong>Run: </strong>15 for 60 (4.00 avg.)<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="QJPz8C"><strong>Pass: </strong>9-of-18, 77 yards (4.28 avg.)<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="dYC4O6"><strong>Sack: </strong>2 for -8 (-4.00 avg.)</p>
<p id="BJJ48k"><strong>Kneel: </strong>3 for -6 (-2.00 avg.)<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="2JByrf"><strong>Total: </strong>38 plays, 123 yards (3.24 avg.)</p>
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<p id="taKtsX"><strong>3-4</strong></p>
<p id="VmPsgT"><strong>Run: </strong>6 for 18 (3.00 avg.)<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="KduRKc"><strong>Pass: </strong>6-of-8, 94 yards (11.8 avg.), TD</p>
<p id="RScGat"><strong>Total: </strong>14 plays, 112 yards (8.00 avg.), TD<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="dx0W9W">---</p>
<p id="CV9xqE"><strong>Nickel</strong></p>
<p id="H2FSAM"><strong>Pass: </strong>6-of-13, 85 yards (6.54 avg.), TD, INT<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="mfGrr4">-—</p>
<p id="WT5k4t"><strong>4-4</strong></p>
<p id="LF0hjI"><strong>Run: </strong>6 for 20 (3.33 avg.), TD</p>
<p id="Sgqp9u"><strong>Pass: </strong>2-of-3, 12 yards (4.00 avg.)</p>
<p id="wluWkH"><strong>Sack: </strong>1 for -10</p>
<p id="FR3OMd"><strong>Total: </strong>10 plays, 22 yards (2.20 avg.), TD</p>
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<p id="PpVlj7"><strong>Dime</strong></p>
<p id="yKtQJn"><strong>Run: </strong>2 for 22 (11.0 avg.)</p>
<p id="UZOWMX"><strong>Pass: </strong>2-of-8, 23 yards (2.88 avg.)</p>
<p id="AbOrc2"><strong>Total: </strong>10 plays, 45 yards (4.50 avg.)</p>
<p id="ZddHq6"> —-</p>
<p id="ogP38J"><strong>3-3-5</strong></p>
<p id="Dq5g9T"><strong>Run: </strong>1 for 12<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="CQnwGK"><strong>Pass: </strong>2-of-3, 15 yards (5.00 avg.)</p>
<p id="pCsgVW"><strong>Sack: </strong>1 for -6</p>
<p id="PUqSKh"><strong>Total: </strong>5 plays, 21 yards (4.20 avg.)</p>
<p id="BDy0iM">---</p>
<p id="z7sVPp"><strong>2-front</strong></p>
<p id="MQi914"><strong>Pass: </strong>1-of-1, 0 yards<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="pWZ4aw">---</p>
<p id="g4abem"><strong>5-front</strong></p>
<p id="KdTuQf"><strong>Pass: </strong>1-of-1, 2 yards, TD<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="bppUeU">---</p>
<p id="im6lZI"><strong>5-4-3</strong></p>
<p id="pntVYT"><strong>Run: </strong>1 for -1</p>
<p id="zndVRU"><strong>Illegal Substitution Penalties: </strong>1</p>
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<p id="Mcuzgz"><strong>Georgia Targets…</strong></p>
<p id="xVRhr8"><strong>Penton: </strong>6-of-15, 96 yards, TD, 3 PBU</p>
<p id="2qoG2e"><strong>Gibson: </strong>1-of-4, 15 yards</p>
<p id="KTNA1t"><strong>Cheadle: </strong>0-of-1, Harris PBU</p>
<p id="swQRdw"><strong>Acy: </strong>0-of-1</p>
<p id="UpbEsm"><strong>Cornerbacks: 7-of-21, 111 yards, TD, 4 PBU</strong></p>
<p id="yOzQAL"><strong>Newsom: </strong>4-of-7, 37 yards, PBU</p>
<p id="Zafl4M"><strong>Burkett: </strong>3-of-4, 20 yards</p>
<p id="CTiy5Q"><strong>Lee: </strong>3-of-3, 33 yards<strong> </strong></p>
<p id="eekODA"><strong>Scherer: </strong>3-of-3, 25 yards</p>
<p id="oRnh1E"><strong>Beisel: </strong>1-of-2, 2 yards, TD</p>
<p id="D4R1gD"><strong>Linebackers: 14-of-19, 117 yards, TD, PBU</strong></p>
<p id="V3k38K"><strong>Wilson: </strong>7-of-12, 80 yards, TD, Hilton INT, PBU</p>
<p id="YVAuiP"><strong>Hilton: </strong>0-of-1, PBU</p>
<p id="YYV0er"><strong>Safeties: 7-of-13, 80 yards, TD, INT, 2 PBU </strong></p>
<p id="c7FLSr"><strong>Harris: </strong>1-of-1, 0 yards</p>
<p id="1Qfcem"><strong>Throwaway: </strong>0-of-1</p>
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<h3 id="AiFbZn">Heres the Theres</h3>
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<li>As it says on the Morrison Family crest, “Let’s start from the bottom.”</li>
<li id="WMrjeZ">I got interested after <a href="http://www.rockmnation.com/2016/9/15/12924312/who-gets-thrown-at-when-you-can-t-throw-at-penton">that story I wrote last week about who teams are targeting</a> and decided to do it again for the Georgia game. The Bulldogs must not have read said article, however, because they threw at Penton FIFTEEN TIMES. For the most part, that didn’t go well for Georgia, save a 32-yard gain to Terry Godwin and...well...that unpleasantness at the end.</li>
<li id="54AYLu">I guess it kind of make sense that teams would keep going at Penton. If Missouri’s going to put him on the other team’s best receivers, and the other team actually wants to try to get those players the ball, they’re going to have to try Penton. Georgia still completed only 40 percent of its passes at him.</li>
<li id="ye5pG1">The linebackers and safeties still hemorrhaged all sorts of yards in the middle of the field, combining to give up 21 catches for 197 yards and two scores on 32 targets. Wilson was an especially popular one to pick at, although Jacob Eason did try to thread one into Wilson’s man that Cam Hilton read and picked off once. The Nickel, which made its reappearance, was a mixed bag, which we’ll talk about in, oh, 35 words or so. But be it outside linebacker, safety or whatever, slot receivers, tight ends and their ilk are still an issue for the Tigers.</li>
<li>OK, the Nickel. Missouri trotted out a true Nickel look (4-2-5) 13 times in obvious passing situations, and Georgia rewarded the Tigers by throwing the ball all 13 times. The Bulldogs had a lot more success early in the game against that look — 3-of-4 for 55 yards in the first half — than it did late — 3-of-9 for 30 yards, a touchdown and a pick in the second. In the 4-2-5, Wilson played nickelback 10 times and Penton played it three. On Penton’s turns, Wilson actually split out as a corner twice (including the game-winning touchdown play) and played safety once while Cheadle subbed in as a corner...his only snap of the game.</li>
<li>Then the Tigers played a 3-3-5. I think we’re allowed to call it that now that Stec’s not around to yell at us. Missouri sacrificed a down lineman for a linebacker on five plays and it ended up working out well. Harris even got one of his three sacks from that look. Wilson manned the Nickel on all five of those snaps.</li>
<li id="hlAOqf">Then there was the Dime, where Scherer’s linebacker friends left him all alone on the field, Penton and Hilton played nickelback, and Acy came in as an extra corner. Missouri first showed that look on the final play of Georgia’s penultimate drive, then on all but one play (you know which one...) of the Bulldogs’ final drive. That look held Georgia to only two completions on eight attempts but was susceptible to the well-timed run (two for 22 yards) and was also the unwilling recipient of a Gibson pass interference call.</li>
<li id="Sf7J4e">All in all, when the Tigers had at least one true nickelback on the field, Georgia completed 10-of-24 passes for 123 yards, a pick and the game-winning touchdown. Mixed bag, I guess?</li>
<li id="kJ9W6m">Missouri also tried an innovative 5-4-3 set to stop <span>Nick Chubb</span> and it worked. The Tigers stuffed him for a loss of a yard on a 3rd-and-1. Of course, that’s too many men, and the refs flagged them as such. Which begs the question, doesn’t that nullify the play result, statistically speaking? Oh well, we’ll keep the snaps in there as long as that play’s still registered in the stat book...</li>
<li id="Ibe7Oc">OK, so here’s what I was going for on <a href="http://www.rockmnation.com/2016/9/8/12838894/missouri-tigers-football-offensive-pace-but-to-what-purpose">that confusing tempo metric</a>. On live-ball downs, Missouri snapped the ball -- on average -- a little over 15 seconds into the 40-second clock. Their best per-play averages in those situations came, somewhat paradoxically, when the Tigers snapped the ball before the clock hit 29 and after the clock hit 20. </li>
<li id="XUYZCg">Here’s what interested me most, though: the difference in success between dead- and live-ball situations. There were 48 plays in which Missouri ran a play off a 40-second clock in the rhythm of the offense. There were 27 more (at the start of drives, after penalties, off injuries and reviews) that the Tigers ran. The per-rush averages didn’t really budge. The passing efficiency did. Lock posted a 120.32 rating off live-ball downs and a 226.67 rating on dead-ball ones. All three of his picks? Live ball, in the flow of the offense. Both of his touchdown passes to Moore? Dead ball, coming off a break. Yeah, Missouri coughed up two fumbles in those situations, but those weren’t Lock’s fault.</li>
<li id="6EXEC5">Against Georgia, at least, if you wanted to get Lock at his best, it was when he didn’t yet have a chance to worry about setting up tempo.</li>
<li id="Oegbb7">Josh Heupel got all geeked up and trotted out seven different offensive sets against Georgia, and that’s not counting all the different places he put those receivers in once he got them out there. The 3-0-2 was feast or famine (19 yards an attempt...two interceptions), and the 4-0-1 and 3-1-1 were just OK. Also: way predictable. Missouri was an 84-percent run team with a tight end attached, three wide and a back, and a 78-percent pass team with four wide and a back.</li>
<li id="9Wpa7K">Holy, Ish Witter! The junior played 83.6 percent of the available tailback snaps, which used to be a bad word on a team that’s basically been tailback by committee since Devin West. Alex Ross’ ankle probably has a little something to do with that, but it’s rather interesting that, in Ross’ absence, the <em>only</em> two backs Heupel trusted were Witter and Crockett.</li>
<li id="ZK6Z5v">Kendall Blanton (32) played more snaps than Jason Reese (21) and Sean Culkin (20), with Culkin being the most equal opportunity of the three between attached, wide and H-back, Blanton attaching disproportionately and Reese splitting disproportionately. </li>
<li id="Xj8U4r">Moore and Emanuel Hall barely left the field. Hall’s permanence left a surprisingly low number of opportunities for Mason (4), especially after he saw 40 snaps against Eastern Michigan and 39 against West Virginia. Johnson (34) and <span>Black</span> (26) outpaced Wingo (14) in the slot.</li>
<li id="1p7wnG">Ploudre subbed in at right guard and Abeln swung to center for three snaps when Bailey was nursing a sore ankle in-game. Where did the other snap come from? The JUGGERNAUT<strong> </strong>package, of course, which appears to have become Heupel’s repository for sneaking players into the game and seeing if I notice. This time, Adams moved to left tackle, Ploudre to left guard, Bailey stayed at center, Pendleton to right guard and Simms in at right tackle to work as a buffer between Augusta and INSERT NAME OF ENTIRE GEORGIA DEFENSE HERE</li>
<li id="QPA80a">Harris was back to his iron man ways, playing 74 of 93 snaps (79.6 percent). So was Scherer, who played the whole game, and Penton, who played all but one snap. Williams is extending his lead over Harold on the other edge (64 to 20, this game), although Missouri went to Frazier on the other side of Harris on Georgia’s final drive, when the Tigers wanted to try and get pressure in the Dime.</li>
<li id="Ld89Xl">Four times, DeMontie Cross got all goofy and switched the ends with the tackles, lining Harris/Williams/Harold up inside and Hatley/Logan/Augusta on the outside for four snaps. We saw this against Arkansas last year. This time, that look yielded 2-of-4 completions for 13 yards.</li>
<li id="LTku8f">The four interior linemen’s counts were basically identical: Hatley 51, Logan 49, Beckner 42, Augusta 41. Well, 42 if you count his offensive excursion.</li>
<li id="ToA35Q">Eric Beisel was the fifth linebacker in Missouri’s 5-front (as he has been) but also replaced Hall as the fourth linebacker in the 4-4 after the first quarter. Cheadle and Hall both went out due to injuries during the game, <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/mizzou-notes-qb-not-chubb-dooms-tigers/article_5143a48d-dca6-5611-8825-f7d4cb59d249.html">according to Dave Matter.</a>
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<li id="qo6huU">Hilton’s stock is on the rise. He played 29 snaps against Georgia after combining to play 24 in the first two weeks.</li>
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https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/9/19/12966928/missouri-tigers-georgia-bulldogs-tempo-tales-fertile-ground-the-nickel-is-nighDavid Morrison2016-09-19T08:31:09-05:002016-09-19T08:31:09-05:00Missouri’s only curse is self-inflicted
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<p>It’s time to dispel a tired myth.</p> <p id="sL0mvQ">I want to cut through all the nonsense arguments that will try and paint Missouri’s heart-breaking, 28-27 loss to Georgia on Faurot Field as some sort of curse which Tiger fans have inherited. Losses are not about north end zones or rock letters or Indian burial grounds no matter the convenient narrative persistently peddled to you. Missouri fans should relinquish their death-grip on the tired crutch as the only fanbase that has ever suffered a crushing loss; the sooner the better.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">That is SO Missouri.</p>— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooForde/status/777348884280516608">September 18, 2016</a>
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<p id="z1tWGd">I wish I didn’t feel obligated to unravel the pretzeled logic that concludes one of Missouri’s end zones has it out for the Tigers and favors its opponents.</p>
<p id="VOw5xy">Never mind the touchdown and two-point conversion Missouri pulled off to defeat Arkansas two years ago to complete a six-game winning streak and a return trip to the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/sec-championship-game">SEC Championship</a> Game. Did Missouri knock off #1 ranked Oklahoma in 2010 because they were facing south instead of north? In 2003 did Missouri break “the curse”, as <a href="https://twitter.com/MizzouNetwork/status/776423349744316418">the Mizzou Network implied earlier this week</a>, because they were defending the north endzone in the fourth quarter? The same endzone Missouri was defending on Saturday?</p>
<p id="CypduC">Is the 50 yard line, where J’Mon fumbled, cursed? Where does it end?</p>
<p id="aQHgPM">The cornucopia of misery that is apparently Missouri’s sole claim to fame would remind me that both the Fleakicker and the Fifth Down happened in the North Endzone of Faurot Field, as if woe is magnetically attracted to those white-washed rocks. Not content to let the past go, fans and media alike recall these monikered misfortunes as if holding on to them is some badge of pride. Reveling in presumed doom is as much a pastime as tailgating and debating BBQ.</p>
<p id="cPSPcm">Please ignore the fact that one happened in the fourth loss of a 7-5 season and the other came two games after Indiana scored 58 points on a Tiger squad that ended up 4-7. Did Andrew Baggett’s kick off the upright cost them a trip to Atlanta? Did a loss to Indiana derail the Tigers’ return?</p>
<p id="xaZuYg">How much have these gut-punches really affected Missouri’s season?</p>
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<p id="ZC2IdA">All of that is a bromide for when the truth is unpalatable. Adjusted for the luck of a bouncing ball or deflected pass, players and coaches win or lose games via their athleticism, focus and preparation.</p>
<p id="fyEkUz">Explaining away disappointing losses with pithy platitudes is intellectually dishonest and plain boring.</p>
<p id="xNAGKN">It has become too easy to paint critiques as hot-tempered overreaction, concerns as wild invective, dissenting opinions as hot-take message board irrationality that typically devolves into petty back and forth. Questioning bad play or bad calls is met with canned responses like “you haven’t played the game” or “coaches know more”. We saw it just last night when Oklahoma was shellacked by Ohio State:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Stoops: "The normal person's not gonna understand what happens during a game." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sooners?src=hash">#Sooners</a></p>— John E. Hoover (@johnehoover) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnehoover/status/777372331803021313">September 18, 2016</a>
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<p id="E9bNkO">I guarantee every player and coach will admit, after a win or a loss, that they have things they can improve and things they can work on.</p>
<p id="YAEyAe">Missouri’s offense, specifically Drew Lock, has exceeded many’s expectations after 2015 and has evolved even in its first three games.</p>
<p id="xaCmvM">After Missouri’s loss to West Virginia to start the season, a disagreement about player reps between Barry Odom and Josh Heupel saw <span>Drew Lock</span> take the vast majority of the snaps in a win over Eastern Michigan -- perhaps even when <span>Marvin Zanders</span> was better suited situationally. And despite two previous interceptions, Lock saw every snap against Georgia, including a 15-play drive consisting of 14 runs (and one fourth-down conversion by <span>Josh Augusta</span>) only for it to end with an interception of a questionable pass on third and five from Georgia’s 18-yard line up 27-21 with 8 minutes left.</p>
<p id="7tZStS">Perhaps that is this week’s memento mori moment for Mizzou’s offensive coordinator. When a defense holds a Heisman candidate in check despite three turnovers, reward them with more breathing room and kick the field goal to make it a two-score game. And when that defense manages to turn around and force a punt, still clinging to the lead despite being on the field for nearly twice as long as its counterpart, run the clock while you run the damn ball.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mizzou still snapping the ball with 21 seconds left on play clock for some damn reason.</p>— Joe Walljasper (@JoeWalljasper) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeWalljasper/status/777342284551557120">September 18, 2016</a>
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<p id="z1HOGa">Otherwise you allow a freshman quarterback to lead a game-winning drive in his first true road start.</p>
<p id="mYA26j">That’s how you end up being the one who is cursed.</p>
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https://www.rockmnation.com/2016/9/19/12967480/missouri-tigers-only-curse-is-self-inflictedOscar Gamble2016-09-19T07:01:08-05:002016-09-19T07:01:08-05:00Recapping Missouri's 28-27 loss to Georgia
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<p>The crew recaps Missouri's 28-27 home loss to Georgia</p> <p>Hey there folks! The Zoulogy podcast with Oscar, Dan and David recap Missouri's 28-27 loss to Georgia including <span>Drew Lock's</span> performance, <span>Charles Harris</span> on the prowl, questionable play-calling, untimely turnovers and the myth that Mizzou is cursed.</p>
<h3>Show Notes</h3>
<p>0:35 - "The Little Girl with the Curl" aka <span>Isaiah McKenzie</span><br>1:50 - Drew Lock started off great, <span>J'Mon Moore</span> saw the ball a lot<br>4:30 - On Josh Heupel's scheme and play-calling feel<br>6:21 - 3 interceptions: the good, the bad and the ugly<br>10:35 - #TightEndPassGame<br>11:21 - Missouri didn't allow any points off turnovers, partially thanks to #CollegeKickers<br>14:00 - <span>Ish Witter</span> = <span>Nick Chubb</span>?<br>14:35 - <span>Charles Harris</span> and what is a sack?<br>17:02 - John "DPI" Gibson and the three glaring holes on defense<br>21:15 - Talking about the dumb narrative that "Missouri is cursed"<br>24:40 - #Augusta4Piesman<br>26:25 - Does it feel <a href="http://www.rockmnation.com/2016/9/18/12957964/missouri-georgia-recap-pain-agony-misery" target="_blank">good to hurt after a win</a>?<br>30:30 - What if I told you Missouri's offensive line has been good?<br>31:18 - What are some things you'd like to see improve?</p>
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https://www.rockmnation.com/mizzou-football-2016/2016/9/19/12968094/zoulogy-podcast-missouri-tigers-georgia-bulldogs-drew-lock-josh-augustaOscar GambleDan KeeganDavid Morrison