**** Nebraska. I hope Texas kicks the shit out of them.

Good win Missouri. Congrats

Thanks!

Thanks. You guys played good, too.

I try, I really do. I admit that I will fail on occasion, but I really do try to give Pinkel a wide berth.

He annoys me fairly frequently, but he's built this program; it's his. The recruits are his, the staff is his - when we win, it's because of Gary Pinkel.

Do I wish he'd install a short yardage package? Sure - but the man's built a consistent winner and a team that's capable of having some excellent years along the way. He's also a standup individual that's active in the community. For a university that survived Quin Snyder, that's a HUGE deal.

He's a top 20 coach in college football, IMO. I'll live with his quirks.

Afterall - he could be Turner Gill.

Thank you, sir.

You've got to be lovin this start in Lincoln.

Yes, yes I am...

That might be the best game Missouri's played in the Pinkel era.

Went into a hostile environment and just b!tch slapped the other team.

Nebraska and Arkansas 2 years ago were much better.

College Football = Every game's a blowout, lol

Chase Daniel : I think #Mizzou deserves to host Gameday next week..what do you think Mizzou fans and @cbfowler ?

Gotta love technology.

Dave Matter : Gabbert all business after the win. Said he'll be watching Oklahoma film on the plane ride home on his phone

THIS.

Leadership. "It."

Dave Matter: Pinkel let it slip that Gabbert did indeed have injured ribs, not just the sore hip

http://twitter.com/#!/Dave_Matter/status/27572465453

Well it's good that they had him run the ball late and then line up at WR. That helps ribs heal.

Gabbert cares about four things in life: Football, fishing, steaks, and ****ing Bekah Mills.

Yea, his twitter stream is hilarious. ROFLROFL

Sounds like a well-grounded guy. :shrug:

Yep, LMAO. He's got his priorities straight.

In 2006, #Mizzou upset TexTech in Lubbock and one player screamed "We for real baby!" I didn't hear any of that bluster today. Veteran group.

http://twitter.com/#!/Dave_Matter/status/27575622119

Which hurt worse...watching MU kick TAMU's ass or posting this?

ROFL

haha, I didn't watch it. FSN here chose to show Georgia - Vandy instead.

Suggestion for the MU PR department. Get your games on TV, you'd have a lot more fans that way.

Good win nonetheless, I was following on gamecast.

I know what you are talking about...some of the decisions he makes leaves me scratching my head but he has turned MU from a doormat into a top 25 program.

He also could be Turner Gill! ROFL

Dude. You have no ****ing idea about this TV shit.

Yep, I'm clueless. I just live in the biggest media market in the world and not once this year has Missouri been on tv.


ROFL

You are clueless because you think your little TV declares what is and is not a national game. Your bullshit 25 straight comment about Kansas last night showed us how much you know about anything.

Can't wait to line up against your "team" soon.

Definitely a hold.

Tweet from Chase Daniel:

ChaseDaniel Chase Daniel
#Mizzougameday...Just got a text from Kirk Herbstreit & he said it's down to Mizzou/Ou or Lsu/Auburn...we deserve it!

25 straight games of Kansas football have been televised.

Have you had to of had a higher tier of cable to get a few of those games? (NDSU, New Mex St..) yes...

If you are happy with the TV coverage of Missouri football then good for you. I wouldn't be. I've heard you've had multiple games not televised anywhere this season.

I wouldn't be happy with that.

Your football team will be lucky to get a contract with local access next year, chief.

I got to watch the game on Fox Sports Florida down here in Tampa.

I agree.

The outlet here chose Georgia/Vandy for whatever reason.

I was wanting to check out MU cause I hadn't got to see them play so I was a bit annoyed when they weren't on.

My son was on the same HS football team as Adam Burton, a LB at Mizzou. I use to go watch practices after work. I was a Chiefs season ticket holder for 14 years. I saw many a NFL LB play in person over the years. Adam was just as fast as any of those LB's in going from sideline to sideline. He could have went to any college in America. He's just a Freshman and not even starting. That tells you the depth that Mizzouri has on defense.

Only saw half the game, but that was a great win. It's nice to send all the Aggie fans home early.

Gabbert looked fantastic. Finally. We tried to get him killed again, but it looked like he survived it alright.

Nebraska fans booing an injured player

No question MU can win in Lincoln.

Can? Absolutely. Will? I dunno.

I'm encouraged though. I like the matchup of our D versus that Nebraska offense. (Never thought I'd say that.)

I'd be a lot more confident if it were a home game for Mizzou.

Both defenses match up well against the offenses. MU's defense is giving up 3.5 ypc, and that includes the 170 yards SDSU's RB had on two plays. Nebraska basically plays a base dime, and they are geared towards stopping spread teams.

Congrats Missouri. You are currently now the division leader in the Big XII North with Nebraska's loss.

Texas makes Nebraska their bitch one last time. Perfect.

Alright Mizzou gotta get a big big W against OU

It'd be HUGE. You know the crowd will be fired up.

I am ready as well...hurry up next weekend

Nervous.

If God came down tomorrow and told me "the Tigers play OU and KU this season, they will only win 1 of those games - I'll let you choose..."

I'd pick OU and wouldn't think twice.

I cannot say how goddamn tired I am of watching those MFers beat us. I want them dead. I want their family dead.

This nonsense has to stop. Even when Oklahoma's better than us - they're not THAT much better than us. There's no reason we can't beat them in our barn, while undefeated, on homecoming.

Absolutely.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIR! I feel the same way. It would be so great!

They showed the game up here in Washington state.

Actually they have shown 3 MU games on Fox Sports Northwest this year.

They haven't shown KU once

I guess they figure people already get enough bad football watching Washington St. Play every Saturday.

Are you saying you're nervous, the crowd will be nervous... or both?

I'm nervous. But, you can't be nervous if you don't think you've got a shot, ya know?

No matter what the actual case is they always turn out being Goliath with us being David. Its like....a block in my mind or something.

Liar. I live in Washington State as well and KU was on FSN on Thursday. Every time a Big XII team plays on FSN and there isn't a Pac 10 conflict they show the Big XII.

Yeah, until we beat their asses.. it's tough to believe it can happen. Only takes once though...

We beat them in 1998, 1983, and 1981. Three times in 30 years.

Good Job MU, I will be rooting for you since my Huskers decided to trash another year.

Past history may not be indicative of future results.

:spock:

You can't be serious.

My favorite things:

1) The gameplan. Missouri diced up aTm on both sides of the ball. Gabbert really elevated his play and made some outstanding throws. If thats the QB we see the rest of the year, the sky is the limit for this team.

2) The defensive line. Yes, aTm has a weak OL. But Missouri's defense - and especially the DL - played outstanding football, and it started up front. Good D vs. the run, and great pressure.

3) That Missouri dominated and won the game straight up. All week, most of the pundits were talking about Missouri having to force a lot of turnovers to have a chance against aTm and keep up in a shootout. Instead, Missouri dominated wire-to-wire, and showed it clearly was a better team in all facets.

Forgot to mention: GREAT play from the secondary, especially Rutland and Kip Edwards. This D, I think, is just going to get better as the season goes along (barring further injuries). It all starts up front, though. I love the way the D has stepped up with Aldon Smith out... if Madison, J. Smith, etc keep up this level of play when Aldon comes back, watch out....

I wasn't trying to be Debbie Downer, I was looking up the last time we beat them. I forgot about 1998, the time before that, I was in diapers, and the time before that, I was -1 years old.

:clap:

I can't imagine our gimmicky spread offense will be effective against OU. Never has been in the past.

I think the defense will keep us in it until the end, and then they'll run out of gas and we'll collapse in the 4th quarter.

Hope I'm wrong. :sulk:

Finally? WTF?

Easily the best QB has had in, well,...?

More about my expectations than anything Gabbert has done. I spent an off season hoping for a healthy Blaine Gabbert... for what we saw today.

I hear you. When healthy, he's simply one of the (if not "the") best in college football.

eh? why?

I would much rather root for MU to stay undefeated and challenge for a national title game than my Huskers winning a meaningless division title.

I hate Pinkel's offensive scheme.

Most Mizzou fans with at least a room temperature IQ do also.

Mizzou fans should be thankful as hell that we have Pinkel.

There's something to be said for understanding where your program falls in the big scheme of things. Unfortunately, Mizzou will never be a perennial National Title contender. What they should be, however, is a perennial top-25 team. Largely, Pinkel has made this possible, while greatly improving facilities and recruiting well.

In my view, this is about as well as Mizzou can reasonably expect. When things line up especially well, we'll have an even better year. Perhaps like the ride we're on now? In short, though, we're lucky to have him.

*Naturally, this doesn't mean that anyone is above criticism. This is a completely separate issue.

Congratulations Tigers. I know its almost impossible to throw well wishes your way, but I would much rather see a Big XII team win our conference than a Big 10 one. Since we're oviously not going to be much of a speed bump this year, hope you guys send the Huskers a nice "going away" gift when you play them.

Appreciated.

Most Mizzou fans hate the offensive system that has consistently given Missouri its best offensive teams in the past 40 years?

I know that some people hate the spread irrationally, but it's a big part of Pinkel's success at Mizzou. It's the reason Missouri continues to attract great quarterbacks (Next one in line, IMO: 2012 kid Gunner Kiel, who probably is the guy that replaces Franklin as the starter) and helped attract the great WR class this past recruiting cycle.

It gives Missouri the best shot to be a consistent winner in the new conference, that's for sure. Going to a pro style system just isn't going to work that often for a school like Missouri (too reliant on a great QB/great OL).

I WOULD like to see an ace set incorporated (with a TE in the slot and a blocking TE attached to the line on the opposite side), but the spread is Missouri's bread and butter.

The Tigers are damn lucky to have had a "win" hire like Pinkel. Let's just hope they are similarly successful when it comes time to hire his replacement...

Agreed. The thing that could change this paradigm would be landing a top 5 current coach or, even better, an all-time coach. You know, a Davaney/Bryant/Osborne.

Otherwise, I'll be happy with where this program is. Missouri should be a top 25 program that is in the top 30 most years and has 2-3 years a decade where it can contend for the conference title.

Let's not forget the genius fans that wanted Steck fired as well.


BTW, WTF was Vegas smoking on their line? I mean, they are typically pretty accurate but the line today was irrationally bad.

Let's hope we can say a similar thing regarding Yost by seasons end. If he dials up six more offensive gameplans like the one today, that shouldn't be a problem.

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Musburger & Herbstreit announced during the Ohio State/Wisky game that they'll be in Columbia next Saturday night at 7pm on ABC.

I assume that means GameDay will also be in Columbia that morning too.