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Originally Posted by Cochise
Florida is down, and they are usually not. That's really the only difference.
The SEC has 10 teams out of 14 which are bowl-eligible. 3 teams in the top 5, 7 in the top 25. Half the conference is ranked - in what a lot of people are calling a down year, which should say something.
Of course I don't think Missouri is as good as Alabama or FSU, but if you look at our record, we do only have 1 loss and it was in double overtime with our backup QB.
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Mizzou has 3 wins this year that tell me they are absolutely legit.
Beating Ol' Miss on the road and really doing so in convincing fashion. The 14 point score was closer than the game; it never felt like Mizzou was challenged in that game.
The A&M win over an angry Manziel looking to put his stamp on his career.
The Vandy win. They
housed an 8-4 football team on the road. That game was a slaughter and another one where Mizzou dicked around and let the score get a little closer than it was.
Mizzou's legitimately good. In fact, I'm not ready to say they're not as good as FSU. FSU has one good win and have otherwise dominated an awful ACC.
Any Saturday a team can have a bad game and watch their season go up in a puff of smoke. It could happen this Saturday as well. But Missouri is still a very good football team. They have a plus quarterback and the best group of skill position players (WR and RBs) in the country. If anyone disagrees with me there, go ahead and make your argument because I don't see anybody with the size, speed and skill, not to mention depth, that Mizzou has at WR and at RB. Going 5 deep with potential NFL WRs and 3 deep with HR hitters at RB is pretty damn uncommon.
We have a solid LB corps, the best DEs in the conference (arguably the country) and an experienced, healthy OL. Missouri is legitimately good.