| 02 December 2007
38-17. Ugly. Tom Petty-like ugly. That what this game was. I hate the way I feel this morning. After reading all the stories of "my 82 year old mom watches the Tigers..." and "my daughter sits in front of the TV...", this sucks even worse. (Insert best Mike Gundy scream) I'm a single...I'm 25 years old and I'm a man! I've had pretty good success with my teams; Cardinals win the World Series, Bears have won a Super Bowl in my lifetime and have been successful the past few seasons, and the Blues over the years have been in the playoffs for most of my life. The Tigers are the only team that I haven't had success with is Mizzou. I believe we will be even better next year, but this one hurts. So, what exactly happened?-I haven't and won't ever be one to doubt Gary Pinkel. He has done a great job on the field, off the field, and with recruiting. With that being said, you don't run horizontal passing plays against a speed defense. Also, 1st and goal inside an inch, go under center. Chase doesn't even have to see over the line, which is the only reason we run shotty.
-Injuries hurt us. DaNario Alexander's leg ended up looking like Rose McGowan's in Grindhouse. Chase Coffman also had a pirate peg leg. Pig Brown would have helped out too. Which brings us to...
-The secondary was HORRENDOUS. Surprised? No. It takes something big to get me surprised. Like the time I discovered that an ex-girlfriend had a stoma after dating her for three months. I wanted to take advantage of that stoma like Oklahoma did our secondary. I pushed that stoma to the edge for some fun, and Oklahoma had fun all over our safeties.-The defensive line was ok. We had a great rush defense and had Allen Patrick and Chris Brown in the backfield several times. But on the next play, we brought a knife to a gunfight and we'd get burned. Allen Patrick is a monster.
-Hell, even the refs were on our side! We were in the Sooner's heads early. If we score early like we should have with those chances, this game is different. But it wasn't.
-Shakespeare's Pizza Playa of the Week has to go to T Rucker. Good stats (6 rec for 76yds) on a bad night. Grab some pizza T! You've deserved it for your time at Mizzou.
So, we figure out which bowl we're going to. After thinking long and hard, I think Hawaii winning last night actually helps us. There is a chance that the Fiesta people are into a WAC/Oklahoma rematch, which was the best BCS bowl I've ever seen. Hawaii has a lot of what Boise did last year; undefeated WAC team, lots of offense, over looked. That, along with the WVU upset means that the Orange Bowl may overlook the Mountaineers and plug in the Tigers. WVU is guaranteed a spot though, either Orange or Sugar. It'll be interesting. I'm giving the Fiesta committee the benefit of the doubt that they wouldn't pick an all B12 bowl with kU and Oklahoma. Then again, people are idiots.70/30 we are going to the Cotton Bowl, which means there's a 90% chance Sleezy and I will be there. I'll make sure to wear my Sex Panther, since studies show 60% of the time, it works every time.
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