***Official 2012-13 Mizzou football repository thread***

[duncan_idaho]

I figured it was time to start the new version of this...

2012 Schedule
April 14: Spring Game
Sept. 1: SE Louisiana
Sept. 8: Georgia
Sept. 15: Arizona State
Sept. 22: at South Carolina
Sept. 29: at Central Florida
Oct. 6: Vanderbilt
Oct. 13: Alabama
Oct. 20: OPEN
Oct. 27: Kentucky*101st HOMECOMING*
Nov. 3: at Florida
Nov. 10: at Tennessee
Nov. 17: Syracuse
Nov. 24: at Texas A&M

Still three games to be released here. I'd expect a mid-major in the Sept. 1 game, a FCS team on Sept. 29, and another mid-major on Nov. 17 (to get a November home game on the schedule).

Committed Recruits:
A list of all players committed to Missouri for the 2013 recruiting class.

*** LB Joe Burkett, Jefferson City
*** ATH Aarion Penton, Christian Brothers (St. Louis)
*** ATH Anthony Sherrils, Hogan Prep (Kansas City)
*** OC Alec Abein SLUH (St. Louis)
**** ATH Chase Abbington, Fort Zumwalt South (St. Louis)
*** OL Harneet Gill, Francis Howell (St. Louis)
*** QB Trent Hosick, Staley (Kansas City)
*** WR J'Mon Moore, Elkins (Missouri City, Tx) Soft verbal - still looking around
*** OT Clay Rhodes, Stillwell (Kansas City)
*** DT Antar Thompson, Richmond Heights (St. Louis)
*** LB Eric Beisel, Rockwood Summit (Fenton, MO).
*** DT A.J. Logan, Rock Bridge (Columbia, MO)
*** QB Eddie Printz, Lassiter (Marietta, GA)
*** DE Nate Crawford, West Florida Tech (Pensacola, FL)
*** DE Marcus Loud, Wheatley (Houston, TX)
*** DT Josh Augusta, Peoria (Peoria, IL)
*** TE Jason Reese, Trinity (Euless, Tx)
*** S SHaun Rupert, Carver (Montgomery, AL)
*** S Duron Singleton, Fresno CC (Fresno, California)
NR DE Charles Harris, Liberty Prep (Kansas City, MO)





Season Notes:
New uniforms to be unveiled at the Spring Game on April 14.

I'll try to be good about maintaining this, though I've set a ridiculous standard for myself.

[DeezNutz]

QB play has been so poor this year that it alone is enough to justify Yost's head. I cannot begin to fathom why they're taught to stand flat-footed in the pocket, in as unathletic a position as humanly possible.

Whether we're talking baseball or football, poor throws are almost always the result of poor footwork, and Yost goes out of his way to ensure the latter, creating an impressive hurdle to overcome for success.

The handling DGB has also been infuriating. Psst...bubble screens to shifty, long-striding receivers can be pretty successful. Apparently, though, there's a rule that once something works great (see first series last week) one cannot go back to that same well (see the rest of the game last week).

Complete train wreck. I've backed Pinkel consistently, but there's been a whole lot of stupid from the staff this year, so much so that I'd be fine with his departure.

**** it. Go full classic SEC. Bring in that loathsome cockbag Petrino, let him bang a few secretaries, but let him also compile a shit ton of victories.

[|Zach|]

Not worried about the program at all. Already looking forward to next year.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

duncan:

I'd be interested in getting your take on this year....while I am disappointed overall, it has been a year where MU has had a much stronger schedule so expecting a great year out of this first season might have been a stretch.

We've played Alabama, FL, GA, South Carolina and this game today against aTm.....that's a pretty rugged schedule compared to what we played in the Big 12.

What are your positives/negatives on this year?

(Any other MU fans can chime in here too)

This year is a clear disappointment. I think you can point to several factors:

1) THe sudden frailness of James Franklin. Coming into Spring Ball, we were hearing how Franklin played through cracked ribs, swollen knees, back pain, etc throughout 2011. Then he injures his throwing shoulder in a freak Spring Ball accident, injures it again against Georgia, injures his knee against Vandy, gets a concussion vs. Syracuse.

Not having a healthy Franklin on the field definitely cost MIssouri the Vanderbilt game, likely cost Missouri the Syracuse game, and might have cost Missouri the Georgia game (Mizzou was up 14-7 when he was hurt, and had moved the ball well while hitting on some big plays early).

Just add wins instead of losses for Vandy and Syracuse, and you're looking at 7-4 heading into this aTm game - right where just about everyone predicted they'd be at the start of the season.

2) The OL woes. Yes, Pinkel and company have not done a super amazing job recruiting here. But the only members of the original, fall-camp two-deep who have played without any interruption are true freshman G Evan Boehm and walk-on G Max Copeland. Three of the two deep never made it to this season: No. 6 OL Taylor Chappell, the top reserve tackle, 3-year starter LG Travis Ruth (No. 4 OL), and solid reserve guard Mark Hill retired due to health issues (No. 7 OL). Then RG Jack Meiners (No. 3 OL) hurt his knee against SE LA, and has been hobbled ever since. Then Elvis Fisher (No. 1 OL) hurt his knee against Georgia, and has been hobbled ever since. Then Justin Britt blew out his knee against Florida (No. 2 OL). C Mitch Morse (No. 5 OL) has also missed time with knee issues.

Any OL is going to look rough in that situation.

3) Lack of adjustment offensively. I agree that Yost thinks too much and gets too clever sometimes. There's not enough willingness to just go to the well on his part.

4) Underperforming pass defense. Missouri still struggles to defend 4 WR sets, because Dave Steckel still insists on sticking with a nickel, 2 LB package even against 5 WR. THis does a few things:

- It signals to the offense you're almost certainly in a zone look.
- It forces you to give one of the LB extra safety help, which detracts from the two-deep zone look

I'd point to poor pass defensive scheme as the reason for the loss to Georgia and the loss to Syracuse.

I don't know that Mizzou's schedule is THAT much stronger than it was a year ago. The difference is not that big. Mizzou just isn't quite as good, mostly because of the injuries at QB and OL.

I'm ready to close the book on this season, and will be glad to see what changes come next year. It will be a big season for Mizzou, and the schedule becomes quite a bit easier, hopefully.

@ Ole Miss instead of Alabama at home (Much, much easier game, though Ole Miss will likely be solid)

Tennessee, Florida, aTm at home (Much easier, though that's likely a 1-2 stretch)

Non-con schedule becomes much easier, too.

[Frazod]

Gets home from seeing Lincoln. Turns on TV. Sees they're down 21-0 in the first quarter. Curses a bit. Turns off TV.

[petegz28]

Just getting flat out embarrassed

[ghak99]

...the women's college volleyball on FSM is calling my name.



"The Shocker's"...

[KcMizzou]

I had to switch over to the basketball game.

[CoMoChief]

Wow this is bad

[DeezNutz]

Is the dumpster fire still burning?

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Not worried about the program at all. Already looking forward to next year.

You should be... these guys quit tonight.

[Mizzou_8541]

Mizzou's playing some inspired football tonight. Pinkel's got his boys ready to play. Not sure how upset I'd be if the house were cleaned now that the season the season is over. Perhaps I'm overreacting but it seems obvious to me that we should have won at least 7 games with the level of talent on the roster. I understand we had tons of injuries, but I good coaching can overcome a lot of that. Oh well, at least our basketball team is good. Oh wait....

[alanm]

Wow.. 42-0 with 3 and a half minutes left in the 2nd.
I don't know what to say.

[GloryDayz]

All bets are off. Including your QB walking off the field on his own... It's all in the game..

[Discuss Thrower]

Big 12 plz.

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Big 12 plz.

This team wouldn't have competed any better in the Big 12, with all the shit that's happened. It's just a bad season.

At least it's over now.