****Official 2016 Missouri Tigers Football Thread****

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Following the shitpocalypse that was 2015, almost anything would be an improvement.

Key Departures from 2015:

Kentrell Brothers
Connor McGovern
Evan Boehm
Ethiopia Dennis

Addition by Subtraction from 2015:

Maty "The Snowman" Mauk
AJ Ricker
Josh Henson

2017 Commits and Key Recruits:

Spoiler!

Commits:

DaRon Davis, RB, KC MO ***
Jafar Armstrong, AthAlete, Shawnee Mission, KS ***
Pompey Coleman, OT, Indianapolis, IN ***
Hyrin White, OT, Descroto, TX ***
Logan Christophsen, TE, Lemont, IL ***
Larry Borom, OL, Bloomfield Hills, MI **
Roderick Ford, WR, Fort Worth, TX ***
Case Cook, OL, Carrolton, GA ***
Aubrey Miller, LB, Memphis, TN ***
Jamal Brooks, LB Bessemer, AL ***
Joshuah Bledsoe, DB, Spring, TX ***
Reyondous Estes, QB, East St. Louis, IL **
Adam Bay, LB, Mesa, AZ Unranked


Key Area Recruits:

Larry Boyd, OT, STL, MO ***
Chester Graves, DE, KC MO ****
Marquis Hayes, OT, Maryland Heights, MO ***

2016 Schedule:

9/3: @ West Virginia
9/10: Eastern Michigan
9/17: Georgia
9/24: Delaware State
10/1: @LSU
10/15: @Florida
10/22: Middle Tennessee State
10/29: Kentucky
11/5: @South Carolina
11/12: Vanderbilt
11/19: @Tennessee
11/25 Arkansas

Hamas' Crystal Ball predicts 6-6.

[Titty Meat]

So here's a good example maybe you guys can explain this 18' 4* recruit Trevor Trout. Kid looks like a beast and he's from St.Louis. Says Nebraska, Penn state and UCLA are recruiting him the hardest. Am I missing something here? It would seem like you'd do everything to get this kid to stay in state.

[Mosbonian]

Duncan.....not that any of the players leaving lately had any impact but does the number of players either leaving or decommitting signal an ugly trend for MU football beyond what we already believe to be there.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Mosbonian

Duncan.....not that any of the players leaving lately had any impact but does the number of players either leaving or decommitting signal an ugly trend for MU football beyond what we already believe to be there.

It signals that there are about a dozen guys on the roster the staff doesn't think are Power 5 players.

Williams and Blair were a few of them. A few of them probably won't be as easy to get rid of (even if they should be playing with their daddy at central Methodist).

Originally Posted by BigMeatballBillay

So here's a good example maybe you guys can explain this 18' 4* recruit Trevor Trout. Kid looks like a beast and he's from St.Louis. Says Nebraska, Penn state and UCLA are recruiting him the hardest. Am I missing something here? It would seem like you'd do everything to get this kid to stay in state.

They've been all over Trout since he was an eighth grader.

"Recruiting the hardest" can mean a lot of things.

Missouri is all over the kid. He had an offer as a freshman.


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[warpaint*]

Isn't that the truth.

[DJ's left nut]

So signing day is approaching and it appears that we're probably set. No major surprises seem likely at this point.

Man...Mizzou's gonna have an okay rank but based on sheer quantity, not quality. A sub 3* average. And I know stars don't mean everything but that sure is the kind of class that sent us down this road of diminishing returns.

Hopefully it's a transition class and the '18 class shows out a bit more at the top. This class sure looks to be a whole lot of forgettable.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

So signing day is approaching and it appears that we're probably set. No major surprises seem likely at this point.

Man...Mizzou's gonna have an okay rank but based on sheer quantity, not quality. A sub 3* average. And I know stars don't mean everything but that sure is the kind of class that sent us down this road of diminishing returns.

Hopefully it's a transition class and the '18 class shows out a bit more at the top. This class sure looks to be a whole lot of forgettable.

I think there are a couple more coming.

[TribalElder]

Bishop Miege’s Jafar Armstrong de-commits from Mizzou football

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/col...129467314.html

[Pepe Silvia]

Time to shut it all down.

[Ken Bone]

It's not a surprise that all of the 2017 in state talent has committed to play elsewhere. The Mizzou recruiting staff is arrogant and they feel like the brand name should speak for itself. They spend little time recruiting in Kansas City and St Louis instead they spend most of their time recruiting in the southern region, mainly Texas. I feel like they got exactly what they deserve with Jafar.

For the class of 2017 Mizzou has only 1 in state commit, Da'Ron Davis and 21 out of state commits. That's pathetic.

[Ken Bone]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballBillay

So here's a good example maybe you guys can explain this 18' 4* recruit Trevor Trout. Kid looks like a beast and he's from St.Louis. Says Nebraska, Penn state and UCLA are recruiting him the hardest. Am I missing something here? It would seem like you'd do everything to get this kid to stay in state.

Trevor Trout is a heck of a talent and would be a tremendous get for Mizzou. They still stand a very good chance to get him but you're right, John Parrella at Nebraska jumped on Trout early and he stays on him. I heard Mizzou just hired someone to recruit exclusively in St Louis so maybe things with change with the 18 and 19 class.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

They lost Eli Gardner this weekend, too.

Helps you appreciate how imbalanced CFB is. Blue bloods come in at the last minute, put in 10% of the effort, and reap the rewards.

Kind of like America, I guess.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Ken Bone

Trevor Trout is a heck of a talent and would be a tremendous get for Mizzou. They still stand a very good chance to get him but you're right, John Parrella at Nebraska jumped on Trout early and he stays on him. I heard Mizzou just hired someone to recruit exclusively in St Louis so maybe things with change with the 18 and 19 class.

A five year plan? Sounds familiar.

[KChiefs1]

How long does Odom get?


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[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

How long does Odom get?


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Barring scandal. Football you need at least 4 years.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

How long does Odom get?


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Four years is probably right.

Though, we should have a good idea if Odom will be successful by this time next year.

If they miss a bowl game again and also struggle with the loaded 2018 in-state class, the writing will be on the wall, and this may end after year 3.

I like Odom and still have faith in this staff - that two lightly regarded guys got chased big-time by Ohio State and Notre Dame to close the year speaks well of its ability to evaluate, IMO.

But results must start showing up this year. If they don't win games, it will be hard to land much of that 18 class.


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