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FOOTBALL CLOSING THOUGHTS FROM FAUROT FIELD

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There's today's coverage. We'll have more in the morning. Quick thoughts:

Missouri won. That's all it has to do.

The penalties are concerning. Got to clean them up. They looked cocky and undisciplined at times Saturday. Needs to be fixed.

The 21 points are about the max Missouri could have given up. Two braindead coverage busts and a bad penalty led to that, but overall Mizzou held a decent BC offense to 295 total yards (190 on 52 of its 54 plays) and less than two yards per carry. I wouldn't have guessed the defense would have more confidence from me than the offense but it does.

That said, the hot takes on Brady Cook are crazy. If you want him to be Jayden Daniels of last year or Patrick Mahomes of any year, he isn't. He's not going to go win most games by himself. But there was a quarterback who lost his team that game on Saturday and it wasn't Brady Cook. I understand this year is going to be full of "He isn't good enough" and "Gabe's just carrying his water because he's a good interview." Fine. You're wrong, but I'll take it all season. I'm not saying he is going to be a national championship QB or a playoff QB. He might be, but I don't know that. But he was plenty good enough today. He's not perfect. And he isn't going to be.

Missouri is a running team. Yes, they have great wide receivers. And yes they can make big plays in the passing game. But they're better running the ball than throwing it (thanks in large part to the fact the OL is better run blocking than pass protecting). They'll need to lean into that.

Believe it or not, Missouri might have gotten better at kicker since last year.

That's all I got for now. Enjoy the night games. We'll be back at it tomorrow. Big week ahead.

Fumble rule question

In the Mizzou/BC game, a MU player fumbled the ball out of bounds. It was brought back to the spot of the fumble. In the UK/UGa game, a UGa player fumbled the ball forward and it was recovered by UGa for a first down. They got to keep the yardage gained on the fumble.

Is the difference between the two plays about the fumble going out of bounds?
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OFF TOPIC UFC/MMA Thread

Figured I would start this and try to get it going, since I’ve seen some occasional discussion about it on the board.

Card tonight has been awesome with the number of first round finishes and competitive fights. Really looking forward to the main event. I’m a huge Kattar fan and I have him taking it, but I don’t want to count out Emmett. He’s proven in the past that he has the power to end fights at any time even if he’s down on the scorecards. Just difficult to imagine him putting out Kattar, who’s never been finished in the UFC.
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Honestly very encouraged by the win

We had a ton of dumb stuff happen. Penalties (deserved or not), busted coverages, Cook’s inconsistency, and Luther freaking out added up to about our C+ game, and we still beat a pretty good team.

Drink will have a lot to point out on tape. Vanderbilt is very, very similar both in terms of play style and quality to these guys. Gives me a lot of confidence going into next week.

(Not all that) hot take

BC is one of the three best teams Mizzou will play this year.

Vandy is losing to Georgia State in the third quarter
Arkansas struggled with UAB today
Oklahoma has had two straight lackluster efforts
Missisissippi State is getting boatraced by Toledo at home
Auburn is struggling against New Mexico after losing to Cal

Alabama is the best team on the schedule. BC might be as good as anyone else, though A&M and South Carolina and maybe Oklahoma on the right day are in that conversation.
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