If there’s one program that absolutely turned the corner and figured it out in the second half of the season, it’s absolutely SCAR. They might make a little noise going into next Fall if they can keep Rattler from having another atrocious start to the season

Watch on the SEC Network or ACC Network if you don't like the ESPN announcers. Announcer-free broadcasts.

Mizzou basketball coaches to win the first conference game they coached: Dennis Gates, Cuonzo Martin, Kim Anderson, Frank Haith, Melvin Watkins

Mizzou basketball coaches to lose the first conference game they coached: Mike Anderson, Quin Snyder, Norm Stewart

Dude thinks he is above everyone.

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First year head coach takes team that only won 4 games last year and turns it into 11 wins and quite possibly a top 10 finish.

Sigh.

I'm sitting here thinking like... If Gates can do this with basically transfers and no true big.... What will he be able to do if he shapes his teams like the FL State basketball teams? Athletes and length at every position. This type of play is the type of offense kids WANT to play in. I'm wondering if Gates can keep home some of the best recruits in Missouri..... Or will they want to come? If he does this man may take us to the promised land we've been waiting on our whole lives in Missouri basketball. Im actually stunned he's been able to do this with his 3 major signings not being major contributors.

Tennessee, Clemson, and Notre Dame could be an impressive end to the season for the Gamecocks

Up 7-0 early

I don't care what you think about ku or ND, these games remind me why bowl games are so fun. Click on a game you don't have much interest in and by the 4th quarter, you are completely engaged! Back in the day, bowl games were great, you had no clue about the two teams playing on the Bluebonnet Bowl, but you got to watch football on a Wednesday. Just entertain me.

I don't know how bad the labrum tear was, and I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt that Cook, even with a torn labrum, was our best option during the regular season. But why not get him fixed up asap and let Horn prepare and run the show for the bowl game? I know we all want to win but its just the Gasparilla bowl and we lost anyways. That's what really has me questioning.

Even if he only saved one life this is the type of stuff that matters

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Remember when he received an offer from Mizzou and he said Mizzou was his favorite school growing up…. That was a fun couple of weeks on the board.

We'll be keeping up with Missouri transfer portal offers, visits, etc. in this thread.

OFFERS:

Andrew Armstrong, WR, Texas A&M Commerce - 62 catches, 1,020 yards, 13 TD's this season
- Has official visits set with Arkansas (Dec. 9th) and Missouri (Dec. 16th) ***committed to Arkansas 12/11***

Kyle Morlock, TE, Shorter University (DII) - Two-time All-American, 51 career catches, 808 yards, 11 TD. ***committed to Florida State***

Ajani Cornelius, OL, Rhode Island - also holds offers from South Carolina, Auburn, Oregon, Penn State, Indiana, Minnesota, Syracuse, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Nebraska. ***committed to Oregon***

Nick Gargiulo, OL, Yale - Started at LT in 2019 and 2021. Was the starting center this past season. Illinois, Boston College, Oklahoma State, Rutgers, and Syracuse have also offered. ***committed to South Carolina***

Jimmy Horn, WR, South Florida - appeared in 23 games, caught 67 passes for 959 yards and four touchdowns. Will announce a Top 4 on Sunday and sign with a school on Christmas. Missouri not in Horn's Top 4. ***committed to Colorado***

Tony Muskett, QB, Monmouth - Threw for 1,997 yards 17 TD and 8 INT in eight games this past season. For his career: 5,687 passing yards, 51 TD, 16 INT at a 64% completion percentage ***committed to Virginia on 12/11***

Avery Helm, CB, Florida - Tallied 22 tackles during the 2021 season. Scheduled to visit Missouri Dec. 9th. ***committed to TCU***

Tunmise Adeleye, DE, Texas A&M - Offers from TCU, Cal, Arkansas, Michigan State, SMU, Colorado already. Going to be a high-profile transfer target for a lot of schools. Top group doesn't include Mizzou. ***committed to Michigan State***

Jamari Butler, DE, Nebraska - Didn't do much stats wise this past season - nine tackles, 1.5 TFL, and one pass breakup. Played in every game though as a reserve on defense and on special teams. Going back to Nebraska. ***withdrew from the portal, returning to Nebraska***

Josaiah Stewart, LB, Coastal Carolina - Was a second-team, All-Sun Belt selection this past season after collecting 36 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks. Has USC, Michigan, and LSU among his Top 3 ***committed to Michigan***

Jordan Brown, OL, Charlotte - 6-foot-5, 320-pounds, played left tackle this past season.

Grant Starck, OL, Nevada - Spent three seasons at Nevada, appearing in 22 games over the last two seasons. He has two years of eligibility left at his next destination. ***committed to Oregon State***

Josh Cuevas, TE, Cal Poly - Caught eight passes for 94 yards as a redshirt freshman. Also has offers from Michigan, Washington, Utah, Arizona State and Illinois with three years left to play. ***committed to Washington***

Jeremiah Byars, OL, UTEP - 6-foot-4, 331-pounds. Is visiting Florida State this weekend (Dec. 9th). Penn State, Miami, Maryland, and Texas Tech have also offered. ***committed to Florida State***

Re'Mahn Davis, RB, Vanderbilt - rushed for over 1,000 yards this past season for the Commodores. ***committed to Kentucky***

Joe Moore, DE, Arizona State - Cardinal Ritter product had 24 tackles, 2 sacks and a fumble recovery for the Sun Devis. ***committed to Washington***

Avery Jones, OL, East Carolina- Visiting Illinois this weekend, Mizzou and South Carolina next week. ***committed to Illinois***

Tanner Arkin, TE, Colorado State - Offers from Illinois, Pitt, Oklahoma State so far. Caught 14 passes for 116 yards this past season. ***committed to Illinois***

Dillon Wade, OL, Tulsa - Started at LT this past year. Entered the portal on Tuesday (Dec. 13th), already picked up a ton of offers from Auburn, Oklahoma, TCU, Ohio State, and others. ***committed to Auburn***

John Morgan, DE, Pitt - Claims offers from Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Indiana, Colorado, and others since entering the portal on Dec. 13th - 76 career tackles, 14.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles. Visited Missouri. ***committed to Arkansas***

Bhayshul Tuten, RB, NC A&T: 1,363 rushing yards 342 receiving yards 13 rushing TDs 4 receiving TDs 6.5 yards per carry 123.9 rushing yards per game Sophomore All-American Walter Payton Award Nominee ***committed to Boston College***

Derek Bowman, OL, Houston: Has three years of eligibility remaining.

Daniel Grzesiak, DE, Utah State - had 52 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, and 8.5 sacks this past season

Marcellus Johnson, OL, Eastern Michigan - Was the Eagles starting left tackle last season. He is a graduate transfer.

MIZZOU TRANSFER COMMITS:

Theo Wease, WR, Oklahoma - mid-year enrollee with two years remaining
Austin Firestone, DE, Northwestern - mid-year enrollee with four years remaining

Coastal Carolina transfer QB, being followed by these Mizzou staffers:

Director of Mizzou recruiting Ryan Trichel
Recruiting staffer Jared Russell
WR coach Jacob Peeler

Does it mean anything? No idea. Doesn't appear at this point Drinkwitz is following him. Will try to see if I can find anything out. Still think he'd be the perfect fit.

if you want to hate listen and either believe Brett because it's what you already want to believe or believe he is lying because that's what you already want to believe

The ladies are looking a little rough right now. No Mama, she had traveling issues. Looking way too slow against Kentucky

—There’s so much to like about this team, but what impresses me most is how they share the ball. Bring in nine new guys, most of whom are almost out of eligibility, and you’d expect everyone to worry about getting their shots and their points. Yet these guys are always looking to make the extra pass or two. They seem to love playing with one another. To establish such chemistry so quickly is remarkable, and a credit to ….

—Gates! The man can flat out coach. The switch to the zone in the second half was brilliant. Changed the pace, flustered Kentucky. Again, to show this kind of development and chemistry after only 13 games? Remarkable!

—I’ve been a big critic of Kobe because he always seemed to disappear in big games. No more. And never mind the 30 points. The fact he did that while spending much of his time at the other end of the floor defending Oscar was remarkable. Oscar got his points and rebounds, but he had to work for every one of them. Largely because of Kobe.

—Only eight turnovers in a game like that is impressive. It’s even more impressive when you consider that five of them came in a short stretch in the first half. That means they had only three turnovers in the last 30 minutes or so. That comes after they turned it over just twice in the first half against Illinois. Which brings us to …

—Nick Honor. What a game he had. Only four points but six assists and nary a turnover in 35 minutes. Such a steadying presence. Plus, you won’t see a better pass than the one he made to Gomillion on the backdoor cut. Sick! And remember when this team didn’t have even one point guard? East provided a real spark coming off the bench in the first half, scoring 12 points when Kentucky looked like it was about to make a run.

—About the bench: a combined 32 points from East, Gholston and Carter. 32!

—Mizzou was 23 of 28 from the line. That’ll play. And everyone was making them in the second half. That’s how winning teams close out games.

—I mentioned in a thread the other day that I was excited to watch Cason Wallace. He’s from my high school, and I attended about a dozen of his games last season. The kid is special. That block! Wasn’t happy when he knocked down those two three-pointers when we were on the verge of blowing them out, but in the end I got exactly what I wanted: a good game from Cason in a Mizzou win.

—Shout-out to those who were in the building. You could feel the energy coming through the TV. Recruits notice that. Who wouldn’t want to play in that kind of atmosphere. What a night!

—The fun is just beginning. Buckle up!

Seriously, does Drink have some skeletons in the closet that can be exposed? How do you make the two decisions with Bazelak and Cook and be trusted to do this job from here on out? Dude is going in to a Cuonzo Martin last season at best. I don't even trust him to make good decisions at RB or O-line either with the way Shrader was getting all the carries for some reason. I think I've seen enough. Playing hurt QBs when you have capable players at that position on your roster is inexcusable.

Who do you guys like in the afternoon SEC bowl games? I'm thinking ND -5 and Tennessee +4. If you have thoughts on Ohio vs Wyoming, I'd like to hear about that game as well. I think I am going to go with Ohio, because I hear that Wyoming is decimated in the transfer portal.

MU won the 2022 Scottie Van Pelt ‘Oh No’ award for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory against Auburn.

Looked for the espn clip but can’t find one. I always enjoy his segments, he’s great.

Edit: looks like it’s up on the Auburn rivals pay site

Staley with 4 D1 kids is unreal. Colorado St., Iowa State, Indiana State (all Srs)…Soph with an ole Miss offer. Neff is as good of a HS coach that you will find. All rocking MoKan bags where Neff coaches. Guessing they didn’t attend North Kansas City School District elementary schools. Soph could fit with what Gates is doing. Will walk to 6A State title.

North Kansas City has some young guards that get up and down. NKC is fast and finishes well in transition. Scored 100+ multiple times this year already. Too small to compete for a title. Liberty played them tough tonight. I didn’t expect that close of a game. Liberty is down this year. I didn’t see the game but I assumed it would be a blowout. NKC has a great coach (Fritz) as well. Fun team to watch.

Biggest surprise of the tourney for me…the freshman from Grain Valley. Offense runs through him and has great upside. Head coaches kid. Herbert…remember that name.

Oak Park can play too…lost to Staley by a LOT earlier this year. Second best team in the area was given their place early. Worth a trip to watch a game.

Couple of D1 football players playing, but not great hoopers. Laster, Jr. Liberty North (can go wherever he wants), Bell, Sr. Park Hill (Michigan & Simone Winner), Javon Smith, Sr. LN (TBD). St. Pius Max Ervie (Jr) is too small for D1, but he can play…high athleticism. Nothing else worth noting from the teams I watched.

(COLUMBIA) In a surprising move, Eli Drinkwitz continues his pattern of starting injured quarterbacks by signing James Johnson, a Mizzou sophomore who tragically lost both his arms in a tractor accident. "Don't worry, we'll figure this out." Eli said.

The people have spoken. Take away the names, and this could be a PM thread on Eli Drinkwitz

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