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1) I know we said this on Friday, but this time we mean it: There's likely to be a little pause in the commitment frenzy. Mizzou is at 16 commitments for the class. That means the Tigers have nine spots left and still have seven months left before the late signing day. So that means we're looking at one commitment every four or five weeks on average. It's fun when your team goes on a six commits in a week run, but it also means there's an inevitable slowdown coming. We think there will be a few commitments in July, but not in the immediate future. One of those potential commitments is Kyran Montgomery, who was featured in this story on five potential looming Midwest decisions.
2) The only real recruiting "news" today centers around QB commit Tyler Macon. Sean Williams wrote about Macon this morning and is covering the Elite 11 where the Tiger commit is competing today. We will have more with Macon coming out of the event and it will be interesting to see if he can bump up his stock.
3) As far as the current roster goes, we have Mizzou at 82 scholarship players right now. The NCAA limit for this year, due to the sanctions, is 81. We want to reiterate that our count is not official. It is possible Missouri is already at 81 one way or another. If our count is correct, they'll need to shed one scholarship between now and the beginning of fall camp. One possibility there is freshman WR Kris Abrams-Draine who, as we have previously reported, is not yet on campus. He may get here, but he is not here right now. There are plenty of other ways to shift around scholarships and being one over in late June is no reason to worry or even all that unusual.
4) Missouri released its COVID testing numbers last week. Of more than 300 people (not all players) who were tested, there were five positives. I do not believe all five were athletes (and also do not believe that all five were in the football program). Those numbers are pretty good compared to a lot of what we're seeing across the country. Of course, this thing changes every day and if Missouri were to run another round of tests today, that number might be different (I don't think that's happening). There are two major difficulties in having a season with the positive tests that are happening around the country (which, again, should not be a major surprise and, again, should not have anyone screaming about how it's impossible to play):
*First, this is so new and unknown that everybody is flying blind. It's easy to know how to play if your team has the stomach flu or a common cold or whatever. It's tougher with this simply because it's so new and nobody has any real answers on what just playing through it would mean.
*Second, and this is the main thing, the biggest reason it's difficult is because you're dealing with college kids. They're doing college kid things. They're going to go to bars. They're going to go to parties. That appears to be the major way this is spreading right now. When you add thousands more college kids who are going to do the same thing to the mix, and then you add in the fact that nobody knows what they're doing or what the right approach is, there are a lot of questions. The NBA can play in a bubble. Professional athletes might be capable of being a little more responsible as far as keeping themselves out of situations where they're likely to get this. College dudes? Not so much.
5) This is the only "social justice" topic for the week, but college athletes continue to have powerful voices. It is now imminent that the state of Mississippi is changing its flag. That my have happened anyway (contrary to popular belief, from what I've seen, there are a lot of people in Mississippi who have wanted it changed for a while already). But Kylin Hill most certainly accelerated the process when he said he wasn't going to play until it was changed. Sports is important to people...especially in certain areas of the country. Hill got the ball rolling, basically every major college coach in the state (47 of them I think) lobbied for the change at the legislature and BOOM. In a system that is notorious for taking a long time to get something done, the vote to change the flag came FIVE DAYS after Hill's initial tweet. That's using your platform to make change.
1) I know we said this on Friday, but this time we mean it: There's likely to be a little pause in the commitment frenzy. Mizzou is at 16 commitments for the class. That means the Tigers have nine spots left and still have seven months left before the late signing day. So that means we're looking at one commitment every four or five weeks on average. It's fun when your team goes on a six commits in a week run, but it also means there's an inevitable slowdown coming. We think there will be a few commitments in July, but not in the immediate future. One of those potential commitments is Kyran Montgomery, who was featured in this story on five potential looming Midwest decisions.
2) The only real recruiting "news" today centers around QB commit Tyler Macon. Sean Williams wrote about Macon this morning and is covering the Elite 11 where the Tiger commit is competing today. We will have more with Macon coming out of the event and it will be interesting to see if he can bump up his stock.
3) As far as the current roster goes, we have Mizzou at 82 scholarship players right now. The NCAA limit for this year, due to the sanctions, is 81. We want to reiterate that our count is not official. It is possible Missouri is already at 81 one way or another. If our count is correct, they'll need to shed one scholarship between now and the beginning of fall camp. One possibility there is freshman WR Kris Abrams-Draine who, as we have previously reported, is not yet on campus. He may get here, but he is not here right now. There are plenty of other ways to shift around scholarships and being one over in late June is no reason to worry or even all that unusual.
4) Missouri released its COVID testing numbers last week. Of more than 300 people (not all players) who were tested, there were five positives. I do not believe all five were athletes (and also do not believe that all five were in the football program). Those numbers are pretty good compared to a lot of what we're seeing across the country. Of course, this thing changes every day and if Missouri were to run another round of tests today, that number might be different (I don't think that's happening). There are two major difficulties in having a season with the positive tests that are happening around the country (which, again, should not be a major surprise and, again, should not have anyone screaming about how it's impossible to play):
*First, this is so new and unknown that everybody is flying blind. It's easy to know how to play if your team has the stomach flu or a common cold or whatever. It's tougher with this simply because it's so new and nobody has any real answers on what just playing through it would mean.
*Second, and this is the main thing, the biggest reason it's difficult is because you're dealing with college kids. They're doing college kid things. They're going to go to bars. They're going to go to parties. That appears to be the major way this is spreading right now. When you add thousands more college kids who are going to do the same thing to the mix, and then you add in the fact that nobody knows what they're doing or what the right approach is, there are a lot of questions. The NBA can play in a bubble. Professional athletes might be capable of being a little more responsible as far as keeping themselves out of situations where they're likely to get this. College dudes? Not so much.
5) This is the only "social justice" topic for the week, but college athletes continue to have powerful voices. It is now imminent that the state of Mississippi is changing its flag. That my have happened anyway (contrary to popular belief, from what I've seen, there are a lot of people in Mississippi who have wanted it changed for a while already). But Kylin Hill most certainly accelerated the process when he said he wasn't going to play until it was changed. Sports is important to people...especially in certain areas of the country. Hill got the ball rolling, basically every major college coach in the state (47 of them I think) lobbied for the change at the legislature and BOOM. In a system that is notorious for taking a long time to get something done, the vote to change the flag came FIVE DAYS after Hill's initial tweet. That's using your platform to make change.
