MU vs. Texas Analysis

All I can say is utter disaster. The hopes and dreams died for many on Saturday night. Mizzou’s chance of getting to the national championship game and probably even a BCS game was eliminated. They might have a chance at a BCS game if they win out, but I find that as a pretty lofty goal based on their play the last two games. I now feel pretty uncomfortable about playing Kansas based on their play vs Oklahoma. Even if we did beat Kansas, we would still play a Texas or Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship game which would not be good. Chase’s run at a Heisman also died along with his small window of opportunity to play in the NFL. He basically showed that he can not handle any kind of real pressure and instead throws to the other teams almost every time. There is no way an NFL scout could have watched the last two games and thought there was any hope for Chase Daniel.

Overall, the game was pretty pathetic. There were some bad calls and MU turned it on at the end (against the 2nd team defense) but it was to little to late. I know they threw to Coffman a lot, 12 passes, but I really think they should throw to him even more. For one, he always seems to be open because of his size and his speed. Second, he doesn’t drop passes and makes amazing catches like in the OK State game. Third, he will  not let the other player intercept the ball (evident of the play he made where he ripped the ball out of the defenders hand to catch it instead. Last but not least, he has some great highlight hurdling skill which he does at least once or twice a game.

I along with a good majority of my friends are going to the Homecoming Colorado game next week. Hopefully, Mizzou should easily win. I am still looking forward to making my only trip to Columbia for the year. It should be fun despite their dismal effort the past couple weeks.