Not that I think that Missouri isn't a good team, but reading their tigerboard.com forum you would think that they had years of success in the SEC. Many of their fans post's when it comes to discussing SU come down to them touting the fact that they are in the SEC and well we're in the Big East, like that is the overriding consideration.
Now I hope we can go there and play turnover free ball, which I think gives us a good chance, but I just thought it was interesting that for a team that hasn't been in the SEC for a full year yet, has lost to the better teams in the SEC this year and has an OT win over a down UT team as their signature win (not bad though to say you have beaten Tennessee in any year) has as many fans beating their chest saying they are SEC and we are a Big East team and thinking that will be enough to insure victory for them. I know that fans can think what they want as long as the players are focused and don't take a team lightly but hopefully Missouri does take us a bit lightly and our physicality can suprise them right off the bat. If we can mix up the run and the pass and keep them offstride and guessing, not turn the ball over I like our chances of putting points on the board, but that will be the question, in a hostile night environment can we come out and establish the run to take the pressure off the passing game and help open it up. The O-line has been playing much better since Pugh came back and if it continues we'll be able to move the ball. We won't be able to leave points on the field though and stall in the red zone.
Now I hope we can go there and play turnover free ball, which I think gives us a good chance, but I just thought it was interesting that for a team that hasn't been in the SEC for a full year yet, has lost to the better teams in the SEC this year and has an OT win over a down UT team as their signature win (not bad though to say you have beaten Tennessee in any year) has as many fans beating their chest saying they are SEC and we are a Big East team and thinking that will be enough to insure victory for them. I know that fans can think what they want as long as the players are focused and don't take a team lightly but hopefully Missouri does take us a bit lightly and our physicality can suprise them right off the bat. If we can mix up the run and the pass and keep them offstride and guessing, not turn the ball over I like our chances of putting points on the board, but that will be the question, in a hostile night environment can we come out and establish the run to take the pressure off the passing game and help open it up. The O-line has been playing much better since Pugh came back and if it continues we'll be able to move the ball. We won't be able to leave points on the field though and stall in the red zone.
