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] that's the second consecutive week that Off the Bench he's leading the team in tackles I mean I was talking to you some point during the game as far as just saying like the quarterbacks I have to keep looking at drayen Norwood to see if he's on the field because nothing's going to the quarterbacks obviously these are not the most high-powered offenses the last couple of weeks but still I mean we've been seeing upsets and near upsets all day so it easy to say that but they had to do their job and and they've been doing it yeah look again they are not playing you know the the greatest show on turf or anything but tonight I think his name is CJ Agana that could be wrong but I think that's Buffalo's quarterback's name he was six of 20 for 55 yards that's the most productive quarterback Missouri's played so far this season I mean those numbers are look I I don't care and this number has been worn out we've posted on the board we've tweeted it you're G to write a about it I don't care we're going to say it over and over the last time Missouri started a season with consecutive shutouts was 1935 which was 89 years ago the opponents were William juel in Central Missouri State University so I don't care who you're playing this is something that hasn't been done in a long time and I I'm going to write about it a little bit not not only have they done it but they've done it with a new defensive coordinator and a whole bunch of new players like that's that's not easy to just pop in and and get that done yeah I mean again they're they're balling everywhere they got depth everywhere uh sorry laughing at the comments free R Jared appreciate the Super Chat he says two and 0 defense has hoop earring Gerard swag hashm I'm dead but yeah defense I just the depth they move fast it's like everybody on this team is fast and nothing um I don't know nothing just gets behind them you were saying like it's not like this team is forcing a ton of takeaways I mean they do have three in two weeks but it's not like it's just like a turnover machine which you kind of expect versus teams like this they're just keeping everything in front of them so they're forcing tackles for loss they're getting sacks uh I talk I asked drink about Joe Moore yeah three quarterback hits and a pass deflection like it's even the little things that may not necessarily show up in the box score that they're doing yeah uh sha if you can pop up that that comment from SC Bryant again real fast just want to say thanks um never ask for super chats always appreciate them guys uh we we appreciate you guys being here with us while you're here like the video comment subscribe all that we're up to 230 people which is pretty good for a Saturday night at 1020 expect that number to grow throughout the show but uh shout out to all you guys for hanging out here with us after games um I I don't know I shouldn't say that I do know how you can complain after these two games they're little things right like they're not getting big plays yet in the passing game game there are a few too many penalties but look this is the gist of what I'm going to write after the game I look around Notre Dame's losing to Northern Illinois Oklahoma's lucky to survive by the Skin of Their Teeth against Houston Florida State season's already over like there are teams who started this year in the same position at Missouri as Missouri did Missouri has won two games by a combined 89 to nothing and it's never been more important to say with the video game out against this is not a video game you can't just line up and it's all perfect every play isn't going to work on offense every player is not going to be their best and I thought Eli drinkwitz brought up the best point this is week two if if we were playing as well as we're ever gonna play right now I would actually be pretty disappointed like they've got time and I mean they have taken care of business and done exactly what they should do through two weeks and yes they're going to need to get better to to go 10-2 11-1 12-0 but they've got time to get better I mean was it 51 plus the 38 it's the 89 so it's 44 and a half points per game through two games and zero points on defense I mean you you can at it would be nitpicking to try to find something what's wrong I mean Brady cook that's because I know a lot of people are gonna say that's the first one they're going to per not having perfect games not having crazy numbers but he's doing well I think had a pretty good game there was a couple throws that got away from him and stuff like that but I think he he did well and obviously he used his legs a lot more than he did last week with that 31 yard touchdown run he had another uh he had two touchdown runs did he not he had two touchdowns run yeah two run so like I mean I think he he's playing well and they're GNA start connecting on things a little bit more he he even said though they kind of wanted those deep shots to come open more but Buffalo also they they reviewed film and they knew what was coming they knew it was going to they was going to get hit deep well and and we started saying like we're looking out there in the second quarter going the Buffalo DBS are lined up 12 yards off the line of scrimmage I if you want if you just want people to to see a deep pass then sure go throw the Deep pass but you know what's going to work against the defense like that have Theo whis go out eight yards turn around and hit him get five yards after the P after the catch and you got another first down like if that's what they give you fun you don't like I think the I I think it's right it's not fair to say the passing game's off the passing game has not been explosive but it's not off like the the the the completion percentage is high the the yards per attempt is decent just because they haven't had many 30 40 50 yard passes like hey I don't care if they're lining up 12 yards off and they're giving you a first down every time you throw the football just do that yeah and and and I think The Playbook has opened I said it earlier in the game they're they're not getting the Deep shots and stuff so it may not look like it's opening but all this stuff like Luther asked the question he's doing jet sweeps he's doing reverses he's lining up in the back field he's doing all types of stuff in addition to what he's doing they also all right brace yourself Gerard I'm gonna I'm gonna superseded and put up a comment here and you're gonna laugh at this one so G rocking the KK cousins collection from Cole's yeah oh they trying to they trying to do you dirty man but that's right hey you know what I love Kurt Cousins after watching quarterback I wear that with pride go ahead well well Kurt Cousins he's making a he's made plenty of money so I mean I think I think he's doing well for himself but yeah I think the offense they you want me to wear nicer clothes give more Super chats I'll be able to shop somewhere other than Kohls go ahead the offense I think they they they've opened up the Playbook they're trying to see what works that's what to me is clear some of these drives like I wouldn't say it struggled but they got off kind of to a slow start that first quarter yeah because I think they scored pretty early in the second quarter and they got rolled from there but yeah that first quarter they was kind of slow and it's because they were trying different themes it seemed like things we haven't really seen before so I mean yeah you they're not going to score 55 or you know I guess 51 plus every game and put up 700 yards but I think this offense is way better than it was at this time a year ago for sure and one reason I think that I'll get to in a minute but Colby col's comment that's on the screen right now Luther's winning the Heisman with 20 receptions this season look I actually think that's a positive Luther hasn't done that much right he had four Touches for like 52 yards last week tonight he basically played what a quarter and a half and then he went to the locker room sick you know and he didn't play the rest of the game and in the postgame I asked the oise and I actually meant this as a compliment but I don't think Theo took it that way I said what's it say about your team that like Luther hasn't really gotten going the way you think he's going to and you know you're still putting all up all these numbers you're scoring 45 game all that and Theo says Theo says well I don't know if you guys know this but we aren't just one guy you know we got a lot of guys that can get going Theo tonight 13 catches there you see it on the screen 149 yards four of them went for first downs uh those 13 catches tied for the sixth most in a game in mou History Justin Gage had a game with 16 uh couple guys had games with 15 Jeremy Macklin had 14 in one game I think daerio might have had 14 in one game so uh but but the sixth most productive night as far as receptions and um look I get it people want the big plays right but I I don't think this passing game has been bad it just hasn't been like all at once and that's fine yeah I think also because what Buffalo was doing being okay with uh Missouri taking the underneath stuff Missouri didn't really have a chance to throw the ball like they did last week you know deep so basically what everybody has in their mind is well last week Brady missed about four passes that could have went for deep touchdowns and then this week they didn't really do it too much and the thing is because they couldn't and so the smart thing and a lot of things that were going in the press conference was Brady cook being mature enough to take what's underneath you know and like you said earlier it's not a video game because for people who played video games when you're playing an inferior opponent you start trying things you start to throw it deep do four verticals all types of stuff because you don't respect the opponent but sometimes that can get you in trouble and this is real life all these other teams are losing games and on upset alert they can't afford to be getting silly out here and having stupid turnovers all the time because it's an inferior opponent they got to take what's underneath and take what the defense gives them also just let me read you these numbers 41 carries 255 yards 6 point to a carry and five touchdowns that's Missour rushing numbers this offense is fine great I thought this coming into the season and again I understand the opposition Missouri lost Cody Sher and I think they've got a better running game this year is that is that stupid is that nuts no no no um again it didn't I feel like I asked this question uh maybe a few weeks ago before the season started would you rather have you know one allpurpose back like Cody Sher who gets you 600 yards would like a running back by kittee and I feel like it's just depends on your cup of te but like something I'm noticing here is not only can the running backs obviously run the ball and make the moves in the open space and you know be physical they can catch the ball but we seen with Nate noell on that 31 yard touchdown run by uh Brady cook these guys can block and it's not just pass protection but anywhere you see Nate Noel I don't know he had somebody who looked much bigger than him and he's guarding him off as Brady makes the last 10 yard run to to the end zone that is something drink has been saying you know his whole time here like we to be on the field you have to show that you can block and you're willing to do that and so the fact that Noel and Carol can run and catch and block I mean and you've got other guys they're putting in the game too I mean yeah the running back room is better than it was a year ago I don't know if one player is better than shraer but right as a whole and you see the the the stats were up there Noel 12 for 73 Carol 12 for 62 Jamal Roberts Gets In The End Zone again Kanan Lacy six carries for 27 like I think I think he might be the best pure running back he better start holding on to the football if he wants to play in games that matter um you know but uh but and again they're adding Brady cook to that ground game I mean I had a friend uh text me during the game that 31 yard touchdown run is the coolest play of Brady's career at Missouri and it was for those that didn't hear the postgame it was supposed to be a throwback screen to Tyler Stevens Tyler Stevens got caught up in the wash didn't get out on his route and Brady said so I basically just went out and replaced him and went where he was supposed to go and and then he takes off and high steps and and gets into the end zone and uh we'll get back to that in a minute but Tyler with the Super Chat batun hasn't had to drop many exotic blitzes like Baker did just getting pressure with the front front fourward will be interesting against better teams that's the thing this this defense is doing what it's doing and Tyler appreciate the the the uh Super Chat and the comment man thanks for thanks for that um this defense is just like you said at the beginning and like I wrote right after the game they're just solid like they're not bringing crazy pressure from everywhere I look out and I don't like I don't know if this defense necessarily has a a standout like I don't know if there's a first round pick I don't know if there's an allc player the longest play they've given up this year was 18 yards and that was a quarterback run in the fourth quarter of a 38 nothing game haven't given up a 20 yard play yet they're giving up something like I it it's less than three yards per snap I think I I mean they've been they've been solid and again with all those new faces and all those new guys and and Brady alluded to it in the postgame and he wasn't taking a shot because I think the same thing he said all offseason you reading the media and you hear the questions well how's the defense going to be I think they're fine yeah uh 3.3 yards per play uh today 1.7 last week so what's that that's what two and a half yards something like that yeah two and a half yards per play over two weeks I mean it's pretty good I mean and I've only seen a couple times of them actually blitzing so yeah that front four they're doing enough work and again it's just about having fresh bodies having enough guys who can trust out on the field to do their job and so yeah the fact that you're seeing your uh fifth string defensive end that that's I'm talking about Joe Moore not fifth string but number five defensive end yeah the fact that he's making those plays and R and havoc and stuff like that and you got everybody chipping in you see Chris mlen like early playing the game blowing something up like that's good and then you can add in that next rotation I mean they've got everything everything cooking at every level of the defense so I mean you can ask for a better start we've written about it and drink said it tonight in he said when you can just keep putting guys in in waves and keep everybody fresh like Missouri nobody's tired because in the fourth quarter nobody's played more than 25 snaps and you know when that matters a lot more than it matters tonight week eight in Tuscaloosa week nine against Oklahoma because you're gonna have dudes on this defense that by week eight and nine have played like I don't know 300 SN snaps as opposed to 500 snaps like that is a huge difference um I saw somebody bring up the penalties and the penalties are a concern and and I liked like drink can't help himself once every press conference he's got it he's got to uh slide into smartass mode and somebody asked him if there was a common denominator among all the holding penalties and he said yeah the common denominator is that we were the only team called for holding tonight and then he said well I got to go back and look at the film but you know um yeah I I get it again I think it is the nature of fans to try to find things that hey if we keep doing this it's gonna be a problem and I agree if they play This Way against Alabama There's a chance they lose to Alabama that game is six seven weeks away like they are going to improve they've got lots of time they have come out and taken care of business and I don't know uh I don't see a ton of value in worrying too much about things in games they've won 89 nothing exactly I mean I think about it like this you could be NRE Dame you could be Florida State you've got things you can't come back from and if your worse is yeah we beat Buffalo 38 to zero instead of 68 to zero or we beat Murray like you don't have nothing yet that where someone can say oh that's a big Garing hole you need to fix this and I mean obviously these first few week or these next couple of weeks versus you know BC and Vandy and A&M after that they'll learn a little bit more about themselves where some of these faults they have come to light and they actually mean something right now too many of them don't they don't mean as much right now especially when you're winning again 89 Z right uh John just said could be worse could be Oregon I just looked it up Oregon's trailing Boise State seven with 11 minutes left in the second quarter a week after beating Idaho 24-10 so I we said we were going to do this um we're going to look up the the AP rankings so Missouri is ninth right now coming in today Missouri was ninth uh Georgia beat the hell out of Tennessee Tech they're going to stay number one Ohio State beat the hell out of Western Michigan they probably stay two Texas beat the hell out of Michigan they'll stay three Alabama struggled for a while but but is up 426 16 on USF they should stay four you got Notre Dame at five got Old Miss at six which one easy you got Oregon at seven which is currently kind of struggling for a second straight week and then you got Penn State at eight which trailed Connor basc and Bowling Green for about 50 minutes today before winning that game so Notre Dame Oregon Penn State are five seven and eight let's go ahead and assume that Oregon wins tonight but it's not super impressive like they beat Boise but it's close how many of those teams does Missouri jump next on on Monday or on Sunday in the polls uh I mean we know they're jumping not so basically are they jumping Oregon and pin State Oregon and Penn State yeah I think they should jump at least Penn State I think they will yeah um the Oregon depending on like what let's can you give me like a a win like a win total for them like what's the score of that game per se uh well they somebody just just uh said the comments it's it's 1714 Boise Boise about to score again so let's say that Oregon comes back wins 3531 um well people are gonna say Boise is supposed to be the best I think Boise is a good team yeah yeah they're supposed to be the best G5 team or at least among one of them so um I think they'll definitely jump Penn State maybe not quite Oregon just because one Oregon's one of those programs where where the hype the hype I feel like hype can get you somewhere and you if you can make enough excuses and I'm not saying organ's not good but uh they I mean last week was weak or was weird and then this week it was a good Boise State team you can make you can talk your way into well they should stay above Missouri so I think definitely above Penn State Oregon questionable to I mean if they win I think they're going to stay above Missouri pretty much so I I mean we think we're probably looking at number seven Missouri tomorrow afternoon when the polls come out jump Notre Dame jump Penn State which was relatively uninspiring in a win today yeah that's pretty good right I mean you're already top seven and you're going into week three I mean that's cool keep winning you host a playoff game and if everybody keeps losing I mean you're making you're you're getting a lot of ground by doing nothing there was a lot of ground made up for Missouri before they even kicked off today so yeah yeah and and again like it is again I don't want to pretend that Missouri has played anybody like we said at the beginning of this season the first two weeks there's no way they're losing right but there's no way anybody woke up in South Bend today thinking they could lose and and so Missouri has by the way Eli drink Woods making some friends out there also making some enemies because this is two consecutive weeks he has scored in the last minute to let's just say change the fortunes of some people in America right um he them overs he play them overs they've wanted not the overs just [ __ ] to cover um they they've covered weeks um you know and so again they have done what they were supposed to do and I I do think that this team deserves a little bit of credit for okay look you know you're better than them they know you're better than them everybody in the country knows you're better than them but they've still come out and these games have been 59 nothing at halftime that I I I mean they deserve a little they don't deserve Credit in in the point that like oh wow you know they're way better than these teams everybody knew that but they deserve Credit in not letting down and in playing to a standard of this is our standard not just play well enough to beat whoever's on the other sideline and to that point I mean I remember my first year in 2022 a problem they had was playing up or down to their competition on a weekly basis I mean you think about that that Auburn game of course where where they lost and they kind of played down a little bit to to Auburn and it was just a punt Fest for most of it and they blow that game and then the next week versus Georgia um they're playing up you know to Georgia standard they almost come back and and win that game and then again another issue with Florida playing you know just middle of the package and it wasn't really working and now you go to this season and yeah they should be dominating they shouldn't be scraping by like like that you know I always saying the MTSU game last year you should still be able to try new things or have things going and win comfortably you shouldn't be scraping and clawing versus an FCS team and a team that is at the bottom of the FBS pretty much right and and and that that brings up you know again they've just they've done what they should do uh and and that's look style points style points is fun to talk about ultimately style points are not gonna matter if you just go take care of business this team is going to be favored look Texas A&M looked like absolute garbage scored 13 points against a Notre Dame team that just gave up 17 to Northern Illinois right Auburn um not the greatest day right South Carolina maybe a little better than you think BC Vandy maybe a little better but the point is Missouri is going to be favored I think as of today I think Missouri will be favored in 11 games you disagree no no no no only the Bama one is the one especially because it's on the road and I mean what would you think that spread would be for that game if you had to think the Bama game um I think before the season it was something like BMA by nine might be a little I'd bet it be B by seven and a half I bet you get the hook usually wait nine before the season they I I think they had said I think the line would have been nine so I think I think it would still be in that seven eight n range okay I was saying around seven so around sevenish yeah yeah um but but no the the and I think magic man's post that's up there uh is is factious drink has to take his conservative hands off the offense and let the O coordinator call the plays if it's not facia side whatever but it it kind of goes back to what what somebody was saying in the previous comments and I said coming into this year I'm not going to overreact to anything I see in the first two weeks because look at where this team was after week two last year H how do you feel after two weeks this year you just mentioned the Middle Tennessee game how do you feel after two weeks this year compared to two weeks last year I feel like this team is continuing the momentum from their second half for the season run like that that it feels like a team that didn't really have a full off season it doesn't seem like they've had this big old break and they've me they've SW swapped out some of these players this a team that keeps going and is keeping that momentum up through the off season so I mean it's definitely night and day compared to uh you know this time last year but I think they've just been rolling and the crazy thing is they're doing that with as Brady cook said tonight 40 new players like this is this is as big a credit as I can give to Eli drink WIS I think he has this program at a point where it's his program and his standard and yes the faces are going to change and yes the transfer portal is a bigger factor and the turnover is going to be more than it was a few years ago but like you said this just seems like the 2023 team has started the 2024 season and they had eight months off but they just kind of go again that's what a good program is it's hey this is what we do and yeah maybe maybe we got different five different defensive tackles and two different running backs and this and that but this is what we do and again you don't we'll be more confident saying this if Missouri wins the next two games by 89 points than maybe we are right now but like they have the the look of a team that kind of has reached that point where hey this is our standard this is how we play um and you know yeah it depends a little bit on the team on the other sideline because when you play Alabama it's a lot harder than when you play Murray State right but you know um I think they' they've done a good job through two weeks of playing their game and not worrying about the other team I agree uh and yeah Jason says mou hasn't been scored on since the first quarter of the Cotton Bowl what did we decide jod first uh longest scoreless streak since 1941 I think is is what we were told is that right well drink said I'm sorry longest yeah long they they've gone 11 quarters without a point 12 quarters without a touchdown okay there we go um yeah and the last time they did nine straight score list was 1959 the record is 16 and 41 in 19 1941 yeah and then the shutouts thing consecutive shutouts for the first time since 1935 so I mean and look I I don't know uh but I remember that 1935 William juwel team those that team had some Ballers man they were tough shutting out that team was impressive well Gabe tell us how you look so youthful is you said yeah I didn't cover that game but my dad might have no uh so uh no but uh look we we try to keep gerod on here for about half an hour he's got a ton of stuff to write uh I've got a little bit to write but he's got more work to do than I do so we're gonna try to get him him out of the these shows right around the 30 minute Mark and then I'm gonna hang out with you guys for a while so dra we got a we got we're about to hit 400 people uh anything you want to say to the folks before you go uh well I tell you what before before you go just uh when don't you tell the the Eddie Kelly tidbit for anybody that missed it because it's going to be in your story but like I I think that was a a pretty interesting thing that came up tonight yeah so I mean just talking about the defensive line and I had asked about Joe Moore again who who was stepping up and Drake was mentioning how Joe Moore stepped up and stuff but he said you know I want to basically shout out Eddie Kelly they gave him the game ball um earlier this week uh right after one of the practices uh Eddie Kelly's mother passed unexpectedly and he still decided to to come out and play he had a couple tackles himself but just being here in in any capacity you know uh just a few days after losing his mother and so uh I think it was Marvin Burks who said you know they they kind of this week was heavy for them and they were playing for him and and his family and they wanted to ball out for him and I mean the best if you want to ball out for your teammate and for his family and stuff like that I mean pitching a shut out again I mean that's that's that's a cool way to you know do that and and try to keep his spirits as high as he can so that was um that was what drink ended his pressure on yeah and drink said like Eddie's mom was at the game last weekend yeah you know so again and like I I'm not trying to get philosophical on a on a show at 11 o'clock on a Saturday night but hey pretty cool that you got to see him play here right last week um obviously awful that that what happened happened um but uh yeah I thought that was that was something that that we should point out so uh all right gerro you got a ton of stuff to do man it's uh 11 o'clock uh last last week we got out of here I think about 115 earlier or later this week uh I'm trying to shoot for the same time depending on what I what I got some sometimes what the problem is with writing is you have so much to write that it's hard to decipher which you want to write and also going over the the script the otter you know what we record on and making sure the words line up to what they're saying and stuff so that is kind of what the extra time is so I'm hoping for around 115 again yeah I I'll shoot for that I'm actually writing a column this week which I didn't do last week so we'll see but appreciate you man I'll get to work we'll uh we'll talk to you later and I'll hang out and uh be with the people all right see y'all all right Gerard Hamilton joining us uh and like I said he's got he's got a full notebook coming he's going to have the great card at at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning a lot of stuff for you guys but hey I'm going to be here with you for a little bit uh we got some videos to post game videos to upload I got a column to WR but but I'm going to hang out with you guys for a little bit um sham has been uh been taking 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big rule we will put anybody on from Gladstone that's my neck of the woods I grew up just a few minutes away from Gladstone so uh love it um Steve I look I I can't comment on your love making skills I am a little disappointed that you went on to make actual coherent points after the start of that voicemail thought maybe we're going to go way downhill really quick but um no Theo coming back Theo coming back's interesting because you know I talked to some draft people and he was like a fringe draft guy like might have gotten picked but probably was going to be like fifth sixth seventh round could have gone Theo whis is the poster child for what nil can do for a college football team I don't know what Theo's making this year he's getting paid he's getting paid relatively well more than he would have probably been guaranteed to get paid in the NFL because I'm not sure Theo was guaranteed to make an NFL roster last year year so nil allows this kid to come back put some money in his pocket play another year of college football go out have 13 catches for 149 yards in a week two win and be you know kind of build that draft stock like maybe next April he goes higher than he would have gone last April so uh excellent point on uh Theo good call Steve appreciate you uh Sean let's let's go to another hey Gabe uh just three quick thoughts on the offense I want to see more Marcus Carroll and less Nate Noel Nate noell for two weeks now can't seem to stay on his feet I don't really know what's going on there and I think he has a role but it really didn't seem like they got Marcus Carroll involved much uh two is I think it's time we see more Josh Manning and less mookie Cooper um I like mookie Cooper but he's been here for four years and he really just doesn't provide much and then three is Drew pin's a better quarterback than Brady cook that's just all there is to it all right so let's let's take those one by one appreciate the call um so it's interesting I actually had the same thought on Marcus Carol I'm like I didn't really see much of him and here's why I think because Nate Noel was in the game the first two or three drives I'll be honest that game was like you know was 17 nothing midc quarter and at that point you knew Buffalo was wasn't winning so I'll be honest I'm I'm doing a 100 things I'm starting to get some stuff ready for our postgame coverage and all that and so my attention is a little bit divided when the game's over Nate Noel ended the game with 12 carries for 73 yards Marcus Carrol ended the game with 12 carries for 62 yards I agree with the initial impression that like it seemed like Nate Noel was out there way more but I don't know what the snap Council say I'll check those out in the morning the carries were exactly the same Nate Noel I think had uh had maybe more receptions I'm going to check that let's see Nate Noel had four catches by the way for negative3 yards uh Carol had one for negative one yard so Missouri's running backs combined to catch five passes for negative four yards tonight um but it seemed like Noel was more involved but I I think that's just because he was out there earlier um but productivity I mean look Carol average five yards to carry Noel average six I I like them both I like we were talking about earlier I I think the running back room is better than it was last year they may not they're not going to have one guy put up the numbers Cody put up but I think the room is quite clearly better than it was a year ago mookie Cooper versus Josh Manning look I'm not gonna disagree uh I like mooki is a great kid um it's the productivity really hasn't been there um whether it's Maris Johnson whether it's McKai Miller whether it's Josh Manning there there seem to be guys that just make more plays but that said um there's a locker room to deal with uh there's a lot of things in a football game we don't see right blocking um what I I'm not gonna say there's a reason that Jacob peer and Eli drinkwitz are making the decisions they are in playing the guys they are so I agree with you that on the surface I think Josh offers more upside but I'm I'm sure they have their reasons uh Drew Pine better than Brady cook I I don't know yeah I don't know Drew Pine has not been in a pressure situation at all um Brady Cooks this team starting quarterback and he's this team starting quarterback for every snap he's healthy enough to be so it's an argument that that like I just I don't know I I think it's kind of pointless to have uh I I'm I'm not sure there's there's any need to do it because it doesn't matter Brady cook is starting unless he's too hurt to start um all right let's hit one more voicemail sham and then maybe we'll go to this some of the comments in the chat okay guys honestly we know this Missouri offense has a lot of weapons is it almost seem at times like it has too many weapons like there's this need to you know get the ball to as many players as possible you've got Manning I mean you've got Cooper you've got whis you've got Burton who's is not playing a lot of the first two games and his stats are kind of low even though he has two touchdowns then you're trying to run the ball with these two running backs and also acclim made to younger running backs into the game is it almost like there's a difficulty for the offensive coordinator Kirby more here of just having too many weapons at his disposal okay guys honestly we know this Missouri offense has a lot of weapons is it thatan yeah it's an inter Point um I've heard that uh Sam mcals brought this up about the Chiefs right like they're carrying too many wide receivers because if Andy Reed has a guy on the roster he's gonna try to figure out how to use him I I don't see that with this offense I mean Theo whis had 13 catches tonight um you know Luther was Luther got a handful of touches didn't play very long but Theo wh got 13 catches Mary Johnson got five uh the top two running backs each had 12 carries Brady cook ran the ball let me look it up uh ran the ball five times seemed like more but ran the ball five times I I think the distribution's fine um and look in the transfer portal era like I think it's pretty amazing Josh Manning is still here to be honest he came back after last year as you know the seventh receiver but he's worked his way up like look is there a chance Jamal Roberts or Daniel blood or Kian Lacy or somebody at the end of this year says man I didn't get enough touches I wanted to look somewhere yes there's a chance of that because that's college football um but no I no issues with the distribution of the football um and if you tell a Coach like your biggest problem is gonna be you have too many guys to try to get the ball to I think most coaches are gonna be real happy with that team uh so I I think the best thing is like look when Luther is healthy and they start playing better teams he's going to get the ball more um I made a comment to gerro during the game I found it interesting in the first two weeks it seems like every touch Luther has gotten has been within a yard of the line of scrimmage I want I want a little bit more um diversity in the way they use him I want to see him be an actual wide receiver not just a hey we're gonna hand you the ball off and throw you screens I want to see him down the field but it's early these teams aren't great you're doing different things I get it I'm not going to judge yet I just would like to see him would like to see them him more as a complete receiver which I think he he proved to be last year um Theo is incredibly reliable he there was one throw tonight that I thought he should have caught that he didn't but other than that I mean the dude catches almost everything McKai Miller the same Maris Johnson best thing I saw tonight was Maris Johnson didn't catch a deep Ball but he had five catches like he went over the middle he ran an out route he he caught wide receiver passes it wasn't run as fast as you can as far as you can um so too many weapons No Such Thing guys um you know hey I I I watched a Georgia team come in here and play their backup running back who was Nick chub right uh there were you know there were Alabama teams that had like Jerry Judy and Henry rugs waiting their turn um no too many weapons no such thing in college football so Sean let's let's turn to some of the comments man just start hitting me with some things um I just pick them out I don't care what it is uh we want to want to get to the people and we'll go back to some of the voicemails in a minute but we've got 370 people on here with us live so I want to make sure we include those people in the uh in the chat in the conversation offense looks good without those holding penalties need to get them uh cleaned up quickly Brendan says in seen a few comments on the penalties you're right uh too many tonight at bad times no question um um holding penalties a couple of motion penalties uh there were a couple of illegal man downfield penalties had a couple formation penalties which are the ones that I think are really easy to clean up basically a slot receiver was covered up so somebody's lined up wrong uh you're right though penalties are an issue um do the o line penalties concern you at all or is it just working out the Kinks early um it's something to watch right it's something to watch if but but here's a weird thing about football sometimes really good teams are highly penalized Chiefs have been highly penalized for a lot of years Alabama for a while was one of the most highly penalized teams in the country you can survive them one thing that stood out to me they have zero defensive penalties uh Ty Bai asking do you think we have a potential top 25 matchup next week yes absolutely Boston College was couple spots out of the top 25 entering this week uh they won 56 nothing number 24 lost that was NC State number 23 lost that was Georgia Tech number 21 lost that was Iowa number 19 lost that was Kansas so four of the bottom seven teams in the top 25 lost Boston College goingon to move into the rankings you're gonna have a ranked versus ranked matchup next week and uh there was a thought at one time tonight that you might have college game day in town for it it's not going to happen they're going to LSU South Carolina which I understand and I think they might think they have a chance to get to Columbia Missouri later this year uh everwind B should we be worried about facing Bill O'Brien in a close game next week look next week is a bigger test than this week no question um part of what I'm writing tonight is the pre-season is over Missouri played two games there was no way they're gonna lose they've got two coming up now that they shouldn't lose but on the wrong day they can lose um you know so that's where I think what we've been talking about the maturity of this team the way they handle business I think that matters because I don't see Missouri looking past Boston College next week or Mandy the week after uh this team has done a good job of staying in the moment go just play the team across from you I think Brady cook said in the postgame press conference tonight don't waste the opportunity to dominate right are they going to win 38 nothing against BC you wouldn't think so but if I had to guess at that line I'm going to go Missouri 12 and a half something like that uh we'll see where it goes uh St Louis asking if Corey flag's gonna lead the team in tackles he has two weeks in a row it's an interesting point there let's talk linebacker gerod and I were talking during the game Chuck hick is a captain on this team he's a different kind of linebacker Missouri has three really fast pretty borderline freak athletes at linebacker I mean khil Jacobs can fly Tristan new might be the best athlete of all of them and Cory flag just makes plays man Chuck Kick's a little different type of guy um but I could see him yielding snaps throughout the year there you go Sean you and me same place man and and t- say said hicks's time is going down I I think it I I agree I think he's going to yield to some some snaps to the other guys no question um but again that goes back to what we were talking about earlier about just keeping guys fresh just putting new guys in right okay cool khil Jacobs needs a break we got Tristan new Chuck Hicks take a series off we got Corey flag like there's not a big drop off there you know um Sean let's uh let's go back to the voicemail line man I I know you got a few left so hit me up with another one babe Nitro I wish you were so thinking my calls live I miss our back and forth man uh defense great not perfect but it didn't need to be those guys are dudes they're awesome offense is not much when we struggled in the first quarter showed but the the Run game is our meat and potatoes and uh man eight- nine they are dudes drinks got to realize that like if we get in trouble in the future like we're ANC play it's a tough game like we're going to run the ball with eight and nine and we were gonna be great When we struggle offensively run the ball and get out of trouble um look the real that aside and the real reason I called you was to talk about last week week's voicemails my favorite caller last week was the guy that said missou was going to 20 straight playoffs I need to drink a beer or six with that guy po all right um I lost the sound I'm not sure why are you guys still hearing this voicemail because I am not uh all right right so uh yeah I don't know I need somebody in the comments to let me know if my headphones just quit or if the voicemails are still working so I think it's possible my headphones quit which might be a problem anyway okay good nobody's hearing the voicemail so so we're good um first of all I agree with the commenter that said the voicemails need more alcohol totally agree um look you guys begged and begged for years uh years bring back the calls and like I appreciate the voicemails we're getting it's it's awesome of you guys but like we need the energy level up guys voicemail Lan's got to pick up right I get it it's 11 o'clock Saturday night crappy opponent boring game I get it but but we're gonna need to pick the pick the levels up uh let's get excited um let's say some stupid things uh Missouri's going to 20 straight playoffs I I agree caller makes a lot of good points but your best point was you need a beer I I agree let's go uh Sean maybe the next one has uh has has some more uh fun to it yo gay man quick thoughts real quick on these two on these two topics first what are your thoughts like the Illinois fans field storming after the Kansas win and second thing what are your thoughts on South Carolina getting chosen for game day next week over missou okay um so two things first of all a compliment to Kansas that anybody storm in the field after beating you but also like Illinois doesn't beat ranked teams very often good for Illinois man Big Win what I've got no problem with storm in the field like at people say act like you've been there well guess what Illinois haven't been there very much go ahead and storm the field I'm fine game day to Columbia South Carolina I'll be honest South Carolina LSU feels like a bigger game to me than Missouri Boston College um I know Missouri's ranked eighth that's or ninth might be seventh tomorrow neither SC or LSU is that high it just feels like there are going to be bigger games in Columbia than this one um would have been would have been fun to have game day in town but like I really think ESPN's going yeah we could go there but what if we want to go there for missou ouu later this year like there's going to be I I think they think there's going to be chances um I don't think you know they haven't been to Columbia South Carolina in 10 years either South Carolina had a big win today um LSU coming into town already has a loss on The Ledger I I guarantee South Carolina's going to be pretty juic for that game I'm fine with it I don't take issue with it all right let's go hit another one what's up uh lifelong missou fan here um I just want to say that how excited I am for I mean obviously you've heard this top to bottom but you I've been watching missou football ever since you know I as long as I can remember I'm 19 years old I don't remember the Chase Daniel era but I mean I went to game in those 20134 seasons and uh I mean this is this is really something it's never been like this I feel like in my life even when we had the James Franklin's and Matty mock like you know the St Louis kids even Theo Brady cook Luther Burton like we're putting ourselves on a map across the entire country that I don't think has ever it's never been at a level like this so uh you know know drink wits obviously it's just unbelievable how he was on the hot seat just less than two years ago and now he's considered one of the top coaches in the country it's unbelievable um just uh yeah I just wanted to say you guys are doing a great job I watch the show and uh you know you have you guys have great commentary and really give the fans the die hards a different perspective of what they want to hear so just uh yeah Mi all appreciate that I'm GNA disagree with you here it's been like this hadn't been like this for a while but it's been like this um I think you said you were 19 and you don't really remember Chase Daniel I'm telling you man 2007 was a Magic Carpet Riot for Missouri fans 2008 for the first six weeks it was every bit this this fan base was convinced in 2008 that they were winning the national title and they had a reason to be convinced like the team was good enough to um so it has been like this it's just been a long time right it's like I it's like uh during Dennis Gates's first season when and like not to knock this football team or that basketball team they were they're fun years uh they deserved a lot of the credit all the credit they got but it was heightened it was increased because it had been a while right like those of us who were there for 2008 2009 in basketball 2002 2003 like yeah we've seen this before this is cool but we've seen this before um if you don't necessarily have vivid memories of missou Football pre 2015 absolutely this is the best it has ever been I promise you it's been this way before now by the end of this year this may go to places that it's never been missourians up in the top 12 playoff game all that yes we've never been there so this season has the potential to get somewhere we've never been but we have been there before um I I've got to put up a a comment real quick and I need some confirmation here Nebraska storm the did Nebraska really storm the field because first of all amazing that Nebraska football is at a point where there they are storming the field for beating a Colorado team that went 4 and8 last year if that is true that's the best thing I've heard all day and it makes me incredibly happy um I don't know if that's true I just need to I I need some confirmation in the comments I need to know if Nebraska fans storm the field because like that's so beneath them I thought I mean they stay in the seats and they clap for the other team that they just beat 73 to nothing oh oh it's been a couple years since Nebraska did that to people oh they haven't been to a bowl game since 2015 maybe they stormed the field for beating Colorado maybe they did all right uh let's get back on topic here uh missou all right sham if you got another voicemail uh play me one and then we'll we'll get back to some other comments my thoughts are that this team has done exactly what it needed to do in the first two weeks uh the first two weeks last year were pretty disappointing and it turned out to be a great year this year they have outscored their opponents 89 to zero and I really have nothing to complain about all right so here's here's here's what I figured out guys here's the problem the voicemails have nothing to complain about right we'll get there I promise we'll get there next week it's possible Missouri allows a point it's possible Missouri actually trails in a football game we're getting there we just we're not there yet right um so uh yeah and also like guys I I'll be honest man this is these are night games bad opponent opponents over by halftime like to ask people to send in energetic voicemails after those games Takes a Minute um also look all y'all sitting here in the comments trashing the voicemails I don't hear your voicemail where are the voicemails from you guys you guys just type it what's happening here so um kby vers stinks wants me to eat more pizza I've got a crust left uh look guys it's it's been a minute I had dinner at 3:45 today to come cover this game I needed something to eat so this is the way it goes um h880 did not leave a voicemail because he's a mute um that it's fair uh look I I I'll be honest I don't know if speak pipe has like voice to or not voice to text but like type to voice I I don't know if we have that technology on the voicemail um so I understand if you don't maybe call in h880 also blind to death uh I appreciate having you on our show then blind deaf and mute I gotta imagine you're not getting a hell of a lot of enjoyment out of this show but glad to have you here see this is the energy we need at 11:15 on a Saturday night after a 38 nothing game uh we need the we need the idiocy all right uh Drew King says he just sent a voicemail so I I know it takes a minute to download and upload but sham do me a favor Play One More voicemail go to the speak pite page see if you can download a voicemail from Drew King we got to get Drew's opinion on the show all right so uh I'm I'm I'm gonna go through see yeah we we've got another request for J's voicemail so we will get there uh certainly um this seems like a good time to remind you guys one more time do we have one this is Drew I just wanted to tell you that field storming is lame as hell and I'm willing to die on that Hill thanks Drew Drew Drew we've had this conversation before I want you to remember Drew before you leave me voicemails in the future that I sign your checks and that I'm always going to be right when it comes to this conversation and that I guess you didn't like fun when you were a college student you're you're just you're wrong here the kids need to have fun they've taken away Mr brideside um some of them might not be old enough or have a fake ID to buy alcohol in the stadium give him a chance to storm the field I I I just uh I just I just don't agree this is this is Adam Norton Adam Norton has hit it hang on I okay Drew is the get off my lawn old man Drew I'm 48 years old I have a child I think older than you and you have earned the reputation on our show as the cranky old man so I don't know if you like that or don't like that um I don't know how you feel about it but this is where we're at um I'm the cool young guy that wants everybody to storm the field and you're the cranky old guy that wants them to stay in their seats so anyway that is uh that is where we are with this thing we have reached the point of debating the energy of the voic mailers and whether or not Drew is the old man of the show that May mean we're out of football talk I don't know if you guys want to talk about any more football we can um not a not a ton to to break down in this game I feel like we've done it um Missouri 2 and0 again we kind of expect them eth maybe seventh tomorrow if Oregon ends up losing maybe sixth uh I'm gon to look up the Oregon score right now some of you guys I think are watching that game um I am personally not for some reason I have week three so hang on I'm going back to week two Oregon and Boise tied at 20 mid third uh that one could go anyway obviously if Oregon loses Missouri's going to go up could be up to as high as sixth um if they don't you know never know um but regardless top eight team hosting Boston College next week and I think a ranked ranked matchup and the season it starts next week now let me be clear before we get into next week my feelings on this game Missouri should not lose this game they should they absolutely should win this game it's just the first one that there's a path to losing like I could see them losing that game on the wrong day but they shouldn't lose that game um vandy's kind of the same way right like there are days Vandy can beat Missouri but Vandy shouldn't beat Missouri come October 5th go into Texas A&M Missouri should be 4-0 and ranked in the top 10 minimum maybe in the top five because that BC game looks a little better now that Vandy game looks a little better now I think it's an interesting point like we've we've talked all about this schedule right Missouri will not play a team that has a loss in all likelihood until October 5th at College Station obviously Murray stay was UN unbeaten Buffalo came in here one and0 Boston College coming in next week two and0 Vandy probably coming in in two weeks three and 0 so you know it's not the greatest schedule ever but it's also not the worst schedule and they've survived they they've more than survived they've thrived they've done what they should have done right they're not they're not sitting here with the 1612 win over Houston um they're not sitting here with the loss to Northern Illinois they've done everything you could have asked them to do through the first two weeks of the season and now it gets a little bit tougher it's like we were on a we were on Flat Road now we're on like a slight incline right just just very slight like a we're on like a 10 12 per grade um we're gonna we're gonna get higher I'm gonna throw t- rise's comment up here appreciate you uh t Rise the pizza's free man I don't pay for the pizza so $499 appreciate the Super Chat I'll use it for something I'm not going to use it for pizza missou buys us pizza shout out Dave Matter getting pizza for the media well done I don't know if I'm supposed to say that publicly but well done Dave thank you um so uh we're on like a like we've been driving down you know the Flat Road and now we're going on just kind of a slight upgrade week five like that incline gets a little bit bigger and then two weeks it levels out a little bit maybe maybe and then Alabama Oklahoma then then that's where you're on the real that that's where you're on the the kind of the stretch where it's like all right some people goingon to quit here some people just gonna say they've gone far enough if you're going to reach the summit you got to climb this so we're uh we're going slow build to it but they've done look they've navigated the Flat Road they've done what they should have done uh Well everybody's here hey we got up over 400 tonight appreciate that I know this show is is is going to it's going to increase um viewership as the games get interesting I appreciate that there were 400 of you guys on here at 11 o'clock at night after frankly what was a super boring game right a game we 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