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Football Is Officially Back!

Justin Stine — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:53:30 +0000

Aug 5, 2012; Canton, OH, USA; Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb (4) lays on the field after an incomplete pass against the New Orleans Saints in the first quarter of the pro football hall of fame preseason game at Fawcett Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-US PRESSWIRE

It might not have been the Rams, but it was still football, and football is good. The Arizona Cardinals and New Orleans Saints opened up the 2012 preseason on Sunday night in the Hall of Fame Game, with the Saints beating the Cards 17-10.

As with most preseason games, the final score wasn’t what was important. What is important, however, is that Arizona’s quarterback situation looks just as bad as it was last season. Potential starter Kevin Kolb came out and promptly threw an interception on his first pass of the game, then after a three-and-out, he was hit and left the game with a rib contusion. Yeah, that sounds about right for Kolb. John Skelton actually looked pretty solid during his turn, but everyone who is saying the Rams are a sure thing to finish last in the West again should probably rethink that opinion until Arizona finds a quarterback.

Drew Brees was Drew Brees in his only drive of the evening, as he marched the Saints down the field for a touchdown and finished 4/5 for 41 yards. Mizzou great Chase Daniel had a nice night after Brees left, as he finished 15/20 for 203 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT. Not bad.

Overall, although I didn’t really care much about this game, it was still great to see NFL football back on the TV screen. Now we just have to wait a week to finally see the Rams.

From Penthouse To Outhouse In 8 Days

stlvinnie — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:57:39 +0000

In just eight short days the Missouri Tigers have went from the penthouse to the outhouse. We saw the Texas Longhorns knock off the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday afternoon October 11th. At that point in time the Missouri Tigers were a win against the Oklahoma State Cowboys away from being the #1 team in the land. Chase Daniel also had a chance to stretch his lead on the Heisman trophy race. We all know what happened by now, the Cowboys shut down the Tigers, and the defense once again was bitten by the big play. Oklahoma State was able to put up 28 points and 402 total yards in rout to a 28-23 shocking win over the TIgers.

Flash forward to tonight. The Tigers were heading down to Texas to play the #1 ranked Longhorns. If the Tigers could knock off the Longhorns deep in the heart of Texas, Missouri would be right back in the National Championship hunt. A Tigers win would also mean a big night for Chase Daniel and possibly gaining some votes back over Colt McCoy. Well the Tigers were destroyed Saturday night 56-31 by the more talented and better coached Longhorns. Before you could even say “National Championship” the Longhorns were up 14-0 and they did not stop there. Shortly before halftime it was 35-0 Texas. What has happened? What could have went so horribly wrong with these Tigers?

Well it is pretty easy to figure out the Tigers defense is simply not good enough to help this team contend with the Big boys. What an awful effort on Saturday night. The Longhorns had 592 total yards of offense. The Tigers never even came close to stopping them in the first half. The numbers were staggering. Texas was 10 of 12 on 3rd down conversions. Colt McCoy at one time completed 17 straight passes, a new Texas record. Colt McCoy completed 91% of his passes on the evening for 334 yards and 2 touchdowns. On a night that Chase Daniel was 31 of 41 for 315 yards and 2 touchdowns he was not even a factor. The game was over before they started heating up.

It was a short sad eight days for the 2008 Missouri Tigers. The best Tiger team in 30+ years will just be a memory after this week. This team has thrown everything away. Sure they can still win the Big 12 Championship but who really believes that is possible? The Tigers sure don’t.

Missouri Tigers End 30 Years Of Frustration

stlvinnie — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:42:54 +0000

It only took the Missouri Tigers 59 seconds on Saturday night to take the lead at Lincoln Nebraska, and go on to an enormous 52-17 victory against the Nebreaska Cornhuskers. This was another great win for the Tigers. This is not the Tigers of the 80′s or 90′s these are the 2008 Missouri Tigers and they seem to be special. Not short bus special, but the kind of special that does not care about the past or what you think. These Tigers are going to take the ball and score. These Tigers don’t care if you don’t like their running game, or use of the play clock, or that sometimes the defense gives up a big play. These Tigers are going to hang half a hundred on you and do it with a chip on their shoulder. Even last night at halftime Mark May was asked if the Tigers have the best offense in college football and he said “they have the third best offense in the Big 12.” Well Mark the Tigers put up 52 again and they are looking forward to playing all comers.

This was another solid game for the Tigers on National TV. These games are huge for recruiting and this was another showcase of the Missouri Tigers offense. So many weapons so little time. The Tigers played their starters for only 3 quarters again. In those three quarters they quickly put up 52 points. The points came from Jeremy Maclin, Derrick Washington, Jimmy Jackson, Danario Alexander, and even Brock Christopher took an interception back for 6 points. The whole time you are watching the Tigers it seems like they could be doing even more but time just seems to run out. Last night after the first catch for Maclin he was pretty quiet. Chase Coffman caught 5 balls and always seems open. Chase Daniel only completed 18 passes. Still the team put up 52 points. How good are they? How good can they be? Chase Daniel never even had to run for yardage. The Tigers have not went 3 and out one time all year with Chase Daniel at QB. This team is for real and I look forward to watching them every week. The #4 Missouri Tigers will take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys next Saturday and I will look forward to it.

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