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10-3 for a team picked to finish 4th in the SEC East. Didn't like the Ray targeting penalty or the no call on the fumble. Just like the first Mizzou GA game, they played 3 good quarters. Down by 8 to start the 4th is a place no one expected Mizzou to be. We couldn't run for chit, but kept trying. We didn't try the short under passes much, which shocked me. Bama front is damn tough. Their secondaries has tons of holes and backers don't cover well into coverage. We didn't exploit it more. When Mauk threw down the field he was accurate which he hasn't done most of the year.

I'll take a New Years Day bowl with The Citrus Bowl. It's worth $4+ million and the best choice available for Mizzou. Happy as a pig in mud that The Big 12-1-1-2+2 was left out. Baylor beat TCU and should have been the outright Big 12 Champ. Period. No questions. Same record & Baylor has the head to head win. Pretty simple. Big 12 got greedy and wanted 2 teams in. After it all planned out they got none. They screwed themselves. If they pick up 2 more teams and become the actual Big 12, they can fight it out in a championship game. Ohio State killed Wisconsin. They deserve to be in there as much as I hate to say it. That was way more impressive than TCU putting 50 on Iowa State.

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IMO only, the minute Ray went out of that game it was highly unlikely we were going to overcome.

However, having said that, the "no call", with GP in the land of OZ as it happened, killed ANY remaining chance we had.

We got beat, we couldn't run and I thought Hensons play calling was basically underwhelming. But I give Bama the credit they are due. They are the better team. But as a fan, and to whatever extend an interested fan, I firmly believe in ebbs and flow. To turn around a game. If that call went the way it should have, there's no 7 for the Tide and there's a POSSIBLE 7 for us. 14 point swing was feasible.

Yes, we lost by more than that, but that's not how I see games go. Pressure, mojo, mistakes, turns of events will impact performance both good and bad.

I am not whining, not saying we got screwed. Just saying I would have liked to see Mizzou play with the right call made.

It was a good year for the schedule given, I still think a very good transition year.

But no way is that a good ending. And I don't think losing to the #1 team is a disaster, but the Tigers were once again NOT READY when it counts the most.

I don't look for a ton of conference respect next September, and I ain't gonna b1tch about it when it doesn't happen. As tired as I am about bitchinn about lack of respect I'm more tired about not showin up for the games that can change a program for real.

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