Just like last year, they are a mystery to me so I pulled up and watched their game film...

Sure enough, they are a paper Tiger, again.

A few highlights - their QB this year is better than Brady Cook from last year, but now he's hurt. Their interior defense is pretty stout, but they struggle with speed. All decent teams they played, they had no separation in ability to score, put games away, and honestly lucky to be where they are.

Down to Kansas in late 3rd quarter
Down to SC late 3rd quarter
Dominated entire 2nd half by Bama before junk points with 1 min left in game
Down to Auburn before winning in OT
Ineffective against Vandy entire 2nd half - had to convert 4/5 4th downs to try to catch Vandy - ended with 10pts

With their starting QB Pribula, I give them 17-20 points. With the freshman, 1 score less - 13 pts max.

Ags score 37-42 points in this game and it's a replica of last year. Mizzou looks good on paper but they have no true strength outside of running the ball. I don't think they can against the A&M line -

The best chance? Get a turnover and up early - say 14-0 and play keep away from the front. If they cannot get out ahead, their young QB is going to have a long day.

Ags trounce them again... 41-13

It's simply not close; the talent gap is huge despite the stats.

Ok thanks Joe Klatt

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Arkansas says hello

Missouri is highly overrated.

We win by 14. At least.

I just hope all the recent interviews and attention Marcel Reed is getting, along with all the rat poison talk all over the media about Klein, Moffit and Elko looking at other coaching jobs has not caused the team to lose focus on the importance of this game. They need to be 100% laser attention focus on this game and the next and next and next….and not get caught up in all the damn distractions and bs.

I understand the sentiment here, but what I noticed is this team is growing every week. They are approaching a team that doesn't want to beat you they want to bully and embarrass you. Could be writing of course, but you take out a few plays against lsu and it easily could have been 60+ to some single digit number. I think Elko has then focused.

Simply no reason to expect anything other than anxiously watching a close game to only let out a sigh of relief when the clock says zero.

Their defense is strong. Only giving up about 245 yards per game. Will be tougher than people think.

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I understand the sentiment here, but what I noticed is this team is growing every week. They are approaching a team that doesn't want to beat you they want to bully and embarrass you. Could be writing of course, but you take out a few plays against lsu and it easily could have been 60+ to some single digit number. I think Elko has then focused.

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Green is really good. HTH

i think this game is very competitive for most of the game. we may pull away late but i think it will be a dogfight. if we win this game biggly we are legit. we have had a healthy helping of rat poison the last few weeks.

I like way OP thinks but until we start winning in November, I say "show me."

ok, what is your record on calling your shot? so i know whether or not to be excited.

If we have a good plan to keep Hardy we should be in good shape.

They've been able to keep their games close and they know their playoff chances are slipping away.

Beware of an inspired performance for their backup QB.

Hope that Drink has been fielding a lot of calls over the past couple of weeks and it eyeing an exit - making it 5 teams on our schedule that change coaches this year.

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Yes. Comparing a true freshman to Green is not logical.

Just win.

i want to believe but I have PTSD from Mizzou during the early 2000s they were 7-2 against the good guys

I all I read is "lettuce" win.

I hope we beat Missouri by double digits, but I will be happy with simply winning this road game to improve to 9-0 and start 6-0 in SEC play for the first time ever.

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Never forget OP's preseason prediction

Would be so ironic if they tell us all week it's the freshman and then they trot Beau out and he goes off similar to Wieggy last year

If we win, it's good enough for me. Quality of wins used to mean much more, but college football is now survivor take all.

We're going to lose. We always lose.

Something I'm not hearing much discussion about is the fact that this is our 3rd consecutive sec road game. That is a tough thing for any team and that is a big reason why I don't expect a lopsided game.

I want to say we comfortably win after starting a little slow.

My BAS, on the other hand, says we find ourselves down 10-0 in the first quarter, show signs of life in the second, step on our dicks early in the third, and then do just enough in the fourth to make us think the Ags might come back to then lose by 2 scores.

Like most games this year, the only way we can lose is if we beat ourselves. I do not see that happening.

Take the over

hope you're right, but im not feeling it like i was befire LSU.

i think we're in for a tough game, and possible L., before smoking tu.

Arkansas has a gazelle for a qb

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Would be so ironic if they tell us all week it's the freshman and then they trot Beau out and he goes off similar to Wieggy last year

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You didn't see the injury Beau suffered. Nasty. Watch the video. He ain't coming back this season.

Their defense is solid, but some of these numbers they have put up are against lesser opponents.

FEI (which is opponent-adjusted) has them as the 24th best defense, which is good, but not great. For frame of reference, Auburn is 7, Notre Dame 8, Florida 16, and LSU 17. (we are 15)

We're going to hit the "tiger trifecta" and win big.

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Their defense is strong. Only giving up about 245 yards per game. Will be tougher than people think.

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against the SEC they're giving up 310/gm.

SC 293
Bama 325
AUB 357
Vand 265

OP is correct, they've struggled against good teams.

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Their defense is strong. Only giving up about 245 yards per game. Will be tougher than people think.

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They got gashed by......AUBURN.

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I just hope all the recent interviews and attention Marcel Reed is getting, along with all the rat poison talk all over the media about Klein, Moffit and Elko looking at other coaching jobs has not caused the team to lose focus on the importance of this game. They need to be 100% laser attention focus on this game and the next and next and next….and not get caught up in all the damn distractions and bs.

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I agree with much of this but have a sense that Reed is individually reminding the team of the importance of all of it. As he grows, he's looking like the kind of player that wants the ball in the biggest moments and he's a dynamic leader. I don't know how the game plays out, I expect Mizzou to throw every punch, but hoping it will be exhibit A for the winning culture of our team.