Who are these seven all-big 12 defenders you speak of? According to Phil Steele. Not sure which source he uses, but I know he also includes honorable mentions. Basically he wanted to emphasize that there is a TON of defensive talent graduating. Phil Steele's known for being incredible accurate with...

This is a tough one to call. Mizzou runs very similar schemes to Troy on both sides of the ball, but with far better players. I wouldn't call Mizzou 3-deep at every position the way that the top few powerhouses are, but they are much deeper in talent than we are. And I love to talk about how we are...

Pinkel is doing his usual routine: Lots of coach speak. Same with Spoon. What are they supposed to say? As long as we come out focused and play hard, we'll beat them by three scores? Pinkel isn't that type of coach, and he doesn't run that type of program. Pinkel knows the importance of keeping his ...

And Phil Steele?

Phil Steele also predicted kansas State would finish second in the North. Wonder how he feels about that after week 1.

By the way, as we're talking about Steele, he predicted a 45-17 Missouri win on Saturday.

Very high on yourselves aren't you? From what you all seem to be saying, there is not one single position that BG matches up size and talent wise with MO. Pittsburgh was bigger and better at every position last year too. They were also ranked no. 25. Very coincidental. I'll bet there was a lot of t...

Hello all. Looking forward to the game Saturday (and hoping it doesn’t rain TOO much). My thoughts on the game/this thread… I am surprised to see so much optimism/confidence from you all as a whole. No problem with you all being fans of your team, though. Just surprising to see so much quiet confide...