When the Defense Roars: Missouri Tigers Dynasty

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Missouri opens home play with Texas

Missouri may have opened up with a very disappointing loss to Boise State in a high stakes high scoring shootout, but they made up for it with a massive upset over Oklahoma last week. Now they have to defeat Texas (0-3) and continue their winning ways. Missouri is a long shot to make the National title game, but they control their destiny in the Big XII once again. If Oklahoma State and Texas A&M win out until they face Missouri, Missouri could be in the national title talk at the end of the year if there is at most 1 undefeated team.

Missouri is the favorites by 10-1/2 points

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Missouri slaughters Texas

The Missouri Tigers hosted the Texas Longhorns, and in the game of a life time for James Franklin sent the Longhorns home losers in a 70-0 blowout.

Texas started the game throwing a pick 6 to T. Bolden, and it just got worse as the Tigers defense held the Longhorns to 94 offensive yards and 7 first downs.

Freshmen defensive linemen Larry Harris and Gerrand Johnson combined for 5 sacks, 11 TFL, and 2 forced fumbles.

The Longhorns have not been slaughtered that bad in a game ever, and Missouri has never put the beatdown on a traditional power to this extent. After this game Missouri's reputation has gained a lot of steam, beating down the blue-blooded Texas Longhorns 70-0 is a feat not to be overlooked. However, Texas is not a highly ranked and highly respected opponent this year, they are a team filled with 5* recruits that are not living up to their potential.

Sep 22, 2012 - UT at MU
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Texas Longhorns (0-3)	0	0	0	0	0
#20 Missouri Tigers (1-1)	28	14	21	7	70

Team Stats Comparison
MU		UT
673	Total Offense	94
136	Rushing Yards	31
537	Passing Yards	63
21	First Downs	7

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UT	MU
5:47	(MU) T. Bolden 37 yard interception return (PAT)	7	0
4:03	(MU) E. Waters 17 yard catch TD from J. Franklin (PAT)	14	0
2:27	(MU) TJ Moe 45 yard catch TD from J. Franklin (PAT)	21	0
0:21	(MU) K. Lawrence 19 yard rush TD (PAT)	28	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UT	MU
3:18	(MU) R. Woodland 22 yard catch TD from J. Franklin (PAT)	35	0
1:01	(MU) R. Steeples 51 yard catch TD from J. Franklin (PAT)	42	0
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UT	MU
5:31	(MU) K. Lawrence 7 yard catch TD from J. Franklin (PAT)	49	0
3:01	(MU) B. Durant 19 yard fumble return TD (PAT)	56	0
1:07	(MU) L. Washington 19 yard catch TD from A. Glasser (PAT)	63	0
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UT	MU
2:11	(MU) L. Washington 11 yard catch TD from A. Glasser (PAT)	70	0

Missouri POTG: J. Franklin 23/25 for 439 yards, 5 TD, 5 rushes for 11 yards.
L. Harris 5 TFL, 1 FF, and 3 sacks


My pictures did not save from this game, I don't know what's going on with my 360

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Major upset, top 10 shaken

The #1 Oregon Ducks, went to unranked Arizona State and were demolished 39-20.
Unranked Duke thumped #4 Florida State 35-25
#15 Michigan State destroyed #7 Ohio State 31-17
#2 South Carolina slipped past #18 LSU 34-28
#5 Boise State defeated Nebraska 34-32

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Sep 23, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	2	South Carolina (39)	4	0	1503
2	3	Wisconsin (21)	3	0	1414
3	5	Boise State (1)	3	0	1286
4	6	Stanford	3	1	1212
5	8	Oklahoma State	4	0	1122
6	9	Texas A&M	2	0	1047
7	10	Oklahoma	2	1	969
8	1	Oregon	3	1	964
9	11	Auburn	3	0	934
10	15	Michigan State	3	2	853
11	12	Virginia Tech	2	1	844
12	13	Illinois	4	0	827
13	14	Notre Dame	4	0	775
14	7	Ohio State	3	1	763
15	17	Oregon State	3	0	641
16	4	Florida State	3	1	620
17	19	Troy	3	1	513
18	21	Arkansas	5	0	502
19	20	Missouri	2	1	462
20	22	Michigan	3	1	385
21	--	Arizona State	2	1	365
22	18	LSU	2	2	349
23	--	Georgia	3	1	294
24	16	Ole Miss	3	1	294
25	25	Utah	3	0	288

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Midway season recap

Here we are, this is the 6th week of the college football season and already it's gotten crazy. Alabama which started the season ranked #6 and a top contender for the SEC West title is 0-3, and there are only 24 undefeated teams left.

South Carolina, Wisconsin, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Auburn, Illinois, Notre Dame, and Oregon State are the teams that control their destiny.
If South Carolina or Auburn go undefeated, and only one can as they meet this week in South Carolina, they will go to the title game, Auburn has 6 ranked teams left on their schedule.

Wisconsin/Illinois are also a lock for the BCS title game if they go undefeated most likely based on the schedule ahead. OSU has 3 ranked teams left, A&M has 4.

Oregon State has 4 ranked opponents left, #4 Stanford, #8 Oregon, #25 Utah, and #21 Arizona State. However, due to everyone else's higher ranking the Beavers won't likely make the title game unless the higher BCS programs lose a game.

#3 Boise State must hope Missouri goes 11-1 and makes themselves into a legit title contender so BSU can use that as a platform to make the title game. Or that everyone finishes with at least one loss, otherwise the Broncos will be on the outside once again

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Matchup Preview | September 29, 2012
Miami (OH) RedHawks (2-2, 2-0 Home)		#19 Missouri Tigers (2-1, 1-1 Away)
Game Notes Miami (OH) lost to both big name opponents they played this year (Tennessee and Illinois), and #19 Missouri only lost to #3 Boise State in a shootout. This game should be over by halftime, as Missouri's new 3-3-5 defense looks to shut down the Redhawks balanced offense that ranks #35 in rushing and #36 in passing. Missouri counters with the #1 rush defense in the nation, and the #42 passing defense.

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Games to watch week 6

Northwestern (2-1) at #12 Illinois (4-0): Northwestern has only lost to #5 Oklahoma State

#23 Georgia (3-1) at Syracuse (3-0)

USC (4-0) at #25 Utah (3-0)

Purdue (4-0) at #13 Notre Dame (4-0)

West Virginia (3-0) at #20 Michigan (3-1)



Games Of The Week:
#6 Texas A&M (2-0) at #18 Arkansas (5-0): A&M is heavy favorite
#9 Auburn (3-0) at #1 South Carolina (4-0): South Carolina gets the nod
#10 Michigan State (3-2) at #2 Wisconsin (3-0): Can you pick against the Badgers?

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Missouri Tigers destroy Redhawks

With last year's near upset on the mind, the #19 Missouri Tigers held nothing back for all but 2 seconds. The offense started slow, scoring a 47-yard field goal with 0:35 left in the first quarter to take a 3-0 lead.

James Franklin marched the Tigers 97 yards at the start of the second quarter, and Missouri took a 10-0 lead when Franklin connected with W. Kemp on a 5 yard slant.

Missouri's defense was relentless, and when Z. Dysert was sacked on 3rd and long by his own goal line, it was the 4th sack of the day.

Dysert was harassed all day

Missouri kept going, taking a 20-0 lead at the half. The third quarter started bad for the Redhawks, as they started from their own 6 yard line, and ended up fumbling the ball at their 1 yard line, only for M. Wilson to scoop it up and rumble the lone yard for the defensive TD, giving Missouri a 27-0 lead.

M. Wilson scoring a TD off a fumble recovery

Missouri subbed in their 2nd string defense, and kept going, sacking Dysert another 2 times, having a total of 7 sacks on the day for the Tigers defense.


The game ended when Z. Dysert connected on a short route to N. Harwell who sprinted 80 yards for the TD as time expired, and the Missouri Tigers routed the Redhawks 44-7.

Missouri only gave up 77 yards passing and 61 yards rushing and 7 first downs.

Missouri POTG: J. Franklin 24/29, 311 yards, 3 TD
M. Wilson: 8 tackles, 4 TFL, 2 FF, 1 defensive TD

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"Showdown" weekend results

In a weekend filled with great games, there were several suprises.
#12 Illinois flattened Northwestern 27-3
#23 Georgia destroyed Syracuse 41-17
#25 Utah defeated USC 27-24 in OT
#13 Notre Dame ended Purdue's perfect season 55-17
#20 Michigan beat West Virginia 33-30 in 2 OT

Games Of The Week:

#18 Arkansas defeated #6 Texas A&M 42-35 behind a 21 point 3rd quarter
#9 Auburn upended #1 South Carolina 21-20
#10 Michigan State ended #2 Wisconsin's perfect season 24-20


When the polls come out most people expect Boise State to leap to #1, as no team besides Auburn had a marquee victory that could justify a leap to #1, and Auburn was #9 so that leap is a stretch.


This marks the first weekend since Championship week in 2007 that #1 and #2 have both lost on the same weekend.