When the Defense Roars: Missouri Tigers Dynasty

[Kcordloh]

Start the national title hype: The Tigers are for real

The best thing about two top 5 teams meeting early in the year is you get a sense of how good a team truly is. After August 24th we can say the Missouri Tigers are for real.

The first quarter was a wash as the Tigers got to J. Butler early and rattled him but despite two sacks early in the first quarter could not produce any turnovers and it was only James Franklin's 9 yard toss to L. Washington that broke the tie.

Early and often the Tigers got to Butler

In the second quarter all the offense anyone could muster was C. O'Connor's nailed a nail of field goals, one a 36 yarder, the other a 50 yarder as the second quarter expired.

Up 13-0 with it anyone's ballgame the Tigers pulled away when B. Moore intercepted Butler and returned the pass 33 yards for a TD and a 20-0 lead.

Moore returns a 33 yard INT for a diving TD

With the 20-0 lead the Tigers started subbing in D-Linemen and other position players. The Bulldogs took advantage and surged back, getting close to staging a comeback before ultimately running out of juice. The Tigers offense never yielded, and they took home to 37-14 victory.

Missouri Tigers at Georgia Bulldogs
Aug 24, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#1 Missouri Tigers (0-0)	7	6	14	10	37
#5 Georgia Bulldogs (0-0)	0	0	0	14	14

Team Stats Comparison
	MIZZ	UGA
Total Offense	329	300
Rushing Yards	31-134	22-59
Passing Yards	195	241
First Downs	16	11
Punt Return Yards	20	20
Kick Return Yards	27	43
Total Yards	376	363
Turnovers	0	3
3rd Down Converstion	7-13	3-9
4th Down Conversion	0-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	1-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-2-1	0-0-0
Penalties	3-30	2-15
Posession Time

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		MIZZ	UGA
3:09	(MIZZ) L. Washington 9 yard pass from J. Franklin (PAT)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		MIZZ	UGA
1:29	(MIZZ) C O'Connor 36 yard FG	10	0
0:02	(MIZZ) C O'Connor 50 yard FG	13	0
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		MIZZ	UGA
2:54	(MIZZ) B. Moore returned interception 33 yards (PAT)	20	0
1:03	(MIZZ) J. Thomas 23 yard pass from J. Franklin (PAT)	27	0
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		MIZZ	UGA
4:28	(UGA) K. Malcome 43 yard pass from J. Butler (missed PAT)	27	6
3:56	(MIZZ) C O'Connor 47 yard FG	30	6
3:12	(UGA) K. Malcome 51 yard rush (2-point conversion)	30	14
0:41	(MIZZ) H. Josey 5 yard rush (PAT)	37	14

Missouri Tigers

Georgia Bulldogs

[Kcordloh]

Missouri Tigers stay #1

The Missouri Tigers stayed #1 after a great season opening victory for #5 Georgia.

#6 Notre Dame stumbled against Michigan State as the Spartans won the Rivalry game 43-21 behind a 302 yard passing and 267 yard rushing attack.

#24 USC stumbled against unranked Hawaii as the Warriors pulled off the 24-16 upset. The Warriors only had 267 yards of total offense, but pulled off the victory despite the Trojans amassing 413 yards of offense, 249 of them through the air.

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Aug 25, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Missouri (40)	1	0	1504
2	2	Michigan (21)	0	0	1313
3	3	Illinois	0	0	1261
4	4	LSU	0	0	1209
5	7	Oregon	0	0	1057
6	8	Oregon State	0	0	1008
7	9	Auburn	1	0	959
8	10	Utah	1	0	911
9	11	Boise State	1	0	864
10	12	Iowa	0	0	818
11	5	Georgia	0	1	814
12	13	Virginia Tech	0	0	772
13	14	Kansas	0	0	727
14	15	TCU	0	0	683
15	6	Notre Dame	0	1	652
16	16	Oklahoma State	0	0	639
17	17	UCF	0	0	597
18	18	Texas Tech	0	0	554
19	19	Penn State	1	0	513
20	20	Wisconsin	0	0	472
21	21	Oklahoma	0	0	432
22	22	Stanford	0	0	393
23	23	NC State	0	0	354
24	--	Michigan State	1	0	354
25	25	Florida State	0	0	279

[Kcordloh]

Matchup Preview | August 31, 2013
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#1 Missouri Tigers (1-0, 1-0 Away)		Arkansas Razorbacks (1-0, 0-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison #41 Total Offensive Yards #4 #30 Rushing Yards #23 #33 Passing Yards #7 #13 Points Per Game #16 Defensive Stats Comparison #3 Total Yards Allowed #38 #3 Passing Yards Allowed #30 #24 Passing Yards Allowed #37 Game Notes The #1 Missouri Tigers welcome the unranked (26th) Arkansas Razorbacks into the Big XII. The Razorbacks opened Big XII play last week against former SWC opponent Baylor where they were victorious 35-30, but the game exposed that Arkansas has a soft secondary and their blocking is suspect. The Tigers look to take advantage of the fact Arkansas has a weak secondary with short to mid-range crossing routes, and the Tiger defense will be throwing everything they have at Arkansas QB Brandon Mitchell who will likely be running for his life all day. It's a good thing he is quick. History is on the Hogs side though, as the entire series between these two teams is 3-2, with no teaming winning two in a row. Missouri won the last meeting 38-7 in the Cotton Bowl in 2008. Early predictions are Missouri by 10 1/2

[Kcordloh]

Games to watch this weekend
#15 Notre Dame (0-1) tries to redeem themselves from their Big 1G opening loss that really hurt their national title hopes. They play #2 Michigan at Ann Arbor. Despite the loss to the Spartans the Fighting Irish are still favored due to the fact they are much larger up front.

#11 Georgia (0-1) hosts their second consecutive top 5 opponent with a game against conference opponent #4 LSU (0-0). After the opening loss to the other Tigers, the Bulldogs must fight to re-earn respect as the LSU Tigers are 8 point favorites.

[Kcordloh]

Razorbacks/Tigers an instant classic

From the moment the ball was snapped until the moment the final horn sounded, the #1 Missouri Tigers were on their heels.
The Razorback secondary picked off James Franklin 2x in the first quarter and sacked him three more, picking up critical field position for their offense who went up 14-0 after one quarter and 17-0 at the half.

After the break C. Browning decided he would save the day for Tigers, intercepting Brandon Mitchell and returning it 61 yards to allow Henry Josey to pound it in, making it 17-7.
The Razorbacks responded with a 31 yard field goal, making it 20-7. The Tigers finished the third quarter with James Franklin hooking up with Jimmy Thomas for 17 yards and a TD to make it 20-14 going into the fourth quarter.

The Razorbacks scored again, another field goal, this time a 41 yarder to take a 23-14 lead. The Tigers responded with James Franklin to L. Washington for a 37 yard pass and PAT to make it 23-21 with 1:11 left. The onside kick failed, but with three timeouts the Tigers had a chance. They had to hold the Razorbacks though.

The first down ended when Larry Harris broke through the line for a 4 yard sack. The Tigers called timeout, then relied on A. Wilson to tackle the ballcarrier for a 2 yard gain, making it 3rd and 12 with 0:57 left. The Tigers held, and took over with 0:29 left in the game on their own 21 with no timeouts.

Franklin connected with Josey for a 11 yard gain, and L. Washington for another key first down to get it within field goal range. With 0:03 left Chris O'Connors took the field and nailed a 43 yard field goal to lift the #1 Missouri Tigers past the unranked Arkansas Razorbacks 24-23.

C. Browning finished as POTG with 2 int, 9 tackles, and 1 ff.
James Franklin finished 17/35 with 3 int, 2 TD, 197 yards, and was sacked 5 times

[smokeydays23]

Im following. I just read the entire thing, and I like what you have going here. By the way, how do you get your tables to come out right? Every time I try to use them, something goes wrong and they seem to mess up.

[Kcordloh]

Quote: Originally Posted by smokeydays23

Im following. I just read the entire thing, and I like what you have going here. By the way, how do you get your tables to come out right? Every time I try to use them, something goes wrong and they seem to mess up.

Thanks and welcome!
I simply use the operation sports tables, I don't really modify the output code after I preview so that I can make sure it looks right.

[smokeydays23]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kcordloh

Thanks and welcome! I simply use the operation sports tables, I don't really modify the output code after I preview so that I can make sure it looks right.

I've tried that, but it seems like something doesn't come out right. So I just quit using them.