Missouri Tigers 2009 College Football Predictions, Picks & Odds: The 2008 season was supposed to be the year that head football coach Gary Pinkel’s Missouri made a major push towards a Big 12 championship. All the pieces were there for major success, but instead the Tigers found themselves bowling against Northwestern. Now all the talk around Columbia is still about the departed Chase Daniel, Jeremy Maclin, Evander Hood and William Moore. The long listed of talented departures goes on and on and even one of the best kickers in the game, Jeff Wolfert, has wrapped up his collegiate career. Odds makers at Sportsbook.com have the Missouri Tigers 100-1 odds to win the BSC 2010 National Championship.
Offensively, new offensive coordinator Dave Yost plans to do a little more power running than before and that should play into the Tigers strength this year. sophomore Blaine Gabbert as the only option. If he struggles, Missouri will have to look to a couple incoming freshmen and that would most likely end in disaster. That means it is very important that Gabbert is ready to go when the games start to matter.
The defense is in worse shape. Only four starters return and the players that were lost were some very talented individuals who will be playing on Sundays this fall. And somehow the Tigers ranked 117 th in the nation in pass defense even with all those quality players. Something has to fundamentally change or this group could give up a ton of points in a hurry and not have the offense to keep up. Sportsbook.com’s college football predictions have Missouri Tigers at +3000 to win the Big 12 conference.
Punter Jake Harry and long snapper Beau Brinkley are the Tigers’ only known commodities in the kicking game. Prince, considered among the fastest players on the team with a 40-yard dash in the 4.3-second range, could get first crack at returning kickoffs and punts.
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