I don't know how good MU's defense is, A&M ran the ball on them, so lets hope we can too.
MU likes to throw the ball more, and I think the secondary is the strength of our def, so if Pinkel choses to throw the ball alot, it could benefit us.
I wouldn't count on either of those things happening. People that watched that game can tell you that Mizzou looked better. A&M actually couldn't run the ball on us at all until the second half, averaging under 2 yards per carry in the first half. Our defense was on the field about 25 minutes, the equivalent of about 3.5 quarters of defense before A&M started getting going on the ground. We just kept fumbling over and over so our defense was on the field constantly. Where they did expose us was in balance. We're very good at killing one dimensional teams, but if you can run and throw, then you can keep us off balance. Even with that though, we'll still slow you down. I doubt anyone will score 30 on us this year.
On offense, yes we like to throw, we also like to run: we're just better at throwing. A&M played great D on us in the second half, rushing only 3, yet still managed to stuff the run. We'll see if other teams can gameplan that. But Mizzou did start moving it after adjusting. They only got 5 posessions in the second half. The first three were 3 and outs. Then we adjusted and had a length of the field drive that stalled at the four, and another that was moving but came up just shy of a first down.
