Where would Mizzou be if they had Mendoza at QB?

[Shady]

Probably about where Indiana is right now. That's how vital a great, productive QB is in big time collegiate football.

[Armchair QB]

We’d have been better, but honestly Indiana’s O Line blocks WAY better than Mizzou’s this year. So much so that I don’t know that it would have made that much of a difference.

Our O Line play was just really disappointing this year. And not like we didn’t have talent. We need to question the coaching on that one.

[stanw]

Probably about where Indiana is right now. That's how vital a great, productive QB is in big time collegiate football.

I think a stud QB like that we win the Bama game,Vandy game, and maybe the Oklahoma game.
I also think a stud QB will bring in top talent from the portal to your team also. Everyone wants to play for a winner.
Right now Mizzou's roster going into the portal opening has more holes than swiss cheese. Not a top QB to draw top talent to come sign here. Agree we don't have the money some other programs will have to sign top talent.
Next year to me will be telling on this staff moving forward.

[TheMajicMan]

Where would Mizzou be if they had Mendoza at QB?

...handing the ball off to the rbs!!!

[greyhawk]

better question -- where would MU be if they had Cignetti?

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Probably about where Indiana is right now. That's how vital a great, productive QB is in big time collegiate football.

Probably just where Missouri finished this year. The play calling would have been just as bad. Run, run followed by bubble screen or 1-yard pass to the tight end.

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better question -- where would MU be if they had Cignetti?

Exactly. In 2 years at Indiana of all places, he has done light years more than Drinkwitz has in 6 years. The excuses have to stop, and the bar needs to be raised.

[onemizzou]

Probably about where Indiana is right now. That's how vital a great, productive QB is in big time collegiate football.

You can't be serious. Did you even watch IU's offensive line? Mendoza would be running for his life behind our line just like Pribula did all season.

[LGB73]

I always liken it to a car. You can have the coolest lines/paint job, best engine and systems a car can have. If you wreck it because you have worthless set of broken old tires, what's the point of all the other things. At least for an offense in football, it all starts with OL. All the other parts are pretty irrelevant until you have that settled, then having a good QB and skilled players start to matter.

[MizzouMarv]

Mendoza is really good (& a good "kid"!), but how did Cignetti surround him with good enough players in two years to do this? Lombardi couldn't take the Indiana pig's ear & turn it into this silk purse.

[Luke77]

Probably about where Indiana is right now. That's how vital a great, productive QB is in big time collegiate football.

You can't be serious. Did you even watch IU's offensive line? Mendoza would be running for his life behind our line just like Pribula did all season.

Yep, which is why Miami is the best matchup to take down Indiana. Miami's defensive line is insanely athletic and fast. Look what they did to OSU in the first half.

[hdhntr148]

IMO would have won the Bama, Vandy and OU games IF Eli had been quiet and not interfere during game. HE was the wild card that turned MU's O back to his first 3 years when all they did was throw sideways passes and short ones rarely down field. I was too down on Kirby as you could see in the humiliating bowl disaster that it was ELI all along who had no idea of how to scheme against a average D team and was simply awful as a Playcaller and OC. They had the skill level talent just not the will or smarts to deploy them properly.

IF Mendoza hadn't been hurt by then by the simply awful O line play even with a All sec RT and AA running back. When your coaching staff doesn't have a clue as to preparing their kids. Really liked Jones OL coach but his guys didn't impress once they got into SEC play, couldn't run against the better teams.

Their preseason hyped up OL players Tollison and Cayden had mediocre seasons with PFF ratings being ordinary in SEC play.

[winonsports]

Probably about where Indiana is right now. That's how vital a great, productive QB is in big time collegiate football.

Mendoza would have elevated any team.

[Absolut]

Can he block?

[rezero]

Where would Mizzou be if they had Mendoza at QB?

...handing the ball off to the rbs!!!

Exactly.....and running bubble screens for -5yds. We would be better but still not sure how much the HC/OC plays a role in our issues.

[onemizzou]

Probably about where Indiana is right now. That's how vital a great, productive QB is in big time collegiate football.

You can't be serious. Did you even watch IU's offensive line? Mendoza would be running for his life behind our line just like Pribula did all season.

Yep, which is why Miami is the best matchup to take down Indiana. Miami's defensive line is insanely athletic and fast. Look what they did to OSU in the first half.

I agree which is why none of my friends beloved me when I said Miami would beat OSU. Still, Miami is going to have their hands full with IU.