NEW STRIPES: Eli Drinkwitz MUST Let Austin Simmons Lead The Offense

And to me, the rest of this season needs to live and die offensively on the left arm of Austin Simmons.

Simply put, I, I just thought Missouri was a little bit too conservative in some crucial spots.

You may look at the run-pass ratio and not think that Missouri was too conservative.

I, I just, I really think that it was.

I'll break that down as the show goes along here.

But quickly here at the top of the show, quick reminder, 2:30, by the way, kickoff for homecoming on Saturday.

The game is going to be on ABC if you're watching on television.

Tigers, by the way, with a seven and six all-time lead over the Gators.

Would sure be nice to put another one on the board there and get a little bit of a, a cushion instead of getting it back to even Steven for Florida.

But again, I, I think Mississippi State is obviously proven to be much better than most of us thought.

I will say that was a game that I was picking, hey, if I think Missouri's gonna upset somebody, I thought Texas A&M and Oklahoma were the obvious picks.

Yeah, well, those are looking pretty good.

But I also said if I'm gonna go the other way and pick somebody that might upset Missouri, at least an upset on paper, right? [chuckles] Maybe a month or two ago, obviously Mississippi State was favored by nearly a touchdown heading into Saturday's ballgame.

But I was saying, "Hey, Jeff Lebby, Mississippi State, Kamario Taylor, this is a team to watch out for." Unfortunately, I was right, at least from Missouri's perspective.

But again, sort of a good news, bad f- news thing here.

Some of our opponents, like I said, look much worse, I would say, than certainly I expected before the season began.

But on the bad news side, well, unfortunately, Missouri's next opponent, the Florida Gators, they look a lot better than I and I think the rest of the nation expected.

Really myself in particular.

I never really took a strong stance one way or the other on John Sumrall as far as was he a good hire or a bad hire.

I just figured one year, I, I just didn't love the Aaron Philo transfer, just didn't knock my socks off.

Well, I guess I underestimated Florida.

That's all I can say.

I, I will say I was on Florida this weekend against Ole Miss, but like I said, at this moment, really Georgia, at Georgia in Athens, of course.

Well, that game's almost always terrifying, and certainly that is the case this season.

I think the Gators are the best team in the country so far, in my opinion.

And to me, the rest of this season needs to live and die offensively on the left arm of Austin Simmons.

Simply put, I, I just thought Missouri was a little bit too conservative in some crucial spots.

You may look at the run-pass ratio and not think that Missouri was too conservative.

I, I just, I really think that it was.

I'll break that down as the show goes along here.

But quickly here at the top of the show, quick reminder, 2:30, by the way, kickoff for homecoming on Saturday.

The game is going to be on ABC if you're watching on television.

Tigers, by the way, with a seven and six all-time lead over the Gators.

Would sure be nice to put another one on the board there and get a little bit of a, a cushion instead of getting it back to even Steven for Florida.

But again, I, I think Mississippi State is obviously proven to be much better than most of us thought.

I will say that was a game that I was picking, hey, if I think Missouri's gonna upset somebody, I thought Texas A&M and Oklahoma were the obvious picks.

Yeah, well, those are looking pretty good.

But I also said if I'm gonna go the other way and pick somebody that might upset Missouri, at least an upset on paper, right? [chuckles] Maybe a month or two ago, obviously Mississippi State was favored by nearly a touchdown heading into Saturday's ballgame.

But I was saying, "Hey, Jeff Lebby, Mississippi State, Kamario Taylor, this is a team to watch out for." Unfortunately, I was right, at least from Missouri's perspective.

But again, sort of a good news, bad f- news thing here.

Some of our opponents, like I said, look much worse, I would say, than certainly I expected before the season began.

But on the bad news side, well, unfortunately, Missouri's next opponent, the Florida Gators, they look a lot better than I and I think the rest of the nation expected.

Really myself in particular.

I never really took a strong stance one way or the other on John Sumrall as far as was he a good hire or a bad hire.

I just figured one year, I, I just didn't love the Aaron Philo transfer, just didn't knock my socks off.

Well, I guess I underestimated Florida.

That's all I can say.

I, I will say I was on Florida this weekend against Ole Miss, but like I said, at this moment, really Georgia, at Georgia in Athens, of course.

Well, that game's almost always terrifying, and certainly that is the case this season.

I think the Gators are the best team in the country so far, in my opinion.