I am having a tough time getting past the loss my Missouri Tigers put up last night at the hands of the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Missouri went into Lubbock ranked in the top 20 and played a stinker losing to Tech 24-17. I give credit to Tech coach Tommy Tuberville and his staff for a solid game plan and for being able to move the ball on the ground against the Mizzou defense. On the other hand the Tigers didn't execute last night and much of the credit has to go back to Tech's defense. Blaine Gabbert, Mizzou's quarterback, had his worst night of the season completing just 12 of 30 passes. Gabbert's receivers didn't give him a lot of help either. The Tigers are now 7-2 on the season and 3-2 in the Big XII conference. Texas Tech is now 5-4 & 3-4.
What is perplexing to me is that Tech's pass defense was ranked 119 of 120 BCS schools coming into the game and the Missouri coaching staff didn't exploit a known weakness. The middle of the field appeared to be open most of the night, but the Tigers rarely struck there. I am looking forward to Gary Pinkel's news conference Monday morning.
I'm confident Pinkel and his staff will fix the passing game before next week's game against Kansas State and will make the needed adjustments to the team's rush defense. But, K-State will be sky high coming into Columbia after beating a highly regarded Oklahoma team last night in Manhattan. At the risk of using a cliché the game will be a dofight. Fox Sports will show it to the nation beginning at 11:30 Saturday morning.
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