CBS Sports analyst shreds inclusion of Mizzou in Top 25: ‘The AP will have to answer for those crimes’
CBS Sports’ Josh Pate cannot believe that the Missouri Tigers are still a ranked football team after Week 9. The Tigers traveled to Tuscaloosa for another SEC matchup, and it couldn’t have gone much worse for the squad.
Eli Drinkwitz’s team was unable to score a single point, and the team lost 34-0. The Tigers are now 0-2 against ranked opponents in 2024, but still received enough votes to be the No. 25 team in the latest AP Poll.
“They’ve played now 2 ranked SEC teams,” explained Pate. “They have been outscored a combined 75-10 (in those games).”
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Pate pointed out that, while the on-field product was bad, it’s even worse that the AP voters kept the team ranked.
“The most egregious crime of all is that the AP still has them (the Tigers) ranked,” said Pate. “The AP will have to answer for those crimes in due time.”
As Pate mentioned, Mizzou mustered just 239 total yards of offense and committed 3 turnovers. It wasn’t all on the offense, however, as the defense was gashed by Alabama’s ground game.
The Tide racked up 271 yards on the ground and Justice Haynes recorded his 2nd-highest rushing total of the season. Seven different players got a carry for the Tide, and the Missouri defense failed to force any turnovers.
After the Week 9 shellacking, the Tigers are now 6-2 overall and 2-2 in SEC play. This game was eerily reminiscent of the Tigers’ loss to Texas A&M in Week 6 when the team fell 41-10 in College Station.
Missouri was included in the top 25 over teams like Vanderbilt, Memphis, and Tulane, who all barely missed the cut.
Missouri beat Vandy who has also turned in some eyebrow raising performances these past 8 weeks
Missouri beat Boston College who has beaten Florida State, Kentucky, and Michigan State
Western Kentucky, big difference
lol, how big a difference? Just kidding, . Stoops and Kentucky are god SEC members!!!
And you can tell by the attitude of these punks who are trying to get their hate Missouri shots in here … that they are actually afraid that Missouri will wind up in the SEC Championship game AGAIN before their little hopeless cases. I don’t blame them for being afraid of Missouri but they just need to own up to why!
The Missouri coaching staff is largely inexperienced. They are going to hit some home runs AND whiff at some balls. Honest supporters and rivals will point at both their competitive games and their two losses and know the rest of the season is a lot more evidence about what ALL our partisan staffs and rosters can accomplish.
Your coach is good.
He stands on business, and business is bad.
He got limited experience as a head coach, he will get better.
@deep, the two coaches have been exchanging digs for three years, it’s not the best look. But your comment shows you like that petty stuff, fine go hang out with it…. Somewhere else.
It’s hard when your star QB gets hurt. The #2 guy doesn’t look ready so that makes for no offense.
Drink would be a great replacement for Napier.
Heck the Vols number one QB never looks ready.
Red shirt freshman, and he has showed up when the back is against the wall vs Florida and Bama. Arky definitely showed he still has a lot of growing to do but he has responded.
Here’s another “crime” the AP should answer for:
If Texas loses a spot in the AP Poll for a struggle-win on the road at then-ranked Vanderbilt, why does Ohio State keep their ranking after a struggle-win at home against unranked Nebraska?
Good one
If someone is paying attention to Mizzou enough to be mad, or even better yet feels it’s a crime they’re ranked, well I guess we’ve arrived and that’s good enough for me, lmao!!
Exactly
We are 6-2 and the two losses were on the road to very good Texas A&M and Alabama teams.
We are good, not great…we beat the teams we should but we haven’t been able to beat the top tier teams. Our ranking is appropriate.
I would say we are OK and far from great. Likely to finish lower end of the SEC if offense doesn’t get better.
For the Top 25, it’s not just about record but the manner in which you’ve achieved that record. We’ve handled 3 cupcakes, slid by 3 unranked teams who are decent but not great, and been absolutely manhandled by the 2 great teams we’ve played. Mizzou has only proven this year that they can handle upper-middle tier teams but not the Top 25. I don’t think we have any business being ranked and I imagine we won’t be ranked when the CFP rankings are released.
I agree. I find it more embarrassing to be defending being ranked based on the play this year. We’re supposed to be the “Show Me” state, not the “What if” state.
The Tiger ranking is a summary of what the whole roster has shown. If they stay injured they might drop more , if they get some injured players back, they might go up the rankings?
Oh sure CBS is not buyable … but the whole associated press ?, they are the dirty ones????? Laughing out loud