Mizzou took a beating this week when they visited South Carolina in their first SEC road game.
It seemed the theme for media outlets this weekend was to see how many different euphemisms for Mizzou’s pitiful loss to South Carolina on Saturday they could come up with.. Words like “thrashed”, “clobbered”, and “crushed” ended up in the following headlines and content. (For the record my fallback headline was “Tigers Slapped Around by Cocks”)
South Carolina Clobbers Mizzou | STL Today
Before more than 80,000 fans at Williams-Brice Stadium, the Gamecocks outclassed the Tigers in every phase of the game, smothering MU’s mistake-prone offense, converting big special-teams plays into points and efficiently dissecting Missouri’s defense.
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With the Tigers mustering all of 20 yards of offense in the third quarter and having been outscored 30-0 in the fourth quarters the last two weeks, comeback prospects were bleak entering the final 15 minutes.
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South Carolina outgained MU 133-17 in the first quarter
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The Tigers had been seeking their first true road against a top 10 team since 1981.
Mizzou Upended 31-10 In First SEC Road Trip | Missouri Sports Magazine
Missouri (2-2, 0-2 SEC) struggled on offense as quarterback James Franklin passed for only 92 yards on 11-of-18 passes. Running back Kendial Lawrence was a little more productive on the ground, rushing for 67 yards on 11 carries.
Mizzou thrashed 31-10 at South Carolina | Kansas City Star
In the moments following a bitter 31-10 loss to South Carolina that Missouri coach Gary Pinkel called “a dominating performance” by the Gamecocks, receiver T.J. Moe wasn’t about to mince words either.
“I mean, we (stunk),” Moe said. “There’s not much better way to put it.”—Missouri fell to 2-2 on a picture-perfect fall afternoon on Saturday, a nationally televised road test on CBS that included poor tackling on defense and special teams and a startling inability to move the football against the No. 7 Gamecocks, who improved to 4-0.—This was evident early as the Tigers were outgained 133-17 in the first quarter.
—Things quickly fell apart in the second quarter. Missed tackles on a 49-yard punt return by Ace Sanders set up South Carolina’s first touchdown, a short run by Marcus Lattimore, and a Missouri fumble on its next possession set up another short touchdown run by Lattimore.
—the Tigers’ offense let them down, too. Missouri’s longest pass went for 23 yards as the Tigers were again unable to go downfield, this time against a young secondary featuring four first-year starters.
Cocks Crowned Kings Of The Columbias: Mizzou Still Seeking First SEC Win | SB Nation
Connor Shaw went 20-21 and had 20 straight completions for the Gamecocks. Again, that’s 20 straight completions.
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No. 7 South Carolina may have done itself some good beating Missouri by a larger margin than expected. Still, this was a game South Carolina was supposed to win.
Mizzou coldcocked in Columbia | MissouriNet
Mizzou was outplayed in every aspect of the game. Prior to putting together a 12 play, 76 yard drive late in the second quarter that ended with a 22 yard field goal from Andrew Baggett, the Tigers managed just 33 yards of offense.
No. 7 South Carolina Crushes Mizzou 31-10 | Fox 4 News
After a scoreless first quarter, things quickly unraveled for Mizzou.
Down 7-0 in the second quarter, MU freshman running back Russell Hansbrough lost a fumble on Mizzou’s 37 yard line. That turnover turned into another rushing TD for Gamecocks junior RB Marcus Lattimore, and the Gamecocks (4-0, 2-0 SEC) took a 14-0 lead.
Mizzou picked apart by Shaw, South Carolina | FOX Sports Midwest
Missouri coach Gary Pinkel knew there wasn’t anywhere else to place the blame for this Southeastern Conference loss.
“Our focus wasn’t good enough and that’s coaching so that was my fault,” said a distressed Pinkel after the Tigers’ 31-10 loss to No. 7 South Carolina on Saturday.
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Missouri receiver T.J. Moe said. “We were dropping balls all over the place and not making plays. We were so bad offensively, we didn’t put ourselves in position to make plays.
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Turns out that Young Man football isn’t transitioning so well to the SEC. Respectable showing against Georgia, but Mizzou was embarrassed by South Carolina. The athleticism of the Carolina defensive line controlled the dual threat element from James Franklin and with the back seven sitting back in coverage nothing was open in the passing game. The offense ground to a halt, and the defense lived up to all of the Big XII stereotypes, somehow allowing 20 straight completions to the usually inept South Carolina passing game.
