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True, but overall Mizzou is 15-16 in bowls and Pinkel won
Posted on: January 21, 2017 at 10:54:51 CT
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6 of the 15. Yeah, he lost 25% of the losses, but he also won 40% of the victories. And, he took them to bowls 10 times which is 67% of the years he was head coach.
His bowl wins had some nice victories in them too. The come back win over South Carolina in 2005 was fantastic. The 2008 Cotton Bowl dominance of Arkansas and Darren McFadden was amazing since most thought we'd be run over by the Razorbacks.
But the 2007 win over ku was one of the best games I ever saw and 2014 Cotton Bowl win over OSU (a higher rated team) was great too.
That said, bowls are easier to get into since the proliferation of bowl. Dan Devine had a much stronger team and made bowls tougher. And, quoting my friend Bill C from Rock-M, "Mizzou finished ranked in the AP's Top 11 three times in six years and beat three Top 10 opponents; they twice went to what are now considered BCS bowls (Orange in 1960, Sugar in 1965), and the only thing preventing them from six bowls in six years was the fact that teams often elected to turn down bowl bids -- Mizzou did so three times in this period.
At the same time, however, the overall level of success here wasn't truly amazing. Mizzou took on all comers, but in opportunities against the elitest of the elite, Mizzou did not fare well. They played four teams ranked in the Top 6 in this period and lost all four games by an average score of 15.3 to 7.1. (To continue the "If the Internet existed..." theme, DAN DEVINE CAN'T WIN THE BIG GAME!) This was obviously the golden age for Mizzou football, but a return to this level should be considered at least somewhat attainable."
His bowl wins had some nice victories in them too. The come back win over South Carolina in 2005 was fantastic. The 2008 Cotton Bowl dominance of Arkansas and Darren McFadden was amazing since most thought we'd be run over by the Razorbacks.
But the 2007 win over ku was one of the best games I ever saw and 2014 Cotton Bowl win over OSU (a higher rated team) was great too.
That said, bowls are easier to get into since the proliferation of bowl. Dan Devine had a much stronger team and made bowls tougher. And, quoting my friend Bill C from Rock-M, "Mizzou finished ranked in the AP's Top 11 three times in six years and beat three Top 10 opponents; they twice went to what are now considered BCS bowls (Orange in 1960, Sugar in 1965), and the only thing preventing them from six bowls in six years was the fact that teams often elected to turn down bowl bids -- Mizzou did so three times in this period.
At the same time, however, the overall level of success here wasn't truly amazing. Mizzou took on all comers, but in opportunities against the elitest of the elite, Mizzou did not fare well. They played four teams ranked in the Top 6 in this period and lost all four games by an average score of 15.3 to 7.1. (To continue the "If the Internet existed..." theme, DAN DEVINE CAN'T WIN THE BIG GAME!) This was obviously the golden age for Mizzou football, but a return to this level should be considered at least somewhat attainable."
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True, but overall Mizzou is 15-16 in bowls and Pinkel won - thedad STL - 1/21 10:54:51