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We missed the playoff in '24 by 1 mistackle, and would have
Posted on: March 9, 2025 at 17:51:15 CT
zounami MU
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made it in '23 under the current format.
The win over Ohio State was Mizzou Athletics' greatest achievement in over half a century. And getting our first-even win over Iowa was extremely satisfying as well.
Finishing Top 4 in a league full of juggernauts *back-to-back* is WAY above expectations for a program like Mizzou.
We're in a league with Texas, Oklahoma, LSU, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M... and handful of other programs that will be top 10 or 20 any given season.
And we're out-resourced by all of them, in football.
My expectations for Mizzou FB is averaging ~8 wins per season with ~2 playoff bids per decade with an expanded 14-16 team playoff.
Unfortunately, I'm worried about Mizzou getting priced out of the market with the upcoming player revenue-sharing requirements (~$25 million/year) per the House settlement, plus the ever-increasing "NIL" costs in the portal (top QB's are now $2-8M). Plus, more NIL resources have been diverted to basketball to prop up an 0-19 coach.
Drink has been able to do more with less, but at some point there won't be enough money to remain competitive no matter how innovative Drink is.
The win over Ohio State was Mizzou Athletics' greatest achievement in over half a century. And getting our first-even win over Iowa was extremely satisfying as well.
Finishing Top 4 in a league full of juggernauts *back-to-back* is WAY above expectations for a program like Mizzou.
We're in a league with Texas, Oklahoma, LSU, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M... and handful of other programs that will be top 10 or 20 any given season.
And we're out-resourced by all of them, in football.
My expectations for Mizzou FB is averaging ~8 wins per season with ~2 playoff bids per decade with an expanded 14-16 team playoff.
Unfortunately, I'm worried about Mizzou getting priced out of the market with the upcoming player revenue-sharing requirements (~$25 million/year) per the House settlement, plus the ever-increasing "NIL" costs in the portal (top QB's are now $2-8M). Plus, more NIL resources have been diverted to basketball to prop up an 0-19 coach.
Drink has been able to do more with less, but at some point there won't be enough money to remain competitive no matter how innovative Drink is.
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We missed the playoff in '24 by 1 mistackle, and would have - zounami MU - 3/9 17:51:15