"Anyone who thinks the schedule-maker has minimal impact on SEC football hasnt been paying attention.
Missouri won the Eastern Division in 2013 and 2014 with 7-1 league marks each time. Care to guess how many of those 14 victories came against teams with winning records?
One.
Gary Pinkels 2013 Tigers went to Athens and beat a Georgia team that wound up finishing 5-3 in SEC play and 8-5 overall.
All told, Pinkel has gone 13-0 against SEC teams with .500 or worse records the past two years. Counting SEC Championship Games, he is just 1-4 against teams with winning league records. He lost 27-24 at home to a 2013 South Carolina squad that wound up 6-2 in league play, then lost the 2013 SEC Championship Game 59-42 to an Auburn team that went 7-1 in conference action. Pinkel played just two SEC teams with winning league records in 2014, losing big each time. His Tigers were hammered 34-0 on their home field by Georgia during the regular season, then trounced 42-13 by Alabama in the SEC Championship Game."
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Mizzou has basically been Vanderbilt under James Franklin - beating up mediocre teams and being talked about like a juggernaut. Can't wait to set them straight.