No doubt. The Gamecocks were fortunate to beat Missouri 37-35. Parker White kicked a 33-yard field goal with 2 seconds left in the game. Missouri out-gained the Gamecocks in total yardage 490 to 377. On the other hand, the Gamecocks won the turnover battle 2-1, including a beautiful second-half pick-six interception by Sherrod Greene against Missouri’s future NFL quarterback, Drew Lock.
There was a big rain storm that interrupted the game. It was after and during that storm that the Gamecocks thundered back and won. But when Barry Odom was asked on Tuesday what he learned from that close loss, I didn’t expect him to say this: “Bring an umbrella and don’t trust the weather forecast.”
Certainly, his quarterback (Lock) seemed rattled. But I don’t believe it was the rain. It was the fans and the Gamecock players, who fed off the energy. It was astonishing that the storm failed to more significantly dampen the ardor of the Gamecock football fans. Some left, driven away by the deluge. The remainder were inspired. Witnesses in attendance say that the post rain-delay crowd was loud as hell. Odom’s Lock and Missouri melted. Odom’s remark about the rain this week was unusual because he blatantly discarded the usual pre-game coach-speak doctrine of being deferentially complimentary to an opponent. He should have complimented our team and our fans. Instead . . . .
Coach Odom, what did you learn about that loss last year?
Bring an umbrella.
WTF, Odom. That was, what, disrespect?
This was not the first time Missouri coaches and administrators have disrespected Gamecock fans. Remember February 2018. The Missouri Athletic Director Jim Sterk was so astonished about the passion of our Gamecock women’s basketball fans that he, and the losing Missouri women’s basketball players, slandered our entire fan base, falsely accusing our fans of spitting on players and calling Missouri’s all-white basketball team the N word. SEC COMMISSIONER @GREGSANKEY LATEST VICTIM OF @MIZZOUATHLETICS UNPROFESSIONAL AD
Obviously, the loser Jim Sterk’s unfounded and false claim was ridiculous. South Carolina has a black basketball coach and all the South Carolina players were African American. Video evidence showed Missouri’s players leaving the coliseum without incident. Police at the coliseum saw nothing to corroborate the sore losers’ allegation. The SEC fined Missouri $50,000 for its AD’s false statements about our fans. Sterk was later forced to publicly apologize to Dawn Staley and pay Staley’s charity an additional $50,000 to settle her defamation suit. Sterk still has not apologized to our fans, and apparently, he has no intention of doing so.
Odom’s bring an umbrella comment reflects Missouri’s institutional disrespect for Coach Muschamp’s program, our 2019 football team, and the South Carolina fans. That disrespect is reflected by the comments from several of Odom’s veteran Missouri football players. They consider the 2018 Gamecock victory a gift or just trash.
Mizzou primed to play South Carolina in what has been a wild SEC series
Here is how Missouri’s media describe the 2019 Gamecock football season:
South Carolina’s only victory has come against FCS Charleston Southern, a week after a loss to North Carolina. Through three weeks, Muschamp’s defense ranks among the worst in the SEC — No. 13 in scoring defense and pass defense — and has allowed the league’s most scrimmage plays of 10, 20, 30 and 40 yards.
Looking ahead: South Carolina at Mizzou
Still not convinced that Missouri considers their overall 2-5 SEC football record against us a fluke. Check out this Twitter post by the Missouri Athletic Department. It has an embedded video of defensive back Richaud Floyd guaranteeing that Missouri would get the dub “for sure”.
▪️ Mayor’s Cup on the line
▪️ @SEC OpenerBig game vs. South Carolina next Saturday at #TheZou #MIZ #ShowMe 🐯🏈 pic.twitter.com/3KmJfcOxMs
— Mizzou Football (@MizzouFootball) September 15, 2019
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I have a feeling a reckoning is coming for these red legs.
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