Between the Columns for Monday, June 30
It’s Monday morning, so it’s time for me to let you all know what’s been on my mind the previous week.I have actually been thinking a lot about possible breakouts this season for Mizzou football, so let’s go through who I’m anticipating to see a lot from this year and why. Plus, I’ll have a couple of home keeping notes at the end.1.
A little bit of ground rules, I guess.I have trouble in some cases when I’m considering what counts as a breakout, what counts as somebody being underrated, what counts as somebody being overrated. That sort of stuff.As an example. (If asked, I would take the
under )Does Kevin Coleman having an 85-catch season count as a breakout? Technically he has no for Mizzou, however he did have 74 for Mississippi State in 2015. That would still be a big increase year-to-year, but he was generated this season specifically to be the leader in the wide receiver space. Once again, I do not think he’s going to get to 75ish catches once again, he was the majority of what the Bulldogs had available in the receiver room in 2015 and the Tigers have a deeper group.Would Beau Pribula count as a breakout if he’s the beginning quarterback and is
… fine?What level of play would Pribula or Sam Horn need to produce to count as a breakout season?
Neither have begun a game previously, so it appears to me like just being an average quarterback throughout the year should most likely count as a breakout.What about for the non-transfers? What would it consider Marquis Johnson to count as a breakout season in his junior year? He’s never ever had 400 receiving backyards and his goal high for a year is 3 his freshman season.I don’t have an exact answer to any of those questions right now, however I’m going to do my best to describe point by point why I believe each player I’m talking about counts and what my expectations have become after speaking with individuals about the guys and the growing expectations for them.2 Joshua Manning.