But, but,
They don't put as many players into the pro's as Alabama and Georgia, they don't have a huge in state talent base, they don't have the money to pay their assistants as much as Texas and Clemson, they haven't been going to big bowl games in recent years, they are too far from home for kids, etc. etc. etc.
Missouri is a perfect example of why what we are hearing about our class is excuse making.
No, this isn't to say that we should have a class equal to what Mizzou has this year but it does illustrate that what we have been doing on the recruiting front is inadequate and that we can and should expect better than we are getting.