2020 Macadoodle's Mailbag: 40th Edition

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GD: Just so everyone is clear that this question and answer are tongue in cheek, there is some background here on our message board. But given that it was one of the more lively (and incredibly bizarre) discussions in recent Tigers' Lair history and that the question did make me giggle, I wanted to answer it.

Alternative ways for the media to address Missouri's football coach: Mr. Coach Eli Sir, Benevolent Answerer of my Terrible Questions, Sir Drinks-A-Lot, Master and Overlord of the Mizzou Media Serfdom, Big E, Football Guy.

I am willing to listen to other suggestions. It's early. Some of those may have been better than others.

GD: Yeah, this is the major reason the SEC went with conference only games and left two bye weeks during the season for each team. It gives them the flexibility to move games around if necessary. Missouri and Alabama, for example, both have the same bye week. So if something were to happen to cancel this weekend's game, you could move it to week seven. Every team in the league has a bye before the SEC title game. It's basically an extra week built into the end of the season to account for the possibility that you might need to move some games. At this point in time, you have to admit, the way the SEC has structured things and reacted to news all along the way has been the best in the sport.

GD: I have two takeaways. As far as the football goes, if you didn't see LSU taking a major step back and being one of the more overrated teams in the pre-season, well, that's on you. They lost EVERYTHING. LSU might be recession proof in that it isn't going to be terrible and this isn't going to be an extended thing. But it is not immune to taking a step back. And a step back was coming. Also, if you thought Mike Leach suddenly wasn't going to throw the ball all over the field and put up some points, that's on you. He's done it everywhere. There are some who still want to believe the SEC is a ground and pound line up and ram it down your throat league that features a lot of 9-7 football games, but it isn't. Everyone is running spread offenses and putting up more points. Alabama was the sport's most prolific passing offense last year (maybe not by yardage, but it was the best). I fully expected Mississippi State to cover the 17 point spread and make a game of it. I did not expect the Bulldogs to win.

My second takeaway (and this is in no way a political take or a statement on wearing masks) is that if you ask Mike Leach about wearing a mask, you kind of deserve whatever you get in return and this was pretty funny.