Missouri Coach Blake Baker: Tigers Defense ‘Doesn’t Flinch’

When the Missouri Tigers allowed the Kansas State Wildcats to place up 40 factors on 336 yards of complete offense of their second sport of the season, questions arose about simply how good their protection may very well be. 

Now, after 4 video games in SEC play, it’s protected to say that the Missouri protection can maintain its personal and has slowly advanced into an elite unit, which has been a nice shock for defensive coordinator Blake Baker. 

“I can go all the way in which again to the Kansas State as one thing I have been pleasantly happy with,” Baker mentioned. “These dudes do not flinch. They’ve a mindset of subsequent play mentality.” 

“It does not matter the place the ball is put down, these guys go on the market and produce and play laborious. They do not let the scoreboard or the stress conditions get to them in any respect.” 

Since they allowed 40 factors in opposition to Kansas State, the Tigers haven’t allowed an opponent to attain greater than 26 factors, slowing down each convention foe they’ve confronted to this point. 

In fact, whereas the Tigers’ protection has executed its job over the course of the season, the offense at occasions has struggled. Regardless of that, although, Baker says they have not apprehensive about issues out of their management for the reason that Kansas State sport.

“Going again to Kansas State the place we needed to preserve taking the sphere, going again on the market immediately,” Baker mentioned. “I believed we bought it out of our system after that sport.”

“Ever since then I believed they have been phenomenal with simply taking part in the subsequent play not apprehensive in regards to the scoreboard.”

That mentality will probably be put to the check not solely this Saturday in opposition to South Carolina however for the remainder of the season for a Missouri group that’s nonetheless trying to get three extra wins and earn a bowl sport bid. If the Tigers’ protection can proceed to play on the stage they’ve been then there isn’t a motive to imagine they can not carry Missouri the remainder of the way in which.

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