... exactly heralded by the experts, college football recruiting continues to become more and more of a needle-in-the-haystack type of process. Former two-star guys like Sean Weatherspoon and Danario Alexander are leading the charge this year in Columbia, and four-star athletes like Michael Keck and Gilbert Moye have not contributed to Missouri at all since committing. Keck isn't even with the team anymore.

However, it doesn't hurt to reel in a star player or two. Jeremy Maclin worked out okay, didn't he? The bottom line is Missouri coaches have recruited fairly well in recent years, regardless of star ratings.

That's why a recent rash of maladies has been so painful to this most recent class, robbing the Tigers of three of their most hig...

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