A majority of Gary Pinkel's tenure as Missouri's head coach was defined by the Tigers' offensive star power. Brad Smith was the first face of Pinkel's Mizzou, and Chase Daniel not only succeeded Smith, but one-upped him. Daniel threw to Jeremy Maclin and Chase Coffman and Martin Rucker and Danario Alexander and Will Franklin, and he handed to Tony Temple, and per my estimated S&P+ figures, Mizzou's 2007-08 offenses were the best in school history.
The star power only slightly abated after Daniel left. Alexander put together the most ridiculous individual season ever in 2009, Blaine Gabbert was a top-10 pick in 2011, and James Franklin had Henry Josey, Dorial Green-Beckham, L'Damian Washington, Marcus Murphy, etc.