In the ever-evolving world of college football recruiting, facilities around the SEC are constantly being updated, remodeled and rebuilt in order to “wow” those high-profile high school prospects.

Missouri, who is in the middle of its third season in the SEC, joined the “arms race” by completing a $46.5 million renovation of the east side of Faurot Filed prior to the 2014 season. Now, head coach Gary Pinkel took to his weekly “Tiger Talk” radio appearance to appeal for even further improvements to their facilities.

“The next thing we have to do — and we have to do it fast, OK? We have to do it in the next few years — we have to build a facility down there in the south that wraps around there,” Pinkel said, which was transcribed by the Columbia Tribune. And it’ll have football offices, weight room, new locker room. Our offices are nice, but compared to everyone else in the league, they’re just average.”

“We don’t want to be average at anything,” Pinkel continued. “We need to build that down there at the south end and we don’t need to wait six to eight years to get it done.”

Pinkel has been the head coach at Missouri since 2001 and has done as terrific job coaching up the Tigers during their transition to the SEC. In just two and a half years, Missouri has already achieved a conference championship appearance and is in position for possibly another one this season. Pinkel’s team is playing at a high-level, so he wants the facilities around the program to achieve the same greatness.

“We want to win at a high level, we want to compete at a high level,” Pinkel said. “We want to try and be the best we cane be. Facility-wise, that’s what we have to get done. That’s the next project in my rallying squad. Things we need to get done.”

While it’s not new for coaches to want better facilities, it’s certainly a strong stand by Pinkel in a very public forum. His strategy of angling the need for new facilities to match the high-level on-field by play the team is a particularly savvy move by a veteran head coach.

“We’ve got to keep building. In this league, they’ll run right by you. They’ll be by you. Who wants to be average at anything. Nobody out there does. Mizzou fans don’t want to be average. Let’s make a commitment and get it done.”