With movement and momentum understood in the developing mnp Model, I could then ask the question, “Well, how could the neutrinos arrive slightly early?”
The explanation (if needed) is that the mnp Model sees neutrinos as not really quantized, but as dual rings of n's/negatives and p's/positives rotating opposite each other. The neutrino could be recruiting n's and p's at the front edge within the tiny range of influence that the basic entities have. The neutrino would be growing at the front, as a tube. If the experiment is showing the “front edge” which is equivalent to something like an electron neutrino with the bulk of the energy and balanced charge following, arriving at the speed of light, then no further explanation is needed.
If the massive neutrino appears “all at once” then the mnp Model explanation gets more convoluted and ugly. The mnp Model would need to consider “collapse” of the extended tube of the neutrino as a result of the figments of the front rings being turned or the front part of the tube being pulled apart. When the leading rings are no longer circular and balanced, they collapse. Traction (the attraction of figments of nearly the same spin perpendicular to the native speed of light travel) would pull in the figments around the tube. As they turn, Traction pulls the trailing figments in as well. Finding that the neutrino arrives over the course of 18 or more meters travel at c would lead to the simpler explanation.
We have not heard the final song from OPERA. I applaud the researchers' diligence and care, and look forward to hearing more.