Good news for Missouri Tigers:he is back….
The big game at Mizzou is back after a nine-year absence.
The Missouri Tigers deserve to be taken seriously now.
To be honest, most of you who are reading this were probably already. Individuals across the nation who haven’t started ought to.
First things first: South Carolina isn’t that great. With the worst pass defense in the nation and a non-working offensive line, the Gamecocks are currently 2-5. So what, I reply to that?
When a strong team plays a weak team, do you know what happens? The superior team controls the game and renders the inferior team unrecognizable. That was done by Missouri. Before Saturday, South Carolina had lost by scores of 14 to North Carolina, 10 to Georgia, 21 to Tennessee, and 2 to Florida. After taking a 24-0 lead, Missouri was penalized for roughing the passer on third and long, which allowed the Gamecocks to score a field goal with 31 seconds remaining in the first half. By then, the Tigers had won their previous five football quarters, outscoring Kentucky and Carolina 62-7.
Brady Cook, the quarterback, said that the game was decided by his quick start. “We are happy with how we started and how we ended.”
At best, the second half was unremarkable. It took Missouri three drives in the third quarter to record its first down. The Tigers missed a few passes. It could have been more engaging with a stronger squad. South Carolina was unable to. In the last two quarters, the Tigers outscored the Gamecocks 10-9, winning 34-12 and extending their two-week lead to 72-33.
In the words of LSU coach Brian Kelly, there are instances when it’s necessary to travel to Columbia, Missouri, play poorly, and still win. Furthermore, strong teams don’t always need to play all four quarters to win.
“Winning teams find ways to win,” stated Eli Drinkwitz. “We don’t have a single spouse.”
Without a doubt, Missouri is a strong team. It might be superior. The Tigers declared on Saturday that they haven’t played at their best yet. However, what they’ve provided us with is quite decent.
This team has been the subject of a growing sentiment. Faurot Field is 1.3 miles away from my residence, and the media parking garage is slightly farther away. If I hit the stop lights, my commute takes about four minutes, at least before the last couple of weeks. On Saturday, it took roughly five times as long.
Fans of Mizzou are thus noticing. On Saturday, the Tigers announced their third consecutive sellout. Block M appears more like a few isolated patches of white rock separating buildings. On the sidelines were two five-star recruits, one of whom had already committed to Mizzou and the other was almost certainly about to do so.
It was a memory of a more joyous period.
Missouri averaged over nine wins a season from 2006 to 2014. It only had one win of less than eight. Sellout crowds and traffic bottlenecks were the norm rather than the exception. Mizzou was 47-51 from the beginning of the 2015 season until the Gasparilla Bowl of the previous year. Following consecutive trips to the SEC Championship Game, Mizzou’s league record over the following eight seasons was 25-41.
That is currently in the rearview mirror. Football at Missouri is playing well. Cook is among the rare Tigers who still recalls those heydays of glory. He used to travel from St. Louis to watch the teams led by Gary Pinkel play, hoping to be one of the players himself someday.
He grinned and said, “I think this tops it,” following his 198-yard touchdown pass and his 64-yard touchdown run against the Gamecocks.
After four years, Drinkwitz already has the most victories overall. After eight games, the Tigers’ record is tied for the fourth-best in school history. Technically, the 1960 squad didn’t lose a game the entire year after winning its first eight. In 1909, Mizzou finished 7-0-1 in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, with the only loss being a 6-6 tie with Iowa State. The 1962 squad also finished 7-0-1 in their first eight games.
This season has been anticipated by Missourians for almost ten years. The main decision on whether this is a special season or just a very good one and a significant advancement for the program will be made in Athens, Georgia in two weeks. Next weekend, the Tigers will be off as No. 1 Georgia takes on Florida in Jacksonville. The winner in Athens will have a direct route to Atlanta and the SEC championship game if the Bulldogs win that one.
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Will they need to perform better than they did on Saturday in order to win in Athens? Yes. And that might not even be sufficient. However, don’t obsess over what Missouri didn’t perform well on Saturday. If you do that, you will miss the main point.
Missouri became accustomed to seasons and games this magnitude for almost ten years. It is said that being absent makes the heart grow fonder. It has been nine years since these seasons and these games were last seen. They are at last back.
Nothing. When asked what the 7-1 start meant, Drinkwitz responded, “It really doesn’t mean anything.” Why give up now? There are still many games to play, and we’ve planned an unforgettable November.
They have, in fact. Missouri, with every goal within reach, will take on the nation’s presumptive top team in fourteen days. The players traveled to Missouri to play this particular game. All of your travel hours and money spent on tickets and donations are worthwhile because of the game. I love what I do because of the game. The nation will be watching the game that your favorite team is playing in.
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