HOOVER, Ala. -- When Missouri's players arrived at SEC media days last week, they were met with questions about the news that Mack Rhoades had resigned as the Tigers' athletic director about an hour earlier to take the same position at Baylor.
"It's shocking, but nothing's going to change for us," Missouri senior tight end Sean Culkin said. "Our football team is going to be fine."
The Tigers have gotten so used to dealing with the unexpected in recent months that shocking news no longer should come as a surprise.
"It's definitely been a lot of adversity in the last year," Culkin said.