All said, Missouri State’s trip to Manhattan, Kansas, couldn’t have gone much worse.
The on-field showing on Saturday night, which saw the Wildcats dominate in building a 35-0 lead by halftime, couldn’t have come as a complete surprise.
The weather, which forced the game’s start to be delayed an hour, included torrential rain and thunderstorms at the half.
That led officials to call the game at halftime.
Even worse news, which went far beyond football and is more serious for the university community as a whole, was the Friday night suspension of starting quarterback Breck Ruddick, after animal abuse allegations were raised on Facebook earlier in the day.