Up until this point, Lock’s legacy at Missouri has been defined by resiliency. By stats. By records. By chips-on-his-shoulder.
It hasn’t been defined by wins. It especially hasn’t been defined by put-the-nation-on-notice wins.
Missouri’s game against No. 2 Georgia on Saturday provides Lock the opportunity to do just that. It’s not going to be decided just by Lock — Missouri’s defense will have to outrun its headlights, and the rest of the offense will have to match Georgia blow-for-blow. But a transcendent quarterback can mask a lot of issues.
Lock did that against Purdue. That was a stepping-stone game.