COLUMBIA, Mo. — Now for a team with a little more kick.
With mild Murray State dispatched in Week 1, No. 9 Missouri’s attention has turned to a program that offers more zing than the opener: Buffalo.
As a team that plays in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the Bulls are an inherent degree better than the Football Championship Subdivision Racers. The visitors from the Mid-American Conference will still be heavy underdogs against the Tigers — the midweek spread is sitting around five touchdowns — but will bring some intriguing elements to Saturday’s 6 p.m. game.
Among those storylines, and in one indicative of the current college football landscape, Mizzou will be facing a quarterback it has seen before despite having not faced Buffalo since a 2008 victory.