Prior to last season, Mizzou football proclaimed that it had something to prove.
In fact, the Tigers felt that sentiment so strongly that they made it their season-long motto. The S.T.P. acronym was not only seen, but felt. With middling seasons piling up under the tutelage of Eli Drinkwitz, the urge to make a big leap was sky-high.
As confetti fell on the Black & Gold at AT&T Stadium after they’d conquered Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, it was safe to say that they had proved a lot. MU football achieved a level of national prominence that hadn’t been seen in a decade.