Missouri linebacker Terez Hall recently gathered his fellow defenders into a meeting room, where the senior leader had organized a players-only viewing party. The Tigers were going to watch an old game, their 2017 season-opener against Missouri State.
Mizzou inexplicably gave up 43 points in that contest and showed signs of the defensive flaws that would aid the Tigers’ eventual 1-5 start to the season. The game was so ugly that while viewing the replay of the game senior defensive tackle Terry Beckner Jr. asked to “cut this off.” Safety Cam Hilton said every player who watched himself on the screen “had a couple plays where we just wanted to hide.