When this season’s Missouri football schedule first dropped, Saturday’s home game against Oklahoma quickly became the most-circled for many.
A lopsided rivalry between old Big 12 foes was back on, and there could have been significant College Football Playoff ramifications in play by the time it kicked off. Reality since has knocked some shine off this Tigers-Sooners reunion. Let’s not pretend otherwise.
Mizzou arrives unranked in the AP top 25 and barely clinging to a College Football Playoff ranking (No. 24) with two blowout losses beneath its belt and a big question mark suspended above its quarterback situation.