The Mizzou offense was putrid against Vanderbilt, and it continued to putrefy against Kentucky. But in the face of the Wildcats’ QB run game, executed by emergency quarterback Lynn Bowden Jr., the Missouri defense joined the offense in its decay.
Following the trend, I suppose we can expect the special teams unit to implode against Georgia, as it did last year.
We all know Bowden is good at playing football. Most of us have this play—a punt return TD that made possible Kentucky’s unlikely comeback victory last year—seared into our tortured memories.
But I don’t think any of us foresaw Bowden going off for 204 yards on the ground.