COLUMBIA, Mo. — The happiest man said the saddest thing.
Now, he didn’t necessarily mean it to sound sad.
And to others, it might not have even sounded sad, per se.
OK, here’s what happened.
On Saturday, a beaming Brady Cook had just captained Mizzou to a win in his final home game. It gave the quarterback’s Tigers nine victories on the season (with a bowl game still to play). Asked to assess the season, the St. Louis native was quite proud of the nine wins, though also shared: “There are games we want back this year — I think we all know that.