On the final Saturday of October 2018, Missouri fans stood in silence, hands behind their heads.
When the clock hit zero in the fourth quarter, the Tigers still had hope of upsetting then-No. 11 Kentucky. Not even a minute later, C.J. Conrad reeled in the game-winning pass to break the hearts of Missouri fans everywhere.
Things weren’t looking up anytime soon, as the Tigers traveled to Gainesville, Fla., to take on the then-13th ranked Florida Gators. People were calling for Barry Odom’s job, saying the Missouri head coach doesn’t know how to win big games.
And while some of that chatter was warranted, Missouri was still a couple bad calls and a monsoon game away from being 6-2 with their lone losses to No.