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Ish Witter passed Missouri's concussion tests and will start against UConn

On the team's success on defense…

I think it starts up front on defense. Getting through gaps. Any time you get penetration in a gap, what it does, it really makes it difficult for the offensive lineman and the running back, or even the passing game, to function as the play was designed. Penetration in the gap creates a lot of problems. I'm thinking of that one time, we punted the ball and put our defense, backed them up to the five-yard line and almost got the safety. I think one time we had four freshmen in there, a redshirt freshmen in there at one time afterwards.