The interesting thing about Mauk's comments about last year's SECCG vs Alabama wasn't in regards to preparedness but rather about better execution of the run game.
"I think last year, we just got caught up in the moment," Missouri quarterback Maty Mauk said at SEC Media Days. We didn't play consistent. We didn't do what we had to do to win the football game."
Mizzou lost an incredible amount of talent from the 2013 team that faced Auburn in Atlanta. James Franklin, L'Damian Washington, Henry Josey, Kony Ealy, Michael Sam, Justin Britt, Max Copeland - the list goes on.