In the minutes after Mizzou locked up a win over Alabama, my Twitter notifications — the least reliable gauge of public opinion — filled up with different strains of the same question: Does this put Mizzou back in the bracket?
And I certainly understand why people want a fleshed out scenario that results from what is clearly a boost to MU’s March bonafides. At this point, though, forecasting the impact is akin to choosing your own adventure. What I did feel certain about was that a sweep this week was the shore of a Rubicon. Bluntly, Mizzou just needed a positive outcome, any sign they could arrest their recent slide.