At 7 pm CT on Missouri’s SEC Network Takeover day this Saturday, Mizzou fans will get to rewatch the Tigers’ first win of 2007. Make sure to do your breathing exercises before then.
It’s staggering to think about how close 2007 came to, well, not being 2007 for Missouri. The 11-1 start, the top-five finish, the trip to No. 1, the whole “25 minutes from the national title game” thing ... it all could have vanished on the season’s opening Saturday. Sure, the Tigers would have been good that year regardless. Probably would have won the Big 12 North.