Missouri had to come-from-behind; Missouri had to overcome mistakes; Missouri had to hang on.
Missouri won. Missouri (6-4, 2-4 SEC) beat Vanderbilt 33-28 on Saturday, becoming bowl-eligible for the second-straight season.
We saw what Perfect Missouri looks like last week. Perfect Missouri is 21 points better than a top-15 team on the road; that team, Florida, didn’t look great today, but came back from a 17-point deficit to beat South Carolina.
Today, we saw what Imperfect Missouri looks like. Imperfect Missouri turns the ball over twice. Imperfect Missouri doesn’t force a turnover. Imperfect Missouri gets gashed on the ground, missing tackles and losing containment, allowing Vanderbilt running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn to run for 182 yards on 15 carries.