Missouri’s offense scored 51 points against Tennessee-Martin in its season opener without really touching the playbook.

This Saturday won’t nearly be as easy.

The Tigers play host to Wyoming, which features one of college football’s best defenses.

“The way they play defensively, they’re assignment sound, they play with a lot of confidence in each other,” MU coach Barry Odom said. “They have most everybody back from last year’s team. Nationally, you look at the categories defensively and they show up a lot in the top 10 and top 15.”

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