For the first time under Eliah Drinkwitz, the Missouri Tigers are 2-0.
Mizzou narrowly took down Middle Tennessee State by a score of 23-19 at Faurot Field on Saturday night, and emphasis is on the “narrowly.”
On the first snap of the fourth quarter, Brady Cook sent Nathaniel Peat in motion out of the backfield, and no MTSU defender picked him up. Thus, it was an easy pitch-and-catch for a 49-yard score that extended the Mizzou lead to 23-10.
“Obviously, I was a little surprised being that wide open,” Peat said. “It’s in the air for a long time, so I definitely agree that they [wide-open receptions] are some of the hardest balls to catch.