The term, “measuring stick game,” feels like it shouldn’t apply to match ups like the one we’re about to witness on Sunday. After all, who wants to measure up to anything but the highest standard.
And yet... here we are. After three games, Missouri has seen a precipitous drop in public perception and predictive metrics. It would be one thing if the Tigers had throttled two lesser teams before dropping an inexplicable home game to UMKC. It’s an entirely other thing that the loss was sandwiched between two error-prone performances in which the big takeaways were, “Jordan Wilmore sure is big,” and, “that Ronnie DeGray III is a great garbage man!