As the Mizzou players and coaches walked off the field in Columbia East to the tune of a gamecock crowing for a millionth, and blessedly final time, a realization must have final hit home. A season that began with playoff hopes, if not expectations, would finish falling short of that goal. With a third road SEC loss of the year now in the books, what could have been a historic football season is now destined to be something less than that.
While a term like “historic” can no longer be used to classify the quality of the Tigers’ 2024 season, a wide spectrum of outcomes is still in play for how fans will look back on this Mizzou team in future years.