COLUMBIA, Mo. — With daylight and humidity in a lockstep September decline, Missouri’s football schedule is ramping up in the opposite direction.
The No. 9 Tigers (1-0) face Buffalo (1-0) at 6 p.m. Saturday in a game they’re clearly expected to win. The Bulls of the Mid-American Conference mark an uptick in quality compared to Football Championship Subdivision program Murray State, the season-opening blood donor, but they’re not particularly close to the level of competition Mizzou will see later in the season.
What Buffalo’s status as the opening act for MU’s next two games against better teams represents, though, is a week-by-week incline in the strength of opposing teams.