COLUMBIA, MO. • After backing up his pregame bravado against Arkansas in Missouri’s season-ending victory, linebacker Eric Beisel turned his attention to 2017. Beisel’s team just punctuated a disappointing debut season for coach Barry Odom with a comeback win, erasing a 17-point halftime deficit against a team that pulverized the Tigers in last year’s season finale.
“We’re already thinking about next season,” Beisel said after the 28-24 win. “Obviously big things are coming. A storm has awakened and we’re going to ride that into next year.”
If only the storm had started brewing a few months earlier.