Coming off a walloping against Tennessee, the big question revolved around just how good Missouri actually is.
Coming in with a lofty No. 12 ranking, the Tigers laid a fat egg against Tennessee. Yet successful seasons hinge on preventing bad losses from becoming a death spiral. This is where you’d expect experience and cohesion to benefit Mizzou. And with a difficult first four games of the season lined up for them in SEC play, they were always going to navigate some choppy waters.
I don’t think any of us expected them a Tennessee to unfold the way it did, but Saturday was an opportunity for MU to show it could dust itself off.