Everything seemed so much rosier the afternoon of Oct. 3, 2015.
Sure Maty Mauk was suspended and Missouri had opened up its SEC East title defense with a loss to Kentucky, but freshman Drew Lock had taken over ably, the Tigers had controlled South Carolina for 60 minutes at Memorial Stadium and Missouri seemed like it was back on track.
That was more than a year ago, 383 days to be exact. The Tigers haven’t won an SEC game since, a string of nine straight losses extended by the 40-14 loss at Florida on Saturday.