COLUMBIA, Mo. — Well, it won’t be the bowl game Missouri wanted, but it will be the bowl game the Tigers deserve.
Mizzou, at 7-3 overall and 3-3 against Southeastern Conference opponents, lost its long-shot College Football Playoff bid in a last-minute defeat against South Carolina on Saturday. That means MU won’t be playing in a bowl game of the same luster as last season’s Cotton Bowl appearance.
But Missouri will be in a bowl nonetheless — and a fairly decent one at that. With two regular-season games — both of which the Tigers will be favored to win — left to play, they could be playing for their 10th win of the season in an eventual bowl.