Late on Sunday night, Mizzou Athletics announced Cale Garrett was having surgery on his pectoral muscle and that it would probably end his season.
You don’t have to go too far back for Mizzou fans to experience this kind of news. On Halloween 2016, middle linebacker Michael Scherer tore ligaments in his knee against Kentucky and was lost for the season. An unknown freshman named Cale Garrett replaced him.
But that’s not the sort of gut punch Tiger fans are going through now. For that, you’d have to go all the way back to the magical 2007 season where starting strong safety, Pig Brown, was having an All-American caliber season before tearing his Achilles tendon in the waning moments of the Iowa State game.