Entering Saturday, Mizzou had taken nine of the last 12 matchups against Vanderbilt. On the surface, that’s a positive.
Beneath it, that stat is a liar whose pants are on fire.
Conquering the Commodores has never really been easy for MU. Even with Vanderbilt being the doormat of the SEC for most of the past dozen years, nine times has an MU-VU matchup been a one-possession game in the fourth quarter since then.
The 21st night of September was one of those games, but it was far from the peachiness of the Earth, Wind and Fire song.