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Why No. 9 Mizzou focused on red zone 3rd downs during bye week

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri offensive coordinator Kirby Moore spent his bye week looking for the forest, metaphorically speaking.

He’d done this before, going on an arboreal adventure of sorts between his first and second seasons calling plays for the Tigers offense. For coaches, it takes something like a bye week to fully evaluate something like a forest.

“Sometimes it’s hard to see the forest through the trees during the season,” Moore said back before preseason camp. “And the stuff that you’re doing, you’re staying with it.