Welcome to the Quick Read, Ben Frederickson's weekly scouting report on the Missouri football team's upcoming opponent. Come for analysis, road-trip restaurant advice and a prediction from The Degenerate, a Missouri-obsessed sports gambler whose anonymity must be protected.
The start of the college football season feels like Christmas. Playing an FCS opponent out of the gate is as thrilling as unwrapping wool socks. But because Missouri coach Gary Pinkel and the 24th-ranked Tigers remain determined to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for an easy W, let's get to know the Southeast Missouri State team that will come to Faurot Field on Saturday afternoon and try to spoil the Tigers' 14-0 record against FCS foes.