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The Day After: History shows this year's Bears are in select company

The 2016 season is only two games old, but it seems an appropriate time to delve into the history books for the Missouri State football program.

The Bears are 2-0, following a no-doubt-about-it victory over NAIA Southwestern College in the opener, followed by a game in which they had to battle every last second to claim a 28-22 win at Murray State on Saturday night.

Just as the opening victory wasn’t enough to start making plans for the playoffs — Bears coach Dave Steckel said on the Missouri Valley Football Conference coaches’ teleconference that it was like a preseason victory — the win over the Racers shouldn’t lead fans to go overboard, either.