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Having the greatest offense in school history is a lot of fun but isn’t a guarantee of success.
Take the 2008 Missouri offense, for example. The 2007 squad had the greatest offense Mizzou has ever seen according to SP+, ranked 4th in the nation with a 44.0 rating and lost only two games. But the 2008 squad - returning a Heisman-finalist quarterback, All-American pass catchers and lineman - barely lost a step, ranking 6th overall with a 43.8 rating...but lost four games. Or look at the 2018 version of the Tigers: the third greatest Mizzou offense ever fielded was 8th in the country with a 41.3 rating but was…
