The modern college football climate has done a good job of perceptions that were established over the previous 130 years of the sport. AD and fan patience with a four-year build? Not really a thing any more. Recruiting kids to get developed over two years and start their last two years? Deemphasized. “Year Zero” situations where whatever happens in the first year shouldn’t count towards anything due to the depths of despair a program has fallen in?
2025 Missouri Football Opponent Previews: Auburn Tigers
