So read a regrettable column headline from yours truly five Julys ago.
If you assumed a half-decade would make Mizzou message boards forget about that one, you assumed wrong. Reminders keep coming. And hey, they are fair game.
That .500 Tigers team did not start 8-0. Instead it started 0-1, faceplanting out of the gate as a two-touchdown favorite in Wyoming. Down went The Kelly Bryant Era.
Whoops.
Should that team have been better? Probably. But football games are not won and lost because of what should happen. They hinge on what actually happens. It’s something to keep in mind as Mizzou’s “easy” schedule is sure to become a talking point at fast approaching SEC media days.