Beyond the Box Score: The Road is F***in’ Hard

RIP Mizzou’s Playoff chances: January 1st, 2024 - November 16th, 2024.

Despite all of the returning offensive production and talent on defense, there really hasn’t been any point this season where Mizzou felt like a Playoff team. In fact, I’d say the only thing that Mizzou was outstanding at was “winning close games” and, as we saw on Saturday night, that’s not always a guarantee.

However, even through all the consternation of this season - whether it’s complaining about Brady Cook, Kirby Moore, the offensive line, defensive coverages, injuries - at some point I hope we all just collectively realize that this is how games are going to go under Eli Drinkwitz. You know: brief stretches of…