Missouri started off the 2022 football season with joy and optimism in a Thursday night blowout of Louisiana Tech. The offense created big plays and the new-look defense was generating havoc all over the field. The Tigers hung a 50-burger, the “Narco” trumpets rang out, and Dave Steckel was eating Luther Burden potato chips in the broadcast booth.
And then the bubble burst on a rainy, disastrous afternoon out west in the Little Apple. Kansas State dismantled Eliah Drinkwitz’s outfit; the Wildcats owned all three phases of the game in a 40-12 win that wasn’t even as close as the final score appears.