How Will Missouri’s Defense Hold Up?

Pete Scantlebury got me thinking. He often does. He’s an insightful dude.

During our Zoukeepers (starring Kevin James) podcast episode this week, Pete asked whether I thought the Missouri defense of the Georgia game or the one that showed up against Purdue is more indicative of what we can expect for the rest of the season from the Tigers’ defense.

I answered Georgia. I still feel that way.

Then I got to thinking...how emblematic has a stretch like this been of how Missouri’s defense ends up performing during an entire season?

So I went back from 2012-17 (the SEC years, naturally), saw how Missouri did against similar opponents to UT Martin, Wyoming, Purdue and Georgia in those years, then saw…