Matter on Mizzou: Tigers blindsided by another underdog

Missouri head coach Barry Odom watches from the sideline in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)COLUMBIA, Mo. - With their head coach’s seat getting warmer by the week, the division doormats came into homecoming weekend with just two wins. They’d already put their fans through a stomach-churning loss to a team from outside the Power Five and multiple lopsided losses to conference foes. With their season hanging by a thread, they hosted the nationally ranked leader of their division. The point spread was enormous, but the underdog never blinked. By game’s end, they blindsided their visitors with an outcome nobody saw coming.

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