COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Missouri football team took care of business by handily beating South Dakota to open the season Thursday night. That means the Tigers racked up some stats against live — albeit inferior — competition, and that in turn means it’s time to dive into the numbers.
As in the past, we’ll continue to deploy Pro Football Focus’ trove of data on a weekly basis to unpack Mizzou’s performances, from snap counts to player grades to niche ways of counting production. A quick reminder about how PFF grades, which use NFL terms, translate: 90-100 is elite, 85-89 is Pro Bowl caliber, 70-84 is starter level, 60-69 means backup, and anything between 0-59 is replaceable.