LARAMIE, Wyo. – In what was supposed to be Kelly Bryant’s grand debut as Missouri's one-year wonder at quarterback, the Wyoming Cowboys turned the Tigers into rodeo clowns Saturday night and planted their branding iron square on Mizzou with a scorching letter L.
Favored by 18 points against a Mountain West Conference team they steamrolled 40-13 last year in Columbia, the Tigers turned the ball over three times, wilted against Wyoming’s running game and might have squandered an offseason of goodwill that had fan enthusiasm at its highest in years.
Instead, it was the Wyoming fans who rushed the field at War Memorial Stadium and the Tigers (0-1) now limp home with their second loss to a team outside of the Power 5 conferences under Barry Odom, whose career record slips back under .