Kentucky killed Missouri by making big offensive plays and preventing the Tigers from matching them. The Wildcats are very much a bend-don’t-break outfit, and Missouri is evidently still too young and inconsistent to move methodically down the field.
The good news, of course, is that there’s time. The starting quarterback is a sophomore, the best running back a freshman, the most successful (on average) receivers freshmen and sophomores. The line has no senior starters. There is plenty of time to build consistency, and over time it probably will.
The bad news: “Over time” means “probably not by this Saturday.