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Trotter, Tigers embrace spotlight ahead of College GameDay clash at Vanderbilt

Mizzou linebacker Josiah Trotter says the Tigers’ focus and energy will be crucial as they face Vanderbilt in a nationally spotlighted College GameDay matchup in Nashville.

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The 1983 NC State basketball model of “Survive and Advance,” applied to the Missouri Tigers this past weekend at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t clean, and at the same time it was a 23-17 double OT victory in the Tigers’ first SEC road game of the season.

After Mizzou coach Drinkwitz opened his press conference Tuesday with the positives, he was just as willing to talk about the negatives of last Saturday.