Still Trying to Figure out What Happened Yesterday

The Sun still rose this morning, but when I looked out on the net I see where the Tigers still lost to the lowly Baylor Bears yesterday. I know Mizzou can't score in the second half and that puts a lot of pressure on the defense. And Mizzou's defense was on the field a lot and it showed in the fourth quarter. In fact, the Tigers were outscored 24 to 5 in the second half.

As I wrote below this, the Tigers bowl streak is in jeopardy, and they must beat two of their last three opponents to get to a bowl. Kansas State will be tough on the road next week, and then Iowa State comes to Columbia the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Keep in mind that Iowa State has already beaten Nebraska this year, something the Tigers could not accomplish. And the regular season finale is at Arrowhead against those low life Kansas Jayhawks. That will be tough.

Granted this Tiger team is young, but for some reason it doesn't seem to be improving. And that's a question that head coach Gary Pinkel is going to have to answer to move the program to the next level.

A Win Is A Win

Mizzou squeaked out a win on the road a short time ago over the Baylor Bears 31-28 down in Waco, Texas. This past spring when I looked at the schedule I figured this would be an easy win for the Tigers. But, Baylor appears to be better than advertised. Tiger QB Chase Daniel threw three touchdowns but also had two interceptions. Those interceptions came back to bite Mizzou in the butt. While the win wasn't by the margin anticipated it's still a win on the road which is always tough in the Big XII. It's back home next week to take on Kansas State.