After a lot of preseason buzz, No. 19 Missouri has gotten off to a shaky start this season, but it is still within reach of a College Football Playoff spot. With Auburn coming to town, Missouri needs to assert itself as one of the better programs in the SEC.
After getting shelled by Texas A&M, Missouri needed a get-right game, and it got one against UMass last weekend. Mizzou went up to Amherst and blew out the Minutemen, 45-3. Brady Cook looked more like himself with 219 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 19 passing attempts, and the offense totaled 231 rushing yards and four scores on the ground.
The big question now is whether Missouri can keep this rhythm rolling against an Auburn team that’s winless in conference play so far…