With more than half of the 2024 campaign behind us, United’s season trajectory looks very similar to 16 years ago. In 2008, the Tigers entered the season ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll after a historic 2007 season where they went 12-2 with a Cotton Bowl victory. They started with a 5-0 record, rising to No. 3 in the nation before their battle with No. 17 Oklahoma State. This will be Mizzou’s first real test of the season against a strong opponent. MU beat then-20th-ranked Illinois to win the Braggin’ Rights in Week 1, but the Illini have sunk since then. Before the Tigers and Cowboys clashed, Illinois had dropped to 3-3 with a loss to unranked Minnesota.

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It was also the first big game for Oklahoma State, which is looking for a breakthrough into the national spotlight in its third year under Mike Gundy after two mediocre seasons. The Cowboys played hard. OSU left Faurot Field with a 28-23 victory, reset expectations for Mizzou in the negative and did the same for itself in the opposite direction. After falling to No. 11 in the AP poll, Mizzou headed south to Austin to take on No. 1 Texas, where the Tigers were immediately engulfed in a sea of ​​burnt orange. The Longhorns bullied their way to a 56-31 win; they led 35-0 at the end of the first half before a late United attack broke the deadlock. Texas scored on all five of its offensive drives in the first two periods; Colt McCoy threw a total of two no-hitters.