... they lost too much on offense to compete with that defense. Well, both sides of the ball showed up to drub the Illini. That game pushed Missouri into the top 25 and now means half of the Big 12 is ranked. Extremely impressive and not something we have seen often from any conference, Especially not one big enough to have a conference championship game. Also, Texas Tech is in the top 30 so if all the ranked teams can avoid cougar-style upsets. It may be seven really soon.

Nebraska and Kansas played cream puffs, but they did what your good teams are supposed do: when they have a cupcake in front of them, they devour it. Kansas and Nebraska eeked up a bit just to make enough room for Missouri to join the top 25 ...

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