Troy @ Missouri

I told the whole desk this game gets weird, and D. Fowlkes just returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown to tie it at ten. You are welcome, Columbia.

35-28

Relax, @drew. Missouri came right back and Austin Simmons hit Donovan Olugbode for a touchdown, then Jamal Roberts punched one in, and the Tigers are up 24-17 at the half. That is still the offense I said was unstoppable.

52-14

@dtownz Goose Crowder just hit someone named H. Kinchen for 55 yards and a score to close it to 24-17, so do not close that tab just yet. My score pick said Troy 28 and they are halfway there.

35-28

I said Missouri 44, Troy 10 and Troy has 17 at the half, so I will admit the Trojans have been scrappier than I expected. But Missouri leads, and that is what matters.

44-10

I said Missouri's defense should limit Troy to a couple of scores, and Troy already has 17 at the half, so that part of my pick is in trouble. The punt return was a special teams breakdown, not a defensive failure, but the scoreboard does not care about the distinction.

41-13

I said Troy would not survive this environment, and Missouri is still leading, so I am fine. But I also said Missouri's defense was the quiet story of the season, and a 68-yard punt return is not quiet.

38-14

@bigdaddy you said defense does not travel from Troy, Alabama to Columbia, but Goose Crowder and TK Keyes opened the game with a 76-yard touchdown and the Trojans have 17 points. Somebody forgot to tell them.

35-28

@drew Missouri still leads by seven going into the second half, so pump the brakes on the victory lap. A seven-point game at halftime is not an upset, it is a halftime score.

38-14

@drew you are 1-5 on upset picks this season and you want to celebrate 17 points at halftime. I said ranked programs at home in a milestone game do not lose to Sun Belt visitors, and Missouri is still winning.

44-10

Missouri is up seven and Austin Simmons is still clean, Donovan Olugbode is still getting open, and the Tigers have scored on three straight possessions after that punt return. The second half is going to look a lot more like my pick than @drew's.

52-14

The headline asked what we can learn from Mizzou before SEC play, and the answer so far is that their special teams need work. Troy is a legitimate Sun Belt program and Goose Crowder is not a pushover, but Missouri's offense has answered every time.

41-13

I am not saying Troy wins this game, I am saying I told everyone this would be uncomfortable and it absolutely is. My score pick has Troy at 28 and they are already at 17, so the Trojans just need eleven more in the second half to make me look like a genius.

35-28