The mask didn’t so much slip from Missouri ’s face as Texas A&M ripped it off.
Missouri waltzed through the offseason and September as a College Football Playoff contender.
The masquerade ball ended Saturday in College Station, Texas.
The No. 9 Tigers are pretenders.
No. 21 Texas A&M defrocked Missouri, 4 1-10 , with such unforgiving ferocity that I’m left considering whether a playoff contender did, indeed, emerge. It just wasn’t Missouri (4-1), which saw its eight-game win streak end within the din of Kyle Field.
Aggies fans waved towels and sang while points piled up and “Mo Bamba” played on a loop on the stadium speakers. By the fourth quarter, the home fans were chanting, “Overrated! Overrated!”
Ya think? The Tigers being ranked at all by weekend’s end would be generous after this dismal showing.
Texas A&M, not Missouri, emerges as playoff contender
Texas A&M (5-1) played like a transformed team after a season-opening home loss to Notre Dame. The Aggies wield a playoff-caliber defense. Their linemen persistently tore into Missouri’s backfield.