On paper, the No. 21 Missouri Tigers will be just fine after dropping a Week 6 game to Texas A&M. In the new era with the 12-team playoff, one loss is not the a

Today, I think you saw a team that’s committed to each other, a team that responds, a team that’s never out of the fight.” A week after that game, Mizzou held on in double overtime against Vanderbilt,

The defeat was a demolition, but it led to interesting data points that explain some of the Tigers' struggles and raise fresh questions.

By halftime, Missouri (4-1, 1-1 SEC) had gained just 79 total yards to A&M’s 305. Worse, needing an early second-half burst to have any shot of playing their way back into the game, the Tigers instead surrendered 10 more quick points to their hosts to open the third quarter.