The highly anticipated 2024 Missouri football season is going down the tubes. Forget about the Tigers finding their way into the 12-team national playoff; this team can't even find its way into the end zone. In their last two losses, at Texas A&M and Alabama, MU was outscored by a combined 75-10. And the squad really hasn't played one great game so far this season. The offense was struggling before quarterback Brady Cook's injury, and now it's gotten worse. Much worse.

At 6-2 Missouri has a chance to rally for a 9-3 or 10-2 regular-season mark -- that's the optimistic view -- but given the current state of the offense, why would we be confident? Together, Cook and backup Drew Pyne have made Mizzou's passing attack one of the least accurate in the nation among the 69 power conference programs. A season of great expectations is turning into a great disappointment.