Did Mizzou Play its Best Game of the Season in Week 9?: The Buzz

Watch the video above as Missouri On SI football reporter Michael Stamps breaks down why Missouri's loss on the road against Vanderbilt was its most complete and best performance of the season.

The Missouri Tigers suffered a brutal and heartbreaking loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores in Week 9, but there's a chance that it wasn't really that bad.

In many ways, the Tigers played their best game of the season. The secondary, a group that's struggled nearly the entire season, played very well. Missouri's passing defense only allowed three chunk plays through the air and heavily limited what quarterback Diego Pavia did on the ground.

Missouri's offensive line also played very well. Running back Ahmad Hardy finally looked like he had holes run through and both Beau Pribula and Matt Zollers had long periods of time to throw, for the most part, while in the pocket.

Missouri dropped to 6-2 and its odds of making the College Football Playoff have severely decreased. Despite the result and the potentially regular-season-ending injury to Pribula, the Tigers may have posted their best game of the season.

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