Mizzou football: Tigers bounce back in big way
Mizzou football dominates from first quarter on against West Virginia, something the Tigers couldn’t do a week ago.
What a difference a week makes for the Mizzou football team.
In Week 1, the Tigers were the guys who turned the ball over, couldn’t run the football, couldn’t stop the run, couldn’t create turnovers or tackle consistently.
All of that seemed to be fixed in one week.
The Mizzou football team collected itself well and dominated West Virginia in a 38-7 rout Saturday in its home opener.
Missouri picked up two turnovers in the first half that led to points and stymied a West Virginia offense that wanted to be more balanced than it was in its opening game.
Instead, it was the Mizzou Tigers that was the more balanced group.
Nick Bolton gets the game ball, as the sophomore linebacker grabbed two interceptions, one in each half, and took his second pick into the end zone for Missouri’s final points. Bolton added a quarterback pressure and two big tackles for loss in the game.
The defense was in fact better. Ronnell Perkins picked off a tipped pass and the defensive line constantly got in the Mountaineers’ backfield.
On offense, Kelly Bryant tossed three touchdowns on 17 of 25 passing for 150 yards. He looked more comfortable as he moved into his second week as the starting QB. Larry Rountree III returned from last week’s substandard performance and recorded 99 yards rushing on 18 attempts.
Albert Okwuegbunam grabbed two touchdowns from Bryant and Barrett Bannister added the third receiving score. With an improvement that big in one week, it’s telling what the Mizzou football team can do moving forward.
Saturday’s win was the home opener for Mizzou football, which hosted SEC Nation and a game played at the newly renovated stadium for the first time. The Tigers play four more games in a row at home.
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The Mizzou Tigers looked ready from the start, and the team played a complete game. That is a testament to the coaching staff. Now, they did play a team in a bit of a rebuilding mode in West Virginia, but it’s great to see the Tigers bounce back after a heartbreaking loss to start the year.
Congrats to coach Barry Odom for getting his team back on track. The Tigers were supposed to dominate, and that’s what they did.
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And they did the things Odom and Co. wanted them to do — take care of the football, create turnovers, tackle and move the offense down the field.