Thank you, Missouri football , for maintaining your Thursday-night-opener tradition.

A freed-up Saturday meant I could watch college football from Lee Corso’s farewell to Utah and UCLA’s late-night, Pac-12 throwback. It was glorious.

There aren’t many days off in football season, so I was more than happy to take one filled with the reigning national champions teaching the new Longhorn on the block a lesson, Thomas Castellanos’ Crimson triumph in Tallahassee and former Mizzou coordinator Blake Baker’s play-calling masterclass for LSU in Clemson.

But, I didn’t just spend my day (three days, if you count the Friday and Sunday games) indulging in the matchups of the day. That’s not, despite my best wishes, what I was hired here to do.

So, here’s what I learned about every 2025 Mizzo

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