re: Arkansas, how do you feel about Saturday

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Missouri gave up 34 points Saturday against Georgia.

That’s not great on the surface and the defense took its share of the blame for a 34-0 loss that dumped the Tigers from the polls and dealt a serious (fatal?) blow to hopes for a repeat in the SEC East.

“The bottom line is, if we don’t let them score, then they can’t win,” sophomore linebacker Michael Scherer said. “No matter what the offense does, if they don’t score, we can’t lose a game. That’s on us.”

It’s great that defensive players are willing to fall on the sword for the loss, but it’s just not an accurate of depiction of Missouri’s loss.

The defense did its part — aside from failing to create a turnover for the third consecutive game.

The Bulldogs were without Todd Gurley, who had been the Heisman Trophy front-runner before he was suspended Thursday amid an NCAA investigation into alleged impermissible benefits in exchange for autographing merchandise for memorabilia dealers.

Still, it’s a Georgia offense that averaged 7.11 yards play and 45 points per game. The Tigers limited the Bulldogs to 4.4 yards.

Georgia’s rushing attack mustered a meager 3.6 yards per carry.