Name a Season Full of More Heartbreak

missouri was expected to be crap so losing shouldn't be too much to deal with. I'll submit 2013 for us:

-lose season opener to clemson and our best WR is lost for hte season in the 1st qurater celebrating a TD
-while still mostly healthy, we beat two top-6 ranked teams over the next 3 weeks!
-win an OT squeaker over UT while losing much of our offense, this is a major sign of things to come
-lose the next week at home to relatively new comer missouri
-follow that up the following week with a loss to vanderbilt while losing 2 more WRs
-slog through a few more wins before having defeat ripped from teh jaws of victory in the prayer at jordan hare
-win a few more
-play lazy and uninspired ball in the gator bowl and lose to a mediocre big 10 team


eta: that was the first year that came to mind because it had promise and could've been good but had plenty of losses including the AU miracle. There have been plenty of years in my life (mainly the 90s) where we were dogshit but I figured those went without saying

UGA from 1980 to last year

UT from 2000 to now

Tide wandering the desert post Bear



Look, not saying your pain is not real, just saying when you expect a Natty every year, it is tough when the droughts last a generation



On the flip side, try being a SC or UK football fam, those are the guys I want in my foxhole when the ammo is gone as is hope of survival.

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LSU 1998

Georgia 28-27;
Kentucky 39-36;
Ole Miss 37-31;
Alabama 22-16;
Notre Dame 39-36

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This.


It continued into 1999 as well.
Georgia 23-22;
Miss St 17-16;
Alabama 23-17

Basically the entire Shula era was us losing games like this.

3-0 - lose @ Arkansas 24-23 in OT on 2 missed FGs in regulation and a missed XP in OT

3-1 - lose @ #5 (future national champion) Florida 28-13 in a game we led until late in the 3rd and were driving to tie the game in the 4th when we threw a pick 6

5-2 - lose @ #7 Tennessee 16-13. Led for most of the game and also had an INT in which Simeon Castille was pushed out at the Tennessee 8 yard line and everyone knew the only way we'd score a TD was if he scored. He didn't, we kicked a FG. Led 13-9 for most of the 2nd half until Tennessee scored a TD with 3:30 to play.


After that the wheels fell off.

I read each one with a sad trombone playing after each example.

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Mizzou 14 @ Auburn 17

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Missouri just wanted to lose that day. I thought Auburn has lost twice.

To your point, there’s always going to be some luck in a season, but it has been some awful luck for Missouri.

jesus. You're not wrong tho.

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KaiserSoze99

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Y’all just been getting beat soundly.

Upset TN next weekend and everything will be forgiven lol

tied for first place in the SEC standings. Think I'll have a few morning beers. I'm one proud Missouri alum.