re: Mizzou Has Been Referred to as a Sleeping Giant in Football

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To be a sleeping giant in football you have to have been a giant in football at some point in time. Missouri has never been a giant in football.

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Not true. Sleeping giant implies that you have all the potential for real success, but have yet to align all of the factors needed to win a championship.

Don't forget that we went undefeated in 1960 and still don't have a championship to show due to a cheating Kansas football team. We also were ranked number 1 in '07 heading into the Big 12 championship game against Oklahoma, but we shite the bed and ended the season 12-2 (bowl game included).

And we owned Bear Bryant's Alabama in the 60s and 70s.

We have the chemistry to be a stellar team. We just haven't put all of the pieces together yet. We've been close, but no cigar.

Sleeping giant.