OU football: Tigers way short of expectations

 
BY SCOTT WRIGHT
Published: December 2, 2008

The Sports Illustrated Jinx only becomes relevant the few times it works, not the dozens of times each year that it doesn’t. The Missouri Tigers must be believers.

Mizzou landed on the magazine’s cover as its No. 1-ranked football team in the preseason, but by mid-October, national title hopes had been derailed by back-to-back Big 12 Conference losses. And Saturday’s loss to rival Kansas dropp...


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