COLUMBIA, Mo.— Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III made it perfectly clear just how high expectations are in Columbia this season for the 11th-ranked Tigers.
“What I’m trying to do this year that I haven’t done,” he said, “is win the big national championship.”
What a change from a year ago, when the Tigers were trying to make sure Eli Drinkwitz didn’t lose his job.
But after Burden teamed with quarterback Brady Cook and a stout defense to win 11 games and beat Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, and finish eighth in the final AP Top 25 everything is different around the program. Drinkwitz and offensive coordinator Kirby Moore suddenly have new contracts, a bevy of starters return this season — led by Burden, a Heisman Trophy candidate and potential first-round NFL draft pick — and the expectation now is to compete for an SEC championship.
Or even more, a run in the playoffs.
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