For all their crying about how their football team always gets slighted at bowl selection time you would think that Missouri would at least show up to the Texas Bowl to prove this point. Alas they jumped out to a 7-0 lead and decided that was good enough. Navy owned the rest of the game by stunning margins and won 35-13. Here are just some of the stats.
Time of Possession
NAVY: 41 min
Missouri: 19 min
Offensive Plays
NAVY: 81
Missouri: 57
Rushing Yards
NAVY: 385
Missouri: 65
The Washington Examiner‘s Kevin Dunleavy noted “If it wasn’t for three fumbles by MVP Ricky Dobbs (296 yards rushing and passing), the final score would have been obscene.
Pinkel said Navy had a “nice little team” and did a “nice little job.” If they get crushed by a nice little team only doing a nice little job how are they going to handle the Big Ten? Might want to try the Missouri Valley Conference instead.
