No. 25 Missouri looks to carry Border War momentum into Louisiana matchup

Missouri defensive end Zion Young would prefer his team not to have to deal with close games like last week’s 42-31 victory over Kansas.”We don’t want tight games,” he said. “We want to blow people out. But hey, if it comes down to that, we’ll take it on.”Young might get his wish for a blowout Saturday when the 25th-ranked Tigers host Louisiana in Columbia, Mo.Missouri (2-0) did show the ability to withstand a punch last week. Kansas stormed out to a 21-6 first-quarter lead before the Tigers spent most of the game’s remainder hogging the ball. They rolled up 595 total yards and 28 first downs, getting 334 yards in the air from quarterback Beau Pribula and 143 yards on the ground from Jamal Roberts.Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz was pleased with his team’s execution on that side of the ball.”Rhythm, attack, execute is our offensive philosophy, and we define execution as playing well under pressure,” he said. “That’s what you have to do in order to win football games. That’s what we did.”Pribula, a Penn State transfer who won the quarterback job with his strong performance as well as a knee injury to Sam Horn on his first snap Aug. 28 against Central Arkansas, has completed 53 of 67 passes for 617 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions.”Beau is really cool, calm, collected …,” Drinkwitz said. “In the biggest moments, in the toughest times, he was nails.”Through two games, Louisiana-Monroe transfer Ahmad Hardy has 212 yards and two scores on 35 carries while Roberts has added 176 yards on just 21 attempts. Kevin Coleman, playing for his fourth school in as many years, has 16 catches for 174 yards and a touchdown.While the Tigers are rolling offensively, Louisiana (1-1) is still trying to find itself. The Cajuns took some steps in that direction last week, rushing for 315 yards and three scores during a 34-10 home win over FCS opponent McNeese State.

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