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Live Game Thread: Mizzou Opens SEC Slate in Starkville

Nineteenth-ranked Missouri kicks off its conference schedule on the road against twenty-fourth-ranked Mississippi State tonight. Despite being positioned higher in the polls, Missouri enters this contest as a four-and-a-half-point underdog.

Mississippi State boasts the top offensive yardage producer in the conference, powered by quarterback Kamario Taylor and target Anthony Evans III, alongside former Missouri player Marquis Johnson.

Taylor has accumulated twenty completions resulting in 294 yards and a pair of scores to Evans this season. Johnson enters the contest seeking a strong performance against his former squad, holding seven receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown.

Missouri aims to overcome hostile surroundings and hostile crowd noise to secure an opening conference victory.

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