The last 2 years the matchup has had similar hype, about how it would be a statement of Nebraska's return to the national scene. I'm going to have to see it in order to believe it, because while neither team is the same as previous years, I'm not sure the changes make up for the 5 touchdowns that Mizzou beat them by each of the last two years. Plus, Mizzou has done really well in big matchups coming off of bye weeks, and the game is in Columbia. Nebraska held up quite well in a nationally televised night game in Blacksburg against a much better team than Mizzou. And Missouri has been very up and down, IMO. The Illinois win was very impressive, regardless of how bad UI is. But the BG game tells me Mizzou is very erratic, and they were not that impressive for 3 quarters against what has turned out to be a pretty crappy Nevada team. The game last year shouldn't be used as a litmus either, imo. Maclin/Coffman/Daniel, etc are huge losses. And that was an early season game for Neb in its first year with a new coach/new system; Neb is much different now. They're not going to return to the old Neb of old like many Corn fans think, but they're back to being a dangerous team in the North. I think Gabbert's and Mizzou's overall youth show in this matchup.