Gets me going in this dead period? Watching Missouri fans suddenly act like they run the SEC because they got a running back. They are strutting around talking about how Ahmad Hardy is their ticket to Atlanta and I just cannot take them seriously. First off thank God he is out of the hospital that scared situation is bigger than football and I am glad he is recovering. But the football talk? Come on now. Missouri has been riding a wave of disrespect toward us for three years now and I am sick of it. They act like that 2023 win in Columbia means something permanent. Meanwhile we have been quietly stacking talent in the trenches while they have been begging for a running back to save their entire identity. Hardy is a good player do not get me wrong. But one running back does not fix a program that has never won a national title and never will. They have zero rings. Zero. And their fans want to talk trash to us? We have Jordan-Hare. We have a stadium that shakes when we get rolling. We have a defense that is being built the right way this offseason with actual depth and pressure packages that. Missouri has a running back who got shot and we are all supposed to bow down? I have seen this movie before. They get one good season and think they belong at the grown ups table. Meanwhile we are in the dead period with our coaching staff working relationships and stacking developmnetal pieces. We are not flashy in the portal but we are building something sustainable. Missouri can have their hype train. I will take the Auburn culture and the Auburn tradition and the fact that when we meet them on the.