Missouri Ends Season With Gasparilla Bowl Loss to Wake Forest

The Missouri Tigers ended the 2022 season on a sour note Friday night

Matt Galatzan | Dec 23, 2022

Missouri Ends Season With Gasparilla Bowl Loss to Wake Forest /

The Missouri Tigers ended the 2022 season in sloppy fashion on Friday night, falling 27-17 to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Raymond James Stadium in the Gasparilla Bowl.

And for the Tigers, it was frankly more of the same, with a sloppy offense once again holding them back, while the defense ran out of steam in the fourth quarter.

There were some positives here and there for the Tigers, such as the first-half performance from freshman wide receiver Luther Burden.

Outside of that, it was a largely dreary night for the Tigers, who ended the season with their ninth game scoring 24 points or less.

However, that is where the negatives stop, because, in reality, there was nothing about the Gasparilla Bowl that was going to affect the Tigers' past, present or future.

Early Signing Day has now come and gone. Meanwhile, the February signing period is now quickly approaching, and the transfer market is beginning to heat up.

And there isn't a single recruit or prospective transfer who will look at the Tigers' subpar performance from a mid-tier bowl game as a slight against the program.

Rather, they'll likely look at it as an opportunity to contribute early on, as the Tigers glaring weaknesses were once again... well, glaring.

And that is where Eliah Drinkwitz and Missouri's focus needs to be.

Not on a frustrating loss in a meaningless bowl game, but on the future, which starts now.

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Published Dec 23, 2022

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of MizzouSportsTalk.com, AllAggies.com and LonghornsCountry.com, as well as the Editor-In-Chief of InsideTheBears.com, TheGroveReport.com, RamDigest.com, AllSeahawks.com, and TexansDaily.com. Galatzan graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry under Mike Fisher at DallasBasketball.com in 2014, which at the time was part of the 247Sports network. He also spent two years covering the SMU Mustangs for PonyStampede.com on the 247Sports network. When DallasBasketball.com and CowboysCountry.com moved over to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, Galatzan followed suit, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of LonghornsCountry.com and AllAggies.com a year later. Through the years, Galatzan has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, former Longhorns players Dan Neil and Phil Dawson, and many other recruits, and current/former players for each of the teams he has covered. Galatzan is also a full-time employee in the digital media department for Audacy and KRLD FM's 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, which is the official radio home of the Dallas Cowboys. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels. For any inquiries, please email matt.galatzan@gmail.com