Scout.com > College Football News Instant Analysis: Nebraska-Missouri Story URL: http://cfn.scout.com/2/687925.html Matt Zemek CollegeFootballNews.com Oct 7, 2007 They still have work to do in order to win their first Big XII North title, but it can safely be said: the Missouri Tigers are no longer an overrated football team. Not after a 41-6 dismantling of a Nebraska team that was beaten into submission by Chase Daniel and Company. In big games throughout the long march of history, Missouri has usually lost to the Nebraskas and Oklahomas. And while the Tigers might still lose to the Sooners later this season, Gary Pinkel's crew has established itself as the midseason favorite in the Big XII North. After burying a lot of decade-long demons in tonight's domination of the Cornhuskers, the kids from Columbia showed the Show Me State--and the rest of the nation, for that matter--that they're capable of bigger and better things. There's not a lot of guesswork in the realm of analysis after a night like this at Farout Field: Missouri ran around, over, under and through Nebraska, obliterating Bill Callahan's boys and making the Huskers toothless on each and every snap. Piece by piece, play by play, score by score, the Tigers ground down the Huskers' will with a dazzling display of skill. The only real question for Missouri--as has been the case in past seasons under Gary Pinkel--is as follows: can this team sustain this level of performance for the rest of the season? A commitment to quality should enable Missouri to fight past the competition (Colorado, Kansas and Kansas State) on the road to a history-making division crown. The only thing left for Missouri is to do the deed. Copyright © Scout.com and CollegeFootballNews.com