In response to the "How will Mizzou respond to a stinging KU loss?" question floating around, I thought I'd look at how Mizzou has historically responded in such a situation.

Since World War II, there have been 14 instances of Missouri losing to Kansas, their biggest rival, and then having another game to play.  (Until the mid-'90s, Missouri ended its season with Kansas almost every year, so there are plenty of cases where Missouri lost to KU, then didn't actually have another game to play.)

* Of course, this one goes down in the Missouri history books as a win.

Mizzou has gone 9-5 following KU losses.  Under Gary Pinkel, they're 2-1.  They laid an egg in 2005 in Boulder, but they followed the loss with their most dramatic wins of the season in 2003 and 2004.

The other thing to look at is...with Chase Daniel at QB, how has Mizzou responded to losses of any kind?

** Of course, this one goes down in MY history books as a win, ahem.

Not including the 2006 Sun Bowl loss to Oregon State (there was no game following that one, obviously), Mizzou has lost eight games with Chase Daniel a few yards behind center.  Five times, they have responded in style--when they win in these instances, they win big (by an average of 44-11).  The three other times, they have stumbled further.  When they have to respond to a loss by playing a bowl team, they've gone 3-2.

All this said, OU is clearly the best team Mizzou's had to play after a KU loss (since at least the '60s) or a Chase Daniel loss, so...yeah, this probably doesn't say a whole lot.  Just found it interesting.