Who knows where Alabama’s season will end up, but Saturday’s prize fight certainly felt like a split-decision victory with a 27-24 score.

When I asked Drinkwitz his overall feeling about the game, he first said “heartbreak and disappointment.” He said there was no consolation in playing Alabama close, and that Mizzou will “learn our lessons and leave the event. We’re not going to sit here and pout and make it more than it was.”

The Crimson Tide held the nation's best rushing team to roughly half of its average number of yards on the ground.

The Tigers have been here before. They fell to 7-15 against ranked teams in the Drinkwitz era, and 3-6 when both teams are ranked. Saturday marked the first meeting between top-15 teams in Columbia since 1979, and the Tigers wanted to make the most of the opportunity.

Crimson Tide running back Jam Miller absorbed a huge hit from Tigers safety Jalen Catalon in the fourth quarter and had to leave the game on Saturday, Oct. 11 at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

Watch the video below as Missouri football reporters Joey Van Zummeren and Michael Stamps give their initial thoughts on the Tigers' loss to Alabama. COLUMBIA,