Eli Hoff and Ben Frederickson evaluate Missouri football at the halfway point of its season and also look ahead to Mizzou's homecoming game against Auburn and how MU's defense could

5. Mizzou has won its last seven homecoming games. For a tradition like no other, the Tigers look to extend that streak — and Drinkwitz looks to stay perfect in homecoming games leading the Tigers. He’s 4-0 in Columbia.

When the No. 19 Missouri Tigers take the field against Auburn Saturday, it will mark 28 days since Missouri last won a SEC game — a 30-27 win over the Vanderbilt Commodores. The victory is far removed in the timespan of college football that the perception double-overtime win over the Commodores has since transformed.