I remember Mizzou facing Bradford twice as a freshman. It was our best year in fate knows how long, but we lost both times, including once in the Big Twelve Championship, which unfairly cost us a spot in the five major Bowl games. It was our only two losses on the year (and I remember us facing Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl when they had Darren McFadden, Felix Jones, and Peyton Hillis, and Tony Temple - Tony fucking Temple - was the best running back on the field and won the MVP). He made throws that I couldn't fucking believe any quarterback could make, and I remember saying to my dad (who was still a Rams fan at the time), "If we still suck, I want him as our quarterback."
I got my wish...but I guess it was unknowingly to a sadistic djinn; Bradford got injured and was never the same.