Missouri might not be a trap game after all.

It had the makings of one when looking at the schedule heading into the year. It is sandwiched between two emotional games: Vanderbilt and Tennessee. Both matchups provide/provided a chance to avenge 2024 losses. Missouri, not so much.

Plus, the game against the Tigers is on the road with an early kick. So, it seemed to have all the makings of the trap game.

But it might not be.

“I mean, they’re 5-0,” Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said Monday. “They’re a ranked team.”

Which is why it’s got less so the makings of a trap game and more so the makings of a good game between No. 8 Alabama and No. 14 Missouri on Saturday (11 a.m., ABC) at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

“There’s not a surprise that we’re facing this team that’s going to

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