You may have heard by now, Missouri ran 100 plays last Saturday against West Virginia. That was the most in America in week one. The Tigers averaged a snap every 15.5 seconds they had the ball on offense.

“We’re trying to go five, maybe six, plays in a minute,” right tackle Paul Adams said.

Adams was one of five Missouri players who was on the field for every one of those 100 snaps. The other four were the four offensive linemen that lined up alongside him.

“We didn’t know that,” offensive guard Kevin Pendleton said. “We had no idea how many plays. When we heard that, that was amazing.”

Pendleton noted that he and Adams had not combined for 100 total snaps in their collegiate careers. Left tackle Tyler Howell had not played one and center Samson Bailey had played a handful. Guard Alec Abeln was the only Missouri player who didn’t more than double his career snap count against the Mountaineers. Abeln had played, by his count, about 280 snaps prior to Saturday.

“You’re not thinking about that,” Abeln said. “I knew we probably had a ton of snaps. 100 was a lot. I didn’t realize it was that high until after the game reading about it.”

Their coach wasn’t all that impressed.

“That’s good, but I mean that’s what we do,” offensive line coach Glen Elarbee said. “It’s our job. Ball’s gonna be snapped, we gotta be out there, whether it’s 100, 200 whatever.”

“Oh, he’s never happy,” Abeln said with a grin. “He’s never happy.”

“When he starts to get content, then that’s when we have a problem,” Howell said. “He’ll keep you on your toes.”