After weeks of talking about the improved personnel, the new-found dedication to conditioning, the rejuvenated commitment to winning and to showing their fans that this year’s program is bigger, stronger and faster, the Mid-Missouri Outlaws were finally able to put their money where their mouth is on Saturday.
They had talked the talk, and their 37-16 season-opening victory on the road over the Springfield WolfPack proved that they can walk the walk.
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