Jordan-Hare Voodoo is alive:
— Just before the half, Carlson misses a FG wide left.
— But wait….Mizzou is offside.
— Not to worry, Carlson misses the re-try wide right.
— At the end of regulation, Mizzou has first and goal inside the three, and the barn DL is gassed. barn has no time-outs.
— Rather than run a QB sneak or a run up the gut to maybe score a TD, but in any event run clock, Mizzou is too clever by half — they kneel twice, call time out with 2 seconds to go, and attempt a game-winning FG about the length of an extra point.
— Kicker misses the FG as time expires. We go to Overtime.
— the barn gets the ball first. Does nothing in 3 downs, and has to attempt a FG.
— Carlson hits a duck-hook FG that looks like one of my golf tee shots back when I played golf.
— Not to worry v2 — Mizzou is offside again.
— Carlson drills the retry. For those keeping score, he’s now 1 for 4 on FG attempts just before the half and in overtime. barn leads by 3.
— On the second play of Mizzou’s ensuing possession, they gash the barn defense down the left sideline. RB has at worst 1st and goal at the 1 or 2.
— Turns out, 1st and goal at the 1 or 2 isn’t in fact the worst case.
— The worst case is when the RB stretches out his arm trying to break the plane of the goal line. Without being touched by anybody, he loses control of the ball before it breaks the plane.
— The ball rolls into the end zone, the barn falls on it. Touchback. Game over. the barn wins.
If it were in a movie, nobody would believe it.