Listen, man. Missouri taught us all a valuable lesson today. When you have the chance to win a game — like, really win a game — just do it. Don’t dance around it.
Because if you do? The College Football Gods will punish you. And it will hurt. So so so so much. That’s what happened to coach Eliah Drinkwitz on Saturday.
I would make the obligatory Misery/Missouri joke here, but honestly, their fans have been through enough today. They were absolutely robbed of a win twice in one game.
So here’s the deal. Missouri has the ball at first and goal with about a minute left in the game. They kneel the ball — not once, but twice. They choose to kick a 25-yard field goal. This was the result.
— Man Bear Pig is Real dot Com (@MBPisReal) September 24, 2022
MISSED. SHANKED. Completely whiffed. This is already unbelievable. The worst part is that Brady Cook actually thought they won the game.
Missouri QB Cook thought he had the win & realizes he doesn’t. pic.twitter.com/2CT3O8z6oN
— Sports & Videos Guy (@SprtsAndCharcol) September 24, 2022
But it’s OK. Fine. There’s still overtime and Missouri can still win this. Sure.
The game continues. Auburn gets the ball first in overtime and they end up kicking a field goal. Missouri has a real shot to win now. All they have to do is score a touchdown. That’s it. Then it’s game over.
They nearly do exactly that. Nathaniel Peat finds himself running down the sideline about to score. A defender is coming to stop him and he reaches for the goal line.
But the ball isn’t there. Instead, it’s lunging forward and out of the endzone for a touchback.
Pain. pic.twitter.com/kxNt8IFmr2
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) September 24, 2022
The game is over. Missouri loses. The CFB Gods have torn their hearts out. Pain. Unspeakable pain. Unfathomable pain. Just…all the pain. This hurts and I’m not even a Missouri fan.
Everybody was just shocked by the way this all went down. It’s truly unbelievable.
MISSOURI LOSES IN THE MOST MISSOURI WAY POSSIBLE! LMAOOOO pic.twitter.com/XxXLwtQRiW
— 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @𝗙𝗧𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱𝟳 (@FTBeard7) September 24, 2022
basically Missouri had two chances to beat Auburn by simply Not Doing The Worst Possible Thing You Could Do Right Now and both times they did the worst possible thing they could possibly do right now
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 24, 2022
Missouri had a first and goal at the 3 with 45 seconds left. Elected to take two knees and kick the 26-yard-field goal. Their kicker, Harrison Mevis, was 23 for 25 last year.
You don't need me to tell you what happened next.
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) September 24, 2022
As a society I believe we have progressed beyond the need of a 'Missouri'
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownEP) September 24, 2022
Why didn’t Missouri try and score a TD? You’d rather trust a K wearing 92?
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) September 24, 2022
Think of the most Missouri way to lose…pair it with the most Auburn way to win…And you have that.
— Andrew Hammond (@ahammFreePress) September 24, 2022
That’s the most Missouri loss I’ve ever experienced.
— Carrington Harrison (@cdotharrison) September 24, 2022
Missouri is a Big Ten West team. Let's trade Nebraska and formalize what everyone knows
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) September 24, 2022
Missouri fans right now pic.twitter.com/0plJ7bbtTY
— /r/CollegeBasketball (@redditCBB) September 24, 2022
Missouri literally HANDED Auburn the game 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/sWFhoDNNOY
— Brian Y (@byysports) September 24, 2022
I quit. This is it for me.
— Carrington Harrison (@cdotharrison) September 24, 2022
Understandable. Totally understandable. I may never watch sports again after an L like that one.
Best of luck recovering from this, Missouri fans. You’ll need it.
