COLUMBIA, Mo. – The play call was never in doubt.
No time on the clock thanks to a pass interference penalty in the end zone on the previous play, Kentucky ball at the Missouri 2-yard line. All-American candidate Benny Snell in at running back, but the Wildcats were going to throw.
And senior tight end C.J. Conrad was going to catch it.
"As soon as we got that extra play, I was like, ‘We need to run that play,'" Conrad said. "We had it called and then they’d called it out and we were talking about switching it and possibly running the ball, and I’m like, ‘No.