Missouri has found a lot of creative ways to lose football games through the years. Play your “A” game and come up just short, like three weeks ago at Georgia. Come out flat and lay an egg, like the Purdue morning game at home or at K-State last year. A stunning referee mistake, like the Fifth Down, or a special teams meltdown, like at Auburn, or an impromptu obscure rules explanation, like against Kentucky last year.
I won’t dwell too much on the negative results. Because for the first time all season, Missouri won a clunker. The point is, there are two possible results of a football game, but myriad processes.