It was one of those plays that looked more like a video game glitch than real life.
As Southeast Missouri State quarterback Tay Bender swung his leg with 31 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Kentrell Brothers extended his right arm. The ball hit Brothers. And by the sheer will of physics or whatever it was in the humid mid-Missouri air Saturday afternoon, the ball miraculously landed in junior Aarion Penton’s hands halfway across the field.
Penton, who spends most of his time on special teams returning punts, got his first career punt return touchdown on that blocked punt.