COLUMBIA, Mo. – A heavyweight shootout featuring more than 1,000 yards of offense and waged between the reigning national champions and a team desperate to finally taste victory came down a defensive stand over three feet of turf.
Naturally.
This time, Missouri stood taller.
Back-to-back pass breakups by linebacker Nick Bolton and safety Joshuah Bledsoe clinched Mizzou's 45-41 heart-stopping win over No. 17 Louisiana State in the final seconds Saturday at Memorial Stadium, a game that someday far more than the 10,013 in attendance will claim they witnessed with their own eyes.
Eli Drinkwitz was there and won’t forget what he saw.