‘Yeah, it was a factor’: Mizzou finds fun challenge in rare snow game

Mizzou football players warm up as Faurot Field staffers remove snow from the field before a game vs. Arkansas on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Columbia, Missouri. (Video by Eli Hoff, Post-Dispatch)COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Rock M was a slightly different shade of white from the snowy hill surrounding it. A few small but determined John Deere plows built up snowbanks surrounding the field. Leaf blowers took care of the yard lines and hashmarks, but the artificial green was splattered with a slick layer of snow.

So went the snow game.

Heavy flakes fell from the sky above Columbia consistently from shortly after daybreak to right around kickoff of Missouri’s Saturday victory over Arkansas. The snowfall…