The Missouri football team’s punt unit was jogging onto the field again. Tennessee soon would drive 66 yards in 38 seconds and kick the field goal that sent the Volunteers into halftime up by seven points. The play that led to this moment did not resonate because it decided the game. The Tigers would tie it in the third quarter before losing 24-20. What made the moment notable was the realization it had become so routine.
The only concrete answer now, with Mizzou at 5-6 and on a five-game losing streak, was that 2019 wasn’t supposed to look like this.