Man, in an NIL world, Mizzou’s Zion Young could have fun in Columbia, Missouri, with the famous scoop from his scoop-and-score touchdown — ice cream shops to dog waste cleanup to, heck, even the journalism school (“From the football field to the J-school newsrooms, Mizzou students get scoops”).
Indeed, Young penned the end to one of Mizzou’s greatest finishes ever. Last year at home against Oklahoma, the old Big 12 Conference foes were knotted up, 23-23. Just 42 seconds left. OU had possession, when Mizzou’s Triston Newson bulldozed the quarterback, who fumbled the football. On the Mizzou 18-yard line, the defensive end Young scooped up the pigskin and gobbled up green en route to the end zone.