In every week the place there weren’t many thrilling video games on the docket, we had one which was a thriller, coming right down to the wire and a booming area aim. Missouri scored their first win over a ranked opponent at house since 2013, knocking off (15) Kansas State 30-27.
The way in which that this sport ended goes to reside for a very long time after we bear in mind the craziest issues that occurred this season. Let’s set the stage:
Missouri was driving to try to win the sport and took a knee to arrange kicker Harrison Mevis for a then 56-yard area aim. HOWEVER, the Tigers had no timeouts, however head coach may need Eli Drinkwitz believed that he did, ready to ship out his crew and in the end drawing a delay of sport penalty, pushing them again 5 yards. This might make it a 61-yard area aim, nearly extraordinary not just for faculty kickers to make, however to even take.
Enter the Thicker Kicker, Mevis. The large man with the massive leg blasted this magnificence proper down the center from 61 yards out to win the sport, and he put his complete foot into this one:
That had just a few yards to spare on it as properly, that’s NFL stage vary.
Not solely does that kick give Missouri their first win over a ranked opponent at house in a decade, however that kick additionally set information as properly:
The 61-yard area aim by @MizzouFootball to defeat Kansas State is the longest area aim in @SEC historical past. Earlier lengthy was 60, almost 40 years in the past in 1984.
— Chuck Dunlap (@SEC_Chuck) September 16, 2023
Good for Mevis and Missouri. Eli Drinkwitz wants to purchase Mevis a home with all that cash he makes.
