Up 34-6 over Nebraska in the 4th quarter, Missouri faked a FG and scored a TD to stretch the margin to 41-6. If anyone has a reasonable explanation for running a fake FG up by 4 TD's late, please clue me in. The only half-ass ideas I have are: (1) they really wanted to run up the score on their Big 12 North rivals, (2) someone affiliated with the team placed a bet and took a REALLY bad spread (j/k), (3) they wanted to practice their fake in a game that counts or (4) they wanted to let people know that they are willing to run fakes in order to alleviate some pressure on their actual FG attempts.
The problem with (1) is that running that type of play in that type of game is generally frowned upon, and it might gain a little sympathy for Nebraska and detract slightly from the beatdown the Mizzou Tigers laid on the Cornhuskers.
Obviously, I wasn't serious about (2) and I can't imagine (3) is the actual reason. I would think it would be helpful to keep your fake in the bag until you really need it. I guess it's possible that this is not their best fake FG play and they wanted to showcase this one in preparation for running something else. But, it seems like any heightened awareness of potential fakes will take away from the effectiveness of the play.
So, that leaves me at (4). I'd love if someone would give me a bulletproof rationale for a play that was, superficially, a little bush-league.
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