COLUMBIA — The familiar jolt of electricity raced through the crowd as the clock ticked down to zero. Missouri quarterback Brad Smith took one final knee to seal the team’s second straight home win over Nebraska in 2005, and a vicious wave of black-and-gold came crashing onto Faurot Field.
Football victory tradition collapses
Friday, October 5, 2007 | 3:14 a.m. CDT;
updated 11:04 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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