Honestly? Some really ugly play, bailed out by some really bad calls by the refs, some really boneheaded defensive plays by Nevada, and Gabbert looking slow of foot yet still benefiting from horrible pass coverage.
Not to mention Nevada fumbling on the one yard line and Mizzou taking it and driving 99 yards for the score...14 point swing.
Not to mention that TD pass was with a non-called illegal pick....But they still drove the entire field at that point and were likely going to score anyway
However... It was 3rd down and if the referees had gotten that call right (well who expects that now? ) then the penalty for a pick play is a loss of down and a 15 yard penalty, which would have held missouri to yet another field goal and would have made the score 24 to 13 rather than 28 to 13. That would have changed the complexities of that game a LOT.
Good call. My fault that I nullified the fact that was 3rd down. i'm