It’s tough to trap Missouri football linebacker Josiah Trotter. Auburn running back Jeremiah Cobb can tell you all about that.

On the final play of MU’s 23-17, double-overtime win over Auburn on Saturday night in Jordan-Hare Stadium, Cobb picked up the block on Trotter on fourth-and-8. Well, Cobb tried to pick it up.

Trotter, with one person between him and the QB, made a call: “Eff it, I’m just going to do it.”

Do it, Trotter did — jumping over the tailback and helping pressure quarterback Jackson Arnold into a last-gasp dump off to an offensive lineman, who made it a few yards before hitting the deck to end the game. There’s not much stopping Trotter.

But the emerging star at linebacker knows there’s one quick way to be “behind the eight-ball” this upcoming weekend. Need a news br

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