Missouri is all too familiar with the consequences of an unreliable kicking game.

Grant Ressel struggled mightily last year, converting on just nine of his 16 attempts. Perhaps no miss did more damage than against Arizona State, where Ressel’s 48-yard attempt with 12 seconds left went astray. The Tigers would go on to lose in overtime.

Trey Barrow, who had been in charge of punting duties, took over for Ressel and went 7-of-9 place kicking on the year.

With Ressel graduated, redshirt freshman Andrew Baggett and Barrow, a redshirt senior, competed to earn the starting kicker nod.

Each kicker had his fair share of struggles throughout camp, most notably last week during the team’s final preseason scrimmage.

Baggett and Barrow each made just three of their seven field goals attempts. They each converted from the same distances (38, 36, 43) and missed from the same four distances (40, 45, 32, 39) as well.

“We’re not competing there as well or as consistent as we want,” Pinkel said of the kicker competition.

A “disappointed” Pinkel said the team went through this last year and knows what it’s like for “Missouri to beat Missouri.”

Altogether through the three scrimmages, Baggett finished 11-of-19 while Barrow was 14-of-18.

After assessing the two during practice on Tuesday and Wednesday, Pinkel planned to decide on a starter at Thursday’s staff meeting.

At the time of publication, the winner of the job had not yet been named.

The starting nod is by no means permanent; Pinkel has said it will be assessed on a game-by-game basis. Pinkel, though, has stated that much like the quarterback position, kicker is not a spot he’d like to see multiple people playing.