ARLINGTON, Texas — It took 40 minutes for Missouri to break out of its identity crisis — and it did so with guts and gusto. Offensively, the No. 9 Tigers were aimless, gainless and the opposite of painless for three and two-thirds quarters of Friday’s Cotton Bowl. But they weren’t out of the game because No. 7 Ohio State was suffering through the same bouts of pointless possession and led only 3-0 when the clock ticked under five minutes to go in the third quarter. Tick, tick, boom. After struggling to find the time to complete any sort of significant pass — he’d been sacked more times than co…