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Yes, Missouri football likely needs Brady Cook back and healthy to be consistently successful down the stretch.
But plenty of the teams left on the Tigers’ schedule — beginning this Saturday against Oklahoma — are plenty flawed if they need to go to a backup plan.
Mizzou listed Cook, the team’s third-year starting quarterback, as questionable on its Wednesday availability report, which means his participation is in doubt for the second straight game. Cook is likely to be questionable to play all the way up until kickoff Saturday evening, as he was at Alabama.
Without their starter, the Tigers (6-2, 2-2 SEC) have struggled to maintain drives and avoid giveaways. Backup Drew Pyne has led 13 drives from start to finish in his past two relief appearances, with five possessions resulting in turnovers and one drive — a field goal versus Auburn — ending in points.
OU (5-4, 1-4) has just one win in conference play — which Auburn coughed up with late turnovers back in September — as offensive struggles have hit the Sooners in their first year as an SEC member. OU, after facing Mizzou in Columbia for the first time in 13 years, must face Alabama at home and LSU on the road to close the season.
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But Mizzou could be up against it if availability remains an issue at quarterback.
Cook or no Cook, here are three other areas that are important to success heading into the Tigers’ game against the Sooners:
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Alabama schemed it up perfectly. With Cook out of the game, no passing attack to speak of and Missouri’s top running back (and most versatile rusher) not on the…
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Author : Columbia Daily Tribune
Publish date : 2024-11-08 09:06:27
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