Talking season is in full swing.
This week, SEC head coaches and player representatives are taking the stage at the conference’s media days in Atlanta. The event started Monday and will run through Thursday, when Missouri football’s ambassadors will take the stage bright and early to talk some Tigers.
Mizzou head coach Eli Drinkwitz is set to speak at SEC Media Days beginning at 8:05 a.m. CDT Thursday. The Tigers are bringing along center Connor Tollison, safety Daylan Carnell and defensive end Zion Young to meet with the media, too.
Most of what you hear at media days is canned and uniform: Team X’s players are progressing nicely and there is excellent competitive depth and they had a productive spring and the team chemistry is unlike anything you’ve ever seen and … stop us if you’ve heard any or all of this before.
There are still some interesting topics that will likely surface out of Atlanta, so here are some storylines to watch as Drinkwitz and company take the stage to represent Mizzou at SEC Media Days:
Quarterback competition, Sam Horn draft status
Look, it’s going to come up. And the Tigers’ quarterback room did just get a little more intriguing.
Beau Pribula and Sam Horn are expected to compete to be Mizzou’s starting quarterback this fall. Drinkwitz has been intent on letting this race run its course, meaning there is no set timeline for the Tigers to make a decision.
But the situation has shifted a little. Horn, a dual-sport athlete who also pitches for the MU baseball team, was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th Round of the 2025 MLB Draft on Monday.
Has Horn made a call, and has his draft situation changed anything about planning to play football in the fall? If not, are the Tigers any closer to making a call between him and Pribula?
The answer from the spring isn’t likely to…
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