The Missouri Tigers have their second bye week of the season and will not be in action this week. This gives the 6-2 squad a chance to breathe and refocus for the final stretch of the season.
Missouri’s season has been disappointing to an extent. The team was returning the bulk of its starting offense, including quarterback Brady Cook and wide receiver Luther Burden III. After starting the season 4-0, SEC play hasn’t been kind to the Tigers. They needed overtime to beat the Vanderbilt Commodores at home and required Cook to engineer a second-half comeback against the Auburn Tigers. Mizzou’s two road conference games have left a lot to be desired, losing to Texas A&M and Alabama by a combined score of 75-10.
Cook suffered an injury in the comeback win against Auburn, requiring the senior quarterback to go to the hospital before returning in the second half fo lead the Tigers to victory. He tried to give it a go against Alabama, but the lower-body injury proved too much for Cook to overcome, and he was replace by Drew Pyne early in the game.
Speaking to the media during the weekly SEC coaches’ teleconference this week, head coach Eli Drinkwitz updated the media on Cook, whom he expects to return this season.
“Brady has been in here every day, getting treatment. Absolutely expect him back this season. Right now, I have no update that would tell me I don’t expect him for today’s practice,” Drinkwitz said via On3.
Drinkwitz said that it’s not just the physical aspect, but the mental aspect that Cook is focused on improving during the bye. “Whole body. Mentally, physically. Everything has been beat up for eight weeks of the season. So we’re focused in on trying to treat the whole body and getting getting healthy. Spirit, soul, mind, body. All of it.”
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Missouri returns to action on November 9 when it hosts the Oklahoma Sooners for the first time since the Sooners joined the SEC. The former Big 12 foes have played 96 times since their first meeting in 1902 but haven’t faced off since 2011.
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