Lock's redshirt

It don't matter no modem I don't agree with the decision but youre just wrong to flat out say a freshman qb won't be here in 3 years and to say if he RS he only starts one...

This is the urban legend for locks tenure. Of he only stays 3 Then everyone beats their chest. If he is here 4 then he sucks. If he doesn't start next year, Pinkel is clueless.

Literally if he is only here 3 years. A shite load of stuff has to happen for him to get more than one year as a starter. You guys just think it's easy to unseat a senior QB with 20+ wins for a sophomore. You might do it, in PlayStation. This isn't PlayStation though.

Right now if Lock is the sure fire nfl pick and is gone in three years, he is still guaranteed only one year to start. Same situation you're saying makes no sense to RS him because he would only have one year as a starter

Like I said it doesn't matter anymore..

But why can't you? Because not getting 2 series a game would stunt his growth somehow?

Lots of questions here, but here goes...

You can't redshirt him because he needs game time action if Mauk goes down. Also, yes, playing in actual games does further your development. Of course.

It's much harder to make a switch at QB than any other position. So yes, I believe they are trying to play the best players based on their evaluations. Not at QB though.

It's the GP way. He wants to win and Lock's development is pivotal if Mauk goes down and in 2016. Remember Mauk was injured last year but played through it. Lock will jump right in of Matty gets banged up. I also think playing him is another recruiting tool for kids. Playing all these freshmen will only help recruiting. "You are a great player, and if you earn it you will be playing next season in the Zou."

BYU already lost a starting qb and Ohio State was starting their 3rd stringer by the end of the season last year.

It was a tough choice for the staff but I can see the logic . Any of the quarterbacks on the roster are only 1 or 2 plays away from being the starter.

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GP did the absolute right thing.

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I could have gone either way on it, but yes. Pinkel made the right call.

Playing Lock now is a plus for the 2015 team, a plus for his readiness to produce from Day One as a starter, and a plus for recruiting high end athletes who want play immediately.

Everyone assumes Lock will want to leave after 2017, yet nobody mentions attending Missouri was the fulfillment of a life-long dream. Then he remained loyal when some of the glamour boy coaches tried to poach him.

I could easily see him remaining loyal to his teammates and goal of winning an SEC championship at Mizzou.

I will let you guys figure out whether it was a good idea on the redshirt issue. Now that he has played, here is how I would go about it, which means nothing I know.

I like Mauk and his big play ability. The starting job is his to lose. What I don't like about him is his lack of technique sometimes, and more times than not, it's all or nothing with him. We have way too many 3 and out's or very short lived drives with him. That has to change, he wears the defense out by not taking much time off the clock and letting them rest. The defense seems to be our strength and needs to be fresh as possible especially when we hit conference play.

Lock will play sparingly as this seems to be Pinkies proven gameplan. However, if I see Mauk continually struggle to put together time consuming drives and Lock shows he can, a decision needs to be made sooner than later. If Lock is truly the better QB (which I believe he is, just lacks the college experience) and shows he can listen to the coaches and run the gameplan to the teams benefit, he becomes the starting QB.

Again, I like Mauk, wish him the best, and hope it doesn't come down to this during the season. However, if he shows the most he can do is throw the long ball, which essentially takes half our offense away, the better route is to go with the QB who can utilize the whole offense in a more balanced attack. Mauk has shown he can do this on occasion, but on occasion isn't good enough when you have a stud young QB that can do it consistently.

There is no doubt who the QB of the future is. In the past, we really had no option after Mauk, we do now, and if he loses his starting job, it's his own damn fault. He has the ability to do the small things needed to be an all around, polished QB, but imho, for whatever reason, it just doesn't click with him on the priority of importance. Loyalty on Pinkies part only takes you so far in this game.

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Lock's redshirt

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What are things that don't exist for 100 Alec?


It's just gonna be weird seeing a kid who clearly doesn't need a couple of series a game to be ready to play, getting a couple of series a game to be ready to play. But hey we do what we do so why not right?

Sure it's gonna feel good to see him out there, see what he can do, and see him do it for just a little bit, but none of that feel goodism has a whole lot to do with actual need for playing him this year. OTOH, at least if the worst happens and he has some Brantley type incident, he'll still have a shirt year to use.

The surreal has nothing on COMO.

I second that Toby. The coaches have seen a lot of players come and go over the years. They may believe when Drew gets his year as the full time starter he will project as a first rounder and have the opportunity to be gone. Like Blaine Gabbert, Drew is a big, pro style pocket passer. The kind the NFL loves. He is not red shirt senior material.

At worst he serves as the back - up this year and then there is a qb competition in the spring. The medical redshirt is still there if needed.

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Seemed to be a controversial thing to the color commentator yesterday

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There's a reason these guys are not on the sidelines coaching.

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GP did the absolute right thing.

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Agree