re: Mizzou fans, how's the QB situation?

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So they played the kid after all an pulled the redshirt?

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Despite what some others are saying, it was the logical thing to do. If Blaine Gabbert can be a top 10 pick after three years at MU, then this kid will be a lottery pick. He will be here three years, 4 max. Why waste one on a redshirt when he's the best backup QB option on the squad? You going to get as much, if not more, time from the kid on the field by NOT redshirting him. You redshirt him, then he backs up next year and likely starts for one and is gone. Play him this year and get him some experience (and standing with his team mates) and then compete next year for the #1 job, and you might get two years as a starter from him. Mauk is a team leader who's won a lot of games already at MU. Can't just kick him to the curb like some seem to think they should. Pinkel does not do that to his team leaders, for good reason.