Franklin to Start at OM

Meant to mention Singleton the other day when talking about DGB. Thought he was solid and made some plays.

The Missouri fan in me waiting to get kicked in the nuts says I'm not feeling so great about Franklin coming back without having truly worked some of the kinks out. Handing the ball off hardly counts but even that looked awkward though I wrote that up to the fact it was the scrubs in the game at the time. Assuming he's 100% or you wouldn't put him in, why not let him throw it a few times to make sure the timing with receivers is there. Instead, we get this quote which makes no sense to me. If anyone can explain, I'm all ears.

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“I didn’t really want him to throw the football, because he’d been throwing great in practice the past few weeks.”

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You didn't want him to throw because he's healthy and throwing great? Huh? So if he was throwing bad in practice he would have thrown in the game?

It's not that they didn't want him to throw, as much as they didn't want him to get hit. He could have played, if needed. But if you want him ready and 100% for our last 2 games, why risk him getting hit in a game where he's not needed?

They let him take snaps to get back in the rhythm, and they're satisfied with his progress in practice. So they didn't have him throw in the game.

I hear y'all and got no argument against any of it. I think it's just me looking for where that kick in the nuts will come from. I just hope his timing with the receivers is there from the get go. Taking even a half against OM to get the timing back might be too late.

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I just hope the guys don't go crazy off field and get into some trouble that would give us the gut punch.

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No one would do that with the kind of year were having. I think Pinkel and his staff have their guys dedicated and disciplined this year.