pribula portal

[Armchair QB]

Ditto on the O Line. That HAS to be the absolute highest priority.

Zollers WILL be successful if he’s allowed 3-4 seconds to go through his reads and if he’s confident early he’ll only get better. If every other snap he’s got a D lineman or linebacker in his face virtually right after the snap, he’s not going to feel very confident back there.

And NO transfer QB will succeed with an O Line that leaks like a sieve.

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Ditto on the O Line. That HAS to be the absolute highest priority.

Zollers WILL be successful if he’s allowed 3-4 seconds to go through his reads and if he’s confident early he’ll only get better. If every other snap he’s got a D lineman or linebacker in his face virtually right after the snap, he’s not going to feel very confident back there.

And NO transfer QB will succeed with an O Line that leaks like a sieve.

Yeah, the pass pro was bad. But Pribula was fleeing even clean pockets, partly because he got a bit shellshocked. And his field vision when not under pressure was poor. And, of course, the play calling was such that opposing defenses knew when pass plays were coming because too often, the Tigers only passed when they had to. That has to change. Need more play action/deep shots, quick slants, quick outs on 1st down. With Hardy and perhaps Roberts still back there, those should be effective on 1st down.

[LCA1951]

Glad that BP made his decision early. This gives me a true reason to watch the Bowl Game. My desire is to see Zollers as the starter and not as a fill-in. Furthermore, he should see himself in the same way. Consequently, early insight into next season will be a result.

[hdhntr148]

with Hardy reupping to stay at MU IF your a top Olineman in Portal wouldn't you want to come to a U with the rep of MU, THE AA RB and all the success the running game has had plus opportunity for recognition? A great Name OC hire would help as well who is a stud closer in recruiting talent.

Zollers is the guy targeted to be starter next year maybe. But with all the bowl game reps in practice and game will have great idea of what he will be. Then you have the SP, summer workouts then fall camp. IMO they will bring in a guy who had real success from second tier program but won't command a huge contract that will compete but won't make Z uncomfortable as da man immediately. remember stars and HS accomplishments are nice but don't mean much once they get into the practice field.

Anyway it's all going to be an interesting portal season and then off season. Just hoping for a proven OC who will get the offensive juices flowing for us.

[acco40]

If Zollars starts next year we're in trouble, he's not ready.

No worry, Zollers will beat him out. I’ve never even heard of Zollars.

[jcgmoi]

Freshman OL Henry Fenuku entered the portal. Former 4-star, has his weight up to 300+, sounds like a player you'd really like to keep.

[MIDMOBIRDTWO]

Freshman OL Henry Fenuku entered the portal. Former 4-star, has his weight up to 300+, sounds like a player you'd really like to keep.

He wants to see if he can get top dollar. It is no longer college football, it is minor league football with better pay.

[onemizzou]

The OL in pass protection wasn't conducive to any kind of vertical passing game.

That and Pribula's inexperience as a pocket passer was apparently too much for Moore/Drinkwitz to overcome.

There was a time when a running game and great defense was enough but to reach the next level QB play is the key.

Drinkwitz has beaten the teams he should beat consistently with the old formula now he has to take the necessary step to beat the teams to make the CFP which is all anyone is going to measure success with from now on.

You have to have a pocket first when he had it he played fine. Once the Oline was exposed as not SEC caliber things went downhill. We can get any QB you want but they'll be running for their life.

Also, to anyone saying we may have to go to the portal for a QB if Zollers doesn't ball out in the Bowl Game aren't thinking clearly. We're going to the portal for some sort of QB no matter what. We're not going into next season with Gavin Sidwar as the #2 QB.

Finally, WE NEED MASSIVE OLINE HELP!! Does no one get that the only reason we won 11 games two years ago is because we had one of the best OLines since we came to the SEC. We had Foster, Delgado, Membou, and pre-injury Tollison on that line. That's three NFL talents and a very solid (at the time) young center. We need 4 olinemen in the portal and I don't mean depth pieces I mean starters. Is that going to happen, I highly doubt it. The offense next season is going to be shaky to say at best even if we do have a good QB because we have no receivers to throw to. You can't only throw to Olugbode. Maybe Norfleet won't get injured again and will finally have a breakout year.

Agree on the Oline of course, and if we don't have to spend 4 million on a QB then that goes a long way towards the Oline.

Im not worried about getting receivers, that's the least of my worries for next season.

The right QB cures a lot of ills.

As I said before if you don't get that right nothing else is going to matter.

I think that's a little backwards without an OLine I don't really care who you have at QB you're not going anywhere fast. That was proven this year. Look at OU, they had the great John Mateer and were pretty much a (bleep) offense like ours except we could run the ball (at least against 2nd tier defenses). What did they have in common with us? A bad Oline. They did have a good OC and some good receivers though and that made the difference.

Uh I'm well aware of the relationship between the Oline and QB.

But if I have to choose Id rather have a top flight QB and a suspect oline than the other way around.

Not to mention Mateer had been playing with an injured thumb on his throwing hand most of the season.

I believe Beau had an injured hand since the kU game. We had a suspect oline this year and you see what happened. Mateer isn't much better than Pribula but our line's pass blocking was borderline horrendous.

[11WSChamps]

The OL in pass protection wasn't conducive to any kind of vertical passing game.

That and Pribula's inexperience as a pocket passer was apparently too much for Moore/Drinkwitz to overcome.

There was a time when a running game and great defense was enough but to reach the next level QB play is the key.

Drinkwitz has beaten the teams he should beat consistently with the old formula now he has to take the necessary step to beat the teams to make the CFP which is all anyone is going to measure success with from now on.

You have to have a pocket first when he had it he played fine. Once the Oline was exposed as not SEC caliber things went downhill. We can get any QB you want but they'll be running for their life.

Also, to anyone saying we may have to go to the portal for a QB if Zollers doesn't ball out in the Bowl Game aren't thinking clearly. We're going to the portal for some sort of QB no matter what. We're not going into next season with Gavin Sidwar as the #2 QB.

Finally, WE NEED MASSIVE OLINE HELP!! Does no one get that the only reason we won 11 games two years ago is because we had one of the best OLines since we came to the SEC. We had Foster, Delgado, Membou, and pre-injury Tollison on that line. That's three NFL talents and a very solid (at the time) young center. We need 4 olinemen in the portal and I don't mean depth pieces I mean starters. Is that going to happen, I highly doubt it. The offense next season is going to be shaky to say at best even if we do have a good QB because we have no receivers to throw to. You can't only throw to Olugbode. Maybe Norfleet won't get injured again and will finally have a breakout year.

Agree on the Oline of course, and if we don't have to spend 4 million on a QB then that goes a long way towards the Oline.

Im not worried about getting receivers, that's the least of my worries for next season.

The right QB cures a lot of ills.

As I said before if you don't get that right nothing else is going to matter.

I think that's a little backwards without an OLine I don't really care who you have at QB you're not going anywhere fast. That was proven this year. Look at OU, they had the great John Mateer and were pretty much a (bleep) offense like ours except we could run the ball (at least against 2nd tier defenses). What did they have in common with us? A bad Oline. They did have a good OC and some good receivers though and that made the difference.

Uh I'm well aware of the relationship between the Oline and QB.

But if I have to choose Id rather have a top flight QB and a suspect oline than the other way around.

Not to mention Mateer had been playing with an injured thumb on his throwing hand most of the season.

I believe Beau had an injured hand since the kU game. We had a suspect oline this year and you see what happened. Mateer isn't much better than Pribula but our line's pass blocking was borderline horrendous.

I guess you're the only one who believes it because I never heard anything about a hand injury and apparently no one else has either.

If Mateer was our QB this season MU makes the playoffs.

I'm willing to bet Pribula has little success wherever he lands. My guess is a group 5 school.

[onemizzou]

The OL in pass protection wasn't conducive to any kind of vertical passing game.

That and Pribula's inexperience as a pocket passer was apparently too much for Moore/Drinkwitz to overcome.

There was a time when a running game and great defense was enough but to reach the next level QB play is the key.

Drinkwitz has beaten the teams he should beat consistently with the old formula now he has to take the necessary step to beat the teams to make the CFP which is all anyone is going to measure success with from now on.

You have to have a pocket first when he had it he played fine. Once the Oline was exposed as not SEC caliber things went downhill. We can get any QB you want but they'll be running for their life.

Also, to anyone saying we may have to go to the portal for a QB if Zollers doesn't ball out in the Bowl Game aren't thinking clearly. We're going to the portal for some sort of QB no matter what. We're not going into next season with Gavin Sidwar as the #2 QB.

Finally, WE NEED MASSIVE OLINE HELP!! Does no one get that the only reason we won 11 games two years ago is because we had one of the best OLines since we came to the SEC. We had Foster, Delgado, Membou, and pre-injury Tollison on that line. That's three NFL talents and a very solid (at the time) young center. We need 4 olinemen in the portal and I don't mean depth pieces I mean starters. Is that going to happen, I highly doubt it. The offense next season is going to be shaky to say at best even if we do have a good QB because we have no receivers to throw to. You can't only throw to Olugbode. Maybe Norfleet won't get injured again and will finally have a breakout year.

Agree on the Oline of course, and if we don't have to spend 4 million on a QB then that goes a long way towards the Oline.

Im not worried about getting receivers, that's the least of my worries for next season.

The right QB cures a lot of ills.

As I said before if you don't get that right nothing else is going to matter.

I think that's a little backwards without an OLine I don't really care who you have at QB you're not going anywhere fast. That was proven this year. Look at OU, they had the great John Mateer and were pretty much a (bleep) offense like ours except we could run the ball (at least against 2nd tier defenses). What did they have in common with us? A bad Oline. They did have a good OC and some good receivers though and that made the difference.

Uh I'm well aware of the relationship between the Oline and QB.

But if I have to choose Id rather have a top flight QB and a suspect oline than the other way around.

Not to mention Mateer had been playing with an injured thumb on his throwing hand most of the season.

I believe Beau had an injured hand since the kU game. We had a suspect oline this year and you see what happened. Mateer isn't much better than Pribula but our line's pass blocking was borderline horrendous.

I guess you're the only one who believes it because I never heard anything about a hand injury and apparently no one else has either.

If Mateer was our QB this season MU makes the playoffs.

I'm willing to bet Pribula has little success wherever he lands. My guess is a group 5 school.

You wouldn't hear it on this board but it was all over PM. Also, in a presser during Zollers starting Drink said that Zollers had gotten considerable time with the ones earlier in the season (before the Vandy game) because they weren't sure Beaus was going to be able to go. I didn't give the rumors much weight until I heard that statement. You look at how he threw the ball early in the season and then after the KU game and it's a different guy throwing the ball. We do not make the playoffs if Mateer is the QB. He's still getting hammered every other drop back. He didn't look so good against 'Bama in Norman (he didn't even look good in T-town either it was the turnovers that won zero-U that game).

[HoopsGuruII]

Pribula's biggest injury is between his ears! Enough said!

[11WSChamps]

The OL in pass protection wasn't conducive to any kind of vertical passing game.

That and Pribula's inexperience as a pocket passer was apparently too much for Moore/Drinkwitz to overcome.

There was a time when a running game and great defense was enough but to reach the next level QB play is the key.

Drinkwitz has beaten the teams he should beat consistently with the old formula now he has to take the necessary step to beat the teams to make the CFP which is all anyone is going to measure success with from now on.

You have to have a pocket first when he had it he played fine. Once the Oline was exposed as not SEC caliber things went downhill. We can get any QB you want but they'll be running for their life.

Also, to anyone saying we may have to go to the portal for a QB if Zollers doesn't ball out in the Bowl Game aren't thinking clearly. We're going to the portal for some sort of QB no matter what. We're not going into next season with Gavin Sidwar as the #2 QB.

Finally, WE NEED MASSIVE OLINE HELP!! Does no one get that the only reason we won 11 games two years ago is because we had one of the best OLines since we came to the SEC. We had Foster, Delgado, Membou, and pre-injury Tollison on that line. That's three NFL talents and a very solid (at the time) young center. We need 4 olinemen in the portal and I don't mean depth pieces I mean starters. Is that going to happen, I highly doubt it. The offense next season is going to be shaky to say at best even if we do have a good QB because we have no receivers to throw to. You can't only throw to Olugbode. Maybe Norfleet won't get injured again and will finally have a breakout year.

Agree on the Oline of course, and if we don't have to spend 4 million on a QB then that goes a long way towards the Oline.

Im not worried about getting receivers, that's the least of my worries for next season.

The right QB cures a lot of ills.

As I said before if you don't get that right nothing else is going to matter.

I think that's a little backwards without an OLine I don't really care who you have at QB you're not going anywhere fast. That was proven this year. Look at OU, they had the great John Mateer and were pretty much a (bleep) offense like ours except we could run the ball (at least against 2nd tier defenses). What did they have in common with us? A bad Oline. They did have a good OC and some good receivers though and that made the difference.

Uh I'm well aware of the relationship between the Oline and QB.

But if I have to choose Id rather have a top flight QB and a suspect oline than the other way around.

Not to mention Mateer had been playing with an injured thumb on his throwing hand most of the season.

I believe Beau had an injured hand since the kU game. We had a suspect oline this year and you see what happened. Mateer isn't much better than Pribula but our line's pass blocking was borderline horrendous.

I guess you're the only one who believes it because I never heard anything about a hand injury and apparently no one else has either.

If Mateer was our QB this season MU makes the playoffs.

I'm willing to bet Pribula has little success wherever he lands. My guess is a group 5 school.

You wouldn't hear it on this board but it was all over PM. Also, in a presser during Zollers starting Drink said that Zollers had gotten considerable time with the ones earlier in the season (before the Vandy game) because they weren't sure Beaus was going to be able to go. I didn't give the rumors much weight until I heard that statement. You look at how he threw the ball early in the season and then after the KU game and it's a different guy throwing the ball. We do not make the playoffs if Mateer is the QB. He's still getting hammered every other drop back. He didn't look so good against 'Bama in Norman (he didn't even look good in T-town either it was the turnovers that won zero-U that game).

Then how did OU make the playoffs?

MU had a better run game and a defense on par with OU's and arguably an easier schedule.

It's a different guy throwing the ball against much better defenses. That may have a lot more to do with him being ineffective than anything else.

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The OL in pass protection wasn't conducive to any kind of vertical passing game.

That and Pribula's inexperience as a pocket passer was apparently too much for Moore/Drinkwitz to overcome.

There was a time when a running game and great defense was enough but to reach the next level QB play is the key.

Drinkwitz has beaten the teams he should beat consistently with the old formula now he has to take the necessary step to beat the teams to make the CFP which is all anyone is going to measure success with from now on.

You have to have a pocket first when he had it he played fine. Once the Oline was exposed as not SEC caliber things went downhill. We can get any QB you want but they'll be running for their life.

Also, to anyone saying we may have to go to the portal for a QB if Zollers doesn't ball out in the Bowl Game aren't thinking clearly. We're going to the portal for some sort of QB no matter what. We're not going into next season with Gavin Sidwar as the #2 QB.

Finally, WE NEED MASSIVE OLINE HELP!! Does no one get that the only reason we won 11 games two years ago is because we had one of the best OLines since we came to the SEC. We had Foster, Delgado, Membou, and pre-injury Tollison on that line. That's three NFL talents and a very solid (at the time) young center. We need 4 olinemen in the portal and I don't mean depth pieces I mean starters. Is that going to happen, I highly doubt it. The offense next season is going to be shaky to say at best even if we do have a good QB because we have no receivers to throw to. You can't only throw to Olugbode. Maybe Norfleet won't get injured again and will finally have a breakout year.

Agree on the Oline of course, and if we don't have to spend 4 million on a QB then that goes a long way towards the Oline.

Im not worried about getting receivers, that's the least of my worries for next season.

The right QB cures a lot of ills.

As I said before if you don't get that right nothing else is going to matter.

I think that's a little backwards without an OLine I don't really care who you have at QB you're not going anywhere fast. That was proven this year. Look at OU, they had the great John Mateer and were pretty much a (bleep) offense like ours except we could run the ball (at least against 2nd tier defenses). What did they have in common with us? A bad Oline. They did have a good OC and some good receivers though and that made the difference.

Uh I'm well aware of the relationship between the Oline and QB.

But if I have to choose Id rather have a top flight QB and a suspect oline than the other way around.

Not to mention Mateer had been playing with an injured thumb on his throwing hand most of the season.

I believe Beau had an injured hand since the kU game. We had a suspect oline this year and you see what happened. Mateer isn't much better than Pribula but our line's pass blocking was borderline horrendous.

I guess you're the only one who believes it because I never heard anything about a hand injury and apparently no one else has either.

If Mateer was our QB this season MU makes the playoffs.

I'm willing to bet Pribula has little success wherever he lands. My guess is a group 5 school.

You wouldn't hear it on this board but it was all over PM. Also, in a presser during Zollers starting Drink said that Zollers had gotten considerable time with the ones earlier in the season (before the Vandy game) because they weren't sure Beaus was going to be able to go. I didn't give the rumors much weight until I heard that statement. You look at how he threw the ball early in the season and then after the KU game and it's a different guy throwing the ball. We do not make the playoffs if Mateer is the QB. He's still getting hammered every other drop back. He didn't look so good against 'Bama in Norman (he didn't even look good in T-town either it was the turnovers that won zero-U that game).

Then how did OU make the playoffs?

MU had a better run game and a defense on par with OU's and arguably an easier schedule.

It's a different guy throwing the ball against much better defenses. That may have a lot more to do with him being ineffective than anything else.

Hand injury my foot. He just plain sucked. And a hand injury doesn't account for happy feet, poor field vision and poor decisions.

[onemizzou]

The OL in pass protection wasn't conducive to any kind of vertical passing game.

That and Pribula's inexperience as a pocket passer was apparently too much for Moore/Drinkwitz to overcome.

There was a time when a running game and great defense was enough but to reach the next level QB play is the key.

Drinkwitz has beaten the teams he should beat consistently with the old formula now he has to take the necessary step to beat the teams to make the CFP which is all anyone is going to measure success with from now on.

You have to have a pocket first when he had it he played fine. Once the Oline was exposed as not SEC caliber things went downhill. We can get any QB you want but they'll be running for their life.

Also, to anyone saying we may have to go to the portal for a QB if Zollers doesn't ball out in the Bowl Game aren't thinking clearly. We're going to the portal for some sort of QB no matter what. We're not going into next season with Gavin Sidwar as the #2 QB.

Finally, WE NEED MASSIVE OLINE HELP!! Does no one get that the only reason we won 11 games two years ago is because we had one of the best OLines since we came to the SEC. We had Foster, Delgado, Membou, and pre-injury Tollison on that line. That's three NFL talents and a very solid (at the time) young center. We need 4 olinemen in the portal and I don't mean depth pieces I mean starters. Is that going to happen, I highly doubt it. The offense next season is going to be shaky to say at best even if we do have a good QB because we have no receivers to throw to. You can't only throw to Olugbode. Maybe Norfleet won't get injured again and will finally have a breakout year.

Agree on the Oline of course, and if we don't have to spend 4 million on a QB then that goes a long way towards the Oline.

Im not worried about getting receivers, that's the least of my worries for next season.

The right QB cures a lot of ills.

As I said before if you don't get that right nothing else is going to matter.

I think that's a little backwards without an OLine I don't really care who you have at QB you're not going anywhere fast. That was proven this year. Look at OU, they had the great John Mateer and were pretty much a (bleep) offense like ours except we could run the ball (at least against 2nd tier defenses). What did they have in common with us? A bad Oline. They did have a good OC and some good receivers though and that made the difference.

Uh I'm well aware of the relationship between the Oline and QB.

But if I have to choose Id rather have a top flight QB and a suspect oline than the other way around.

Not to mention Mateer had been playing with an injured thumb on his throwing hand most of the season.

I believe Beau had an injured hand since the kU game. We had a suspect oline this year and you see what happened. Mateer isn't much better than Pribula but our line's pass blocking was borderline horrendous.

I guess you're the only one who believes it because I never heard anything about a hand injury and apparently no one else has either.

If Mateer was our QB this season MU makes the playoffs.

I'm willing to bet Pribula has little success wherever he lands. My guess is a group 5 school.

You wouldn't hear it on this board but it was all over PM. Also, in a presser during Zollers starting Drink said that Zollers had gotten considerable time with the ones earlier in the season (before the Vandy game) because they weren't sure Beaus was going to be able to go. I didn't give the rumors much weight until I heard that statement. You look at how he threw the ball early in the season and then after the KU game and it's a different guy throwing the ball. We do not make the playoffs if Mateer is the QB. He's still getting hammered every other drop back. He didn't look so good against 'Bama in Norman (he didn't even look good in T-town either it was the turnovers that won zero-U that game).

Then how did OU make the playoffs?

MU had a better run game and a defense on par with OU's and arguably an easier schedule.

It's a different guy throwing the ball against much better defenses. That may have a lot more to do with him being ineffective than anything else.

I thinks it's as simple as they had a better OC. Certainly Pribula's injury factored into it as well.

[11WSChamps]

The OL in pass protection wasn't conducive to any kind of vertical passing game.

That and Pribula's inexperience as a pocket passer was apparently too much for Moore/Drinkwitz to overcome.

There was a time when a running game and great defense was enough but to reach the next level QB play is the key.

Drinkwitz has beaten the teams he should beat consistently with the old formula now he has to take the necessary step to beat the teams to make the CFP which is all anyone is going to measure success with from now on.

You have to have a pocket first when he had it he played fine. Once the Oline was exposed as not SEC caliber things went downhill. We can get any QB you want but they'll be running for their life.

Also, to anyone saying we may have to go to the portal for a QB if Zollers doesn't ball out in the Bowl Game aren't thinking clearly. We're going to the portal for some sort of QB no matter what. We're not going into next season with Gavin Sidwar as the #2 QB.

Finally, WE NEED MASSIVE OLINE HELP!! Does no one get that the only reason we won 11 games two years ago is because we had one of the best OLines since we came to the SEC. We had Foster, Delgado, Membou, and pre-injury Tollison on that line. That's three NFL talents and a very solid (at the time) young center. We need 4 olinemen in the portal and I don't mean depth pieces I mean starters. Is that going to happen, I highly doubt it. The offense next season is going to be shaky to say at best even if we do have a good QB because we have no receivers to throw to. You can't only throw to Olugbode. Maybe Norfleet won't get injured again and will finally have a breakout year.

Agree on the Oline of course, and if we don't have to spend 4 million on a QB then that goes a long way towards the Oline.

Im not worried about getting receivers, that's the least of my worries for next season.

The right QB cures a lot of ills.

As I said before if you don't get that right nothing else is going to matter.

I think that's a little backwards without an OLine I don't really care who you have at QB you're not going anywhere fast. That was proven this year. Look at OU, they had the great John Mateer and were pretty much a (bleep) offense like ours except we could run the ball (at least against 2nd tier defenses). What did they have in common with us? A bad Oline. They did have a good OC and some good receivers though and that made the difference.

Uh I'm well aware of the relationship between the Oline and QB.

But if I have to choose Id rather have a top flight QB and a suspect oline than the other way around.

Not to mention Mateer had been playing with an injured thumb on his throwing hand most of the season.

I believe Beau had an injured hand since the kU game. We had a suspect oline this year and you see what happened. Mateer isn't much better than Pribula but our line's pass blocking was borderline horrendous.

I guess you're the only one who believes it because I never heard anything about a hand injury and apparently no one else has either.

If Mateer was our QB this season MU makes the playoffs.

I'm willing to bet Pribula has little success wherever he lands. My guess is a group 5 school.

You wouldn't hear it on this board but it was all over PM. Also, in a presser during Zollers starting Drink said that Zollers had gotten considerable time with the ones earlier in the season (before the Vandy game) because they weren't sure Beaus was going to be able to go. I didn't give the rumors much weight until I heard that statement. You look at how he threw the ball early in the season and then after the KU game and it's a different guy throwing the ball. We do not make the playoffs if Mateer is the QB. He's still getting hammered every other drop back. He didn't look so good against 'Bama in Norman (he didn't even look good in T-town either it was the turnovers that won zero-U that game).

Then how did OU make the playoffs?

MU had a better run game and a defense on par with OU's and arguably an easier schedule.

It's a different guy throwing the ball against much better defenses. That may have a lot more to do with him being ineffective than anything else.

I thinks it's as simple as they had a better OC. Certainly Pribula's injury factored into it as well.

You forgot the better QB part.

[onemizzou]

The OL in pass protection wasn't conducive to any kind of vertical passing game.

That and Pribula's inexperience as a pocket passer was apparently too much for Moore/Drinkwitz to overcome.

There was a time when a running game and great defense was enough but to reach the next level QB play is the key.

Drinkwitz has beaten the teams he should beat consistently with the old formula now he has to take the necessary step to beat the teams to make the CFP which is all anyone is going to measure success with from now on.

You have to have a pocket first when he had it he played fine. Once the Oline was exposed as not SEC caliber things went downhill. We can get any QB you want but they'll be running for their life.

Also, to anyone saying we may have to go to the portal for a QB if Zollers doesn't ball out in the Bowl Game aren't thinking clearly. We're going to the portal for some sort of QB no matter what. We're not going into next season with Gavin Sidwar as the #2 QB.

Finally, WE NEED MASSIVE OLINE HELP!! Does no one get that the only reason we won 11 games two years ago is because we had one of the best OLines since we came to the SEC. We had Foster, Delgado, Membou, and pre-injury Tollison on that line. That's three NFL talents and a very solid (at the time) young center. We need 4 olinemen in the portal and I don't mean depth pieces I mean starters. Is that going to happen, I highly doubt it. The offense next season is going to be shaky to say at best even if we do have a good QB because we have no receivers to throw to. You can't only throw to Olugbode. Maybe Norfleet won't get injured again and will finally have a breakout year.

Agree on the Oline of course, and if we don't have to spend 4 million on a QB then that goes a long way towards the Oline.

Im not worried about getting receivers, that's the least of my worries for next season.

The right QB cures a lot of ills.

As I said before if you don't get that right nothing else is going to matter.

I think that's a little backwards without an OLine I don't really care who you have at QB you're not going anywhere fast. That was proven this year. Look at OU, they had the great John Mateer and were pretty much a (bleep) offense like ours except we could run the ball (at least against 2nd tier defenses). What did they have in common with us? A bad Oline. They did have a good OC and some good receivers though and that made the difference.

Uh I'm well aware of the relationship between the Oline and QB.

But if I have to choose Id rather have a top flight QB and a suspect oline than the other way around.

Not to mention Mateer had been playing with an injured thumb on his throwing hand most of the season.

I believe Beau had an injured hand since the kU game. We had a suspect oline this year and you see what happened. Mateer isn't much better than Pribula but our line's pass blocking was borderline horrendous.

I guess you're the only one who believes it because I never heard anything about a hand injury and apparently no one else has either.

If Mateer was our QB this season MU makes the playoffs.

I'm willing to bet Pribula has little success wherever he lands. My guess is a group 5 school.

You wouldn't hear it on this board but it was all over PM. Also, in a presser during Zollers starting Drink said that Zollers had gotten considerable time with the ones earlier in the season (before the Vandy game) because they weren't sure Beaus was going to be able to go. I didn't give the rumors much weight until I heard that statement. You look at how he threw the ball early in the season and then after the KU game and it's a different guy throwing the ball. We do not make the playoffs if Mateer is the QB. He's still getting hammered every other drop back. He didn't look so good against 'Bama in Norman (he didn't even look good in T-town either it was the turnovers that won zero-U that game).

Then how did OU make the playoffs?

MU had a better run game and a defense on par with OU's and arguably an easier schedule.

It's a different guy throwing the ball against much better defenses. That may have a lot more to do with him being ineffective than anything else.

I thinks it's as simple as they had a better OC. Certainly Pribula's injury factored into it as well.

You forgot the better QB part.

I didn't. They had two really good receivers though (and a good OC). I don't think Mateer is bad just not special at all, Alabama showed that. Beau wasn't great but given decent pass protection we could have had a 2023 type of season, I mean we did it with Brady Cook for chrissakes.