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Can we agree now we need a QB ?

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We had 45 yards passing going to the last drive -- then under 2 minutes we are running the ball right down the center of the field.
Zollers is not anywhere near ready to lead a SEC team going into next year. The staff did not even trust him in a meaning less bowl game.
Spend the money and go get a stud QB or with the schedule next season we will be lucky to win five games.
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Re: Can we agree now we need a QB ?

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Zoellers will be a good QB but he is still 2 years away. Remember he was third on depth chart and was not supposed to see the field this year or probably next year. We will hit the transfer portal and get someone established which will get Zoellers more time to develop.
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While he had a few brief moments that made me think he has potential, the program can't go into next season with him as the starter.
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rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:10 pm Zoellers will be a good QB but he is still 2 years away. Remember he was third on depth chart and was not supposed to see the field this year or probably next year. We will hit the transfer portal and get someone established which will get Zoellers more time to develop.
Zollers, even as a backup is a scary proposition based on what I've seen, he's strictly a drop back passer with little mobility. Better beef up that online if he's going to be your guy.
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Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
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11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
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stanw wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
Exactly this.

There is no reason Mizzou needs to tie its future to Matt Zollers. If Mizzou isn't in the hunt for a top 5-10 QB portal transfer, they are stupid.
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stanw wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
Yeah there's always exceptions just like winning the power ball.

Indiana and the rest of the non blue bloods aren't going to get a top QB out of the portal every season.

Everybody wonders why they can't be like Indiana.

I'll bet Purdue and Michigan St. are wondering why that can't be them.

At some point teams like Missouri have to be able to recruit and along with competent coaching develop a QB you can keep for two or three seasons and thrive.
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stanw wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
IN, like TT has a Billionaire writing checks to cover getting top football talent, both players and coaches.
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11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:30 pm
stanw wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
Yeah there's always exceptions just like winning the power ball.

Indiana and the rest of the non blue bloods aren't going to get a top QB out of the portal every season.

Everybody wonders why they can't be like Indiana.

I'll bet Purdue and Michigan St. are wondering why that can't be them.

At some point teams like Missouri have to be able to recruit and along with competent coaching develop a QB you can keep for two or three seasons and thrive.
They just did that with Brady Cook and had a nice competitive run. Pribula and Zollers have not shown they can be the guy. Go out and find someone that can be the guy.
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cardinalsfever44 wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:29 pm
stanw wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
Exactly this.

There is no reason Mizzou needs to tie its future to Matt Zollers. If Mizzou isn't in the hunt for a top 5-10 QB portal transfer, they are stupid.
I said all along they need to get a QB and create competition just like any other position.

Who else was going to start the game tonight?

Zollers gained some valuable experience tonight.

Like I said above everybody believes they can be the next Indiana but not every mid tier P4 or worse is going to get a top tier portal guy when the blue bloods can offer a lot more.
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11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:30 pm
stanw wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
Yeah there's always exceptions just like winning the power ball.

Indiana and the rest of the non blue bloods aren't going to get a top QB out of the portal every season.

Everybody wonders why they can't be like Indiana.

I'll bet Purdue and Michigan St. are wondering why that can't be them.

At some point teams like Missouri have to be able to recruit and along with competent coaching develop a QB you can keep for two or three seasons and thrive.
Just go out and get a proven QB, not some smuck who they think could be good, like Pribula. Quit going after what they call potential and get a guy who's proven he is the real deal.
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cardinalsfever44 wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:32 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:30 pm
stanw wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
Yeah there's always exceptions just like winning the power ball.

Indiana and the rest of the non blue bloods aren't going to get a top QB out of the portal every season.

Everybody wonders why they can't be like Indiana.

I'll bet Purdue and Michigan St. are wondering why that can't be them.

At some point teams like Missouri have to be able to recruit and along with competent coaching develop a QB you can keep for two or three seasons and thrive.
They just did that with Brady Cook and had a nice competitive run. Pribula and Zollers have not shown they can be the guy. Go out and find someone that can be the guy.
Cook was severly abused on his journry to being a servicable P4 QB, but was so tough he overcame it. Most QB's would have had severe injuries that would have limited their PT. Cook is a one off.
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Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:34 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:30 pm
stanw wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
Yeah there's always exceptions just like winning the power ball.

Indiana and the rest of the non blue bloods aren't going to get a top QB out of the portal every season.

Everybody wonders why they can't be like Indiana.

I'll bet Purdue and Michigan St. are wondering why that can't be them.

At some point teams like Missouri have to be able to recruit and along with competent coaching develop a QB you can keep for two or three seasons and thrive.
Just go out and get a proven QB, not some smuck who they think could be good, like Pribula. Quit going after what they call potential and get a guy who's proven he is the real deal.
Yeah sounds good but how many of those guys are there?

Damm few, and the blue bloods will the first ones at the bowl.

You didn't see Beck going to a previous P4 also ran last season like Indiana used to be did you?
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JackBolly wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:36 pm
cardinalsfever44 wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:32 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:30 pm
stanw wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
Yeah there's always exceptions just like winning the power ball.

Indiana and the rest of the non blue bloods aren't going to get a top QB out of the portal every season.

Everybody wonders why they can't be like Indiana.

I'll bet Purdue and Michigan St. are wondering why that can't be them.

At some point teams like Missouri have to be able to recruit and along with competent coaching develop a QB you can keep for two or three seasons and thrive.
They just did that with Brady Cook and had a nice competitive run. Pribula and Zollers have not shown they can be the guy. Go out and find someone that can be the guy.
Cook was severly abused on his journry to being a servicable P4 QB, but was so tough he overcame it. Most QB's would have had severe injuries that would have limited their PT. Cook is a one off.
I must have missed it where MU made the playoffs with Cook at QB.
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11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:38 pm
Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:34 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:30 pm
stanw wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:19 pm Yep parts of four games with no D1 experience hampered by having only one healthy starting receiver and his career is over.

How many bluebloods does MU have to outbid to get more than a serviceable QB as opposed to doing diligence to develop a highly regarded recruit?

Then you have to do that every season or outbid another suitor if he's eligible for another season here?
If Indiana or Louisville can go out and sign a top QB no reason Mizzou can not also. Indiana had the worse college football record over decades before they brought in a stud QB, 2 years in a row and they are in the college playoffs.
Yeah there's always exceptions just like winning the power ball.

Indiana and the rest of the non blue bloods aren't going to get a top QB out of the portal every season.

Everybody wonders why they can't be like Indiana.

I'll bet Purdue and Michigan St. are wondering why that can't be them.

At some point teams like Missouri have to be able to recruit and along with competent coaching develop a QB you can keep for two or three seasons and thrive.
Just go out and get a proven QB, not some smuck who they think could be good, like Pribula. Quit going after what they call potential and get a guy who's proven he is the real deal.
Yeah sounds good but how many of those guys are there?

Damm few, and the blue bloods will the first ones at the bowl.

You didn't see Beck going to a previous P4 also ran last season like Indiana used to be did you?
Money talks, if we gave $1.5M to Pribula, we should be able to find a decent who can throw the ball for that. Up it by $500k and we could have gotten Pavia and possibly a national championship. They're out there, but our scouting is subpar.
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