I’m guessing we won’t find out until Saturday, right about the time Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz shoots a text to ESPN’s college football injury update guru Pete Thamel, if Tigers quarterback Brady Cook will be able to take the field with a high ankle sprain on the road against Alabama.
Truth is, Drinkwitz may not know the answer to that question until Cook sees how he feels when he wakes up Saturday.
And there’s no point in rushing to an official decision, considering whatever element of surprise you can protect is a plus. (Remember how Mizzou was caught flat-footed at Texas A&M by preparing for the wrong quarterback before Aggies coach Mike Elko pulled a switcheroo.