COLUMBIA, Mo. — Brady Cook doesn’t look like Brady Cook.
Yes, sure, Cook and the No. 7 Missouri Tigers won Saturday at home — albeit in two overtimes — against Vanderbilt, 30-27. Great. They defeated a team they were favored by 18½ points against. But the bigger issue coming out of the win is the Tigers’ quarterback, who missed deep passes (yet again), struggled on key passes, looked tentative at times and didn’t have the explosiveness in his legs to escape for run yards.
No, I haven’t lost faith in Cook. Guy already is a Mizzou legend and his passion to win — and to improve — is at an elite level.