COLUMBIA, Mo. — "One of the great things about him is that he's not only a great football player, and makes a lot of plays, but is his personality. He's positive, he's upbeat, he's a team player. He's always giving congratulatory things toward his teammates.
“People have to step up. That's the name of the game all across the country. In my business, you cross them off and move on.”
Those quote are nearly 12 years old but they still apply this week. Those are all things former Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said in late October 2007, when safety Pig Brown’s All-American campaign was sideswiped by a ruptured Achilles’ tendon in the Tigers’ eighth game of the season.