COLUMBIA, Mo. — Brady Cook knows what a loss would have meant for Missouri's football team.
The quarterback and linchpin to No. 19 Mizzou’s 21-17 comeback win over Auburn on Saturday is why it happened. He’s not immune to why it mattered.
“We lose that game, the rest of our season looks a little different,” Cook said. “I recognized that.”
It’s part of why he came back from an ankle injury that knocked him out of the game, leading to a midgame hospital visit, before returning to lead MU’s rally. The stakes were high because the margin for error is slim.