COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri's second bye week came at the perfect time for quarterback Kelly Bryant, who's nursing a strained right hamstring suffered on the team's second series in Saturday's loss at Kentucky. Bryant has been limited in practice this week but headed toward a full recovery, Tigers coach Barry Odom said on Wednesday's SEC conference call. Mizzou (5-3, 2-2 SEC) resumes its season Nov. 9 at No. 8 Georgia.
Bryant came up limping after a long scramble that was erased by a holding penalty but played the next seven possessions before he was lifted for backup Taylor Powell in the third quarter.