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With a new coordinator, new system, Mizzou's Lock hopes to thrive in final season

COLUMBIA, MO. • He made it look so easy. In his first college start, Missouri freshman quarterback Drew Lock coolly led Missouri to a home victory over South Carolina. The game plan that day, Oct. 3, 2015, was scripted for the rookie to make safe throws and lean on his running game. But greatness seemed imminent.

Watching the carnage unfold in Florida’s 21-3 win, Andy Lock hoped his son could make it off the field in one piece.

“I’ll never forget seeing him walk out of the locker room that night,” said Andy, a Mizzou offensive lineman in the 1980s.