BenFred: On Brady Cook, Sam Horn and a Mizzou QB competition that really isn't one
University of Missouri quarterback Sam Horn throws in the third quarter on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in a game against the University of South Dakot...

University of Missouri quarterback Sam Horn throws in the third quarter on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in a game against the University of South Dakota Coyotes at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch COLUMBIA, Mo. — This college football season's most overinflated quarterback competition seemed to end here Thursday night. It was hardly an offseason old. Brady Cook is Missouri's starting quarterback, Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz sounds prepared to declare sooner or later, and sooner might as well be later considering the dots Drinkwitz came oh so close to connecting after Mizzou's 35-10 win against South Dakota.