Previewing Texas A&M at Mizzou on the 'All Things Mizzou' Podcast

Missouri football reporters give their thoughts on what the Tigers will have to do to take down the Aggies in Week 11.

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After the bye week, Missouri football reporters Joey Van Zummeren and Michael Stamps reconvened on the "All Things Mizzou" podcast to take a look at how the Tigers match up with Texas A&M, and give their expectations for Missouri men's basketball this season.

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Entering a matchup against No. 3 Texas A&M in Week 11, No. 22 Missouri still believes its goal of earning a bid in the College Football Playoff is still under its own destiny.

The math checks out — if Missouri is able to go undefeated and earn a win over the top-ranked teams in the country, the Tigers' resume would be pretty undeniable.

"If you would have told us when we started the fall camp that we would be ranked coming out of the second bye week with an opportunity for everything we want in front of us, we get to play a top-10 team at home, which everybody signed up for, we all said yes," head coach Eli Drinkwitz said in a press conference Tuesday. "So the opportunity that we wanted is right here, right now."

Missouri will just have to accomplish those goals without its starting quarterback Beau Pribula, who suffered a dislocated ankle injury in Week 9 against Vanderbilt. In his place will be true freshman Matt Zollers, who Drinkwitz has frequently declared as the "future" of the program.

"But the future is now," Drinkwitz said. "I think it's important for us not to put too high of expectations on that. He does not have to win this game by himself, he's got a really good core players around him."

Zollers showed plenty of promise in the four drives that he appeared in against Vanderbilt, completing 14 of his 23 pass attempts for 138 yards and a touchdown.

"The No. 1 talent that Matt has is his arm," Drinkwitz said. "I think the way the ball jumps off his hand, I think we all can see it. He's got a really good arm, arm talent. ... I think our team has a lot of confidence that he's going to be ready."

Missouri will take on Texas A&M at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The game will be broadcast on ABC.