Brady Cook wasn’t going to let an ankle injury stop him on Missouri’s homecoming weekend. He wasn’t even going to let a trip to the hospital stop him.
The Tigers’ senior quarterback left midway through a matchup with Auburn to have an MRI exam and then returned to the field late in the third quarter. With Mizzou trailing 17-6, Cook engineered two fourth-quarter touchdown drives to deliver a memorable 21-17 comeback win.
“I came back, and I just knew, I just knew we weren’t going to lose this game. Not on homecoming. Not today. Not like this. We weren’t going to lose,” an impassioned Cook told the SEC Network after the win.
“Mizzou means so much to me,” Cook continued. “To come out here the first drive and get hurt, and to be down, to think I’m not going to come back in the game and then find a way and we just manifest it, we get it done and we fight, we fight, we fight and we win. I’m just emotional right now.”
Cook was hurt on the opening series of the game, and after his hospital trip, he also had a session in the nearby indoor practice facility, where Missouri coaches wanted to see whether his ankle could properly function.
“It was a long hour-and-a-half for sure. I did not think I was going to come back to play in the game. My stuff was off, my pads were off,” Cook said later. “Ultimately, I realized I had two-and-a-half games left to play in Faurot Field. We were going to find a way.”
Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz was choked up after the game talking about the heroics of his quarterback.
“For him to be out there, and for him to put his body on the line for us is
Chase Daniel, co-host of The Facility on FS1 and a former Mizzou QB, was among those watching — and he was blown away by Cook’s effort:
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