Missouri didn't name a starting quarterback until after its Week 1 win over Central Arkansas last season. Even then, head coach Eli Drinkwitz wasn't given much of a choice — his hand was forced by circumstances beyond his control. Transfer Beau Pribula, who had never started a game in his previous three seasons at Penn State, was competing throughout the offseason with returning signal-caller Sam Horn, who'd thrown eight passes in his collegiate career ahead of the 2025 season. The battle for QB1 extended past the offseason and into Week 1, when Drinkwitz decided Pribula would start the first half, and Horn would start the second. The end of the battle never came to fruition, though, as Horn suffered a season-ending meniscus tear on his first play of the game. Missouri then had eight days between that game and its highly-anticipated rivalry matchup against Kansas. Drinkwitz believed the delay in naming a starter was a root of last season's shortcomings.…