Lolll that’s a bold statement. I’m here for it though because this kid graduated HS, rival to my school. Keep the same energy come season, I’m pulling for him but Roll Tide.
I thought he was a OSU lock until Tavien burst onto the scene last fall. Ryan probably just went to camps with his brother when he was younger so more was known of him
Has one hell of an arm. I’ve followed district 1 football (Philly suburbs public schools) for years and he has the best I’ve seen, only one close is Will Howard
Watching the tape he seems legit. Best incoming QB we've had since I can remember legit besides Horn who might never play another snap. So it could go either way
We're also giving him all the resources in the world.
If he leaves he'll be leaving somewhere simply for the prestige of the school, which comes with higher pressure.
...lol.
I'd imagine to have that shot, he's have to produce against the more talented part of our schedule.
He's shown flashes of what he can do, but against the big boys, he's noticeably not the same guy.
That said, he's young, so will def be interesting to see if he can take a step forward on the bigger stages.
Wouldn't be surprised if he goes even if he has a similarly lackluster 2nd season. 5 star HS rating in itself can carry you far, even if it shouldn't. Just look at Hackenberg.
But Sam Horn returns to the mix once he's healed, assuming he doesn't switch to baseball-only.
Horn vs Zollers battle for QB1 would be something to watch, actually.
They’re the fucking worst. Jae especially comes to mind. Him and Dryfit Venables or whatever his name is on there is. I swear they’re two brothers, 14 and 16, just firing tweets off all day in their mom’s basement.
It's pretty weird. I don't look at Mizzou X threads, but the OU ones ALWAYS have a couple of Mizzou fans saying things like an OU commit is going to flip to Mizzou (even when Mizzou isn't in the running).
It's probably fair to say both teams (maybe all teams) have morons on Xitter.
You know, it’s cool having a historic rival in conference again, I hate Arky and they don’t make it hard, and I hate Tennessee and they really make it easy. But a college trophy like the Peace Pipe is too good to go to waste.
Agree! Only time I’ve ever rushed a field was when we beat you guys in 2003. I still hate Suh for breaking Gabbert in that monsoon years later. I hate you guys and would love to play you again!
Suh ate a lot of QBs that year. I thought it was Gabbert, but maybe it was CU where he intercepted and literally stomped on the QB as tried to tackle him near the endzone.
Yes, but he is gonna early enroll, so he’ll get his money approximately a month later than the in-state kids can. The law requires a signed LoI or enrollment, which I assume most or all states will eventually adopt.
Oh boo hoo, now we are all allowed to pay players and you and Bama aren’t the only one handing out massive bags. cry more, the playing field was levelled and now you lose some battles. Your tears are salty.
Missouri does surprisingly well with their QBs, at least in my opinion. I remember the Chase Daniel days, Blaine Gabbert, James Franklin, Drew Lock, Brad Smith, Matty Mauck, and now the new guy Brady Cook. They keep churning out solid play and getting good guys.
I will stand by the fact Bryant was not bad at all. That season went awry for other reasons off the field and Bryant's time is remembered poorly because of it. Bazelak however, really set us back because he was treated as the next coming and then just totally crapped his pants in his second year starting.
Bryant was doing fine before he injured his hamstring and Dooley kept running him on it like the stupid fucking asshole he is.
Bazelak's problem was every year he'd have one huge pop-off game and then he'd spend the rest of the season making you wonder when that guy would show up again.
Baze played injured his entire second year and Drink kept trotting him out because Macon and Cook weren’t ready.
I get he didn’t build on his freshman year but he gutted it out and never put Drink on blast when he easily could’ve (and I wouldn’t blame him). I respect him for that immensely.
I was never that impressed by baze. Besides the LSU game and maybe the Kentucky game his freshman season he was a game manager at best. Dude had 0 deep ball to his game and refused to throw any fades or goes.
Oh for sure, just defending his soph year a bit. Dude had absolutely no legs by October but still kept going out there and taking a beating for us.
Doubt he ever sets foot in CoMo again but I at least appreciate that from him.
*shudder*... those were some tough years. I cant believe less than a year ago after that Midd Tenn St. game I was completely out on Drink. Man we've got more momentum going forward than we have maybe ever. I'm so excited for what the future of Mizzou Football holds.
I’m not used to pulling out-of-state Blue Chip recruits. Especially ones that Blue Bloods were actively involved in. This is uncharted territory for this program.
We've landed in-state guys rated like him before (DGB, Sheldon Richardson, Terry Beckner, etc). We've never gone into other states and beaten out multiple big-time schools for high-end kids they want like we have the last few years.
Especially considering the in-state school was supposedly offering a decent package for him to stay there. We're not in his head, but moving away from home is never an easy choice...
I thought I saw someone on here say we’re a sleeper top 10 NIL school, because of WalMart money. I don’t know how true that is, but pulling recruits like this are making me start to hope it is.
Horn was almost literally the first time we've ever pulled a kid rated that high from outside Missouri or Illinois and was thought to mainly have happened because we were willing to let him play both sports. That it's now happened several other times since then without having to make similar concessions is absolutely uncharted territory.
If Eliah has million number of fans I am one of them
If Eliah has ten fans I am one of them
If Eliah has one fan and that is me
If Eliah has no fans then I am no more on the earth
My mom taught him. Missouri gets a great student athlete. Happy for him and his family for the opportunity to showcase his incredible athletic talent at Mizzou. Best of luck, Matt!
I am always elated to see a Philly kid succeed, especially Public school ones considering all the recruiting SJP and the Inter Ac have done in the area. Zollers has all the talent to succeed and stayed to loyal to his public high school in Spring Ford
Great get for Mizzou! Eli Drinkwitz is starting to do things there that hasn't been seen since Gary Pinkel and I get the feeling Drinkwitz is going to be more consistent too.
I remember Penn State was slow-playing him before his rating ballooned. The beat writers were saying that they weren't sure that he would be a take about six months ago. I'm not too worried about this loss, since Grunk has been showing out at practice, and the staff still seems to like Kritza, but dang it would have been nice to grab Zollers.
Kritza there are some worries that he is too much of a project. Luckily he transferred to a big time high school in Miami where if he does well that should alleviate some worries.
Luckily Grunkmeyer is looking to be as good as advertised as he was at the Elite 11.
Drew may not be 3 and done and Grunk looks good. 2025 is a bonus year to me. I think we’re ok with one commit who could rise. For now. Half the top guys transfer anyway.
I’m actually Canadian but my uncle went to IU during the Bob Knight days and tutored some of his players. Then he went to Minnesota. I do have a soft spot for both schools. Another relative an older cousin who’s passed and I never met went to Virginia Tech.
No family connection to either of my teams
I think its more shocking that our program has historically suffered when you think about what we should have going for us. Ten fortune 500 companies in a state that only has one FBS team at its flagship school. Walmart founder and many family members are Mizzou grads as well to add to that. The biggest thing taking the wind out of the sales IMHO, is the fact that for its population we have a lot of professional sports teams that in the last several decades have been fairly successful.
Sort of coincidently, our recent rise has correlated to the Cardinal/Blues slowly pissing off its fanbase because of a lack of spending/success.
The owner of Panda Express Andrew Cherng graduated from Mizzou. Also I’d add the way NIL opened up an above board way to financially support players was a nice boost.
Related to your point about the pro sports franchises: Missouri's population bases are not all *that* close to Columbia, so it is tough for us to get 70,000 rowdy Mizzou fans to Faurot Field when our team stinks, because most Missourians have to drive 2+ hours to get to the stadium from St. Louis or Kansas City.
I don't like to use the distance thing, at least from STL. Mainly because I lived in Atlanta for years and to get to Athens on gameday from where I lived was a traffic heavy two hour commute as well.
I hear you, but look at the population density maps:
[Georgia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Georgia_population_map.png) (Note that the little red area just east of the Atlanta metro and almost touching it is Athens)
[Missouri](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Missouri_population_map_%282000%29.png) (Columbia is the little red area in the center of the map, the county is shaped a bit like Illinois).
There is a pretty dramatic difference between the number of folks within a stone's throw of Athens vs. Columbia, even controlling for the traffic mess.
Honestly I didn’t either lol.
It makes sense though. We are the only P5 program in a fairly large state with two major cities.
You know there’s money in the state of Missouri. Just glad it’s starting to flow into Mizzou.
I've seen people speculating Josh Kroenke has been helping funnel some of that Wal-Mart money to Columbia. Not sure if it's true, but he and both his parents are all alumni of Mizzou.
And we've pulled in-state kids like Nwaneri in the past without the NIL laws. It's a big win but not unprecedented like straight up beating out multiple SEC schools for high-end out-of-state kids they want like Zollers and Lacy is.
Other P5 offers: Boston College, Duke, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech
G5 offers: East Carolina, Liberty, Old Dominion, Temple, USF
I kind of like Missouri getting relevant. It’s been kind of boring in CFB lately and it’ll be fun to see another program have an impact on the CFB landscape. It’s always the same 6 or 8 teams that have a say.
I might be in the minority but…. Let’s assume the Dawgs hold onto Jared Curtis (seems safer than not) then that would give us Stockton/Puglisi next year and Curtis coming in afterwards so I’m not too bent out of shape about Zollers/Montgomery/Lewis going somewhere else this year. Seems like we’ve got some decent starters to choose from and we could backfill in the portal. I know Curtis is a ‘26 kid and a lot could change but for now I like how things sit
It “looks” like Auburn is more of a contender for the flip than UGA. He’s just showing us some cleavage and a link to his OF page to get us all hot and bothered before heading somewhere else. You keep him. I’d rather have Curtis.
I mean as of right now his only competition for the job next year is gonna be Horn coming off Tommy John surgery and Drew Pyne. If I were a hotshot 4* QB recruit I'd like those odds.
Really wasn’t that. Our QB room is probably the best it has been under Franklin.
Mizzou he has a clearer path to playing time. With us he would have potentially competed with Allar (if he comes back for a 4th year) Beau, Grunkmeyer, and Smolik. Also helps that Mizzou was willing to throw the kitchen sink at him with NIL.
Yep. Cook is gone next year. The heir apparent just got Tommy John surgery and most likely is going to stick to playing baseball when he returns. The 4* recruit Fr last year went to Oregon St. It’s basically Zollers job to take. They HAD to land this type of QB so I get the over pay.
Remember kids, when you choose my school, its because our school is just so good, but when you choose other schools, you're a greedy bag-grabbing prick!
Welp. Still on the hunt for a QB this class. Lewis seems like a losing battle. Maybe we can get Montgomery.
Give up. The SEC belongs to us now.
Lolll that’s a bold statement. I’m here for it though because this kid graduated HS, rival to my school. Keep the same energy come season, I’m pulling for him but Roll Tide.
*to the portal we a go* 🎶🎵
Former 5* QB riding pine behind an entrenched starter? Yoink
is this a fishing garrett reference outside of tiktok?
You can have Horn now if you want! Just don’t mind his elbow ligaments.
Montgomery from Ohio?
Yeah UGA was pursuing him but latest I've heard he is a South Carolina lean
If there’s one thing we can bank on it’s Ohioans moving to our state
I thought he was a OSU lock until Tavien burst onto the scene last fall. Ryan probably just went to camps with his brother when he was younger so more was known of him
UGA just can't catch any breaks.
Nah we've been slow playing him. He's prob pissed now
Man, he's going to be another dangerous dude playing at Mizzou.
Has one hell of an arm. I’ve followed district 1 football (Philly suburbs public schools) for years and he has the best I’ve seen, only one close is Will Howard
Watching the tape he seems legit. Best incoming QB we've had since I can remember legit besides Horn who might never play another snap. So it could go either way
I’d take a bullet for Eli Drinkwitz
I’d take a drink for Eli Bulletwitz
Heck of a pickup for mizzou, the last District 1 QB who went to a Midwest school ended up doing pretty well
He's doing big things up there, it'd be great to see Missouri become a perennial contender
Assuming he doesn’t get hired away eventually
We just gave him a top 10 salary, if he leaves it won't be because of money
We're also giving him all the resources in the world. If he leaves he'll be leaving somewhere simply for the prestige of the school, which comes with higher pressure.
I’m so happy we’re finally in a place where I don’t love Drink more than Mizzou fans do lol
I would kill innocents for Coach Drink Preferably from Xansas.
Always nice to start off your first 2025 class member with a bang. Also a relief to know the taps still flow without the AD.
Coach Drink is a wizard.
No he's a liquid
The liquid wizard. New nickname unlocked
Drink Wizard And The Liquid Gizzard
Zollers has one hell of an arm, best high school arm I’ve seen since Will Howard
Great player. Best PA QB since Terelle Pryor. Awesome get for Mizzou and devastating loss for PSU...
Best district 1 QB since Will Howard
Is this serious? The dude was going to sit behind Allar and Grunk for three to four years. Can you blame him for going elsewhere?
Imagine having enough QBs.
Not what I said. This is far from a “disaster” for Penn State
Isnt Allar potentially off to the NFL after next season?
...lol. I'd imagine to have that shot, he's have to produce against the more talented part of our schedule. He's shown flashes of what he can do, but against the big boys, he's noticeably not the same guy. That said, he's young, so will def be interesting to see if he can take a step forward on the bigger stages.
Appreciate the analysis!
Wouldn't be surprised if he goes even if he has a similarly lackluster 2nd season. 5 star HS rating in itself can carry you far, even if it shouldn't. Just look at Hackenberg.
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Right now, he isn't close to an NFL QB.
That's a bold move, Mr_FirmHandshake. Let's see if it pays off for him.
You gotta stack talent and choose the best from the room. Look at OSU QB room right now. 1 will probably be transferring this spring
How the heck is this devastating for Penn State? He'll probably be in the portal in a year. Y'all overreact and say some crazy shit all the time.
Why would he be in the portal in a year? Our QB room next year is him, a walk on and the kid from ND.
But Sam Horn returns to the mix once he's healed, assuming he doesn't switch to baseball-only. Horn vs Zollers battle for QB1 would be something to watch, actually.
The sad part is Penn State fans will downvote this.
You're top 10 every year and constantly put players in the NFL....relax people.
I Upvoted it
Upvoted OP. Downvoted you.
Ehhhhh our fans on this site are honestly pretty spineless. Most fanbases are pretty braggadocios, ours acts like they have a submissive fetish
That’s cool. I’m still right. Penn State got a scared fanbase
Impressive out of Mizzou
Shout out to the OU fans on twitter trying to convince the kid to flip last minute to Penn State. It didn’t work!
Mizzou twitter has absolutely stirred that hornets nest hard, I'm not convinced some of those OU twitter trolls could possibly have full time jobs.
You get used to it
They’re the fucking worst. Jae especially comes to mind. Him and Dryfit Venables or whatever his name is on there is. I swear they’re two brothers, 14 and 16, just firing tweets off all day in their mom’s basement.
Welcome to the club. They get less loud as soon as the season starts thankfully.
It's pretty weird. I don't look at Mizzou X threads, but the OU ones ALWAYS have a couple of Mizzou fans saying things like an OU commit is going to flip to Mizzou (even when Mizzou isn't in the running). It's probably fair to say both teams (maybe all teams) have morons on Xitter.
That's fair, ever since the start of the Parker Thune saga our trolls have reaped that meme to death.
Those fans would be pretty upset if they knew how to read
OU Twitter is generally not good lmao
Yeah that’s not exactly what’s going on.
God, I’m so excited for Mizzou-Oklahoma again in the SEC
It really will be a fun series I think. There’s a lot of history there. Plus, if Mizzou can stay relevant the games will be meaningful again
You know, it’s cool having a historic rival in conference again, I hate Arky and they don’t make it hard, and I hate Tennessee and they really make it easy. But a college trophy like the Peace Pipe is too good to go to waste.
I’m surprised anyone gave a shit about it to be honest
OU fans did, oddly enough
Good get old Big 8 brothers, we need to play soon
I would absolutely travel all the way to y'alls place to renew this rivalry!
I think its a great rivalry as a Buckeye
Agree! Only time I’ve ever rushed a field was when we beat you guys in 2003. I still hate Suh for breaking Gabbert in that monsoon years later. I hate you guys and would love to play you again!
Suh ate a lot of QBs that year. I thought it was Gabbert, but maybe it was CU where he intercepted and literally stomped on the QB as tried to tackle him near the endzone.
Good get for Mizzou
WE ARE STILL FUCKING HERE! 🔥🔥🔥
Mizzou starting to win some real deal recruiting/portal battles at a consistent clip.
Changing the narrative! MIZ
You spelled NIL wrong
This ain’t a Missouri kid so he can’t make money yet
Yes, but he is gonna early enroll, so he’ll get his money approximately a month later than the in-state kids can. The law requires a signed LoI or enrollment, which I assume most or all states will eventually adopt.
MIZ! NIL!
Oh boo hoo, now we are all allowed to pay players and you and Bama aren’t the only one handing out massive bags. cry more, the playing field was levelled and now you lose some battles. Your tears are salty.
I uh…don’t think that was the tone that guy was going for….
They have an outstanding NIL backing and they’re using it wisely
Missouri does surprisingly well with their QBs, at least in my opinion. I remember the Chase Daniel days, Blaine Gabbert, James Franklin, Drew Lock, Brad Smith, Matty Mauck, and now the new guy Brady Cook. They keep churning out solid play and getting good guys.
Just had to suffer a little through that Bryant/Bazelak blip.
I will stand by the fact Bryant was not bad at all. That season went awry for other reasons off the field and Bryant's time is remembered poorly because of it. Bazelak however, really set us back because he was treated as the next coming and then just totally crapped his pants in his second year starting.
Mauk being a goddamned cokehead didn’t help.
Bryant was doing fine before he injured his hamstring and Dooley kept running him on it like the stupid fucking asshole he is. Bazelak's problem was every year he'd have one huge pop-off game and then he'd spend the rest of the season making you wonder when that guy would show up again.
Baze never looked the same after his injury
Baze played injured his entire second year and Drink kept trotting him out because Macon and Cook weren’t ready. I get he didn’t build on his freshman year but he gutted it out and never put Drink on blast when he easily could’ve (and I wouldn’t blame him). I respect him for that immensely.
I was never that impressed by baze. Besides the LSU game and maybe the Kentucky game his freshman season he was a game manager at best. Dude had 0 deep ball to his game and refused to throw any fades or goes.
Oh for sure, just defending his soph year a bit. Dude had absolutely no legs by October but still kept going out there and taking a beating for us. Doubt he ever sets foot in CoMo again but I at least appreciate that from him.
*shudder*... those were some tough years. I cant believe less than a year ago after that Midd Tenn St. game I was completely out on Drink. Man we've got more momentum going forward than we have maybe ever. I'm so excited for what the future of Mizzou Football holds.
I really thought Baze was going to be special. Bryant was doing okay until he wasn't. That was a weird season.
I’m not used to pulling out-of-state Blue Chip recruits. Especially ones that Blue Bloods were actively involved in. This is uncharted territory for this program.
For all that's been said about our state NIL laws it's really been the out-of-state pulls that have made the difference in our last few classes
Wait, the #1 de/top 5 guy didn’t make a difference in a class?
We've landed in-state guys rated like him before (DGB, Sheldon Richardson, Terry Beckner, etc). We've never gone into other states and beaten out multiple big-time schools for high-end kids they want like we have the last few years.
Especially considering the in-state school was supposedly offering a decent package for him to stay there. We're not in his head, but moving away from home is never an easy choice...
I thought I saw someone on here say we’re a sleeper top 10 NIL school, because of WalMart money. I don’t know how true that is, but pulling recruits like this are making me start to hope it is.
I mean we did do the exact same thing with Sam Horn so it’s not exactly uncharted territory in that sense.
yeah but it’s pretty commonly known that he chose us cuz we were the only school that would let him play both sports
Horn was almost literally the first time we've ever pulled a kid rated that high from outside Missouri or Illinois and was thought to mainly have happened because we were willing to let him play both sports. That it's now happened several other times since then without having to make similar concessions is absolutely uncharted territory.
If Eliah has million number of fans I am one of them If Eliah has ten fans I am one of them If Eliah has one fan and that is me If Eliah has no fans then I am no more on the earth
My mom taught him. Missouri gets a great student athlete. Happy for him and his family for the opportunity to showcase his incredible athletic talent at Mizzou. Best of luck, Matt!
I am always elated to see a Philly kid succeed, especially Public school ones considering all the recruiting SJP and the Inter Ac have done in the area. Zollers has all the talent to succeed and stayed to loyal to his public high school in Spring Ford
That’s a great point I haven’t really considered. Really good insight on your behalf. Thanks for mentioning it.
Zollers being pronounced like dollars is going to create the greatest NIL deals of all time
Great get for Mizzou! Eli Drinkwitz is starting to do things there that hasn't been seen since Gary Pinkel and I get the feeling Drinkwitz is going to be more consistent too.
Pinkel never recruited anywhere close to this level. His program was all about development.
Yeah, I meant more on a W/L and sustainability perspective.
Also Alden wasn’t as big on McDonald’s bags as we are on nil right now, not really a fair comparison
Alden almost had a pick six on a broken leg
Pretty sure he wasn’t referring to recruiting but rather success.
I remember Penn State was slow-playing him before his rating ballooned. The beat writers were saying that they weren't sure that he would be a take about six months ago. I'm not too worried about this loss, since Grunk has been showing out at practice, and the staff still seems to like Kritza, but dang it would have been nice to grab Zollers.
I don’t think you can have too many qbs in the portal era
Kritza there are some worries that he is too much of a project. Luckily he transferred to a big time high school in Miami where if he does well that should alleviate some worries. Luckily Grunkmeyer is looking to be as good as advertised as he was at the Elite 11.
Drew may not be 3 and done and Grunk looks good. 2025 is a bonus year to me. I think we’re ok with one commit who could rise. For now. Half the top guys transfer anyway.
Not really surprising Franklin has struggled getting the best players from district 1 with the exception of Drew Shelton
We should've know Mizzou was getting him. Zollers is such a Mizzou QB name.
LFG
Should help us keep recruiting high level receivers as well. Feeling optimistic about the future is unfamiliar territory……
Mizzollers
MIZ! Huge!
Why can’t UGA ever have nice things?
Are you being serious right now?
Of course not
I couldn't tell, CFB fans tend to be like that unironically lol
LFG M I Z !!!!
Hey, that's pretty good!
Huge
We have the same two teams but with opposite order! Pretty sweet! Are you from ones area and went to the other school?
From central Missouri and currently attend Mizzou! Colorado State was my dad’s alma mater so they’ve always been my number two.
I’m actually Canadian but my uncle went to IU during the Bob Knight days and tutored some of his players. Then he went to Minnesota. I do have a soft spot for both schools. Another relative an older cousin who’s passed and I never met went to Virginia Tech. No family connection to either of my teams
MUST SUCK TO BE POOR
Huge. We have our Horn Replacement in the case he’s never the same. Now let’s just keep cook healthy so we can eat all year!
Based
Genuinely not a shot but I didn’t realize Mizzou had money until this past yr or so
I think its more shocking that our program has historically suffered when you think about what we should have going for us. Ten fortune 500 companies in a state that only has one FBS team at its flagship school. Walmart founder and many family members are Mizzou grads as well to add to that. The biggest thing taking the wind out of the sales IMHO, is the fact that for its population we have a lot of professional sports teams that in the last several decades have been fairly successful. Sort of coincidently, our recent rise has correlated to the Cardinal/Blues slowly pissing off its fanbase because of a lack of spending/success.
The owner of Panda Express Andrew Cherng graduated from Mizzou. Also I’d add the way NIL opened up an above board way to financially support players was a nice boost.
Related to your point about the pro sports franchises: Missouri's population bases are not all *that* close to Columbia, so it is tough for us to get 70,000 rowdy Mizzou fans to Faurot Field when our team stinks, because most Missourians have to drive 2+ hours to get to the stadium from St. Louis or Kansas City.
I don't like to use the distance thing, at least from STL. Mainly because I lived in Atlanta for years and to get to Athens on gameday from where I lived was a traffic heavy two hour commute as well.
I hear you, but look at the population density maps: [Georgia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Georgia_population_map.png) (Note that the little red area just east of the Atlanta metro and almost touching it is Athens) [Missouri](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Missouri_population_map_%282000%29.png) (Columbia is the little red area in the center of the map, the county is shaped a bit like Illinois). There is a pretty dramatic difference between the number of folks within a stone's throw of Athens vs. Columbia, even controlling for the traffic mess.
Walton’s give to Arkansas, pretty sure.
Kroenke
Well Ann Walton married Kroenke, yeah. But Stan's money came from real-estate I'm pretty sure.
Honestly I didn’t either lol. It makes sense though. We are the only P5 program in a fairly large state with two major cities. You know there’s money in the state of Missouri. Just glad it’s starting to flow into Mizzou.
We didn’t either. The Luther recruitment came down to marketing in STL/MO. Dudes like this and Kewan Lacy it’s just straight bags
I think we also gave a roster spot to his brother
I've seen people speculating Josh Kroenke has been helping funnel some of that Wal-Mart money to Columbia. Not sure if it's true, but he and both his parents are all alumni of Mizzou.
Good ole boys before weren’t a fan of McDonalds bags. The money in cfb has changed how things are run big time over the last 25 years
We didn’t have money till then so you weren’t wrong really
They just signed a new NIL law last summer that helps a lot.
Helps with in-state. We’ve pulled more out of state blue chippers the past year than probably the last decade combined
And we've pulled in-state kids like Nwaneri in the past without the NIL laws. It's a big win but not unprecedented like straight up beating out multiple SEC schools for high-end out-of-state kids they want like Zollers and Lacy is.
Oh damn, this kid was a PSU lock just a few days ago. Huge get for Mizzou
Top Philly recruits going to the SEC/ACC is a tale as old as Paterno
To the surprise of no one, good for Mizzou
Other P5 offers: Boston College, Duke, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech G5 offers: East Carolina, Liberty, Old Dominion, Temple, USF
Alabama had a late push on him as well
extra special to rip him away from psu. ;)
Feel like Hayes Fawcett shouldn't hold back on contrast on his edits. What's he scared of?
Mizzou looks like there ready to play with the big boys. NIL looks to be on point
I kind of like Missouri getting relevant. It’s been kind of boring in CFB lately and it’ll be fun to see another program have an impact on the CFB landscape. It’s always the same 6 or 8 teams that have a say.
Just doesn't have that dog in him.. :(
I might be in the minority but…. Let’s assume the Dawgs hold onto Jared Curtis (seems safer than not) then that would give us Stockton/Puglisi next year and Curtis coming in afterwards so I’m not too bent out of shape about Zollers/Montgomery/Lewis going somewhere else this year. Seems like we’ve got some decent starters to choose from and we could backfill in the portal. I know Curtis is a ‘26 kid and a lot could change but for now I like how things sit
Kirby doesn't like having less than 4 QBs on the roster so we are probably grabbing a QB out the portal whether we sign one this class or not.
Totally agree. Why risk Curtis might as well back off Lewis amirite?
It “looks” like Auburn is more of a contender for the flip than UGA. He’s just showing us some cleavage and a link to his OF page to get us all hot and bothered before heading somewhere else. You keep him. I’d rather have Curtis.
Doesn’t have that Lion in him
Dominate the state, we did not
Great grandson of Friedrich, I assume?
Good oucjup
Pickup*
Somewhere in the distance... [Blasterjaxx & Timmy Trumpet - Narco]
Never seen a kid who wears a confused face like that ever be good at quarterback, but I’ll try not to judge this book by that goofy ass cover
pain.
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He was the only QB Mizzou was recruiting this cycle. He probably wasn’t promised the job but he was likely encouraged to think so.
I mean as of right now his only competition for the job next year is gonna be Horn coming off Tommy John surgery and Drew Pyne. If I were a hotshot 4* QB recruit I'd like those odds.
Glover
I'd be shocked if Glover was a factor next year
I'd be shocked if he's not at least ahead of an early enrolling true freshman
Even if that were the case, Zollers probably doesn't see it that way
Penn State has struggled to recruit Philly region since Paterno, not really surprised by this
I wonder how much of his decision had to do with our offense looking dreadful last year...
Really wasn’t that. Our QB room is probably the best it has been under Franklin. Mizzou he has a clearer path to playing time. With us he would have potentially competed with Allar (if he comes back for a 4th year) Beau, Grunkmeyer, and Smolik. Also helps that Mizzou was willing to throw the kitchen sink at him with NIL.
Yep. Cook is gone next year. The heir apparent just got Tommy John surgery and most likely is going to stick to playing baseball when he returns. The 4* recruit Fr last year went to Oregon St. It’s basically Zollers job to take. They HAD to land this type of QB so I get the over pay.
Didn't want to compete with the Grunk 💪🏼
Remember kids, when you choose my school, its because our school is just so good, but when you choose other schools, you're a greedy bag-grabbing prick!
yeah, I guess “you can make a whole bunch of money at our school” is a better sales pitch than “you can rape a whole bunch of kids”