Beau Pribula, Blake Shapen injury update: Missouri-Mississippi State QBs statuses revealed on Wednesday report

For just the second time ever, the Mississippi State Bulldogs head to Columbia to face the Missouri Tigers. Not a matchup we have seen too frequently since Mizzou joined the SEC due to divisions within the conference. Now, this will be the back-end of consecutive games between them.

Before taking the field, there are some injuries to deal with. Availability reports were released on Wednesday night, being the first of a few. Players can be listed as probable, questionable, doubtful, or out. Usually, changes do take place throughout the week.

Mississippi State and Missouri both have some key names popping up a few days before kickoff. You can check out the full injury report here.

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Questionable:
QB Blake Shapen
OL Albert Reese IV

Out:
S Isaac Smith
CB Jett Jefferson
DL Will Whitson
OL Brennan Smith
OL Blake Steen

Missouri Tigers

Questionable:
TE Brett Norfleet

Doubtful:
QB Beau Pribula

Out:
DE Langden Kitchen
K Blake Craig
QB Sam Horn

Kickoff from Faurot Field is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. CT. Missouri enters with a 6-3 overall record but 5-2 in SEC play. The Tigers have dropped three of the last four, effectively ending any chance of making the College Football Playoff. As for Mississippi State, Jeff Lebby‘s bunch is 5-5 and one win away from bowl eligibility. Getting a second SEC win of the season would tick off a box for the program.

Eli Drinkwitz discusses ‘playoffs or bust’ mentality

Eli Drinkwitz apparently has had enough with how some fans viewed college football seasons. Of course, the College Football Playoff is what everyone wants to achieve. But Drinkwitz spoke on the mindset of that being the only way to determine success.

“I talked about this at SEC Media Days, we gotta get out of this ‘Oh man, it’s playoffs or bust,’” Drinkwitz said on Tuesday night’s Tiger Talk radio show, via Joey Van Zummeren. “Yes, again, we’re shooting for the moon, we’re going to put our whole self into that, but only 12 teams make the Playoffs and we put ourselves in position in November to be there. Didn’t get it done, I got that. But if the season only counts for 12 football teams, and we got a 127 D1 football teams, that math’s not gonna math very well.

“Football is more than just the Playoff potential, and again, we were there, we didn’t get it done. But there’s a whole heck of a lot to be proud of, there’s a whole heck of a lot to play for. When I took over, we didn’t go to a bowl game, we (were under) NCAA probation, and ever since then, we’ve been going to bowl games. And there’s a lot of programs right now that would trade us spots. … So (we’ve) just got to keep on fighting, keep on believing, and we’re going to get ourselves back there. We’re going to bust through.”