Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz dismisses idea that Conner Weigman could start for Texas A&M football: “Semantics… I don’t see them going back.”
Rumors have begun to swirl about Texas A&M football possibly returning to their original quarterback choice in Conner Weigman, as no. 15’s health appears to be on the upswing. Mike Elko mentioned today that Weigman was back to throwing in practice, which is a big step towards getting him back.
However, not everyone is a fan of that prospect—and some are simply dismissing it out of hand. Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz is one in that latter camp, as he made clear in his presser yesterday.
Drinkwitz commented that Reed has “clearly become the focal point of what they’re doing offensively,” given his run ability. This is obviously referring to the veer package that the Aggies have been running with Marcel, which is a far different look than what the Ags had going with Weigman.
Then, Drinkwitz was asked directly about whether he was preparing for Weigman to start at all, or had his attention focused on Reed. The Missouri coach was dismissive of the former possibility.
“At this point, I know on their depth chart it says the other kid’s the starting quarterback, but that’s just semantics, in my opinion. The guy’s 3-0 as the starter, and whether he’s listed as questionable or whatever, I don’t see them going back.”
“If they go with the other one, they go with the other one… They’ve kind of built the offense around Marcel. He went out for the press conference the other day.”
You usually don’t see head coaches like this be this bold, but Drinkwitz is apparently unafraid to do so. Either that, or he’s simply pretending to show his hand while keeping his real cards close to the vest.
In any case, I doubt it sat well with no. 15 that Drinkwitz was this cavalier in his remarks—not even naming him, and rather saying "this kid" or "the guy." We may get a chance to see this Saturday just how prepared—or not—he is for Weigman.