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What Was Wrong with Mizzou’s Running Game? Part 4 - The Offensive Line

Related Topics: Eliah Drinkwitz, Ed Zurga

For Part 2 - Cody Schrader, click here.

For Part 3 - Brady Cook, click here.

By now we all know that Eli Drinkwitz loves running the football. Probably too much, but he is what he is.

We also know that a pretty good ground game kept Missouri offenses alive in 2020 and 2021, when injured/limited quarterbacks struggled to move the ball through the air.

And, of course, we know the 2022 Missouri rushing offense was very bad.

When I’ve discussed Missouri’s bad ground game previously, it’s mostly been centered around “yes, both the offensive line and running backs deserve blame” but never really delved any further than that to explain it.