Without looking it up, guess which signal-caller in Saturday’s Georgia v. Missouri game earned the highest quarterback rating? I’m confident none of you took Taylor Powell, who earned a round 7.0 rating. But I’d also bet few of you guessed that Mizzou true freshman Connor Bazelak bested the Bulldogs’ Jake Fromm in the category, 67.3 to 51.
You can quibble about the usefulness of an esoteric statistic like QBR, but the fact is that Bazelak’s performance in the waning minutes of the game was eye-opening. He completed eight of his twelve passes for 64 yards, and, just as impressively, looked cool and composed leading the Mizzou offense.