With COVID challenges rising, Mizzou works to settle on offensive line

Missouri's offensive line takes the field against South Carolina last September. (Post-Dispatch photo by David Carson)COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri has less than three weeks to assemble an offensive line to protect its unnamed starting quarterback from what should be another formidable Nick Saban-coached Alabama defense.

If only that was Eliah Drinkwitz’s primary concern these days.

The No. 3 Crimson Tide won’t invade Memorial Stadium until the Sept. 26 season opener, but the Tigers have already been busy defending their locker room from the coronavirus. On Tuesday, the team’s first practice day since Saturday’s scrimmage, 14 unidentified players were in quarantine for reasons related to COVID-19,…