Missouri QB James Franklin Needs Surgery
Missouri enters the SEC in 2012 with an opportunity to win the East division. Gary Pinkel will have to prepare for that possibility without his starting quarterback for the rest of spring practice.
No drowning your sorrows in jumbo glasses of Merlot, Gary.
After diving for a fumble, an act that Drew Brees scarily performed in San Diego, James Franklin requires surgery and is sidelined indefinitely.
A junior, Franklin accounted for 21 touchdowns through the air and 15 touchdowns on the ground in 2011. A combination of his second year under center and incoming freshman sensation Dorial Green-Beckham prompted Tigers’ fans to heighten expectations in their inaugural SEC season.
If Franklin isn’t completely healthy, those goals drop faster than Houston Nutt stock.
Joining Franklin in the training room is running back Henry Josey, who led the Big 12 in rushing prior to obliterating his left knee. The November incident occurred on the Tigers’ own Faurot Field and while administrators plan to re-do the current turf, Missouri player injuries on their own gridirons don’t exactly help the cause.
Granted, a quarterback lunging for a fumbled ball isn’t the same as a running back tearing his MCL, ACL and patella tendon on a normal carry but this isn’t a Florida or Georgia roster capable of bypassing season-ending injuries.
Add a healthy Franklin and Josey to Pinkel’s explosive offense and Missouri possesses a rare chance to impress their new SEC brethren in their first foray post-Big 12.
Lose them permanently or bring them back at less than healthy in the fall and the Tigers might find themselves in a predicament where their stud wide receiver is blanketed by three defensive backs with no one to bail him out.
Columbia was much kinder to Jeremy Maclin.
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