Beau Pribula isn’t wasting any time turning Columbia into his stage. Two weeks into the season and the Penn State transfer has Missouri torching defenses, running up video-game numbers, and dragging the Tigers back from double-digit deficits like it’s nothing. And now? An ESPN analyst has just crowned him the top quarterback in the entire SEC, putting him ahead of blue-chip names like Arch Manning. To top it off, a college football legend stamped his seal of approval.

Leaving Happy Valley for Columbia might’ve looked like a gamble, but Eli Drinkwitz took a chance on him when their starter went down. Since then, the former Nittany Lions turned Mizzou into Beau-lievers. On September 7, ESPN’s Bill Connelly dropped his “Best SEC QB Rankings” through two weeks. At No. 1? Not Arch Manning.

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