It’s not ideal when your starting running back is ruled out prior to huge road game with CFP implications against a desperate Alabama team, but that’s the situation Mizzou has been dealt. Nate Noel, Missouri’s leading rusher will reportedly miss the Alabama game on Saturday with a foot injury — according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

The ankle injury suffered in the 1st half sent Cook to the hospital. An emotional Eli Drinkwitz shared after the game that Cook told his Tiger teammates that with 2.5 home games remaining in his Mizzou career, he wasn’t going to spend the 2nd half in the hospital.

Alabama football’s Saturday opponent might not be at full strength when it visits Bryant-Denny Stadium. According to the first SEC availability report of the week, released Wednesday evening, Missouri will likely be without its quarterback and leading rusher.