WAITING GAME: Ahmad Hardy, Missouri Tigers Still In Injury Limbo

And we're gonna start with some injury updates here on the show, most notably, at least on the football field, Ahmad Hardy.

Eli Drinkwitz on Ahmad Hardy said, "I promise you guys, as soon as I get an update worth sharing, I will." And by the way, let me interject [laughs] here for a second into the middle of the Drinkwitz quote.

I will do exactly the same for all the people who comment in my various spaces wondering if I have any information on Hardy.

I, I promise, if and when that happens, I will let you know right here at the very top of the Locked On Mizzou podcast.

But Drinkwitz continues here, "But he's not able to participate in a two-week ramp up yet, so it's kinda the same thing.

He's not able to go out there and protect himself in a manner that he would have to, to compete in the SEC.

So he's working really hard.

He's doing everything he can, but we're just waiting for his body to respond.

I know everybody's frustrated.

I know he's frustrated.

I'm not trying to be frustrated.

When he's ready, he's ready." And I have to say, it is somewhat notable, as others have noted, it does seem like Drinkwitz, while he, he's not- trying not to be frustrated, as I think most of us are, uh, it does seem like he's a little bit op- a little bit less optimistic than he was, say, a month or so ago at this time.

So that's the update with Ahmad Hardy, which unfortunately at this point is no real update.

Once he's back practicing with the Tigers in even a limited capacity, well, then we'll know we're getting somewhere.

Until that day comes, I, I don't know what really there is more to say on the topic other than, gosh, I, I sure hope Ahmad gets back to 100% at some point, if not this season, then the next.

And Drinkwitz talking about, well, the Florida game, said, "We were beat up after that game.

That was a physical SEC game." And right now Langdon Kitchen and Darrian Smith, the two Missouri edge rushers, are gonna remain questionable this week on the injury report.

Robert Woodyard also gonna be monitored and limited likely in practice this week, also listed as questionable.

So it sounds like he is likely to play, but Missouri managing.

That does sound like more of a, "Hey, let's manage the veteran's workload," type of deal.

But you never know.

Questionable is indeed questionable.

And before we thought, earlier this season when we thought, "Hey, Caden Green's thing.

Oh, that's just a veteran's w- day off," that kinda deal in practice.

Well, he ended up missing the Troy game, getting a, a minor meniscus cleanup procedure on his knee, that type of deal.