“At the end of the day, as a fan you want to see him on the field one last time. But as a parent and thinking long term about his future, we just all agreed with Coach Drink that it would be best not play him and let him prepare for the big stage,” Shaun Badie said in a phone interview from Texas, where the family had gathered for the bowl. “He really wanted to play. He wanted to finish out the season with his team on a high note with a win, but we ran over the pros and cons of playing in this game and the cons pretty much outweighed the pros."
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Mizzou’s Tyler Badie won’t play in bowl game, Brady Cook to start at QB
Tigers will play Army in Wednesday’s Armed Forces Bowl without the SEC’s leading rusher.
