Beau to Mizzou
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Best of luck to him, and I’m still not sure I completely understand his decision. Yes I know he wants to start next year and he won’t be starting at PSU with Allar back. I know that his best opportunities are now and not after the playoffs. But will he ever get a shot at a Natty like he would have right this moment at PSU? We’re much closer to the top of our conference then he will be over there in the SEC.
Interesting spot. A little better than I expected truth be told, but they regressed a lot year to year from '23 to '24. They lose their best WR to the draft. Unsure of what else they return.
I'm as much an optimist as anybody when it comes to PSU football, but even I'd say our overall chance of winning a Natty is slim ... it's just hard to do ... 4 straight games against quality comp.
Regardless, even if it were a sure thing ... would you rather be a starter at a major(ish) school, or be a backup on a Natty winner? I'm a competitor ... I want to be in there, not hooting and hollering for some other guy's accomplishments. I want the shot at leading my team to a Natty, no matter how slim that chance could be.
He's getting an opportunity to helm a decent club in the self-proclaimed premier conference in the nation. Good for him.
Simple, the kid is a competitor. He wants to start and play at the highest level. Will he ever have a better chance to win a Natty than now. NO Let's say we do win it all. He has been with these guys for 3 years, he is a Penn State graduate. he might miss 30 snaps in the last 4 games but he'll feel a part of anything.
He also stands a chance to earn some serious cash so why not. he'll likely not be a pro but graduating and starting the rest of your life with a half million in the bank is pretty nice and worth missing 30 snaps.
Well we shall see what happens. I have to assume his skill set matches their offense and of course they showed him the $.
This can't be true. Trollo says Beau sucks and nobody wants him.
To all those saying Beau should have waited. do you think a Mizzou level program would be available in 30 more days?
Didn't Missouri recruit another QB from Pa who had an injury to his past season?
Probably not. And this is why the system stinks as currently setup. Beau should be on our team until the playoff ends.
He made the right call for him though and that's probably what matters.
Mizzou Tigers- the cradle for PA QBs
Matt Zollers- highly ranked kid from Spring- Ford in Northern Chester County - stuck w Mizzou after a late buyers remorse visit to PSU
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Do you think he is guaranteed to start at a mizzou level program? He is one of 4 qbs. Three rated higher than him.
It’s quite simple, he would rather be a starter than a backup for another year. I would rather go 5-7 and play than 16-0 sitting on the bench! Not sure why Devin was so vilified back in 2008 either for doing the same thing.
Do you know if Mizzou has made a commitment to BP to be their starting QB next year? Or is he going there with the idea that can beat out the other QB's presently on the roster.
Perhaps his finances will theoretically be better off (I believe that there are no actual contracts), but it's possible that he could end up in a similar role that he played at PSU but with a different team.
I hope that he got the assurances that he was seeking from Mizzou and best of luck to him.
He’s played competitive football long enough to know that there are no assurances. He’s a good dual threat QB and a very good athlete, as well as having a high football IQ. He’ll be competing for the job , but it likely won’t be against a future 1st round draft choice
While some certainly vilified him, the bigger problem was the group of Devlin fans who tireless attacked Clark and the staff over Devlin not being the starter at PSU. It certainly changed the dynamic of the discussions. Since then, we've had a number of QBs transfer to other schools so they could start with few negative comments hurled in their direction. If the timing had been different, I think it would have been the same with Beau.
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A buddy of mine re-shared a photo taken at an autograph signing at maybe the Student Book Store from Beau's true freshman year. He was appearing with Abdul Carter who was already flashing.
I remembered thinking at the time " why is Pribula at one of these things?" He wasn't even the top qb in his recruiting class.....
So it seems that PSU treated him as well as it could from the onset. We helped develop him and his role playing and local York fame got him in an NIL BMW. Not bad for the back up.
On this Board his role was criticized as often as lauded.... change of pace often also meant disrupting Allar's rythym. For the highlight reel plays like the Warren USC TD....there were also too cute plays that backfired.
"The Lion Package" was a bit of a curse for Stevens and Levis. Beau had the most success of the 3. Tough runner and mostly good decision maker. By all accounts a great teammate.
He will probably be remembered more in college football history for whatever changes are made to the transfer calender than his playing days.
Hopefully he gets his shot at Mizzou and does well. If not he'll find the bench and another version of himself will take their shot- and if they succeed they won't sit down and Beau will go back to being a Swiss Army Knife in Columbia, MO instead of the player/leader he is on a team with championship potential along with a 1 year presumptive starting role in University Park, PA.
Remember how fans clamored for Drew during his true freshman year over Sean Clifford? Welcome to being the #1 at a mid tier SEC program Beau- and the hot shot kid sitting behind you is from a town 75 miles from your hometown also in the Keystone State who made the same decision you did, likely for the exact same reasons.
In the end the opportunity and NIL should ease whatever pain he feels. If it doesn't, he would've stayed.
Business Decision. Wish him luck....
I remembered thinking at the time " why is Pribula at one of these things?" He wasn't even the top qb in his recruiting class.....
So it seems that PSU treated him as well as it could from the onset. We helped develop him and his role playing and local York fame got him in an NIL BMW. Not bad for the back up.
On this Board his role was criticized as often as lauded.... change of pace often also meant disrupting Allar's rythym. For the highlight reel plays like the Warren USC TD....there were also too cute plays that backfired.
"The Lion Package" was a bit of a curse for Stevens and Levis. Beau had the most success of the 3. Tough runner and mostly good decision maker. By all accounts a great teammate.
He will probably be remembered more in college football history for whatever changes are made to the transfer calender than his playing days.
Hopefully he gets his shot at Mizzou and does well. If not he'll find the bench and another version of himself will take their shot- and if they succeed they won't sit down and Beau will go back to being a Swiss Army Knife in Columbia, MO instead of the player/leader he is on a team with championship potential along with a 1 year presumptive starting role in University Park, PA.
Remember how fans clamored for Drew during his true freshman year over Sean Clifford? Welcome to being the #1 at a mid tier SEC program Beau- and the hot shot kid sitting behind you is from a town 75 miles from your hometown also in the Keystone State who made the same decision you did, likely for the exact same reasons.
In the end the opportunity and NIL should ease whatever pain he feels. If it doesn't, he would've stayed.
Business Decision. Wish him luck....
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Mizzou was in the Top 10 until midway through the year. As it is, they finished 9-3 and #19 in the Final CFP Rankings. Mizzou barely missed out on the Playoffs - they were beating USCe with 1 minute 10 seconds remaining 30 - 27. USCe went 70 yards in 47 seconds and scored with only 0:15 remaining. Mizzou hangs on in that game and they're easily in the playoffs at 9-2. IOW, Mizzou a much better team than you're giving them credit for.
You're assuming that his primary goal is a Natty. I'm sure he would like that but it might be more important to him that he gets a chance to play and prove himself to NFL scouts.
And we'll see if that happens, or how long it does, at Mizzou.
Burden is gone. I think Wease is gone. I think both backs are gone but maybe Carroll has another year. Not a lot of "known" talent there.
Missouri has 8 home games and 8 conference games and their first 6 are at home plus as a bye week so the first road game is in the 8th week of the season. I haven't looked at other SEC schools but other than 6 straight home games I would guess they all have 8 home games and 8 conference games.
Mizzou was a very weak team this year. Bama demolished them like 40-0. Vandy took em to overtime.
At 9-3 with the SEC love, they would have been squarely behind South Carolina in that slew of teams. They weren't getting in the playoff.
The NCAA or someone needs to correct this problem.
The more pervasive that it becomes for players on the team to not have winning a championship as their primary objective, the more apathetic in general fans will become in investing in and following their favorite.
Not that long ago, you would not want someone on your team who wasn't fully invested in doing whatever they can to help their team win a championship.
And if winning a championship was not your goal, then you were not wanted on the team.
And that attitude was potentially held against you in your desire to move on to the next level.
Times have changed......
True competitors don’t walk. I wish him the best because I like the kid and he did some good things here but we shall see if the grass is truly greener at Missouri.
Thank you. Based on all the replies I was beginning to think I was alone in my opinion that the natty is the ultimate goal. Beau is not just a backup qb but an integral part of the offense. He would have been a significant contributor during a great playoff run and decided that securing a starter position a year earlier next season was more important than team success. Thank God there are still great kids like first time starter senior Dawkins that can wait their turn.
Prove himself to NFL scouts. Huh? Isn’t as good as McSorley and he hasn’t had any success in the NFL.
And he has two years left. He would have been our starter in 2026. I am not buying his decision at all. Best of luck but enjoy being definitively second tier SEC.
So a backup quarterback from the undeserving BIG is someone coveted as the presumed starter at an SEC school? How could that be?
Also why does Missouri have a thing for QB’s from PA?
Also why does Missouri have a thing for QB’s from PA?
Being the backup QB and winning a title is far from as good as starting anywhere. I'm sorry but that's not on the NCAA to fix. No one wants to sit.
Get rid of early enrollment…then you would also not have high school players skipping half their senior years to go be there in the spring.
I'm not well versed enough in my understanding of the current system but I don't believe that your suggestion would totally fix the problem.
I do think that it would help
There's a huge chance he wouldn't have been our QB in 2026, as they could have been looking at Grunkemeyer at that point.
If Mizzou promised him first crack at the starting role, it's hard to pass that up, if you think you're a QB capable of leading a good college program against top notch competition. 2 years as a starter v. maybe never being anything other than a gimmick option and backup.
Are you going to prevent all student from early enrollment or just athletes as that feels like a lawsuit
That attitude is potentially held against you?
You know what else is held against you in your desire to move on to the next level? Not having the opportunity to play at the prior level and showcase your wares.
Everybody loves to point to guys like Tom Brady, and others who stuck it out and waited their turn ... yeah, for every Tom Brady, there's 100 (or, likely, many more) guys who you never heard of because they never got the chance. And all could have been the next Tom Brady. But we'll never know. Because they never got that shot. They were the team player. They waited their turn. They worked their ass off to get that shot. And, for whatever reason, it never happened.
We celebrate guys like Tom Brady because they're the ultimate exception, that proves the rule.
By all accounts, Beau is doing all the right things. He's a team guy. He puts in the work. And all the other stuff you would hope for in a teammate. He just wants his shot to lead a squad, and that may have never happened at PSU, no matter what he did. And he doesn't have to stick around to make you feel better about the team you're rooting for.
Some will argue that this is not the case, but you should not have to make the choice between staying with your current team to try to win a championship or leaving your current team because an opportunity for you somewhere else may not be there if you stay with your team and your brothers.
The 'investment' that schools now require to support your team needs to be also made by the players and coaches.
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