COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Beau Pribula staked his claim to Missouri’s starting quarterback job with a four-touchdown performance as the Tigers rolled to a 61-7 season-opening thrashing of Central Arkansas Thursday night.

Pribula, a transfer portal addition from Penn State, finished 23-of-28 passing for 283 yards and two touchdowns. He notched another 65 yards and two scores on the ground. The Tigers put up 560 yards of offense in the victory.

Missouri opened the scoring on their third offensive play of the game, a 49-yard deep ball from Pribula to Marquis Johnson, who led the team with 134 yards receiving. Running back Ahmad Hardy, the 2024 Sun Belt Conference freshman of the year, transferred from Louisiana Monroe and rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown.

Missouri took a 26-0 lead after the

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