are le s than two weeks away from their Thursday night season opener against Louisiana Tech and . The sophomore hasnt seen an overwhelming amount of game action, but hes risen to the challenge when his numbers been called. He battled it out with three other quarterbacks and won the starting job, answering Mizzous biggest question mark of the preseason. Odell Beckham Jr. Jersey Cook will get his first chance to solidify his grip on the position against the Bulldogs on Sept. 1. The question now on the minds of Tigers fans; What can they expect from the young gunslinger in his first start of 2022?Lets look at Cooks most recent start, last seasons Armed Forces Bowl against Army. He went 27-for-34 through the air, racking up 238 yards and a touchdown. Admittedly, the Tigers' Myles Garrett Jersey run game was gashing the Knights and Cook was mostly nickel-and-diming them down the field with quick throws. Still, he managed the game incredibly well for a freshman, orchestrated a go-ahead drive with le s than two minutes to play, and most importantly didnt turn the ball over. The Tigers have solid ball carriers with Nathaniel Peat, a Stanford grad transfer and likely starter, as well as junior Elijah Young, a returner who starred in the bowl game alongside Cook. Both will do a lot of the heavy lifting this year and the Tigers will be a run-first T. J. Carrie Jersey squad, but Cook should be able to help on that front as well. He showed some legitimate wheels against Army and ran up 53 yards plus a score on the ground. In Week 1, the Tigers will host the LA Tech Bulldogs, who, frankly, were not great defensively last season. They finished 106th in total defense and 107th against the pa s, not to mention 114th in scoring defense. Those woes were a big part of the reason that the Bulldogs brought in an entirely new staff, helmed by pa sing guru and head coach Sonny Cumbie. Cumbies an offensive architect and LA Tech defensive coordinator Scott Power is a bright football mind in his own right, but dont expect the Bulldogs nearly pa s rush-le s defense to make a huge jump in 2022.LA Techs leading sacker from 2021, Ben Bell, is gone to the transfer portal taking all 3.5 of his sacks with him. Even if the Bulldogs improve dramatically in the pa s rushing department this year, its not going to happen in Week 1, so Cook should have a lot of time to find his receivers. Considering most of the route tree will be under twelve yards, that should equate to of completions in this one. Those short catches can pile up quickly Ray-Ray Armstrong Jersey , especially with explosive receivers like and Dominic Lovett making moves after the catch. A lot of the Tiger offenses succe s will depend on the running game, and we probably wont see Cook uncorking any 60-yarders acro s his body. But Louisiana Tech gave up nearly 12 yards per completion in 2021 Ricardo Louis Jersey and Cook doesnt mi s much (52-for-65 career), so hes probably going to put up big totals in the season opener. It may not tell us much about how hell fair against a full slate of SEC opponents, but its an ideal jumping-off point for the young St. Louis, MO native in his first season as the full-time starter. : 26-for-31, 310 all-purpose yds, 2 TD