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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Drinkwitz lands his guy in new defensive coordinator Steve Wilks

Kyle Pinnell January 25, 2021

In the search for a new defensive coordinator, Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz left Columbia to interview a potential candidate just once. That trip was to Charlotte, N.C., to visit long-time NFL...

Food, family, traditions: How Missouri football players spent their holiday break

Kyle Pinnell December 26, 2020

The 2020 football season has felt like a marathon to Missouri players. They’ve spent most of their time at the Mizzou Athletics Training Complex where they practiced, prepared for games and took tri-weekly...

Sloppy start dooms Missouri in 51-32 loss to Mississippi State

Kyle Pinnell December 19, 2020

If you were to tell any Missouri fan back in September that the Tigers would finish their 2020 season with a .500 record and bowl appearance, there’s a good chance they wouldn’t have believed you. A...

Five Takeaways: Missouri humbled in Georgia defeat

Kyle Pinnell December 14, 2020

A palpable sense of excitement and energy reverberated around Faurot Field as Missouri ran out of the tunnel Saturday morning. The noise of 10,830 fans cut through the chilly December air. For a few minutes,...

Missouri pops Champaign, stuns Fighting Illini

Jack Soble December 13, 2020

Ayo Dosunmu went crazy, scoring 36 points on ridiculously efficient shooting. Mark Smith and Jeremiah Tilmon combined for eight points and four rebounds, both fouling out of the game. Illinois outscored...

Missouri gashed on ground, fall to the Bulldogs 49-14

Kyle Pinnell December 12, 2020

Georgia running back Zamir White took the handoff, cut to his left and took off. White bounced to the outside, turned on the afterburners and outran every defender to Faurot Field’s north end zone. If...

Tricks, blocked punt not nearly enough in 49-14 loss to Georgia

Jack Soble December 12, 2020

Coach Eli Drinkwitz’s team looked outmatched when the Tigers went down 14-0 to Georgia. They were, but they weren’t ready to give up just yet. Like it had so many times this season, Missouri fought...

Scouting Georgia: Daniels gives talented Georgia offense new confidence

Jack Soble December 12, 2020

The last time Missouri prepared to face Georgia, the Bulldogs’ season-long starting quarterback Stetson Bennett had just been benched in favor of redshirt freshman D’Wan Mathis. Fast-forward three...

Battle in the trenches: Missouri’s offensive line faces its toughest task of the season as it looks to keep winning streak alive against Georgia

Kyle Pinnell December 10, 2020

Tennessee tackle Wanya Morris believed that he did enough to contain standout Georgia edge rusher Azeez Ojulari. As quarterback Jarrett Guarantano dropped back, Morris found the rushing Ojulari and shoved...

Five takeaways: Promising freshmen provide glimpses of a bright future in wild win over Arkansas

Kyle Pinnell December 7, 2020

Down by one point with 46 seconds left, redshirt freshman quarterback Connor Bazelak and the Missouri offense took the field. Bazelak led his team on a seven-play, 65-yard drive to put the Tigers in field...

An instant classic at Faurot: Battle Line Rivalry heats up thanks to injection of two new coaches.

Kyle Pinnell December 5, 2020

Dubbed the “Battle Line Rivalry,” the annual showdown between Arkansas and Missouri has all the potential to be an intriguing rivalry game. The two schools sit roughly 310 miles away from one another,...

‘Let’s go win the game’: Missouri roars back to beat Arkansas

Jack Soble December 5, 2020

The ball ricocheted off of Jamal Brooks’ chest and into the hands of Arkansas’ Mike Woods. Woods’ catch gave the Razorbacks a 48-47 lead with less than a minute to go. Brooks, in the game in place...