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The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

Observations from Faurot: Missouri football continues to develop camaraderie as spring season continues

Kyle Pinnell March 16, 2021

On Saturday, for the first time since it fell 51-32 to Mississippi State in mid-December, Missouri football played live tackle football. Sure, the defense couldn’t completely deck a receiver running...

Meet the ‘Bigga Figga’: New defensive line coach Jethro Franklin brings passion, energy to Missouri football

Kyle Pinnell March 12, 2021

Former Southern California defensive coordinator Rocky Seto remembers the interview as if it was yesterday. In front of a room full of the university’s coaching staff and administrators, a then-40-year-old...

Observations from Faurot: More Mookie, new position for Carlies

Jack Soble March 9, 2021

Missouri football opened its Saturday practice at Faurot Field to fans and media, and those in attendance witnessed an action-packed morning. Here are The Maneater’s observations and takeaways from...

Now in pads, Missouri football ratchets up intensity in second week of spring practices

Kyle Pinnell March 5, 2021

Missouri Football players arrived at their first spring practice in t-shirts last Friday. On Tuesday, they took the practice fields at the Mizzou Athletics Training Complex in pads, and with that came...

Observations from the MATC: Tigers honor legend, Cooper impresses early

Jack Soble February 27, 2021

When walking toward the Mizzou Athletic Training Complex’s outdoor turf field for Missouri football’s first practice of spring camp, the first thing you notice is the number 40. Each coach wore a...

‘I’m jealous’: NFL Pro Bowlers praise Missouri football’s new defensive coordinator

Jack Soble February 4, 2021

When Charles “Peanut” Tillman, former All-Pro cornerback for the Chicago Bears, talks about new Missouri defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, the first thing he brings up is his daughter. “I learned...

Senior Bowl Q&A: Rountree impresses in Mobile

Jack Soble February 3, 2021

Missouri sent three representatives to the Senior Bowl last week in Mobile, Alabama: running back Larry Rountree III, free safety Joshuah Bledsoe and boundary safety Tyree Gillespie. Rountree, Bledsoe...

Missouri men’s basketball finds positives in response during Auburn loss

Jack Soble January 27, 2021

Missouri — and everyone else — is lucky Sharife Cooper’s team is ineligible for the NCAA tournament. Otherwise, it might have a problem on its hands. But Cooper’s time dishing dimes and drawing...

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,...