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The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

Live from Faurot Field: Radio broadcasters prepare to call a unique season of Missouri football

Kyle Pinnell September 26, 2020

MU prides itself on its “Missouri Method,” and for seniors Parker Rehm and Kyle Jones, that means one week a year, they get to broadcast a Tigers’ football game to thousands of listeners live from...

Pregame Notebook: True freshmen set to play key roles as Missouri takes on Alabama

Jack Soble September 25, 2020

When freshman cornerback Ennis Rakestraw chose Missouri over an offer from Alabama this spring, he did not expect to line up across from one of the Crimson Tide’s first-round talent receivers in anticipation...

Opponent Scout: Alabama

Opponent Scout: Alabama

Jack Soble September 24, 2020

When Missouri opens its season on Saturday night, they’ll face an Alabama team coming off one of its most disappointing seasons of the Nick Saban era. That says much more about the program in Tuscaloosa...

Roundtable: What constitutes success for the Tigers against Alabama?

September 23, 2020

We’re halfway through Missouri’s first gameweek of the 2020 football season, which means that kickoff of the Tigers’ season-opening game against Alabama is just over three days away. Before the...

Whiteside leads football team through social justice initiatives

Jack Soble September 21, 2020

Kobie Whiteside stood on the steps of Jesse Hall, gazing at a crowd of hundreds of fellow University of Missouri students and athletes. He would lead each and every one of them on a march across MU’s...

Five Takeaways from Missouri’s Fall Camp

Kyle Pinnell September 21, 2020

When the Missouri Tigers football team walked off the field after a 24-14 win against the Arkansas Razorbacks, an offseason of uncertainty loomed. By that point, players knew their sixth win –– normally...

In offense of graduate transfers, Maietti could make crucial contribution

Jack Soble September 14, 2020

Much has been made of the potential impacts that graduate transfers like wide receivers Damon Hazelton and Keke Chism can make on a brand new Missouri offense, but that conversation often leaves out a...

Q&A: Cale Garrett sizes up Missouri’s defense

Q&A: Cale Garrett sizes up Missouri’s defense

Jack Soble August 31, 2020

Inside linebacker Cale Garrett was the heart of Missouri’s defense in 2019 until his season ended after a win against Troy due to a torn pectoral muscle. Garrett, now a member of the Tennessee Titans...

‘We’ve got a long way to go’: Installing new scheme comes with hurdles for Missouri offense

Jack Soble August 30, 2020

When Eli Drinkwitz was hired at Missouri, one of his main objectives in Year One was to implement a new system that would instill new life into the Tigers’ offensive identity. Through a week of fall...

Covid-19 risks at apartment complexes raise alarm for Drinkwitz

Jack Soble August 26, 2020

When Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz saw photos of students clustered together without masks at the Brookside Midtown pool over the weekend, he took them seriously. He didn’t seem thrilled about...

SEC moves to 10 games, conference-only play with delayed start

Eli Hoff July 30, 2020

The Southeastern Conference will be playing a ten-game, conference-only football schedule this fall, the conference announced Thursday afternoon. The start of the season will also be delayed to Sept. 26,...

Missouri Quarterback Battle Breakdown: Connor Bazelak

Eli Hoff July 5, 2020

Editor’s Note: This story is the third in a series analyzing the contenders to be Missouri’s starting quarterback in the fall. You can find the first article, on Shawn Robinson, here. The second,...