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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Notebook: Odom talks contract, Kelly Bryant, bowl game prep

Notebook: Odom talks contract, Kelly Bryant, bowl game prep

Bennett Durando December 8, 2018

Missouri may have 23 days until it plays football again in the Liberty Bowl against Oklahoma State, but the past week has been as eventful as a college football program can have during such a long break. The...

Column: Odom’s raise earned, but it came too soon

Column: Odom’s raise earned, but it came too soon

Adam Cole December 6, 2018

Barry Odom looked like a new man in 2018. Moving forward, he’ll be paid like one. The UM System Board of Curators voted unanimously on Wednesday to extend the Missouri football coach’s contract. The...

Missouri extends Odom through 2024

Missouri extends Odom through 2024

Bennett Durando December 5, 2018

The University of Missouri has made its faith in football coach Barry Odom clear. The UM System Board of Curators voted unanimously to give Odom a two-year contract extension through the 2024 season in...

Commentary: Landing Bryant a culmination and beginning for Odom

Commentary: Landing Bryant a culmination and beginning for Odom

Adam Cole December 4, 2018

Kelly Bryant could have chosen to go anywhere. If he had the talent to play at Clemson – to lead Clemson to the College Football Playoff – he had the country in his hands. And he chose Missouri. Bryant...

Prized transfer Kelly Bryant chooses Missouri

Prized transfer Kelly Bryant chooses Missouri

Bennett Durando December 4, 2018

Missouri football’s gold standard in 2018 may have been even greater than its final 8-4 record, but future ceilings and floors remained unclear and dimensionless without an answer regarding one critical...

Missouri lands in Liberty Bowl against Oklahoma State

Missouri lands in Liberty Bowl against Oklahoma State

Bennett Durando December 2, 2018

A week’s worth of fruitless speculation is finally over for Missouri football: The Tigers are headed to Memphis for the Liberty Bowl to face Oklahoma State, the team confirmed Sunday afternoon. The...

Assessing Missouri’s possible bowl game destinations

Assessing Missouri’s possible bowl game destinations

Bennett Durando November 27, 2018

Drew Lock won’t tell anyone his bowl game preference until after it’s announced. That was the senior quarterback’s stance when grilled on the matter by reporters following Missouri’s 38-0 defeat...

Future of Missouri defensive line shines on senior day

Future of Missouri defensive line shines on senior day

Andy Kimball November 24, 2018

Arkansas quarterback Connor Noland turned and tried to escape the pocket on fourth down. As he turned he was faced with a familiar sight, defensive tackle Jordan Elliott, who threw down Noland for his...

Terez Hall and Emanuel Hall among seniors to make presence felt in class of 2019’s finale

Terez Hall and Emanuel Hall among seniors to make presence felt in class of 2019’s finale

Adam Cole November 23, 2018

Terez Hall isn’t here for heartfelt sentiment. “I’m not a sentimental cat,” the senior linebacker said. So much so that heading into the MU captain’s pregame recognition on senior day, Hall...

Lock runs rampant in bittersweet Faurot finale

Lock runs rampant in bittersweet Faurot finale

Bennett Durando November 23, 2018

Drew Lock was no helicopter, but he looked just as smooth gliding through an especially swamped version of the Faurot Field turf for the last time. His two rushing touchdowns sent rival Arkansas spiraling...

Missouri blanks and bludgeons Arkansas 38-0 for third straight Battle Line victory

Missouri blanks and bludgeons Arkansas 38-0 for third straight Battle Line victory

Andy Kimball November 23, 2018

Senior day wasn’t quite what Barry Odom had imagined. The Missouri coach spent $138,000 on tickets to try and fill Memorial Stadium for Missouri’s final home game of the 2018 season, but rainy conditions...

Veteran Perkins records first career sack in pivotal spot after starting against Tennessee

Veteran Perkins records first career sack in pivotal spot after starting against Tennessee

Bennett Durando November 17, 2018

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Aside from the play that he’ll remember above all others in his college career, there’s one other moment Ronnell Perkins wants to talk about. “I was supposed to read the tight...