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The Maneater

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The Maneater

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...

Offense shines in Dooley’s return to Knoxville

Offense shines in Dooley’s return to Knoxville

Andy Kimball November 17, 2018

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Derek Dooley walked out of the tunnel to a familiar sight. Six years ago, Dooley came out of the tunnel of Neyland Stadium as head coach of Tennessee facing Missouri. Dooley fell...

Pair of Acy interceptions helps Missouri torch Tennessee 50-17

Pair of Acy interceptions helps Missouri torch Tennessee 50-17

Bennett Durando November 17, 2018

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The bane of Missouri’s existence in the 2018 season has been an element so bizarre that it was hard to take seriously as a legitimate Achilles heel. David Blough, Michael Scarnecchia,...

Tigers rely on grit, execution for crucial stops in second half

Tigers rely on grit, execution for crucial stops in second half

Adam Cole November 10, 2018

Missouri was strolling from south to north after the clock hit zero in the third quarter on Saturday. It was something of a brief calm in the middle of a storm. The defensive performance up to that point...

Rountree and Crockett lead Missouri offense

Rountree and Crockett lead Missouri offense

Andy Kimball November 10, 2018

Larry Rountree III jogged off the sideline. In the midst of a game-winning 99-yard touchdown drive, Rountree was handing duties off to his running mate for the afternoon, Damarea Crockett. After Rountree...

Missouri becomes bowl eligible after fighting off Vanderbilt down to final play

Missouri becomes bowl eligible after fighting off Vanderbilt down to final play

Bennett Durando November 10, 2018

Perception can be a cruel and often random tool in measuring a coach’s performance, a scale left to the radically fluctuating opinions of fans and media and the eyes of whatever other beholders care...

Daniel Parker thriving after switching to tight end

Andy Kimball November 8, 2018

Drew Lock turned in the pocket, but he hesitated when he saw his target. Kendall Blanton was out with a foot injury, and a shoulder tweak had sent Albert Okwuegbunam to the locker room moments earlier,...

Hall eagerly makes his return to football to lead Missouri after injury, father’s death

Hall eagerly makes his return to football to lead Missouri after injury, father’s death

Bennett Durando November 4, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – There was nothing to say except “I love you,” so that’s what Emanuel Hall told his mom when he found her in stands for a post-game hug. Hall’s mom, Shannon Simmons, didn’t...