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The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

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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...

Missouri chomps Florida 38-17 for first defeat of ranked team under Odom

Missouri chomps Florida 38-17 for first defeat of ranked team under Odom

Bennett Durando November 3, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Emanuel Hall was “knocked out” and didn’t get up for three or four seconds. Kevin Pendleton was helping a fallen referee back to his feet. Barry Odom was immediately listening...

Week eight report card: Offense lacking in a heartbreaking loss to Kentucky

Week eight report card: Offense lacking in a heartbreaking loss to Kentucky

Adam Cole October 31, 2018

The script seemed flipped for Missouri’s (4-4, 0-4 SEC) main units in Saturday’s 15-14 loss to Kentucky (7-1, 5-1 SEC). The Tiger defense, although giving up a game-winning touchdown on the final...

Missouri falls short of beating ranked opponent again as last-second touchdown squanders defensive gem

Missouri falls short of beating ranked opponent again as last-second touchdown squanders defensive gem

Bennett Durando October 27, 2018

Missouri’s 2018 football season has featured elemental and perhaps biblical intervention, moved through the cruel and beyond the unusual. Somewhere along the way, it landed within the realm of the ironic. Because...

Re-living Missouri’s collapse in the final two minutes to Kentucky

Re-living Missouri’s collapse in the final two minutes to Kentucky

Andy Kimball October 27, 2018

DeMarkus Acy reached his arms out as the deep pass fell into his hands. Acy made his first career interception, and Missouri had seemingly put the game away with 2:38 left. All Missouri needed was what...

Notebook: Kentucky brings stout defense, strong run game to Columbia

Notebook: Kentucky brings stout defense, strong run game to Columbia

Adam Cole, Andy Kimball October 25, 2018

Missouri (4-3, 0-3) hosts the No. 12 Kentucky Wildcats (6-1, 4-1) at Faurot Field this weekend after a rebound homecoming win over Memphis that saw Missouri tally nine touchdowns. It was a reawakening...

Albert Okwuegbunam back to “doing Albert things” against Memphis

Albert Okwuegbunam back to “doing Albert things” against Memphis

Adam Cole October 21, 2018

Albert Okwuegbunam was in a sophomore slump – at least that’s what it felt like. Coming into Missouri’s Homecoming matchup with Memphis, the tight end’s reception total was up, but untimely turnovers...

Drop-prone Johnathon Johnson catches Missouri’s fall at a low point

Drop-prone Johnathon Johnson catches Missouri’s fall at a low point

Bennett Durando October 20, 2018

Johnathon Johnson learning to catch resembles a puppy learning to fetch. Throw Johnson the ball once and he’ll want it right back. It’s a simple notion, but there’s just one problem with it: He...

Offense gets back on track as Missouri trounces Memphis, 65-33

Offense gets back on track as Missouri trounces Memphis, 65-33

Andy Kimball October 20, 2018

After three straight losses, Missouri was a team in need of a spark. And what it needed, cornerback Adam Sparks – and pretty much everyone else – provided. In the second quarter of Missouri’s 2018...

Column: Tigers face season-determining test over next three weeks

Column: Tigers face season-determining test over next three weeks

Wilson Moore October 19, 2018

As the time ticked down in the fourth quarter of an early September contest between Mizzou and Wyoming, a chant broke out in the student section of Faurot Field. _We want Bama._ Putting aside the genuinely...