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Column: Missouri football is back. Will its fans be back with it?

Column: Missouri football is back. Will its fans be back with it?

Alex Gelabert August 31, 2018

Some of the images were too daunting to ignore, those capturing a lone fan or two in a barren desert of empty bleachers at Memorial Stadium. They made their way around Twitter every Saturday in the fall...

The Maneater Football Podcast: Episode 1

The Maneater Football Podcast: Episode 1

Missouri football beat writers Andy Kimball, Adam Cole and Bennett Durando break down the 2018 Mizzou schedule game-by-game, and offer their varying predictions on the season's outcome. It all starts for...

An in-depth look at the Missouri football depth chart, position-by-position

An in-depth look at the Missouri football depth chart, position-by-position

Adam Cole, Andy Kimball August 29, 2018

####Offense: ###Quarterback Starter: Drew Lock Backups: Micah Wilson, Taylor Powell Behind Lock, the Tigers will be opting for two completely different players from the two who were initially mentioned...

Speed remains focal point of Emanuel Hall’s game, except when counting down his days at MU

Speed remains focal point of Emanuel Hall’s game, except when counting down his days at MU

Bennett Durando August 28, 2018

Emanuel Hall spent preseason camp training himself to envision the Alabama defense across the line of scrimmage. The practice has become second-hand to him by now. As his fourth and final camp as a Missouri...

Column: 2018 a make-or-break season for trajectory of MU football program

Column: 2018 a make-or-break season for trajectory of MU football program

Adam Cole August 28, 2018

Barry Odom has seen dark days. The Missouri football coach wasn’t afraid to say so last season in his impassioned ‘State of the Program’ address, after his team lost 51-14 at home to Auburn. At...

Leading the Charge: Graduate transfer helming the secondary in first season at Mizzou

Leading the Charge: Graduate transfer helming the secondary in first season at Mizzou

Wilson Moore August 28, 2018

“It’s with an emphasis on epidemiology, so the study of diseases kind of interests me … a lot of people make [graduating in three and a half years] out to seem like it’s super difficult. If you...

Heisman-hopeful quarterback primed for final act

Heisman-hopeful quarterback primed for final act

Bennett Durando August 28, 2018

Less than a week out from the start of Missouri’s season, quarterback Drew Lock needed some advice about night game preparation. So his new offensive coordinator Derek Dooley called up Tony Romo. “Night...

Missouri showing defensive improvement in preseason

Missouri showing defensive improvement in preseason

Andy Kimball August 24, 2018

“We’re gonna keep it under the rug here, the defense is playing so bad right now, guys, and it’s gonna be really rough for them,” Drew Lock said. Lock paused, but then alleviated any tension with...

Mizzou Camp: Odom emphasizes depth following second scrimmage

Mizzou Camp: Odom emphasizes depth following second scrimmage

Bennett Durando August 21, 2018

Barry Odom and others on the Missouri football coaching staff didn’t hesitate last Friday to stress the importance of the Tigers’ upcoming scrimmage. That pivotal scrimmage, the second of 2018 fall...

Reflecting on up-and-down career at Missouri, Cam Hilton embraces leadership as secondary’s lone senior

Reflecting on up-and-down career at Missouri, Cam Hilton embraces leadership as secondary’s lone senior

Bennett Durando August 18, 2018

Cam Hilton’s two longest trips across a football field should come with an asterisk denoting their entirely distinct contexts. The second trek lacked all the momentous swagger — and literal length...

Mizzou Camp: Position battles heat up as team prepares for scrimmage on Saturday

Mizzou Camp: Position battles heat up as team prepares for scrimmage on Saturday

Andy Kimball August 17, 2018

With two weeks to go until the season opener at Faurot Field, Missouri football’s depth chart is starting to take shape. Coach Barry Odom said Friday that a lot of spots are decided, but Missouri will...

Mizzou Camp: Floyd’s injury forces return game shake-up; Crockett hopes to return stronger after shoulder injury

Mizzou Camp: Floyd’s injury forces return game shake-up; Crockett hopes to return stronger after shoulder injury

Adam Cole August 16, 2018

Soon after Thursday’s practice, Missouri football coach Barry Odom addressed the state of redshirt junior receiver Richaud Floyd with media, saying he suffered a “lower leg, non-weight bearing bone...