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A ‘new football team’ comes to play at Faurot Field

Bruno Vernaschi • October 3, 2015

Traditionally, when a team’s starting quarterback is suspended or injured, the fan base panics and accepts defeat. Traditionally, the older, more experienced quarterback leads the team to victory. Traditionally,...

Mauk suspension unlocks new door

Peter Baugh • September 29, 2015

On Oct. 21, 1995, true freshman Corby Jones started at quarterback for Mizzou. On Saturday, nearly 20 years later, a first-year player could start under center again for the Tigers. Junior quarterback...

Offensive woes continue for Missouri

Will Jarvis • September 29, 2015

Saturday was just another showing of Missouri’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad offense. Junior quarterback Maty Mauk made errant throws out of the pocket. Wide receivers dropped easy touchdown...

Please Gary: Do the right thing

Nate Gatter • September 29, 2015

Dear Gary, Make us care. We want to like Missouri football, we really do. We want to watch it, enjoy it, cheer for it, believe in it. But right now, you’ve lost us. We can only take so much mediocrity,...

Missouri players hypocritically condemn fans’ boos

Nate Gatter • September 23, 2015

What do a replica Missouri football helmet, a Missouri Tigers Tiffany stained glass table lamp and a flight from Columbia to Chicago have in common? They all cost approximately $152, the same price...

SEC Network tells Michael Sam’s story with company of L’Damian Washington and Marvin Foster

Alec Lewis • September 21, 2015

Michael Sam is back. He’s back with his family, he’s back at home, he’s back at Mizzou. Now a graduate student, Sam’s back at Harpo’s on weekend nights, back in classrooms surrounding the Columns...

Sherrils’ big plays save Tigers in UConn win

Will Jarvis • September 19, 2015

Anthony Sherrils heard the screams from the sideline, but he kept on trucking. Following an interception that clinched a 9-6 win for No. 22 Missouri over Connecticut, Sherills sprinted down the sideline...

Tigers get past accident scare, beat UConn 9-6

Bruno Vernaschi • September 19, 2015

As Missouri football players gathered for a walkthrough Friday afternoon, they realized something was off. Freshmen Terry Beckner Jr., DeSean Blair, Keyon Dilosa and Trevon Walters were nowhere to be...

Work ethic propels Harris

Will Jarvis • September 18, 2015

Charles Harris wasn’t supposed to be working out. Monday afternoon, as coach Gary Pinkel conducted his typical weekly press conference, Harris conducted his typical Monday auxiliary workout. Harris...

Q&A with UConn’s The Daily Campus

Alec Lewis • September 16, 2015

Missouri faces UConn Saturday at Faurot Field. The Maneater talked to Matt Zampini, sports editor at The Daily Campus, about the matchup. **The Maneater:** So, 2-0 through the first two games for the...

Freshman punter Corey Fatony is Mizzou’s stress reliever

Alec Lewis • September 16, 2015

Gary Pinkel’s press conferences can be compared to history lectures. He talks in a monotonous voice, quietly and blandly, but it’s the stories he tells that are most noteworthy. On Monday, Pinkel...

Mizzou beats Arkansas State in Jonesboro

Alec Lewis • September 12, 2015

Kentrell Brothers leaped for the ball, arms extended and in grabbing the pigskin, he helped the Missouri Tigers grab their second win of the season against Arkansas State. It was going to be different,...