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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Rising to the occasion

Rising to the occasion

Seth Boster August 31, 2012

Defense, as coaches have always said, starts at the front, and the Southeastern Conference has crafted an echelon for starting up front. In the past decade, the league has produced 90 NFL Draft first-rounders...

Kicking competition up in the air

Ryan Hood August 31, 2012

Missouri is all too familiar with the consequences of an unreliable kicking game. Grant Ressel struggled mightily last year, converting on just nine of his 16 attempts. Perhaps no miss did more damage...

The strange, silent summer of DGB

The strange, silent summer of DGB

Seth Boster August 31, 2012

Dorial Green-Beckham was not allowed to talk. All he could do was walk through these glass doors of the athletic complex. All he could do was look around him. The field ahead of him was fresh. The yard...

Mizzou Athletics announces major facility upgrade plan

Mizzou Athletics announces major facility upgrade plan

Seth Boster June 26, 2012

For just a brief moment Tuesday evening — five days before Missouri would officially become members of the Southeastern Conference — athletics director Mike Alden pardoned himself behind a glass podium. On...

Egnew selected in third round of NFL Draft

Nate Atkins May 1, 2012

Missouri senior tight end Michael Egnew was the lone Tiger selected in the 2012 NFL Draft, selected in the third round (78th overall selection) by the Miami Dolphins on Friday. Eight other Missouri seniors...

Elvis Fisher gears up for sixth year

Elvis Fisher gears up for sixth year

Nate Atkins April 24, 2012

For a sixth year in a row, Elvis Fisher is back. The redshirt senior left tackle is back on the grind of Missouri football practice. He’s back to wearing a white practice jersey, to running drills,...

Missouri’s Pinkel joins SEC coaches in first league teleconference

Ryan Hood April 24, 2012

The Missouri football team will commence its Southeastern Conference era Sept. 8. when the Tigers play host to the Georgia Bulldogs, and the topic became one of instant buzz on the first SEC coaches' teleconference...

Injuries open doors in Missouri spring game

Injuries open doors in Missouri spring game

Seth Boster April 20, 2012

Down on Faurot Field following last Saturday’s Black & Gold Game, James Franklin was smiling wide, letting out deep rounds of laughter here and there and responding with “yes-sirs” and “yes-ma’ams”...

Tigers enter new era with new uniforms

Tigers enter new era with new uniforms

Seth Boster April 17, 2012

The 18,614 people in the stands at the Missouri football spring game Saturday were on their feet, but it wasn’t because a Hail Mary was mid-flight or because a runner had broken free and was trotting...

Missouri unveils new uniforms

Missouri unveils new uniforms

Nate Atkins April 14, 2012

The Missouri football team unveiled its new uniforms at halftime of its Black and Gold spring game Saturday at Faurot Field. A partnership with Nike provides new uniforms for the Missouri football, men's...

With new jerseys and all, Tigers complete Black and Gold Game

With new jerseys and all, Tigers complete Black and Gold Game

Ryan Hood April 14, 2012

College football spring games typically serve as a preamble to the regular season games played five months later in the fall. For Missouri football, Saturday afternoon’s Black and Gold Game at Faurot...

Franklin to miss spring training with shoulder surgery

Pat Iversen March 20, 2012

Missouri quarterback James Franklin will undergo surgery to repair his injured throwing shoulder and will miss the rest of spring football activities, according to a release from the MU athletics department...