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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Mistake-prone Tigers hit low point of season

Mistake-prone Tigers hit low point of season

Pat Iversen October 11, 2011

The mood outside the visitor’s locker room after Missouri’s loss to Kansas State on Saturday was predictably sullen. The Tigers players put on their best game faces for the media, but there was an...

Egnew eruption jump-starts Missouri offense

Egnew eruption jump-starts Missouri offense

Nate Atkins October 11, 2011

Missouri senior tight end Michael Egnew stared intently at replays of himself on the Snyder Stadium video screen Saturday, waiting with both patience and nerves for the call on whether or not he crossed...

Missouri comeback falls short in loss to Kansas State

Missouri comeback falls short in loss to Kansas State

Nate Atkins October 8, 2011

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Not even a late charge could revive the downtrodden spell placed on the Tigers as they reached the uncharted territory of a losing record in Saturday’s 24-17 loss to Kansas State...

Missouri out-matched against Sooners

Missouri out-matched against Sooners

Nate Atkins September 27, 2011

Missouri approached its first series of Saturday’s 38-28 loss to No. 1 Oklahoma as if it was its last. Sophomore quarterback James Franklin took the first snap and hit junior receiver T.J. Moe for a...

Inconsistency plagues Tigers as Missouri falls at Oklahoma

Inconsistency plagues Tigers as Missouri falls at Oklahoma

Pat Iversen September 26, 2011

The old adage in sports is that it’s not how you start, but how you finish. The cliche has never rung truer than Saturday night in Norman for the Missouri football team. The No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners showed...

Sooners aren’t overlooking Tigers this time around

September 23, 2011

Last year, Oklahoma rolled into Columbia to face the Missouri Tigers as the newly anointed No. 1 in the BCS standings. The Sooners left with their tail between their legs, done in by turnovers and poor...

Josey burns Western Illinois en route to record books

Josey burns Western Illinois en route to record books

Pat Iversen September 20, 2011

Call sophomore Henry Josey the "forgotten man," if you will. Throughout the preseason, talk centered around Missouri’s four-headed running back. The Tigers boasted tremendous depth at the tailback position,...

Memories of Oklahoma defeats still sting for Missouri players

Nate Atkins September 20, 2011

After a win like Missouri recorded over then-No. 1 Oklahoma during last year’s Homecoming, many changes take effect. Pain and embarrassment from previous losses subside. A new-found confidence settles...

Missouri runs all over Western Illinois in record-setting victory

Nate Atkins September 17, 2011

In a 69-0 victory over Western Illinois on Saturday at Faurot Field, Missouri set program single-game records for points and yards (744) while testing a few more historic marks. And for the most part,...

A coming of age: Franklin excites in Tempe

A coming of age: Franklin excites in Tempe

Nate Atkins September 16, 2011

Missouri quarterback James Franklin chose a big night to host his coming-out party. With the roar of the opposing blackout crowd making the primetime road challenge more daunting, Franklin rose up, answered...

Lessons learned from the first week of NFL football

Michael Bracciano September 16, 2011

After writing about how I was very optimistic about my Kansas City Chiefs for the upcoming season, I had a tough time watching them get manhandled 41-7 on Sunday. Much like every season in the NFL, I feel...

Primetime exposes Tigers for better and for worse

Nate Atkins September 16, 2011

The end to Friday night’s duel in the desert was a tough pill to swallow for Missouri football fans. The outcome was deflating and gut-wrenching. But, in a strange way, it was also full of promise. Missouri...