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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

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...

Franklin injury opens door for Berkstresser

Franklin injury opens door for Berkstresser

Pat Iversen March 16, 2012

Donning a red no-contact jersey, quarterback James Franklin roamed around Missouri’s practice on Thursday with a playsheet in one hand and a gigantic bag of ice on his throwing shoulder. The ever-optimistic...

Missouri football gears up for conference switch

Missouri football gears up for conference switch

Nate Atkins February 24, 2012

For Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel, “SEC” wasn’t the peak and “DGB” wasn’t the highlight. The past year’s switch to the Southeastern Conference and addition of Scout.com’s No. 1 football...

SEC move brings changes to football funding, game day operations

Pat Iversen February 21, 2012

MU athletics are getting a facelift before their official introduction to the Southeastern Conference next year, as MU Athletics Director Mike Alden announced Monday a series of changes for football funding...

M-I-Z discusses D-G-B: Students react to landing top recruit

Connor Casey February 3, 2012

The MU campus has been abuzz this week over National Signing Day on Wednesday, when the Missouri football team signed the Rivals and Scout No. 1 recruit, Dorial Green-Beckham. The wide receiver from Springfield,...