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SEC moves to 10 games, conference-only play with delayed start

Eli Hoff • July 30, 2020

The Southeastern Conference will be playing a ten-game, conference-only football schedule this fall, the conference announced Thursday afternoon. The start of the season will also be delayed to Sept. 26,...

Missouri Quarterback Battle Breakdown: Connor Bazelak

Eli Hoff • July 5, 2020

Editor’s Note: This story is the third in a series analyzing the contenders to be Missouri’s starting quarterback in the fall. You can find the first article, on Shawn Robinson, here. The second,...

Missouri Quarterback Battle Breakdown: Taylor Powell

Eli Hoff • June 28, 2020

_Editor’s Note: This story is the second in a series analyzing the contenders to be Missouri’s starting quarterback in the fall. You can find the first article, on Shawn Robinson, here._ With a...

Missouri Quarterback Battle Breakdown: Shawn Robinson

Eli Hoff • June 24, 2020

Amid all the uncertainty surrounding the 2020 college football season, there’s one particular source of on-field intrigue for Missouri: Who will be the Tigers’ starting quarterback come Sept. 5. “That,...

NFL Draft: DT Elliott heading to Cleveland Browns

Eli Hoff • April 24, 2020

The pick is in: defensive tackle Jordan Elliott is the first Missouri player selected in the 2020 NFL Draft. He’ll head to the Cleveland Browns. The Browns chose Elliott in the third round with the...

Notebook: Spring practice begins to start Drinkwitz’ tenure

Wilson Moore • March 9, 2020

Barrett Banister didn’t notice anything amiss in his locker before Missouri’s first spring practice of the year Saturday. But some of his teammates’ jerseys had them confused. “You’re walking...

Drinkwitz’ offensive mind, energy lauded by Odom commits

Jack Soble • February 14, 2020

Despite initially committing to a Missouri football program led by now-fired coach Barry Odom, many of the Tigers’ commits in the recruiting class of 2020 have given rave reviews to Odom’s replacement,...

Missouri football strengthens incoming recruiting class with five signees on National Signing Day

Jack Soble • February 12, 2020

New football coach Eliah Drinkwitz signed five recruits to Missouri on National Signing Day on Feb. 5, raising the Tigers’ national ranking to 50 on 247 Sports and 56 on Rivals. Among those five was...

Coaching staff brings mix of new, old faces for Missouri

Wilson Moore • February 6, 2020

Curtis Luper was the co-offensive coordinator at Texas Christian University in December when he began hearing rumors that Eliah Drinkwitz was in contention for several head coaching vacancies around the...

Team of the Decade: Who made The Maneater’s Tiger football team of the decade

Max Baker, Ian Laird • December 30, 2019

This past decade was filled with many highs and lows for Missouri football. The Tigers joined the Southeastern Conference in 2011 and won their division in the 2013 and 2014 seasons. In 2013, Missouri...

‘We found our guy:’ Drinkwitz introduced as Missouri’s new head football coach

Max Baker • December 11, 2019

Missouri has its new football coach. Three hours after the UM System Board of Curators unanimously voted to approve the contract for Eliah Drinkwitz as Missouri’s 33rd head football coach, he was introduced...

‘He has that vision:’ Missouri players look forward to future under Drinkwitz

Emily Leiker • December 11, 2019

When news first broke on Twitter late Sunday evening that Eli Drinkwitz had been hired as Missouri’s next football coach, it was the first that any of the players had heard of it. That’s not uncommon...