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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

Gaines takes business to SEC

Gaines takes business to SEC

Ryan Hood August 31, 2012

Highly-touted freshman receiver Dorial Green-Beckham carefully watched the ball fall into his hands. Green-Beckham reeled in the bubble pass and was promptly leveled by a defender before he could even...

Returning Franklin has savvy, options

Returning Franklin has savvy, options

Seth Boster August 31, 2012

Junior James Franklin will try to dodge the question with a big smile and a “yes sir” or a “yes ma’am” response. Does it mean anything to be considered one of the more elite quarterbacks in...

Josey takes road back to glory

Josey takes road back to glory

Ryan Hood August 31, 2012

He’s not playing Saturday. He won’t be suiting up next week, or the week after that, either. Henry Josey is out for the season. Yet every day at practice, he is there, in full-pads, working up a...

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...

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...