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With Ray absent, Tide roll Tigers

Andrew McCulloch • December 6, 2014

ATLANTA — Alabama senior quarterback Blake Sims stepped to the line and scanned the Missouri defense. He snapped the ball and dropped back into the pocket before firing a bomb down field to receiver...

Mizzou falls flat in SEC Championship

Aaron Reiss • December 6, 2014

ATLANTA — With media crowded around him, Bud Sasser paused. Mid-answer, he had to tell a member of Missouri’s football equipment staff that he wanted to keep the nameplate above his Georgia Dome locker. The...

Reaction: Oklahoma runs away from Mizzou in win

Daniel Witt • December 6, 2014

Missouri faced old Big 12 Conference foe Oklahoma at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma Friday. In their first meeting since Feb. 6, 2012, the Tigers fell 82-63 to the Sooners. **Mizzou throws...

What to watch for: Missouri vs. Alabama

Jason Lowenthal • December 5, 2014

No. 14 Missouri takes on No. 1 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game on Saturday in Atlanta. Here are five things to watch for in the game. **1. Missouri defensive coordinator Dave...

Pinkel, Saban answer pregame questions

Aaron Reiss • December 5, 2014

ATLANTA -- Alabama coach Nick Saban and Missouri coach Gary Pinkel each met with members of the media at a news conference today in anticipation of Saturday’s Southeastern Conference Championship Game....

Missouri wrestlers weigh in on cauliflower ear

Quinn Malloy • December 4, 2014

Missouri sophomore wrestler Lavion Mayes had been wrestling for a full five minutes before he noticed the blood dripping from his ear. “I didn’t feel pain or anything,” Mayes said Mayes, like the...

Tigers dismiss underdog label

Andrew McCulloch • December 3, 2014

With time winding down in the fourth quarter and Arkansas driving, senior defensive end Markus Golden jumped from the line. Razorbacks running back Alex Collins darted toward the hole, but Golden stopped...

I am thankful for Gary Pinkel

Daniel Schmidt • December 3, 2014

My family and I sat down to dinner last Friday a couple of hours after Mizzou had beaten the Arkansas Razorbacks 21-14 to win the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division and its spot in the SEC title...

Scouting Alabama

Jason Lowenthal, Andrew McCulloch • December 3, 2014

Missouri takes on Alabama Saturday in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game in Atlanta. Maneater writers Andrew McCulloch and Jason Lowenthal scouted the Crimson Tide and gave their predictions...

Fourth quarters prove crucial to Tigers’ success

Jason Lowenthal • December 3, 2014

Last Monday, as Missouri football prepared to play Arkansas, coach Gary Pinkel said his team couldn’t afford to be “eating hot dogs with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter.” Saturday’s inaugural...

Q&A with The Crimson White’s sports editor, Kelly Ward

Aaron Reiss • December 3, 2014

With the Southeastern Conference Championship Game this weekend in Atlanta, The Maneater talked to Kelly Ward, the sports editor of the University of Alabama’s student newspaper, The Crimson White. **Another...

Shamburger’s unexpected journey

Daniel Witt • December 3, 2014

Keith Shamburger speaks with experience. He’s been through it all. “When the going gets tough, he’s been there,” Missouri coach Kim Anderson said of his senior guard. “No one else on this team...