Mizzou coaches and players take questions ahead of the start of fall camp
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Ahead of Mizzou football's 2023 fall camp starting up on Monday, players and coaches took questions from the media about what they're "something to prove" mentality means this season.
"We're not trying to prove that individually we're talented, we know that we've had talent on this football team," said head coach Eli Drinkwitz. "We're going to prove collectively that we belong in our league and can play better than we have and produce better results than we have."
Watch the full interview with Drinkwitz below.
For assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach Al Pogue, "something to prove" isn't aimed for the people that doubt Mizzou.
"It's mainly for the people that believe in us, not necessarily the naysayers they're always going to have something to say," Pogue said.
With success on the Mizzou defense in year one under Blake Baker, he said one of his concerns going into the offseason was how the group would respond to success. He said Sunday that the concern was quickly put to rest.
"We're still going to have the mindset that we want to be the hunters, not the hunted and that's just the style of defense that we play," Baker said.
Many starting positions remain up for grabs, including the starting quarterback role. First year offensive coordinator Kirby Moore said he's looking for certain traits in his starter.
"Take command, be a leader, got to take care of the ball in critical downs and the big things in terms of the pass game is we have to be more explosive," Moore said.
Watch the full interviews with the Mizzou coaching staff in the video players below.
The Mizzou defensive is returning a lot of veteran players with "something to prove" as this season will be their last taste of college football before taking the next step.
"We all have something to prove that's why we all came back to college with a purpose and we just have to take advantage of this year, work hard and put it all together," said defensive lineman Darius Robinson.
While the team as a whole is working to prove something, there's also some big personal goals that have been set.
"Win the starting job," said second-year quarterback Sam Horn.
"Win the Heisman," said second-year wide receiver Luther Burden
Watch the full interviews with the Mizzou players below.
