COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou and Arkansas rivalry has a little bit more spice in the 2020 season, as former head coach Barry Odom will return to Columbia for the first time. Eli Drinkwitz retained a small portion of Odom’s staff when he came on, including defensive coordinator Ryan Walters. Walters and Odom worked together
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will host Arkansas in the annual Battle Line rivalry game on Saturday at 11 a.m. You can watch the full news conference with head coach Eli Drinkwitz in the video player below. Former Mizzou football player and coach Barry Odom will return to Faurot Field on Saturday. For
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou quarterback Connor Bazelak is the SEC freshman of the week. It’s the second time he’s earned this weekly honor. Bazelak was 30/37 for 318 yards in the Tigers 41-0 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday. MU is now 4-1 with Bazelak as the starting quarterback. The Tigers are 4-3 overall this season.
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NASVHILLE, TN (KMIZ) Vanderbilt Athletics fired football coach Derek Mason on Sunday afternoon, following a 41-point loss and shutout at Faurot Field. The Commodore’s offensive coordinator Todd Fitch will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. “Derek cares deeply about the student-athletes under his charge. His tenure at Vanderbilt will be remembered
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ABC17’s Nathalie Jones brought on Eric Blum, the Mizzou beat writer for the Columbia Daily Tribune, in this week’s virtual edition of Sunday Sit-down.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team shut down the Vanderbilt Commodores in just about every way they could, except for one, historic, way. Although the Tigers claimed their fourth win of the season, the real story came in the first woman to play in a regular-season Power-5 football game. Vanderbilt soccer standout Sarah Fuller
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will play its rescheduled matchup with Vanderbilt on Saturday at Faurot Field at 11:00 A.M. The Tigers are coming off of a 17-10 win over South Carolina in the previous week. After the win, head coach Eli Drinkwitz said he was going to reevaluate his play calling. In
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) One Vanderbilt soccer play could make history on Saturday, as the first woman to start in a Power-5 football game. The Vanderbilt football team recruited soccer standout Sarah Fuller as a place kicker for Saturday’s game against Mizzou. Fuller made the trip to Missouri with the team on Friday. 🛫 to Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team did not take Thanksgiving off, as Eli Drinkwitz led practice on Thursday morning. After the 9:00 A.M. run-through, the team shared a Thanksgiving meal. Drinkwitz added that after practice has was going to go home and eat with his family. “After the nap I anticipate some pecan pie.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will play Vanderbilt – instead of Arkansas – on Saturday at 11 a.m. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz met with reporters on Tuesday afternoon. You can hear his full news conference in the video player below. Drinkwitz said the team had zero positive COVID-19 tests on Sunday. He added
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will now play Vanderbilt on Saturday at 11 a.m. due to COVID-19 concerns at Arkansas. The Tigers were originally supposed to play the Razorbacks this weekend, but the SEC postponed the Battle Line Rivalry Game due to positive COVID-19 tests at Arkansas. “As we continue to adapt to
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on ESPN play-by-play announcer Tom Hart in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football won its second straight Mayor’s Cup on Saturday despite playing with just 52 scholarship players. “It’s a tribute to our players,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said after the game. “It’s a tribute to our seniors and a tribute to our staff.” ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman recapped the
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team won its second straight Mayor’s Cup over South Carolina on Saturday night. The Tigers held on to beat the Gamecocks, 17-10. The Tigers are now 3-3 on the season. You can watch our full interview with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz in the video player above. Mizzou played
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will be without defensive coordinator Ryan Walters on Saturday due to contact tracing. A Mizzou spokesman announced the news an hour before kickoff against South Carolin. David Gibbs will serve as the defensive coordinator in Walter’s place. Defensive analyst Grant O’Brien will take Gibbs’ place as the 10th
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will play its first game in three weeks on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on the road against South Carolina. The Tigers will play with 53 scholarship players, according to head coach Eli Drinkwitz. The SEC recommends each school should have at least that many players in order to
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) A win on Saturday would not be Eli Drinkwitz’s first time defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks, in fact, it would be the second-straight year. Just one year ago, Drinkwitz and Appalachian State took down South Carolina in a 20-15 victory. However, Drinkwitz was not alone. Mizzou special teams coordinator Erik Link was
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou football is down one more scholarship player, after slot receiver Dominic Gicinto announced his entry into the transfer portal on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Eli Drinkwitz said the team had 56 players available, including Gicinto. The SEC requires 53 scholarship players to be available in order to play a game and Mizzou
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will return to action Saturday on the road against South Carolina. Kickoff from Williams-Brice Stadium is at 6:30 p.m. You can hear head coach Eli Drinkwitz’s full news conference previewing the game in the video player below. Drinkwitz said MU has 56 scholarship player available to play on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 sports director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above. Sterk said he’s confident Mizzou will play at South Carolina on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. MU has not played a game
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