COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football has scored four commits in the last nine days. On Saturday, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and his staff secured a commitment from running back Terry “TJ” Hodges, representing the 14th member of MU’s 2026 recruiting class. The Natural State native chose the Tigers over Arkansas, Oregon, Baylor, Louisville and Oklahoma
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz’s 2026 recruiting class gained a four-star defensive standout, on Friday afternoon. After decommiting from Arkansas following the firing of former head coach Sam Pittman earlier in the week, linebacker JJ Bush pledged to the Tigers over offers from Mississippi State and Tulane. The Alabama native is the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of Mizzou Tigers have joined the running for two prestigious awards. On Thursday, MU quarterback Beau Pribula and linebacker Josiah Trotter were added to the Maxwell and Bednarik Award midseason watch lists, respectively, per announcements from the National College Football Awards Association. The Maxwell Award recognizes the best all-around college
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The total number of fans ejected from Mizzou home games this football season is up to 63. The Tigers are on bye this week and host Alabama on Oct. 11. All of Missouri’s games have been at home this season, and there were 31 total ejections heading into MU’s game against South
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football’s sellout streak extending to a total of 19 games by the end of the 2025 season, now all hinges on one matchup: the Nov. 8 meeting with No. 6 Texas A&M. On Wednesday, Tiger Athletics announced that the head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company’s Nov. 15 senior night game against
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) You know that old say ‘there’s no place like home’? It really rings true for the Mizzou volleyball team in the 2025 campaign. Out of 28 matches, head coach Dawn Sullivan and company will only play eight at the Hearnes Center this season, which makes the occasions that the Tigers are in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou midfielder Hailey Chambliss knows what it means to be the ultimate team player. “She just wants to compete,” Tiger soccer coach Stefanie Golan said. “We’re utilizing her off the bench and, you know, sometimes players want to be the one who starts…I think she does a great job of like watching
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football has finished off a dominant run through non-conference play. The Tigers (5-0) clinched an undefeated record against non-conference challengers with a 36-point win over Massachusetts, outscoring their non-league opponents by a combined 144 points (197-53) over four games. This represents the third straight season that the team won all four
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football has swiped a recruit from an SEC foe. On Sunday, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and his staff flipped the commitment of EDGE rusher Micah Nickerson, who was previously pledged to Mississippi State since June. He also held offers from Virginia, Tulane, Louisiana and more. The 6-foot-5, 215-pound talent is rated
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football continues to climb the ladder in the Associated Press (AP) Top-25 rankings. The Tigers (5-0) leaped up one spot to No. 19 in the newest AP Poll, marking the third straight week that the team has gained ground in the rankings since cracking the top-25 in Week 3. MU’s elevated
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the ninth-straight season the Mizzou football team walked away from its homecoming game with a mark in the win column, following a 42-6 trouncing of UMass on Saturday night at Faurot Field. With the victory, head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company improved to 5-0 on the season, which marks the second
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Cross Country clashed with some of the nation’s best runners at Gans Creek. The Tigers hosted an event-record 87 teams at the seventh-annual Gans Creek Classic on Friday morning, earning eighth place in the Women’s 6K Gold and 12th place in the Men’s 8K Gold races. Both teams toppled nationally-ranked programs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 1-ranked prospect at the junior college level is a future Mizzou Tiger. Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz has acquired a commitment from defensive lineman DeMarcus Johnson, who is considered the nation’s highest-ranked junior college player by 247 Sports Composite Rankings. The Hutchinson Community College product held offers from seven different schools,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Gymnastics has learned its road to return to the NCAA Championship stage. The Tigers unveiled their full schedule for the upcoming season, which will include 10 opponents that earned 2025 NCAA Tournament berths and four teams that punched tickets to last year’s NCAA Championship Semifinals. MU will face an 11-meet schedule
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics has teamed up with Edward Jones to offer a new financial resource to benefit its student-athletes. On Wednesday, MU announced that it is launching a financial education program for student-athletes, which is aimed to empower them during the revenue-sharing and Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) era of college sports. “It’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After a difficult and physical week in Southeastern Conference action, a non-conference game could be a bit more relaxing for Mizzou football coaches and players, right? Wrong. That’s the very mentality that Tiger head coach Eli Drinkwitz is hoping to combat with not only his team, but the fan base heading into
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Although teams across the nation are in the thick of the 2025 college football season, the Southeastern Conference took a look ahead to the next four years, on Tuesday night. The league released each team’s schedules for the 2026-29 football seasons, as the SEC shifts to a nine-game slate. For the next
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones spoke with the Mike Kelly, the voice of the Missouri Tigers, ahead of the Mizzou, UMass edition of Tiger Talk out at Harpo’s. You can watch the full conversation with Mike Kelly in the video player above.
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The Tigers are undefeated heading into Homecoming. No. 20 Missouri is set to host UMass on Faurot Field for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday. Coach Eli Drinkwitz and players made themselves available for questions at noon Tuesday. Watch it in the media player.
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The buzz is starting to build around this year’s football Tigers. Mizzou stayed undefeated after its SEC opener Saturday, downing South Carolina 29-20. The win also moved them up a couple of spots in the Top 25. Quarterback Beau Pribula and running back Ahmad Hardy have already drawn a lot of attention from college football
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