QUESTION OF THE DAY: Has Eli Drinkwitz made the right quarterback choice?
Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz on Tuesday answered a question that has hung over his program since last season.
Continue ReadingMizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz on Tuesday answered a question that has hung over his program since last season.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said that his team will be moving forward with St. Louis-native Brady Cook as the starting quarterback for the 2023 season. He added that backup quarterback Sam Horn will still get opportunities for growth. Drinkwitz said not much will change in the quarterback room, as Cook had
Continue ReadingWatch live as Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz takes reporters’ questions ahead of Week 2.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Chanel Porter brought on Mizzou volleyball’s junior right side hitter Jordan Iliff, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team started the 2023 season off 1-0, with a 35-10 win over South Dakota on Thursday night. The biggest story line headed into that game was the ongoing competition between the quarterbacks: returning starter Brady Cook and redshirt freshman Sam Horn. Cook started the first half, while Horn took
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team lost its first game of the head coach Dawn Sullivan era on Sunday afternoon. No. 3 Louisville swept MU in three sets to drop the Tigers to 5-1 on the season. The Cardinals dominated Mizzou in the first set, winning 25-10, however, the two sets that followed were
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team starts the year with five-straight wins after the Tigers swept South Dakota 3-0 Saturday in the Tiger Invitational. This is the second-straight shutout win for MU after the Tigers took down Northern Kentucky on Friday at the Hearnes Center. St. Louis native Jordan Iliff was the leading force
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers starting off the season on a high note with a big time 35-10 win over South Dakota on a Thursday night prime-time kickoff at Faurot Field. You can watch extended highlights of MU’s win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/El8psi03St0 Brady Cook started the game at quarterback playing the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football season will kickoff at 7 p.m. on Thursday night and it’ll do so with no clear starting quarterback for the Tigers. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz will split snaps between returning starter Brady Cook and redshirt freshman Sam Horn to start the 2023 season. “The reality is that no quarterback
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s year two with Blake Baker at the helm of the Mizzou defense, and the good news is, the group is returning nine starters from last season. The Tigers went 6-7 last season. Majority of the defense is in their final year of play at Mizzou and the main goal is to
Continue ReadingThe win was expected but it was the first on-field action of the season for a Tigers team with lots of questions coming into the year.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol and University of Missouri police are advising everyone who is not going to the Mizzou football game to avoid downtown.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thursday is the University of Missouri’s home opening football game. With thousands of fans expected to attend, traffic impacts and delays can be expected throughout the game. The increase in crowds and number of people heading towards and around the stadium has caused some changes to traffic flow. Football_Traffic_PatternsDownload According to the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team released its injury report for week one on Tuesday, ahead of Thursday night’s season opener against South Dakota. Safety JC Carlies will be questionable headed into the game against the Coyotes. Linebacker Chad Bailey, running back Michael Cox, wide receiver Peanut Houston and offensive lineman Bence Polgar are
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced Tuesday on its social media that it is asking employees who work “on campus in non-public-facing roles” to work remotely Thursday. The University stated remote work should begin at noon, stating it is accommodating increased traffic in the area for Mizzou football’s season opener. The Tigers host
Continue ReadingDENVER, Colo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou standout Albert Okwuegbunam is headed to Philadelphia. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported that the Denver Broncos traded the tight end to the Eagles, along with a seventh-round 2025 draft pick in exchange for a 2025 sixth-round pick. Okwuegbunam was originally drafted to Denver, as a fourth-round pick, in 2020. He
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on KTGR’s co-host of the ‘The Big Show,’ in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second straight day, the Mizzou volleyball team managed to take matches to five sets to complete come back victories. On Sunday, MU managed to win the last two sets against Colgate to take the match. Dawn Sullivan has started her era at Mizzou a perfect 3-0 after some exciting wins
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After losing the first two sets, the Mizzou volleyball team made the first major comeback of the Dawn Sullivan era to down Central Arkansas 3-2 in the five-set match. The Tigers were led by St. Louis native Jordan Iliff finishing with 15 kills, seven digs and a block. Dilara Gedikoglu also had
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz opened up game week on Friday with a press conference talking about the quarterback situation and giving an injury report. Drinkwitz announced that senior linebacker and captain Chad Bailey underwent surgery on Friday, meaning that he will be out for about 21 days. “Disappointed for Chad, I
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