COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Despite missing months of practice due to COVID-19, Missouri football is still moving forward with the installation of Eli Drinkwitz’s new offense. There has not been a lot of information on what this new offense could translate to on the field. “It’s very fast tempo. You’ve got to know what you’re doing
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Many aspects of MU football have changed over the past few months, but the defense is not one of them. It is moving forward with much of the same staff and schemes, but also a new leader. Nick Bolton isn’t an unfamiliar name to Tiger fans. “He is the guy. Nick Bolton
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) In a year full of distractions, the Tolton football team isn’t having any of it. “We don’t worry about the elements that we can’t control. We worry about the elements that we can,” said Michael Egnew, Tolton’s football coach. One element the Trailblazers said they are hoping to control on week one,
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Mizzou football is now working with the three notable grad transfers Eli Drinkwitz brought in over the offseason. Damon Hazelton, Mike Maietti, and Keke Chism all transferred to the university for their final year of eligibility. Hazelton came to Missouri from Virginia Tech where he nabbed at eight touchdowns in the 2019-2020
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) MU football players said they understand the precautions the university is taking in reducing the capacity at Faurot Field. On Monday, Mizzou officials confirmed that the stadium would reach no more than 25 percent capacity this year due to COVID-19. Eli Drinkwitz said the decision doesn’t change anything for him. “Obviously playing
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WARDSVILLE, Mo (KMIZ) Blair Oaks said a group of brothers have not only brought successful seasons to the Falcons, but an attitude to live by. Falcons coach Ted LePage said the Hair siblings bring a very specific type of leadership to the table. “They’ve all given humility first and service of others. When you talk
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz said he will not name a starting quarterback prior to the Tigers opener against Alabama on Sept. 26. “I’ll just break the news for y’all today,” Drinkwitz said during a Zoom news conference on Tuesday. “I ain’t announcing it, so don’t worry about it Week One. We
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team held its first official preseason practice on Monday. The Tigers will kick off the season on Sept. 26 at home against Alabama. Here’s MU’s full 2020 schedule: 9/26: Alabama at Mizzou10/3: Mizzou at Tennessee10/10: Mizzou at LSU10/17: Vanderbilt at Mizzou10/24: Mizzou at Florida10/31: Kentucky at Mizzou11/7: BYE WEEK11/14:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel held the second annual GP M.A.D.E. Foundation golf tournament on Monday. There were 206 participants, including several former MU football players. The tournament was once again held at The Club at Old Hawthorne. Pinkel held the event in order to raise money for his GP M.A.D.E Foundation.
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Rock Bridge star Nate Peat in this week’s virtual Sunday Sit-down segment. Peat is a running back at Stanford, but his sophomore season was postponed due to COVID-19. “It was pretty disappointing,” Peat said. “We saw it coming, and we understand the circumstances.” You can watch
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HALLSVILLE, Mo (KMIZ) The Hallsville Indians are working to repeat the most historic season in town history, but under much different conditions than years past. In 2019, the Indians claimed the town’s first district title under new head coach, Justin Conyers. Conyers is still with the team, however, the 16 seniors who helped him get
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HALLSVILLE, Mo (KMIZ) The Hallsville Indians said it may take them a few weeks to get into the groove of actually meeting other teams after a summer of isolation. The Indians had their first full-contact scrimmage on Saturday and said, while its good to get the team tackling, they would usually have a lot more
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CHICAGO, Il (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals came out of their first doubleheader of many to come with a win on Saturday. It was the first time St. Louis had been on a diamond in 17 days, due to multiple positive cases of COVID-19 within the ball club. Even after an over-two week hiatus, the
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KANSAS CITY, Mo (KMIZ) The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced it will be suspending all sports until January 1, 2021. The conference said the decision became final after the NCAA announced that it would be canceling all fall championships . Conference officials said they will be looking into moving soccer, volleyball, and football to the
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ST. LOUIS (KMIZ) The Cardinals will return to the field on Saturday against the Chicago White Sox. St. Louis will play a doubleheader in Chicago starting at 1:10 p.m. The Cardinals haven’t played a game since July 29 when their COVID-19 outbreak began. Since then, the Redbirds have missed more than two weeks of games.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will begin preseason practices on Monday, and the players are excited to be back out on the field. We spoke with linebacker Jamal Brooks, offensive lineman Case Cook and wide out Barrett Banister on Thursday. You can watch the full interviews below. They all three spoke about encouraging
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Jefferson City high school football teams said being back on the football field feels like home after everything that’s happened. “Everything outside of the football field feels a little odd, but when we’re out here it feels like August, feels like football,” said Scott Bailey, Jefferson City’s football coach. Helias, Capital
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz met with reporters on a Zoom news conference on Wednesday ahead of fall camp. You can watch the entire interview in the video player above. Coach Drinkwitz said the Tigers are going to do everything they can to play football this fall. As of now, the SEC,
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia’s high school football practices look a lot different this year, featuring: masks, social distancing, and no contact. It’s a long list of things for coaches to worry about. “They don’t really realize, some of them, how important their behavior is going to be moving forward,” said Atiyyah Ellison, Battle’s football coach.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. UPDATE 8:21 p.m.: Columbia Public Schools delayed the start of the school year until Sept. 8. CPS Athletic Director David Egan said CPS practices will continue until at least the end of the week. High school football teams across Mid-Missouri held their first official preseason practices on Monday. MSHSAA is allowing high school
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