COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou defensive line coach Jethro Franklin has been relieved of his duties, football head coach Eliah Drinkwitz announced Sunday. “After a careful review, I believe a change in direction at the defensive line coach was needed,” Drinkwitz said. “Jethro is a professional and man of high character, and we wish him all…
BOSTON (AP) — Denis Grosel threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Zay Flowers in overtime, and Brandon Sebastian’s interception sealed the victory on Saturday as Boston College recovered after blowing two fourth-quarter leads to beat Missouri 41-34. BC coach Jeff Hafley said he couldn’t see Sebastian come down with the ball to end the game.…
The Big 550 KTRS would congratulate our own Dave Matter, Mizzou athletics writer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, who was named today the FWAA Steve Ellis Beat Writer of the year. Dave receives the honor in a year like no other, covering the Missouri Tigers at a time where media access wasn’t always readily available…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Tyler Badie scored three first-half touchdowns, two rushing and one receiving, and Connor Bazelak threw for 346 yards as Missouri got out to a 38-0 halftime lead over the SEMO Redhawks and cruised to a 59-21 victory. Missouri (2-1) scored on all six of its first-half possessions and held SEMO (0-3) to…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Chris Rodriguez Jr. rushed for a career-high 206 yards and three of his four touchdowns, including the go-ahead score from 8 yards with 11:28 remaining, and Kentucky stopped Missouri late for a hard-fought 35-28 victory Saturday night in the Southeastern Conference opener. The Wildcats (2-0, 1-0) never trailed this thrilling showdown…
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – The Southeastern Conference has announced the dates for the 2021-22 Mizzou men’s basketball team’s conference schedule. The announcement finalizes the SEC opponents who were previously announced in July. In addition to the Tigers non-conference schedule, announced last month, Mizzou will take on up to 10 tournament teams from a year ago including four who…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A nine-play, 75-yard drive midway through the fourth quarter that resulted in a Connor Bazelak-to-Niko Hea two-yard touchdown pass allowed the Missouri Tigers to open up a 10-point lead on the way to a 34-24 victory over the Central Michigan Chippewas. On that drive, senior running back Tyler Badie, in his first game as the Tigers’ feature…
Columbia, Mo. – Based on voting by the league’s coaches, the Southeastern Conference Preseason All-SEC selections were announced on Tuesday. Second Team, Defense: Trajan Jeffcoat, RS JR, DL Jeffcoat, named a preseason All-Southeastern Conference selection by the league’s media, was a 2020 first-team All-SEC selection by the Associated Press and the league’s coaches. His breakout…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Mizzou men’s basketball team announced its 12-game 2021-22 nonconference schedule on Wednesday. The stacked schedule includes previously announced games against storied foes, Kansas and Illinois, in addition to five games against teams who finished with top-65 NET rankings in 2019-20. Cuonzo Martin‘s fifth season at the helm of the Mizzou squad,…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri President Mun Choi announced today that Desiree Reed-Francois, athletics director at UNLV, has been named as Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for the university. Reed-Francois was selected following a search led by UM Curator Jeff Layman and assisted by Parker Executive Search. “This is a transformational day for Mizzou Athletics,”…