Columbia, Mo. – Redshirt sophomore quarterback Connor Bazelak earned a spot on the Davey O’Brien Award Watch List, it was announced on Tuesday. The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback and is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award. One of six sophomores and one of…
Columbia, Mo. – Head football coach Eliah Drinkwitz announced the hiring of former Mizzou standout and NFL defensive lineman Atiyyah Ellison on Friday. Ellison, a Show Me State native and two-time All-Big 12 selection, will serve as the team’s Director of Player Development. In his new role, Ellison will work with student-athletes to develop and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a ruling that could help push changes in college athletics, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that the NCAA can’t enforce certain rules limiting the education-related benefits — things like computers and graduate scholarships — that colleges offer athletes. The case doesn’t decide whether students can be paid salaries. Instead,…
Columbia, Mo. – Former Mizzou head coach Gary Pinkel and all-purpose player Jeremy Maclin are included on the 2022 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, it was announced by the National Football Foundation (NFF) on Wednesday. The 2022 ballot will include 78 players and seven coaches from the NCAA Football Bowl…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Former NFL head coach and 30-year coaching veteran Scott Linehan has joined the Tigers staff as an offensive analyst, it was announced Thursday by Mizzou football head coach Eliah Drinkwitz. Most recently, Linehan served as Passing Game Coordinator at LSU (2020) and as Offensive Coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys (2015-18). “Scott Linehan…
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Mizzou Football linebacker Nick Bolton (Frisco, Texas) was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 26th pick in the second round and the 58th overall selection of the 2021 NFL Draft on Friday in Cleveland. Bolton’s selection marks the 17th consecutive season Mizzou has had a player selected in the NFL…
Columbia, Mo. – The University of Missouri’s wrestling program is returning to the conference it called home for more than six decades with today’s unanimous approval by UM Board of Curators of the program’s affiliate membership in the Big 12 Conference, effective July 1, 2021. The Tigers have wrestled in the Mid-American Conference since Mizzou…
COLUMBIA, MO.— Mizzou Men’s Basketball has signed transfer guard DaJuan Gordon, head coach Cuonzo Martin announced Thursday. Gordon played two seasons at Kansas State, and will have three years of eligibility remaining for the Tigers. Pronounced Day-Schwann Gordon, the 6-foot-4 electric guard started 22 of 25 games as a sophomore at Kansas State, averaging 9.4…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Trying to defend a three-point lead with under 6 seconds left, Oklahoma’s Elijah Harkless played it perfectly. Harkless fouled Missouri’s Drew Buggs as he dribbled, putting him at the line with 2.1 seconds remaining — which wasn’t enough — and the Sooners slipped by the ninth-seeded Tigers to win 72-68 on Saturday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dru Smith made two free throws with 15.2 seconds left, and the Missouri Tigers held off Georgia 73-70 Thursday night to advance to the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Seventh-seeded Missouri (16-8) will play eighth-ranked Arkansas on Friday night. The Tigers led 62-50 and nearly blew that lead after failing to make…