Less than an hour after Mizzou finished rubbing Louisiana’s collective face into the scorching-hot turf on Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium, head football coach Eli Drinkwitz started the drumbeat for this coming weekend’s tilt against South Carolina.
The first quarter, which was always going to be the easiest quarter, of Missouri’s football schedule is over. The No. 23 Tigers, undefeated so far, are pleased with their early showings.
Missouri won’t host Louisiana until noon Saturday, but for the Ragin’ Cajuns, everything feels like 10:45 a.m. these days. Almost but not quite Lunch time.
Missouri won’t host Louisiana until noon Saturday, but for the Ragin’ Cajuns, everything feels like 10:45 a.m. these days. Almost but not quite Lunch time.
Missouri. Kansas. Playing football against each other for the first time since 2011, in CoMo for the first time since 2006.
A narrative, to a football coach, is only useful until it becomes counterproductive. There are few things more bitter-tasting in that profession than something that is counterproductive.
In one day, this campus will be comin’ out of its cage. But for now, it’s quiet.
When Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing picked the turf out of his facemask following the safety that punctuated Missouri’s iconic 2007 win over the Jayhawks, present-day MU wideout Donovan Olugbode was not yet than 5 months old.
Missouri last played Kansas in football in 2011, when current Mizzou undergrads were ages 4 to 8.
Missouri kicker Blake Craig will miss the rest of the 2025 season and quarterback Sam Horn will be out an extended but undefined period of time due to injuries they suffered during the Tigers’ season opener last week.