Brady Cook, with what I'd call the money quote: "I hear it. It’s hard. This is my dream school all I want to do is play quarterback here. I’d like if everyone else wanted me to play quarterback here."
#Mizzou
fans, don't let anybody denigrate this win. You play who lines up on the other side. In a few weeks, nobody outside of Columbus is gonna care who played QB for the Buckeyes tonight.
100 beds set up on Faurot Field for local kids in need to watch a movie on the video board.
@veteransunited
just told all the kids they get to keep the bed with their name on it.
This was the first time
#Mizzou
beat a top ten team since 2013. It is the first time the Tigers have beaten a top ten team in a bowl game since January of 1961.
Incoming
#Mizzou
transfer Cayden Green on why he chose the Tigers: "I think the biggest thing was Drink, the head coach. He was honest, he didn’t lie to me, he treats me like I’m a human and their program’s on the rise."
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announces an anonymous $62 million dollar gift, the largest ever to athletics. $50 million is for improvements to Memorial Stadium, $12 million to Tiger Fund, which is essentially the athletic department’s NIL initiative.
Now that the dust has settled and everyone has slept on it, here's the only real important answer:
Are you more or less invested in
#Mizzou
hoops than you were 12 months ago?
This team made people care again. That's a big achievement and the main takeaway from year one.
The Associated Press named Eli Drinkwitz the SEC Coach of the Year today. Luther Burden, Javon Foster, Cody Schrader, Darius Robinson and Kris Abrams-Draine were first-team selections. Schrader made the first-team unanimously.
Indiana reaction to the Tamar Bates transfer has been refreshing. Seems like all Indiana media and most Hoosier fans are genuinely rooting for him. Nice change of pace to the reaction we usually see when a kid switches schools.
10-win seasons since
#Mizzou
joined the SEC
10 win seasons during Mizzou's 12 years in the SEC:
Alabama 12
Georgia 9
LSU 5
Florida 4
Missouri 3
Ole Miss 3
Kentucky 2
South Carolina 2
Auburn 2
Texas A&M 1
Mississippi State 1
Tennessee 1
Arkansas 0
Vanderbilt 0
Burden says he will enroll at
#Mizzou
in January. Cites relationship with Eli Drinkwitz as the main reason he committed. “I believe in him…we’re gonna rebuild this thing."
A decision for five-star SLUH wide receiver Ryan Wingo "is coming soon" according to his family.
Wingo will be in Columbia for
#Mizzou
vs South Carolina at 2:30 on Saturday
It appears Shane Beamer is not thrilled with the visitors' interview room at Faurot Field. Unsure how he felt about what transpired in the preceding 3 1/2 hours
This needs to be said publicly: In this job, you root for people. Happy as hell for Brady Cook tonight. Yeah, it's a team game and a team win. But that kid deserves this night.
“We didn’t build this team off of chasing records.”
Cody Schrader's selfless mentality after Coach Drink wanted to see him break the school record 👏💯
SEC Inside:
@MizzouFootball
No real issue with Dennis Gates not being SEC coach of the year, though he'd have gotten my vote. But if you have no one on the all freshman team, no one on the all defensive team, only one guy on 1st or 2nd team all league and you finished 4th, you did a damn good coaching job.
Dennis Gates in year one:
*Most wins in 11 seasons (not done yet)
*Doubled win total from last year
*Highest ever SEC finish
*First SEC Tournament semifinals appearance
*Almost as good a year as Jerry Stackhouse per SEC coaches
A year ago on this very day, I made the decision to return, and looking back, it has turned out to be the most incredible year of my life. As they say, "It's not how you start, it's how you finish." I am grateful and honored to be a true son at Mizzou! All glory 2 God 🙏🏾❤️
If you're dragging Eli Drinkwitz for this I hope you like coachspeak and boring answers.
It's funny. Good for him. Aren't college sports and rivalries supposed to be fun?
Also, I don't see any lies on his sign.
"My one division one offer got pulled right before my official visit & then Truman State offered me a scholarship..
I went there & then eventually walked on at Mizzou..
My mindset is to hit people in the mouth for four quarters & I'm never gonna fold"
@codyschrader_7
#PMSLive
If this were 2024,
#Mizzou
would be an Alabama or Texas loss away from probably HOSTING a College Football Playoff game.
And that--the potential of the biggest sporting event in school history on campus--is why a 12 team playoff is great for college football.
Brad Smith: "Somebody asked me what’s my greatest accomplishment in sports? It was the day I woke up when I stopped playing, I took a deep breath and I realized I gave everything I had. And that was the best day of my sports career."
That quote should define success for us all.
For those who will ask, yes, Matt Zollers was a take for both Penn State and Georgia. Eli Drinkwitz (and
#Mizzou
's NIL program) have changed the game in Columbia.
People forget what Jeremy Maclin did at Mizzou in 2 years 🐅
Finished his career with 5609 all purpose yards and 33 touchdowns🐯
Averaging 200.3 all purpose yards a game 🐅
All Time Great🐯
A legacy defining fourth quarter for Brady Cook and Cody Schrader. BTW, Cody is six yards shy of the single season school rushing record. Would be fitting for the Tigers to get the ball back one more time.
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doing the unheard of and making games more affordable for fans. Prices on cheeseburgers, hot dogs, popcorn, water and soda have all dropped by at least $2 this season at Faurot Field. Pizza and craft beer also available at game this season.
D’Moi Hodge—who did not make the SEC all-defensive team—is one of 25 finalists for the Lefty Driesell Award as the national defensive player of the year.
Tidbit from
@jarodchamilton
About an hour after he got drafted, Darius Robinson did his press conference. The draft is a zoo and Jarod wasn't able to get a question in. Darius spotted him after, made sure to find his way over and answer a few questions (1/3)
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RBs Larry Rountree and Tyler Badie swap jerseys after the Broncos beat the Chargers in a game that featured Badie's first career TD. Pic courtesy of
@quinntrask
Luther Burden: "We got some dudes. People don’t realize until today we got some dudes in that room and on this team. It’s just a buildup. Everybody overlook everybody on our team, overlooks this program."
Had a chance to talk with
#Mizzou
AD Desiree Reed-Francois today. Two numbers she was proud of:
Student-athletes have the highest GPA in school history.
Tiger Scholarship Fund is at an all-time high with 13616 donors. It was at 5992 when she took over in August of 2021.
Former
#Mizzou
golfer Peter Malnati taps in for par on 18 to win the Valspar Championship by two strokes. It's his second win on Tour, makes him fully exempt through the 2026 season and qualifies him for the Masters and the PGA Championship this year.
Tonight's a test for the fan base. This is not a bad night for
#Mizzou
. There is absolutely no reason to panic. Be a little frustrated, but not upset.
Eli Drinkwitz says "it's a remarkable feeling to know the start of the year there was a poll about would we even make a bowl game" and now
#Mizzou
is in a New Year's Six bowl.