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Losses to Stetson, UCF, snd now Troy with a lead on them. CY got out of town at the perfect time.

Second game in two days. This team (Western Kentucky) shouldn’t be a push over. Yesterday the Tigers defeated SEMO in probably one of the ugliest wins I’ve seen. It’s my opinion they better bring a better game tonight.

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri Board of Curators voted 7-0 to approve a contract extension for head football coach Eliah Drinkwitz through the 2027 season, Director of Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois announced today.



Drinkwitz, in his third season at Mizzou, originally signed an agreement through the 2025 season when he arrived in Columbia in 2019.



“My family and I want to thank the Board of Curators, President Choi, and AD Reed-Francois for their faith in me as a coach and leader,” Drinkwitz said. “You can’t do this alone, and our players, coaches and staff have worked their tails off and stuck with the process as we’ve built this program. We feel strongly about our trajectory and are proud to represent our state’s flagship institution. We are grateful for the investment in our program from the administration and excited about the future of Mizzou Football!"



"Like the University and Missouri Athletics, Mizzou Football is on an upward trajectory, and Coach Drinkwitz is a key part of those efforts," said Darryl Chatman, chair of the UM Board of Curators. "As a board, we continue to support setting higher expectations and making progress in all that we do as a university. That applies to research, academics and athletics. We look forward to watching Coach Drinkwitz build Mizzou Football into a championship program."



"Coach Drinkwitz and his staff have created great momentum in our football program." University of Missouri President Mun Choi said. “You can feel the excitement and you see it in the fans as they have turned out in great numbers at Faurot Field. Coach Drinkwitz’s program is a key part of the results-driven, championship culture that AD Reed-Francois is building to help support our student-athletes. Like so many of our fans, I am excited to see what the future holds for Mizzou Football."



“We are appreciative of the support from our Board of Curators and President as we continue to build a championship-level program,” Reed-Francois said. “Our football team is on the right trajectory, and we are seeing results in recruiting and on the field. Coach Drinkwitz is a dynamic leader who brings people together and we believe in our football staff's combined commitment to excellence in the classroom and in the community. We are looking forward to him continuing to lead our program into the future.”



Drinkwitz led the Tigers to bowl appearances in each of his first two seasons, joining former head coach Warren Powers as the only two MU head coaches to achieve that feat. Additionally, only Powers won more games in his first two seasons at MU (1978-79, 15) than Drinkwitz (11).



Inside Faurot Field / Memorial Stadium, Drinkwitz has won nearly 71% of his games, achieving the best home winning percentage since Dan Devine (1958-70, 73.1%).



On the recruiting trail, Drinkwitz and his staff have inked Mizzou’s highest-ranked classes ever – No. 19 in 2022 and No. 20 in 2021. The nation’s No. 1 wide receiver, Luther Burden III, was a member of the 2022 signing group.



Academically, the 2.92 team grade point average in Spring 2022 was football’s highest in eighteen years, excluding the spring 2020 pass/fail period.



Mizzou (4-4, 2-3 SEC) returns to Faurot Field / Memorial Stadium on Saturday to take on Kentucky. The Tigers will celebrate Military Appreciation Day and Ag Day in a game that kicks off at 11 a.m. CT and airs on SEC Network and the Tiger Radio Network.

Drink said they had 14 HS commits right now and he anticipated taking 16. Rivals is only showing 13. Silent commit?

Drink starts with his condolences to UVA and that community after the tragic shootings that took place recently.

He talks about senior week and his appreciation of the 21 seniors and what they have done in their Mizzou careers. He has a little bit of something to say about each senior which was very nice (the transcript will be available later today).

When talking about Isaiah McGuire he called him the team's most consistent defensive player.

Focus this week is to celebrate the seniors, play to Mizzou's standard, and execute better than it has the last two games.

Drink said that he doesn't know if every senior who does senior day will actually leave. Some are obvious like Martez Manuel. He's said he's leaving.

Drink said that the extra COVID season, transfer ability, potential NFL players on the team makes it kind of difficult for roster management when you add high school players.

Brady Cook's running at Tennessee was by design and because it kept working.

Drink said that on some fourth and shorts (like the one when they were down 14-7 when they punted) he wouldn't do anything different. The one I just mentioned he said that they wanted to punt to not put the defense in a bad spot. The one when Eli Young fumbled was just poor execution. Later in the game on a fourth and short they got a penalty and didn't want to attempt a 59-yard FG.

He said the whole team didn't feel like they played to the level of what they needed to starting midway through the third.

Drink goes back to how proud of he is of senior DL Darius Robinson, Trajan Jeffcoat, and Isaiah McGuire. He said Robinson has been playing some of his best ball. Same thing for McGuire.

He said Hyrin White is that they will apply for a medical redshirt. He's confident that the NCAA will grant it. Chad Bailey won't walk at senior day because he has another season of eligibility left.

Drink said he's not focused on having to win out for the bowl he said he's only focused on senior week.

Drink said they will play to their standard. So, basically whoever earns the opportunity to play will play. So, the young players may not play.

The reason senior day is this week is that a lot of fans will be celebrating Thanksgiving and he wants that fan support. Plus that five to six day turn around since Arkansas game is on a Friday is tough.

NM State is very multiple and get a lot of pressure. They have a lot of size in the defensive trenches. Drink said this isn't an easy week. NM State has won 3 in a row and 4 of its last 5. He said they can't get caught up in chasing a lot of schemes and that they have to be more polished this week (better tackling, better blocking, etc.).

Four great seats on row 17 on the home team side in section 119 which is around the 25-30 yard line plus an O lot parking pass. Asking $100.00 for it all and that includes FedEx'ing them to you or delivering in person on Saturday.

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Section 205 row 14. Free if you wear a Tigers shirt. Bonus points if you bring a kid who's never been before. MIZ

The 4-star RB from Hannibal (Mo.) has the Tigers among his Top 10 and talks with @Clint Cosgrove about his list

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You can read my ten thoughts on the loss to Tennessee here as well as some reaction to the hoops win over Lindenwood here

1) Welcome to the worst week of the football season. The one thing I really like about the SEC is that it usually gives you meaningful games early in the season. But the thing I hate is that the tradeoff for those meaningful games early is this week in November where every team schedules a glorified bye week. And make no mistake, that's what this is. There are worlds where Missouri can be in a close game or lose to New Mexico State. But the Aggies are 4-5 and their best win is probably New Mexico (which has won two games). Missouri is a four touchdown favorite. If there's any drama in this one, it's disaster.

2) There is only one thing that is interesting this weekend: Do we see Sam Horn and a lot of the other young guys we've heard about? All of these guys need to play multiple series on Saturday: Horn, Tavorus Jones, Jalen Marshall, Marquis Gracial, Isaac Thompson, Ja'Marion Wayne. We also need to see extended action for non-freshmen like Arden Walker, Johnny Walker, Dameon Wilson, etc, etc. I've got little interest in how the older players do this weekend. I want to see the kids. I want to see the players that are going to be the future of this program.

3) By Saturday night, we will likely have arrived at this: 5-6 Missouri will host 5-6 Arkansas the day after Thanksgiving with a .500 season on the line for one and hopes for a 5-7 APR bowl exception for the other. The Tigers should win their tuneup. Arkansas hosts Ole Miss. It's not out of the question the Razorbacks win because weird things happen in college football and they almost beat LSU, which is probably a little better than Ole Miss, last weekend. But the Rebels are a two point favorite and I'm still not sure KJ Jefferson is healthy.

The interesting thing is the winner of that game is actually probably in line to get a decent bowl bid. There are only nine teams that are bowl eligible in the SEC right now. Texas A&M can't get to six wins, Auburn would have to beat Alabama to get there and Vanderbilt would have to beat Florida and Tennessee. So the Mizzou/Arkansas winner is the 10th best team in the SEC. Here's what that means in terms of bowl games:

If the SEC gets two in the playoff (Georgia is almost certain and LSU or Tennessee has a good shot):

Sugar: LSU/Tennessee, whichever isn't in playoff
Citrus: Alabama
Pool of 6 (Texas, Liberty, Vegas, Gator, Music City, ReliaQuest--used to be Outback): Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, Mizzou/Arkansas winner

In this scenario, Ole Miss to the Texas Bowl makes sense. I'd think Florida and South Carolina get the Outback/Gator in some combo, Kentucky goes to the Liberty, leaving Mississippi State and the winner of Mizzou/Arkansas for Vegas and the Music City Bowl. If the SEC doesn't get two in the playoff, it is still relatively likely to have Tennessee in the Orange Bowl as the highest-ranked non-league champ and LSU or Bama in one of the other New Year's Six bowls. So the rest of the picture falls relatively the same. In other words, if the Tigers can beat Arkansas, they're probably not falling to the Mayo Bowl, Birmingham Bowl or Gasparilla Bowl. There just aren't enough teams to fill the SEC spots.

4) The question then really becomes "Does that qualify as progress?" If Missouri loses that Arkansas game and finishes 5-7, I don't really see how it can be sold as progress. Particularly if the Arkansas game isn't a close loss. If they beat Arkansas, you can sell it as progress. Or at least not a step backward. I don't know that I necessarily agree with the argument, but it's one that is defensible because a lot of the losses have been close losses including one against Georgia. It really comes down to a margin of defeat thing in that scenario. In 2021, Missouri lost seven games. Two of them were by one score and four were blowouts. In 2022, if it can win its last two, Missouri will have lost six games (with a bowl game still to go). Four of them would have been by one score and two would have been blowouts. So it's marginally better.

5) We just keep coming back to the same place: Next year has to be the year and the main part of that has to be identifying the quarterback of the present and the future. There's no way at this point that we (media and fans) go into the offseason knowing that guy is on the roster. I really don't see a scenario where it's Brady Cook. For that to happen, he would have to have an offseason where he improves as much as he did last offseason. It may be Sam Horn. But we won't really have seen anything to tell us it is for sure. It also may be a transfer. We'll see what Eli Drinkwitz does this offseason. What type of QB he goes after (starter or practice body) and how hard he goes after one is the most interesting part of the offseason. That action will tell us what he thinks of Horn's long term prospects. I honestly don't care who the starting quarterback is next year. But Drinkwitz has to be right about whoever it is. Absolutely has to be.

6) The other major thing about this team and its future is this: How many of the defensive players come back? To me, it's probably not quite as important as the quarterback question, but it's not far behind. I think those that believe next year is the year and that Drink is going to take off and be the coach here for multiple years going forward are basing that on the idea that he's fixed the defense and now he just needs to fix the offense similarly. But what if the defense goes backward next year? Let's look at the personnel:

DJ Coleman has no eligibility left
Tyrone Hopper has no eligibility left
Martez Manuel has said this is his last year
Isaiah McGuire is probably an NFL Draft pick
Ty'Ron Hopper is probably an NFL Draft pick
Darius Robinson is very possibly an NFL Draft pick
Jaylon Carlies might be an NFL Draft pick
Kris Abrams-Draine might be an NFL Draft pick
Chad Bailey has been in college for five years and has battled tons of injuries and may want to move on
Trajan Jeffcoat has been in college for five years, was forced to miss a full season and most of the guys he came in with will be gone

That's ten of the 17 defensive players that get regular snaps. I don't think they'll probably all leave, but I think it's a good bet at least half of them do. So it's not as simple as just keep the defense on track and rebuild the offense. There's going to be a bit of a rebuild on defense as well.

More on the latest 2023 DE target out of Nolensville (Tenn.)

Let's talk some hoops! (And come up with a better name for the thread).

I'll be available to answer any questions about the basketball team y'all have for the next couple of hours. Fire away.

My son’s roommate works with the program, and he is a ballboy for many games. That was the case this Saturday. He was standing next to Heupel. He took out his phone and checked the Kentucky-Vanderbilt score. Josh forcibly yanks the phone out of his hand and starts reading through his texts. Seriously. He reads his messages to his parents and to his fantasy football group and everything. And hands it back to him. That’s paranoia at another level. Thought he was texting Drink or something.
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Contemplated posting this because I know the response it will get.......

So when we pulled to 28-24 a little light went on for me. Am I happy with how the season is going? No. Am I happy with our record? No. Do I think we are going the wrong direction with Drink? No. It was at that point that I objectively sat back and thought to myself we have lost 4 one score games in the SEC and we are only down 4 halfway into the third qtr against the most potent offense in college football. I know how it ended but I'm not going to let the last 22 minutes of game time drastically change my opinion (yes I know it all counts).

I'm 52 and have been a diehard Mizzou fan for at least 40 of those years. I was at the fifth down game as a student. I've seen some shat in my time. I think when you step back and put the bottle down, and look at things objectively, that we are on the cusp. We are going the right direction. I'm glad the Curators or DRF or whoever see that as well. The ROAR is coming back! The fans are ready for it, the students are bought in and most importantly the administration seems to be bought in as well. The greatest sporting event I have ever attended in person was OU in 2010 and I think those times are coming back!

I've been a season ticket holder the last two years (maybe got in a little early) and the experience this year has been a blast. Keep the faith, we are close!

Super excited on the basketball front. Ready to return to the days of Peeler, Smith, Crudup and Booker. Since it was just Veterans day one of my favorite memories of hoops was in Feb of 1990 I was down in Panama chasing Noriega around and was able to actually watch the Tigers beat the #1 ranked jaybirds and then we grabbed #1 ranking and beat OU a couple days later. Those were fun times and can't wait to be competitive on the hoops side again.

Carry on!

Close late in the game. Two guys on Northwestern St with Columbia connections in Jamonta Black and Jordan Wilmore