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At Missouri, the students protests in 2015 are something the administration wants to forget. But five years later, their legacy is still felt on campus and around the country.
This week’s Tiger Kickoff Cover story:
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This video is on Snapchat in the Lake of the Ozarks? Unreal. What are we doing?
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Obviously not meant to be a question mark. That video is in the Lake of the Ozarks.
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If you think the video is from another day, there’s so many more videos from the lake on the public story, not to mention Snapchat removes them after 24 hours have expired. This was today.
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They were also the only 0-5 team in the country.
Dennis Gates opens post-game saying Jackson State was the best 0-5 team in the country.
@KOMUsports
@BenArnetKOMU
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Mizzou’s postseason fate now lies in the hands of the Selection Committee.
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The scene inside Missouri’s locker room following the upset win over LSU. Video via D’ionte Smith’s Instagram Live.
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A text that I got from a member of Greek Life that I was given the approval to share.
"Everyone I know here has COVID & Mizzou hasn't said s*** about it."
The person said they have quarantined with their roommates "bc we're the only ones we know who don’t have it."
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WashU senior Justin Hardy checks into the game for the first time and scores the final points of the regular season for the Bears. Hardy has stage four stomach cancer and is the second leading scorer for the team.
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#Mizzou
wide receiver commit Jay Maclin tells me that as many football commits as possible are trying to come up to Columbia this weekend. Maclin, 4-star WR Javian Hester and Chaminade QB Brady Cook have all said they will be here.
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Mizzou has been trying to play a bowl game against Kansas for 12 years, but KU kept dodging the bowl games.
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Missouri safety Martez Manuel was at the team facilities on Christmas this afternoon working out. He posted this message:
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My favorite Mizzou related Jaxson Smith-Njigba stat that I’ve said before.
In high school, Mizzou CB (
@EnnisRakestraw
) matched up with Smith-Njigba in the Texas state semifinals. Smith-Njigba needed 59 yards to break the Texas state record.
Rakestraw held him to 37.
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During his Spring Break, Mizzou quarterback Brady Cook (
@qbcook12
) spoke to his local St. Patrick elementary school and youth football program back in Wentzville.
He surprised his cousins at their football practice, signed autographs for the kids and guest coached.
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Mizzou gymnastics just placed fifth in the NCAA Championships. They came into Fort Worth ranked last, but finished ahead of three top eight teams. They will return everybody next season.
New story from
@maxbaker_15
- Mizzou gymnastics takes center stage at NCAA Championships via
@stltoday
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At some point, we are probably going to have to find a balance between quarantine and normal life. I get that. But this is not a balance.
This video is on Snapchat in the Lake of the Ozarks? Unreal. What are we doing?
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Former Missouri basketball standout Jontay Porter will join the Memphis Grizzlies in Orlando, a league source confirms.
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Boo Smith received a tryout invitation with the Kansas City Chiefs, he tells me. The speedy wide receiver was a big play threat for Mizzou last season and began his career as a walk-on.
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Whitten Family Men's Basketball Head Coach Cuonzo Martin undefeated.
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Mizzou’s Jay Maclin (
@jaymaclin2x
) will wear No. 9 this Fall, the same number that his older cousin, Jeremy Maclin wore at MU.
“I’ve always dreamed about wearing the number every since i committed to Mizzou and I always wanted to carry on the Maclin legacy here,” he told me.
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Mizzou CB with nearly a quarter of a million views on his ACL tear recovery TikTok.
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Mizzou warns fans against storming the field. Bro, read the room it's 38-13.
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I’m not usually overly critical of Mizzou. But for a team trying to get its fanbase to buy in, for attendance to increase, some actions don’t seem to support it. Mizzou fans don’t get to know their players. Starting QB Tyler Macon hasn’t spoken to the media since he got here.
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Darren Rovell decided a Missouri offensive lineman was going to be his punching bag today and then thought better of it and deleted it.
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Thank you for following along these last four years. I’m not going anywhere yet, but I guess it’s goodbye Faurot for now.
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Former Missouri forward Jontay Porter is making his NBA debut right now against the Phoenix Suns.
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Couldn’t get the car out of the driveway so we begin the two mile walk to Mizzou Arena for Missouri women’s basketball vs. Mississippi. Song recs would be appreciated.
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So thankful and happy to be a part of the newspaper I grew up reading!!
Pleased to announce that
@maxbaker_15
will be the next Mizzou campus correspondent at
@STLtoday
starting in the fall. He's a St. Louis native, Mizzou J-schooler and has covered MU football the last couple years. Welcome aboard!
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Last season,
#Mizzou
signee Ennis Rakestraw (
@EnnisRakestraw
) matched up with Smith-Njigba in the state semifinals. Smith-Njigba needed 59 yards to break the Texas state record.
Rakestraw held him to 37.
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Here’s a Twitter interaction between Sophie Cunningham and Aijha Blackwell from after today’s loss.
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Dan Mullen is still the only coach to get fired by the University of Missouri this year.
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Former Mizzou forward Mitchell Smith has signed a contract with the Norrköping Dolphins, a pro basketball club in Sweden.
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I know the delay of game got the bulk of the attention, but it was also mind boggling why Mizzou used its last timeout here with the clock temporarily stopped for a first down.
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Auburn announces Austin Davis has resigned as OC. He held the position for 43 days.
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5-star wide receiver Luther Burden commits to Mizzou. He is the first 5-star to commit to Mizzou since Terry Beckner Jr.
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Ennis Rakestraw Jr’s story is one filled with love and hope. When the cornerback commit arrives in Columbia on his birthday this Friday, it will be exactly 18 years since that journey with his mother began.
Feature for the
@CoMissourian
:
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Accidentally unzipped my backpack with three minutes left in class to get another pencil, leading to an earthquake of other zippers packing up early so Dr. Porter, I'm sorry that one's on me.
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Columbia, MO native Martez Manuel with the strip sack. Columbia, SC native Trajan Jeffcoat with the recovery.
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Former Missouri receivers Marcus Lucas and L'Damian Washington are on the STL BattleHawks 52-man roster.
Defensive tackle Walter Palmore and defensive end Kony Ealy make the Houston Roughnecks roster.
Defensive ends Marcel Frazier and Jacquies Smith will play for the Seattle.
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Missouri football players Stacy Brown, Travion Ford, Brady Cook and Akial Byers have all announced with a paid Instagram post that they have joined Yoke Gaming.
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In high school, asked Brady Cook if he was still committed to MU right after Odom was fired.
“Right now, my thoughts moving forward are that I want to play football for Mizzou… I’m confident this class will stick together and everything will work out. Can’t wait to be a tiger.”
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Missouri football's pass defense ranks No. 1 in the SEC heading into its matchup against Arkansas at 227 yards per game.
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Would you rather watch Mizzou football try to stop the triple-option or Mizzou men’s basketball play Illinois?
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Strangely enough, the last time Missouri beat Georgia, they were ranked No. 25. That was in 2013 when Missouri went to Athens and knocked off No. 7 Georgia 41-26.
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Missouri football's march to the courthouse was orchestrated by Mizzou sophomore safety Martez Manuel (
@martezmanuel13
).
"At the end of the day, football is great and all, but it’s just football.”
A story about what inspired him to make a difference.
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If you’re posting Instagram pictures on a beach with the caption social distancing, I just want you to know my friends and I are talking about you on a zoom call right now.
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Kentucky coach Mark Stoops:
"They just kicked the tail out of us from the beginning to the end."
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Among teams that have played five games, zero freshman have more passes defended than Missouri cornerback
@EnnisRakestraw
who has five this year.
Some of his freshman year goals included 5+ PBU's, 15+ tackles, 2+ INTs and to never back down, among other goals.
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Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night. I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith as there’s a drive into deep left field by Castellanos and that’ll be a home run. And so that’ll make it a 4-0 ballgame.
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After giving birth to
#Mizzou
CB
@EnnisRakestraw
three days before her 16th birthday, Shamika Jones didn’t attend college to care for him. Rakestraw has dedicated his career to her, but when he tore his ACL last Fall, she was there for him again.
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Finishing up the first day of
#Mizzou
football Fall camp. Three of the last players to leave the field doing drills together, almost 45 minutes after it ended: DBs Martez Manuel, Shawn Robinson and Stacy Brown.
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“I never lost hope.”
My feature on how Ronnell Perkins (
@luhperk
) overcame an injury and a position change to become a playmaker on the Tiger defense and a leader in the University City community.
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Missouri kicker Harrison Mevis lives by himself in Columbia, but when you walk inside, the bathrooms are clean, the beds are made and nothing is out of place. It’s that same organization and focus that Mevis brings with each kick.
Here's the latest by
@maxbaker_15
from today's P-D on the guy who's become Mizzou's most consistently excellent player
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The eyes of the nation will slowly turn to Columbia, Missouri.
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"That man Terez Hall has really made an impression on me," Cris Collinsworth said on the Sunday Night Football broadcast.
The former Missouri linebacker has seven tackles right now in his second consecutive start.
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Junior Martez Manuel was surprised to learn he was voted to be a captain. In fact, he didn't vote for himself. But if you know
@martezmanuel13
, you couldn't find another Missouri defender more deserving.
Story on the Columbia native fulfilling his dream:
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COVID impacted Mizzou sports against ranked teams is incredible.
- Mizzou football knocks off defending champion LSU in 2020.
- Mizzou women’s basketball takes down No. 1 South Carolina.
- Now Mizzou men’s basketball against No. 15 Alabama.
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One year ago today,
@EnnisRakestraw
signed with Mizzou and I learned about his inspiration throughout his journey.
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There's no ties in football.
The very-well dressed
@maxbaker_15
today, on why he went jacket but no tie:
The tie was too much work, per sources.
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I had a lot of fun creating this bracket. Not sure that this appeals to 99.8% of those of you that follow me for sports, but I would love to see your bracket.
In honor of a cancelled March Madness, we decided to create our own bracket of famous Jewish people. Pick your favorite or make the bracket in your own way. Each week, there will be a thread of Twitter polls and the winner will advance. We begin with the play-in games.
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The picture isn't the best quality, but that's
#Mizzou
head coach Eliah Drinkwitz checking on some of his players after the fire alarm went off at Todd Student Living.
Smoke was seen inside the building and firetrucks were there for more than an hour.
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I just received confirmation from a Vandy spokesperson that Sarah Fuller is the only kicker that Vanderbilt brought to Columbia.
Vanderbilt soccer goalkeeper and now football kicker Sarah Fuller could become the first woman to appear in a Power 5 football game today against Missouri. I’ll have updates for the Columbia Missourian.
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Two years ago, interviews were done conversationally and not at a podium. Now, 1-on-1 player interviews are rare.
The team has its issues on the field, but if you don’t trust the players to talk to the media, maybe you just don’t trust your players.
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The University of Missouri football team has
#covered
.
I’m not gonna say it, but there’s a certain football team located about 27 miles outside of Fulton, that is 2 minutes and 33 seconds away from covering the spread.
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Major
#Mizzou
target Ennis Rakestraw picks Missouri over Alabama and Texas. That's a major win for the Tigers.
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Halfway through the first semester and 1700+ cases later, the University of Missouri announces in an email that they will begin checking the CampusClear app with monitoring stations at Ellis Library and MizzouRec beginning Monday, October 19.
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Daniel Parker Jr was asked by Peter Baugh who was one player on the team that could surprise some people.
"Ennis Rakestraw."
(
@EnnisRakestraw
is a freshman corner from Duncanville, Texas)
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It appears defensive tackle Montra Edwards has committed to Mizzou via his Instagram. The 3-star recruit was once committed to the Tigers but de-committed in August.
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Aidan Shaw was at the wrong place at the wrong time, Nate Oats said.
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Three players will enroll early for
#Mizzou
football next week, a source tells me. Quarterback Brady Cook, wide receiver Jay Maclin and all-purpose back Elijah Young will start next semester.
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Some day after stats:
- First time since 2012 MU vs. UF was decided by less than 17 points.
- Three missed tackles for MU's defense. They had 24 against UT on Oct. 2.
- Florida has outgained its opponents in 10/11 games, but is 5-6.
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This never would’ve happened if they downloaded the Campus Clear app.
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Last week, WR Mookie Cooper caught 4 passes, all on screens. That was by design, coming off a leg injury. But as he gets healthier, MU fans may begin to see his full potential.
“He’s going to put on a show for the Show-Me state,”
@danitapeda
said.
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The amount of times a Mizzou defender has flexed on first or second down this season and then proceeded to give up a conversion has to be ridiculous.
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BREAKING: The helmet car has won for the first time all season.
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Freshman Ennis Rakestraw (
@EnnisRakestraw
) is listed as a starting corner against Bama, his dream school growing up. The morning he committed, he was going to Alabama, but something changed.
Feature story on him from the summer and probably my favorite.
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Devin Nicholson, the player who downed the punt at the one-yard line in the first quarter and had half a sack, intercepts Doty to seal Missouri's third win of the season 17-10.
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Mizzou quarterback commit Tyler Macon (
@EstlMaco5
)was invited to one of the nation's top high school QB competitions.
The four Mizzou players that were invited in the past are Drew Lock, Blaine Gabbert, Chase Daniel and Chase Patton.
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After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.
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I polled 13 SEC coaches and all of them said Arkansas is going home.
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