Worthy: South Carolina game showed that more is needed from a capable Mizzou defense
For the first three quarters of Mizzou’s SEC opening-win against South Carolina on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium, it looked like the Tigers defense would wear the blame for giving up a bushel of big pass plays.
Then the Mizzou defense turned into a pack of rabid animals in the fourth quarter and practically willed the Tigers to victory as they reclaimed the Mayor’s Cup and logged a 4-0 start to the season and a 1-0 start in conference play against a team that had every reason to play with desperation after it had just suffered a home loss that knocked it out of the national Top 25 polls.
Missouri football head coach Eli Drinkwitz speaks with the media on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, after a win over South Carolina in Columbia, Missouri. (Video by Mizzou Network, used with permission of Mizzou Athletics)
Mizzou football enters favorable stretch of schedule with tough October ahead
COLUMBIA, Mo. — For a couple of weeks and for a couple of reasons, the Missouri football schedule is helpful as can be.
Overall, it was most frequently described as “favorable†during offseason breakdowns of the calendar. No stretch will be more useful than the fortnight the Tigers are about to enter, given a key player’s injury and the games that lie beyond.
Missouri football head coach Eli Drinkwitz speaks with the media on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, after a win over South Carolina in Columbia, Missouri. (Video by Mizzou Network, used with permission of Mizzou Athletics)
SEC assigns Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas A&M as Mizzou's annual football opponents
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Get ready to see a lot of the Sooners, Razorbacks and Aggies.
Missouri will reportedly face Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas A&M as its three annual football opponents during the new-look Southeastern Conference football schedule. On3 first reported the pairings Monday.
Mizzou football snapshots: Snap counts, PFF grades from Tigers' win over South Carolina
A winning start to Southeastern Conference play, a trophy returned to Columbia, Missouri, and a Missouri team that covered its flaws with an effective rushing attack.
The Tigers (4-0, 1-0) got past South Carolina (2-2, 0-2) by a 29-20 scoreline on Saturday. As always, the Post-Dispatch is looking back at the game through Pro Football Focus' array of grades and advanced stats.
Missouri football head coach Eli Drinkwitz speaks with the media on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, after a win over South Carolina in Columbia, Missouri. (Video by Mizzou Network, used with permission of Mizzou Athletics)
'A ton of confidence': Jayven Richardson fills in effectively as Mizzou's left tackle
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Some took the news like Chicken Little. The sky was falling, it seemed. Or for a better football metaphor, the pocket was collapsing worryingly.
Missouri’s decision to rule starting left tackle Cayden Green out of Saturday’s game against South Carolina seemed like a cause for concern when it appeared on the Tigers’ Friday evening injury report. Jayven Richardson, having competed unsuccessfully twice for that job, would be stepping in.
Missouri running back Jamal Roberts, left, runs past South Carolina defensive back Brandon Cisse, second from right, during the second half Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Columbia, Mo.
Worthy: So why does Dennis Gates' secret sauce for Mizzou basketball include ballet class?
Now entering his third year as part of the Missouri men’s basketball program, junior guard/forward Trent Pierce realizes there’s a team-building aspect to players driving to the 51ºÚÁÏ area for a youth basketball clinic at the Whitfield School in Creve Coeur.
It’s all part of players, coaches and staff members seeing each other in a different light and connecting in a different way as well as interacting with the community that follows Mizzou sports.
