From his new perch as a college football commentator, legendary Alabama coach Nick Saban tried to calm the masses after the Crimson Tide’s collapse in Week 1.
“I’m sure they’re all disappointed — players, coaches alike,†Saban said. “But they all do have a great chance to improve from Week 1 to Week 2. That’s when you make the biggest improvement.â€
Missouri quarterback Sam Horn (21) is helped off the field after an injury during the first half of a game against Central Arkansas on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, on Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo.
Liz Rymarev, Post-DispatchCOLUMBIA, Mo. — 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.
Craig tore his ACL, MU coach Eli Drinkwitz said Tuesday. He did not specify the nature of Horn’s injury.
Missouri last played Kansas in football in 2011, when current Mizzou undergrads were ages 4 to 8.
No longer in Kansas’ conference, Missouri now has conference foes to the south and east, meaning anything west of Kansas City is, seemingly, irrelevant.
Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz speaks with the media on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, after the season opener vs. Central Arkansas. (Video by Mizzou Network, used with permission of Mizzou Athletics)
Missouri linebacker Josiah Trotter (40) celebrates tackling Central Arkansas running back Landen Chambers during the first half of a game Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, on Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo.
Liz Rymarev, Post-DispatchCOLUMBIA, Mo. — Thursday was the appetizer. Or the opening act. Or maybe the prologue.
It had value: It was tasty, it was fun — it set the stage for what’s to come. But it’s easy to look past Missouri’s season-opening 61-6 win over Central Arkansas for what’s to come.
The term “fitting†comes immediately to mind when you reflect on the first touchdown of the University of Missouri football season, but it doesn’t fully capture the range of emotion wrapped up in one 49-yard first-quarter post pattern by Marquis Johnson.
You can easily get jaded about athletes referring to their teams as families. Even in college sports, it can ring a little hollow as everything about those competitions and organizations become more professionalized, players change teams regularly, and the money becomes more prevalent and prominent.
Mizzou wide receiver Marquis Johnson is tackled by Central Arkansas defensive back Dillon Williams just shy of the end zone during the first half Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Columbia, Mo.
Liz Rymarev, Post-Dispatch
Mizzou wide receiver Marquis Johnson leaps into the end zone for a touchdown as Central Arkansas defensive back L.J. Hewitt trails during the first half Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Columbia, Mo.
Liz Rymarev, Post-Dispatch
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