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1 week ago | 
si.com | Joey Van Zummeren |Michael Stamps
Predicting in May what a college football team will look like in September-December is a fool's game. Especially in the age of constant roster turnover the transfer portal has ushered in to college athletics. Each of Missouri's Southeastern Conference opponents are the same from 2024, but some teams look vastly different.
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2 weeks ago | 
si.com | Joey Van Zummeren |Michael Stamps
For a second consecutive offseason, the Missouri Tigers lost a key defensive assistant with linebackers coach D.J. Smith accepting the defensive coordinator job at his alma matter, Appalachian State. Additionally, defensive line coach Al Davis announced his resignation. That's led to the promotion of defensive tackles coach David Blackwell, and the addition of linebackers coach Derek Nicholson.
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2 weeks ago | 
si.com | Joey Van Zummeren |Michael Stamps
The Missouri Tigers' coaching staff lost two defensive assistants this offseason, but their offensive staff remained fully intact. It's a staff Eli Drinkwitz should feel confident in as the Tigers enter a season of transition. Almost every assistant on the offense has a proven trackrecord of being able to develop talent and recruit at a high level.
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1 month ago | 
si.com | Joey Van Zummeren |Michael Stamps
With the transfer portal slowing down for football and men's basketball, the rosters for Missouri Tigers football and men's basketball are becoming more clear. For both teams, there's a lot of uncertainty in different ways. Eli Drinkwitz's team will be relying on a number of transfers to mesh well together. Meanwhile, Dennis Gates' team is betting heavily on the development of returning young players.
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1 month ago | 
si.com | Joey Van Zummeren |Michael Stamps
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The 2025 NFL draft will be an impressive marker for the growth the Missouri Tigers program has made, and a statement of the talent in the state of Missouri. Thursday night, two players from the Tigers' program — one from Kansas City, another from St. Louis — could have their name called in Round 1 of the draft. Offensive tackle Armand Membou, a native of Lees Summit, Missouri, is expected to be selected in the top-10 picks.
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1 month ago | 
si.com | Joey Van Zummeren |Michael Stamps
The 2025 NFL draft could serve as another checkpoint for just how much growth the Missouri Tigers' program has made in the past two seasons. Offensive lineman Armand Membou is now considered a "lock" to be selected in the top-10 selections, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Plus, wide receiver Luther Burden III is considered one of the top wide receiver prospects in the class.
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1 month ago | 
si.com | Michael Stamps |Joey Van Zummeren
Having to prove yourself no matter the size of an opportunity is a trait emblematic of the identity of the Missouri Tigers. It's a core tenant of the character head coach Eli Drinkwitz has instiled in his teams. Cody Schrader a walk-on before leading the Southeastern Conference in rushing. Brady Cook was a three-star prospect, dogged by those outside and inside the fanbase, before his countless heroics.
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1 month ago | 
si.com | Joey Van Zummeren |Michael Stamps
Eli Drinkwitz doesn’t know “what the crap is going on.”That “crap” is what the NCAA and congressional staff members have spent the last week discussing in the nation’s capital. The NCAA vs. House settlement began hearings Monday, April 7. If approved, the possible changes could take place as soon as July 1. The most significant change the settlement would enact is revenue sharing, where athletic departments will be able to directly financially compensate players via revenues the program receives.
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1 month ago | 
si.com | Joey Van Zummeren |Michael Stamps
The Missouri Tigers' men's basketball season and spring football practices both ended in March, but April might as well be the busiest month of news to follow for both programs. The chaos of the transfer portal has taken no break, even if Dennis Gates' staff has been patient with making additions. The picture of the roster is becoming more clear though, with the moves the program isn't making speaking perhaps even louder than the ones they have made so far.
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2 months ago | 
si.com | Chase Gemes |Joey Van Zummeren |Michael Stamps
The version of the Missouri Tigers that walked into the NCAA Tournament was hardly recognizable from the one that showed up in cruical upset victories in December and January. How this team will be remembered in years to come is yet to be seen, considering the wide spectrum of highs and lows it captured. But both are important to the story of this group; the lows were only so devastating because of how promising the highs were.
