College football is getting closer as Missouri State held its annual football media day on Saturday morning at Great Southern Bank Arena.
Ryan Beard sat in the head coach's chair for the first time as he expressed excitement in his team less than a month before it will take the field at FBS Kansas. The coach expressed optimism in different units on the team that have been looked at as weak spots in recent years. Any improvement could help the Bears overachieve when they've been picked to finish eighth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference heading into the year.