COLUMBIA, Mo. — There’s a fairly frequent drill that the Missouri football team goes through during workouts at Memorial Stadium: running the stairs. The Tigers climb from the field level up toward the concourse in the name of conditioning.
But next week, a different kind of climb begins.
Mizzou will open its preseason camp on Monday, practicing in “fall” — high temperatures are forecast to be in the upper 90s next week, so it’s decidedly still summer — for the first time.
Within some portions of the roster, that means there’s an opportunity for players to climb the depth chart ladder.