Athletics and academics are two separate things. One doesn’t take away from the other. I realize this and have explained it to others many times. Still, the combination of headlines yesterday in the Mizzou universe was pretty jarring.
1. Mizzou Athletics got another large donation.
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri Department of Intercollegiate Athletics recently received its tenth, seven-figure gift to the Tiger Scholarship Fund and the new South End Zone Facility at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field which is slated to open before Mizzou's 2019 football season. An anonymous donor made a $1.