COLUMBIA, MO. • The competition for Missouri’s starting job at running back between Damarea Crockett and Larry Rountree III isn’t a dogfight. Crockett has seen a dogfight. Been right in the middle of one. This isn’t that.
“The only thing that makes it feel weird is that everyone is trying to make it weird, you know?” Crockett, a former 1,000-yard rusher, said after a recent practice. “Everybody’s asking, ‘What are you and Larry going do to?’ But two running backs is how I’ve always played. When you think about it, even when I was the starting running back last year, there really isn’t a starting running back because you’re going to split carries anyway.