COLUMBIA, Mo. - The leader of Mizzou athletics has shifted his tone when it comes to pulling off a college football season this fall during a pandemic.
Athletics director Jim Sterk said he’s “back to being pretty dang optimistic about what's going on” during a Zoom media conference Monday.
As of Monday, the Southeastern Conference still planned to have a football season with games kicking off Sept. 26. While classes have started at Mizzou and around the conference, it’s still uncertain what would it take to derail the 2020 season.
“I was talking to Coach (Cuonzo) Martin about it (and said) all of us need some sports to occur, some contests to occur, because we've been going through the past six months and it's just been crap the whole six months of dealing with all these different issues and things,” Sterk said.