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Steckel on Bears, Mizzou & more

Missouri State coach Dave Steckel watches his team during the third quarter of the NCAA college football team's Maroon & White scrimmage in Springfield, Mo., on Saturday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/The News-Leader, Guillermo Hernandez Martinez)

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. • His wardrobe has gone from black and gold to maroon. His job title is different. His practice regimen has shifted. But Dave Steckel hasn’t changed in his new role as Missouri State’s head football coach. As the picture of Popeye says up on Steckel’s bookshelf, “I yam what I yam.”

(Yes, books.