The night before Mizzou football played Oklahoma last November, head coach Eli Drinkwitz had an idea.
He showed his team ‘12 Strong’, a film about a United States Special Forces team going on a a revenge mission in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks. After almost a month of fighting, all 12 survived and returned home. The lesson was that, if everyone on a team had each other’s backs, they could accomplish a lot. Mizzou went on to beat Oklahoma 30-23 in one of the wildest games in recent MU football history.
On the hardwood, the Tigers were on a similar rollercoaster ride against Mississippi State.