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Wind, Wikipedia, and construction: Missouri opens spring practice

Mizzou opened spring practice on Tuesday morning, which, looking back, was good planning — it was about the only time all day that the sun was out. Let’s walk through the day’s primary story lines.

1. It was cold.

The weather was all sorts of gross — windy, random smatterings of snow out of nowhere — and new offensive coordinator Derek Dooley wasn’t impressed.

“This is my first experience with winter practice; this wasn’t spring practice,” Dooley said. “Felt like we were preparing for the Chicago Bears today with wind coming off of Lake Michigan.