COLUMBIA, MO. • With only 17 practices to prepare for the start of college football’s regular season, the last thing Missouri’s veteran players want to experience is another miserable September. That’s why some returning offensive linemen spoke up just minutes into Friday’s practice, the first of the preseason.
Mizzou nearly capsized its 2017 with a rotten stretch of games, a five-game losing streak that some players and coaches now believe started with a disjointed preseason camp. The Tigers salvaged a winning season with a six-game winning streak but want no part of another dreadful start .