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Mizzou Arrives in Dallas for Cotton Bowl, The Morning Buzz: Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023

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Mizzou Arrives in Dallas for Cotton Bowl, The Morning Buzz: Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023
Mizzou Arrives in Dallas for Cotton Bowl, The Morning Buzz: Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023

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Did You Notice?

• Mizzou traveled and arrived in Dallas. No. 9 Missouri and No. 7 Ohio State kick off at 7 p.m. CT Friday in the Cotton Bowl (see below).

• Day 1 highlights included attending the Dallas Mavericks game. The home team drilled the San Antonio Spurs, 144-119. 

• That other team showed up, too: 

• Small forward Michael Porter Jr. hit five 3-pointers en route to scoring a team-high 22 points as the Denver Nuggets won at Charlotte, 102-95. The most impressive statistic, though, was the Nuggets kept the Hornets from scoring a field goal on 17 straight possessions to open the second half.

• Jordan Clarkson scored 16 of his 30 points in fourth quarter as the Jazz overcame a 17-point deficit to beat Raptors 126-119. Clarkson's was making his return after missing six games due to a sore right hamstring.

Mizzou Quote of the Day:

"I believe I was just another leader that was added to the locker room, a great brotherhood. They brought me in. They showed me the ropes, and we just stuck together. I really give all the credit to the team. Like, I am my own person, of course. I am my own leader, of course, and I brought something different to the team. But it was the brotherhood that really just made everything fall into place."

— Wide receiver Theo Wease Jr. on playing back in his home state of Texas this week

We'll Leave You With This

Whats Next? A Look Into the Rest of Missouri Football's Offseason

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CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of Alabama Crimson Tide On SI, which first published as BamaCentral in 2018, and is also the publisher of the Boston College, Missouri and Vanderbilt sites . He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the author of 27 books including “100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die” and “Nick Saban vs. College Football.” He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.

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