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Early Thoughts on Mizzou's Bowl Selection: The Buzz

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Dec 30, 2024; Nashville, TN, USA; Missouri Tigers head coach Eliah Drinkwitz holds the trophy up above his head against the Iowa Hawkeyes during the trophy presentation at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images
Dec 30, 2024; Nashville, TN, USA; Missouri Tigers head coach Eliah Drinkwitz holds the trophy up above his head against the Iowa Hawkeyes during the trophy presentation at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images | Steve Roberts-Imagn Images

Watch the video above as Missouri football reporter Joey Van Zummeren gives his early reactions to Missouri’s bowl selection.

Missouri will close off its season on Dec. 27 when it travels to Jacksonville, Florida, to take on Virginia in the Gator Bowl. 

It’ll be just Missouri’s second time going against an ACC team over the past four seasons. It will also be Missouri’s first time in the Gator Bowl since 1968.

Though bowl games have been losing value seemingly every year over the last few seasons, there’s still a lot a program can gain from participating in a bowl game. For Missouri, it will be the opportunity to accomplish program and individual records.

“Jacksonville is the perfect bowl game for our team to finish the season against one of the best teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said in a press release. “I want to challenge our fans and alumni to come and support us in Florida as we try to become the first team in Mizzou history to win nine games in three straight seasons. This is a special team that has worked very hard to put themselves in this position and we look forward to ending the season on a high note.”

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Missouri gymnastics coach Shannon Welker discussed the bar for success and continuing to perform at an elite level while looking ahead to the 2025-2026 season. The Tigers secured a third-place finish at the National Championship meet last season.

  • Former Missouri teammates Harrison Mevis and Darius Robinson swapped jerseys after the Rams and Cardinals game at State Farm Stadium in Arizona. Mevis and the Rams took home the 45-17 victory. He went 6-6 on extra points while adding a 36-yard field goal.
  • Missouri volleyball's All-SEC setter, Marina Crownover, announced that she has entered the transfer portal. The redshirt-junior previously spent time at Texa,s where she won a National Championship with the Longhorns.

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“Jeremy Maclin so good with a football in his hands, we hand the football to him like a running back, seven, eight, nine times a game. Two years ago we never did that at all. So I think personnel dictates that.”
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Joey Van Zummeren is studying journalism at the University of Missouri. From Belleville, Ill., he joined Missouri Tigers On SI as an intern in 2023. His beats include football and basketball.

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