Why Chip Lindsey is an Interesting Hire for Mizzou: The Buzz

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Troy head coach Chip Lindsey and Appalachian State head coach Eliah Drinkwitz chat before their game on the Troy campus in Troy, Ala., on Friday, November 29, 2019. T01 | Mickey Welsh / Advertiser, Montgomery Advertiser via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Watch the video below as Missouri football reporter Joey Van Zummeren gives his thoughts on the program's hire of Chip Lindsey as its next offensive coordinator and why Lindsey was a bit of a surprising hire.

Eli Drinkwitz made a hire Sunday morning that will be cruicial to the program's trajectory. After finishing dead last in the SEC in passing yards per game, Missouri hired Chip Lindsey to be its next offensive coordinator, replacing Kirby Moore.

Drinkwitz highlighted play-calling experience as one of the top traits he'd be looking for in the search, and Lindsey has plenty of that. He spent three years as a head coach, plus seven more seasons as a play caller.

Even after all that play calling experience, it''s tough to say what exactly Lindsey will bring to Missouri. In his one season at Michigan, Lindsey didn't seem to have all of the controls, with head coach Sherrone Moore still having heavy influence on the offense. Plus, the offense was adapted around true freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood.

Lindsey does, however, have heavy overlap with Drinkwitz in run game philosophy, favoring outside zone concepts.

What Lindsey's approach to fixing Missouri's pass and quarterback development looks like will be a significant factor in whether or not the program can make the next leap.

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Here's the morning buzz for Monday, Dec. 22.

1. Weekend Mizzou Results
2. Monday's Mizzou Schedule
3. Did you notice?
4. Mizzou Quote of the Day:
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Weekend Mizzou Results

There were no games played on Friday or Saturday.

Sunday's Scores

• Women's Basketball: Missouri 84, North Alabama 57

Monday's Mizzou Schedule

Men's basketball:

• Missouri at the McBride Homes Braggin' Rights game against No. 18 Illinois Fighting Illini in St. Louis, 7 p.m. CST, Watch, Listen, Live Stats
• The Tigers enter the annual Braggin' Rights game with a record of 10-2, while the Fighting Illini have a record of 8-3. Illinois leads the all-time series 35-20 over Missouri.

Did you notice?

• Former Missouri Tiger wide receiver, Theo Wease Jr., made his NFL debut in Week 16 on Sunday in the Miami Dolphins' 45-21 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. He finished the game with two receptions for 32 yards.

🎥 Mike McDaniel on Theo Wease Jr.: "He had earned the opportunity. He's one of the guys our team was really excited for to have that opportunity. It was a plus that they had experience playing together." (@MiamiDolphins) #PhinsUp pic.twitter.com/gaa3rLtFGL

— FinsXtra (@FinsXtra) December 21, 2025

• Former Missouri Tiger quarterback Brady Cook made his second NFL start for the New York Jets in their 29-6 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Cook finished 22-for-35 passing for 188 yards, throwing no touchdowns, accounting for two turnovers in the loss.

"He wouldn't be in there if he didn't give us a chance to win." - HC Aaron Glenn on Brady Cook pic.twitter.com/oMSJjImg6Y

— New York Jets (@nyjets) December 21, 2025

Mizzou Quote of the Day:

I don't coach anymore. I've always preferred a lot of action and movement anyway. Now we just let the players play and hope maybe they'll learn something about the game that way

Norm Stewart

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