Missouri receiver Luther Burden scored on a 61-yard jet sweep less than a minute into the game, and the 21st-ranked Tigers went on to beat Massachusetts 45-3 on Saturday.
The Tigers (4-0, 1-0 SEC) escaped against Vanderbilt (2-2, 0-1) when Blake Craig atoned for three missed field goals by hitting from 37 yards in the second overtime.
Missouri’s offense was efficient, but new defensive coordinator Corey Batoon’s bunch was simply superb, holding the Bull to 169 yards of total offense.
Mizzou wide receiver Luther Burden is expected to follow up an All-American sophomore season as one of the best wide receivers in the Southeastern Conference.
Former Missouri Tiger basketball star Jontay Porter will be charged with a federal felony connected to a sports betting scandal that led the NBA to ban him for life, court papers indicated to the Associated Press.
College sports in the U.S. has seen scores of schools change conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened over the past three decades and certainly over the past two years.
Former Mizzou forward Jontay Porter had racked up large gambling debts and was encouraged to clear them by throwing games in order for bets to hit, federal prosecutors said.
A KCK native who made it all the way to Mizzou is coming back to his hometown to launch a basketball camp. He says it’s more than the lessons of the game he wants to teach.