Mizzou Football Post Spring Practice Takeaways and Musings

Heading into the sixth season of the Eli Drinkwitz era, we have some things that are pretty steady. We know he is gonna show some cringeworthy braggadocio. We know he is gonna run a killer ground game with the outside zone. We know he is going to bungle a late clock scenario, and we know he is going to run a hell of a locker room with great chemistry.

We also know he is going to run a very early spring practice session with an intense level of secrecy. We got no spring game this year, but we did manage to get some nuggets from our intrepid reporter Matthew Gustafson. Most of the things we can discern were gleaned from media availability with assistant coaches; heaven forbid the assembled press actually get a chance to lay eyes on any on-field action.

So with this level of secrecy shrouding the program, there isn’t much in the way of robust spring takeaways. Instead, let’s hear some post-spring musings. We might just all be blind squirrels out here, but let’s see if we can find some nuts.

Second portal

Obviously the early spring practice, lack of a spring game, and overall levels of secrecy are a bummer for fans. Traditionally, spring ball made a good post-March Madness dip into college sports, especially if your Diamond teams are struggling. But there is a tangible tradeoff for Mizzou football with Eli’s insistence on bringing spring football into February: clarity and opportunity in the second transfer portal window.

Having a gap between the end of the spring practice session and the opening of the portal gives the staff more time to evaluate and recruit their own roster, minimizing late surprises. It gives them time to scout the final roster pieces to add, and they have landed Cam’Ron Johnson, Marcus Bryant, Eddie Kelly, Khalil Jacobs, and others in the spring period. In previous years, some…

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Publish date : 2025-04-01 19:27:00

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