No. 7 Georgia will be without four defensive starters in Saturday's SEC opener at Missouri, including safety Bacarri Rambo and linebacker Alec Ogletree, sources confirmed to ESPN.com on Friday.The Bulldogs already were without suspended cornerback Sanders Commings and outside linebacker Chase Vasser, who are each serving two-game suspensions for offseason arrests. But UGA coach Mark Richt has... [Read More]

Missouri freshman quarterback Maty Mauk has been arrested on suspicion of four charges including leaving the scene of an accident after a scooter mishap.

Mauk is third on the depth chart after a record-setting high school career in Kenton, Ohio, and is the second Missouri quarterback to have a scrape with the law in recent months. Redshirt freshman Corbin Berkstresser, the... [Read More]

Missouri coach Gary Pinkel says he thinks it is "wrong" to place sole blame for the Penn State tragedy on former coach Joe Paterno. Talking with reporters at Southeastern Conference Media Days on Tuesday, Pinkel was quoted as saying, "You can't take away the greatness of this man. He was a great man, and you can't, however you analyze this, all of a sudden erase all that this guy's... [Read More]

Backup quarterback Ashton Glaser is leaving the Missouri football team and will transfer to Missouri State, he told the Tribune Monday morning. He declined to comment further until after signing his scholarship release. Glaser, a redshirt junior from Springdale, Ark., was MU’s No. 3 quarterback coming out of spring practices. He’s only appeared in one game during his college career, playing the... [Read More]

Missouri quarterback James Franklin will undergo surgery on his right shoulder and miss the rest of spring practice, but he's expected to be ready for the start of next season.The junior threw for 2,865 yards and 21 touchdowns and ran for 981 yards and 15 TDs as a first-year starter in 2011. Franklin was injured last Tuesday during practice when he jumped on a fumble at the end of a play and a... [Read More]

Missouri's and Texas A&M's price tags for leaving the Big 12 will be $12.41 million each, the conference announced on Tuesday.In the fall of 2010, both schools announced they would be leaving the Big 12 on July 1, 2012. Big 12 bylaws state that universities that provide less than 12 months' notice are subject to having 90 percent of their conference revenue withheld. That total was estimated... [Read More]

The entire college football world has been wondering where wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham would play his college ball, and the kid known as DGB put an end to the suspense on Wednesday morning. Green-Beckham announced that he'd be signing his letter of intent to play at Missouri, choosing to stay closer to home.The other schools in the running for Green-Beckham's services were Arkansas,... [Read More]

James Franklin's hard running and timely passing led Missouri to an easy win in its final game as a member of the Big 12. It also gives the Tigers plenty of hope heading into their new home in the Southeastern Conference.Franklin ran for two touchdowns and threw for another, and the Tigers easily beat North Carolina 41-24 in the Independence Bowl on Monday night.Missouri (8-5) ends the season on... [Read More]

Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel was suspended one week without pay and will miss Saturday's game against Texas Tech after he was was arrested Wednesday night in Columbia, Mo., on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Missouri athletic director Mike Alden also said that when Pinkel returns to work next Thursday, he will donate one week's pay to the MU Program for Alcohol Awareness. He also... [Read More]

KOMU 8 has confirmed Boone County sheriff deputies arrested MU football coach Gary Pinkel Wednesday night for DWI. Pinkel posted a $500 bond and was released from the Boone County Jail. Deputies pulled Pinkel over in his Chevrolet Avalanche for lane and signal violations on Keene Street near Broadway around 10 p.m. The sheriff's department said this is Pinkel's first offense, and deputies said he... [Read More]

Surgery was performed Sunday to repair tears in the patellar tendon and the medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments in the left knee of Missouri tailback Henry Josey. As orthopedic surgeon Dr. Pat Smith told The Star on Saturday following Missouri’s 17-5 victory over No. 21 Texas, Josey was “done for the year.” The confirmation of the surgery on Sunday from Missouri said that operation... [Read More]

West Virginia, a member of the Big East since 1995, will leave the conference after being formally invited Friday to join the Big 12. The Big 12, meanwhile, plans to remain at 10 schools and is waiting on the departure of Missouri -- which has yet to receive a formal invitation to join the Southeastern Conference. "This move by West Virginia does not come as a surprise," Big East... [Read More]

It wasn't too long ago that Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton spoke of "working every day to hold the Big 12 together." Now he's been tasked with helping decide whether the Tigers are the latest program to leave a troubled conference fighting for its future. University curators voted unanimously Tuesday night to consider leaving the Big 12 instead of committing to the league for the long... [Read More]