Welcome back, football on Faurot.

Missouri football will face Central Arkansas on Thursday evening on Faurot Field, kicking off the 2025 Southeastern Conference football slate and a Year 6 for head coach Eli Drinkwitz in Columbia.

There will be some changes to this edition of the Mizzou program — and not just in the north end zone, where construction for Memorial Stadium’s facelift will continue throughout the year.

Beau Pribula and Sam Horn are taking their quarterback competition into the season. Pribula will play the first half in the opener, and Horn will take over in the second half against UCA.

There are widespread changes along the offensive line and at wide receiver. Corey Batoon enters Year 2 as defensive coordinator with a group that, on paper, appears to have boundles

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