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MSU football coach Bobby Petrino: 'We can't keep letting something like race divide us'

(Photo: Andrew Jansen/Springfield News-Leader)

Missouri State head football coach Bobby Petrino joined the chorus of sports figures who have released statements in response to the death of George Floyd and the accompanying protests around the country.

Petrino along with women's basketball coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton have been two of Missouri State's head coaches to release statements.

In a photo posted to Twitter, Petrino's daughter and four biracial grandchildren held signs reading "I am George Floyd," "I am Breonna Taylor," "I am Ahmaud Arbery," "I can't Breathe," "Black Lives Matter" and "Am I next??"

"God blessed me with 4 amazing biracial grandchildren," Petrino wrote.