Junior wide receiver Damoriea Vick pushes past Missouri State defense with the ball during Missouri State's intrasquad scrimmage on Aug. 21.
File photo by Kaitlyn Stratman/The StandardDespite delays, cancelations and the shuffling of schedules, the Missouri State football team will play Oklahoma University on Saturday, Sept. 12.
This is a long-awaited event for the program. Coaches and players alike are ready to finally play the game they have been preparing for since early June.
“It feels good,” said head coach Bobby Petrino in his media availability on Monday, Sept. 7. “We’ve put a lot of preparation into the game because of the length of time we’ve had, thinking we were going to play in the last weekend of August.