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COLUMBIA, Mo. — After Missouri blew out Louisiana last Saturday to open the 2025 season with its third consecutive nonconference win, Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz gave the team a normal postgame address in the locker room.

He presented a game ball to Ahmad Hardy, whose 250 rushing yards against the Ragin’ Cajuns were the seventh-most ever in an MU game. Drinkwitz said he was proud of how Mizzou, now ranked 23rd in the country, had started its season.

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Mizzou running back Ahmad Hardy, right, runs past Louisiana-Lafayette defenders during the second half Saturday, Sept.