COLUMBIA, Mo. — Just before Missouri football kicked off the preseason with its first practice of fall camp on Monday, coach Eli Drinkwitz gave his assistants a homework assignment. For each player in their position group, the assistants wrote down one sentence — no more, no less — about what they wanted that player to improve during the first seven days of camp.
It was a small task in the grand scheme of the football program’s operations, but the Mizzou position coaches took it seriously.
“It makes you think about each player individually,” defensive tackles coach David Blackwell told the Post-Dispatch.