COLUMBIA, Mo. • University of Missouri chancellor R. Bowen Loftin surprised followers of Mizzou athletics in February with further proof that regime change was well under way at the state’s flagship institution.
Loftin, shortly after making his first major hire since taking over the throne of Mizzou’s campus, threw reporters a curveball. It was fuzzy and green.
With Mack Rhoades on board to replace longtime athletics director Mike Alden, Loftin suggested that Mizzou should revive a men’s tennis program that was last seen getting shut down during the 1990s because of budget strains.
Tennis, anyone?