Missouri fans will have to wait at least three weeks for the official debut of the Eliah Drinkwitz coaching era.
The Southeastern Conference approved a 10-game conference-only football schedule on Thursday and will push back the start of the season to Sept. 26, the league announced. The SEC's chancellors and presidents met virtually Thursday to vote on the proposed scheduling model in college football's latest adjustment to the the coronavirus pandemic. A majority of the conference's athletics directors reportedly favored the 10-game schedule in a vote Wednesday.
It remains to be seen what the 10-game schedule will look like for Missouri, though it's now clear the Tigers won't play their four scheduled nonconfernece games against Central Arkansas, Eastern Michigan, Brigham Young and Louisiana-Lafayette.