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Mizzou football suffered a blow on the defensive side of the ball. Eli Drinkwitz announced to reporters on Tuesday that defensive end Langden Kitchen would miss the remainder of the 2026 season with a knee injury he suffered on Saturday against Texas. He underwent surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.
Kitchen appeared in 12 games for the Tigers this season, playing 171 defensive snaps. He finishes
2026 with 17 total tackles, 3 TFL’s, 1 sack and 14 pressures. Kitchen assumed a full-time starting role this season for the Tigers this season. He began his career at Northwest Missouri State before transferring to Columbia in 2025.
Also, Mizzou dropped four spots in the latest College Football Playoff rankings after falling to Texas 34-20. Mizzou will head to No.1 Georgia ranked at No. 22.
Yesterday at Rock M and Rock M+
- From Jack Wiselogel | Stanford’s Paul Hart named Mizzou soccer head coach
Mizzou has found its next soccer coach. Director of Athletics Laird Veatch announced Tuesday that Paul Hart, associate head coach at Stanford, will become the third head coach in program history on a five-year contract.
Hart replaces Stefani Golan, who was with Mizzou for six years as the Tigers’ head coach.
- From Sam Snelling | Study Hall: Mizzou 96, SIUE 58
There are going to be games where Jason Crowe, Jr. just does what he does and everyone else kind of tags along. This was one of those games. Crowe shot the ball poorly against SLU, and he made up for it with a really nice performance. Just one miss inside the arc, and 50% outside of it. And by my count, only one (maybe two) ill-advised shots. Doing this in a game where Mark Mitchell was sidelined after the first minute was helpful.
An awesome bounce back for Crowe, who had the most points in a game by a Tiger freshman, breaking Derrick Chevious’ record set in 1984.
- From Nate Edwards | Beyond the Box Score: “After further review…”
3 for 16. THREE SUCCESSFULL THIRD DOWNS IN 16 ATTEMPTS. That’s a great way to lose possession and give the other team multiple opportunities, of which Texas took advantage of, thanks in part to their 6-13 performance on 3rd down.
Not good enough of third down for the offense
- From Sammy Stava | SBN Reacts: How Will Mizzou Finish the Regular Season?
“In our latest SBN Reacts survey, we ask you this: How will Mizzou finish the regular season?
My prediction: A loss at Georgia, followed with wins over Kentucky and Oklahoma.
- From Josh Matjeka | The Revue: A big ole flop
Long story short, I agree with Laird Veatch’s recent statement. The officials weren’t the reason Mizzou lost that game, simply because the Tigers still had a chance to win it after all the most damaging calls were made. Did they change the complexion and the trajectory of the game? Certainly! But is Mizzou even at that point if Blake Craig doesn’t miss two easy field goals or the offense finds a way to stem its flood of issues in the red zone? Probably not!
As made as we can get at the officiating, Mizzou needed to capitalize on its opportunities.
Rock M Radio’s Before the Box Score: SEC officiating is a problem, Texas vs Mizzou Recap | Before the Box Score
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