Missouri announces three-game nonconference series with Conference USA program
Missouri continues to work hard to fill up its future non-conference slate as the Tigers have just announced a three-game series against Florida Atlantic. The three games are set to be played over a five-year period and will feature two Mizzou home games and one FAU home game.
The first game of the series will take place in Columbia on Oct. 2, 2027. The second game will also be in Columbia on Oct. 12, 2030. The third and final game in the series is set for Sept. 20, 2031, in Boca Raton, Fla.
The Tigers and the Owls have never met on the gridiron.
Following the announcement of these games, Missouri has completed its 2027 and 2030 non-conference schedules. The Tigers still have one opening for the 2031 season remaining.
Here’s the graphic Missouri created to officially announce news of the series.
Don’t knock it, Willy Taggert will have FAU in beast mode by then.
Yeah I’m knocking it.. this is sad.
Lol if you want to knock it then get rid of UMass, South Alabama and Monroe Louisiana off of your guys future schedules, how sad :P
All home games.. Not knocking it for playing them at home. Knocking it because you are playing a true road game at FAU. That’s sad.
UMass, South Alabama ad Monroe. Nuff said.
Home games. Like I said.. no shame in scheduling cupcakes at home but for a P5 SEC team to go on the road to FAU is pathetic and embarrassing.
It’s not pathetic, it’s ballsy. A risk AU is obviously too scared to take. UMass, South Alabama, and Monroe.
Child please.
It’s pathetic. You gain nothing from it. You can keep mentioning UMass, USA and La Monroe but it is irrelevant as those are home games.
Chicken.
So if Mizzou loses to FAU on the road then what? They are the laughing stock of the sec and college football. It doesn’t help them or the conference as a whole.
What happens if they beat FAU? They beat FAU. That’s it. Yay them..
No. Because like I said, Tagger will have FAU in beast mode by then. You don’t listen!
Now I know you’re trolling.. lol
Hey, finally recognizing the Willy Taggert sarcasm, excellent!
I recognized it earlier.. just chiming in on the road game part
Oh boy, now we’re back to the beginning…
Lol
Just like he did at Oregon and Florida State, right ? Willie has gotten quite wealthy by being a “failed Head Coach”. Booches…you posted that “in jest”…right ?
Taggert did win at W. KY, another C-USA school. He was over his head at the P5 level, but he has won at the G5 level. More beans Mr. Taggert!
Raggedy was 16-20 at WKU.
Makes sense; Mizzou is a Conference USA type of team.
You are showing your ignorance. Please remember, it is always prudent for folks like you to be thought a fool than opening your mouth & proving it.
If the quarantine is over and they’re playing football in 2031, I’m headed to Boca.
The only thing I can figure is Mizzou knows that the SEC schedule is already tough enough and they just really want some Ws on the schedule to make a bowl game. Even if it means traveling to FAU. I guess I can’t blame them if they think they’re doing what’s best, but boy is our next decade of OOC opponents going to be dull.
Fans and Booster$ All Like Wins…Gotta schedule a few in advance. Good move Drink. A road trip to South Florida is kinda like a Bowl Game…the players will love it…fans too ! Sipping a margarita by the pool the day before the game…why not ?
It’s expensive to pay the ‘group of five’ conference teams to travel. What they should be trying to get in this deal is less cash pay-out for the two games, and I imagine they ARE getting that. Yes there is some cash out-lay for travel…. but it’s not that hard to play in a warmer climate. After all, it could be an away game in the northern half of the country possibly as late as December.
Over-all, I would say Sterk is doing an ok job with the schedule. He could be doing better, but he inherited a mess.
The board stepped in and helped him make a good football coach hire here. And they needed to. Because an Athletic Director looks bad if he takes too long to hire.
Now if Missouri returns to East Division contender and Sterk continues to make mediocre administrative action, then it might be time to re-evaluate leadership. Sterk’s calling card was fiscal responsibility (wasn’t it?) and really in these weird
times, with a 90 million dollar stadium addition, and in a conference that never saw
a million they couldn’t spend. He may turn out to be the best man they could have hired. We all have to evolve in our professional lives.
Players get a trip to the beach once more on the University dime in the winter. We don’t have an ocean here locally or beaches that are warm in Oct. If Im choosing between Nebraska and Mizzou I’m looking at an extra trip to Florida over one to Idaho.